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[ { "docid": "20500911", "text": "on his forehead. Prior to the Bulls winning the 1997 NBA Finals, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley ordered 6,000 police officers and 200 to 300 National Guardsmen on the streets in preparation for possible violence if the Bulls won. When the Bulls did defeat the Utah Jazz on June 13, 1997 several stores were looted and three people died, including a 32-year-old man who was killed by stray gunfire after another man fired shots at teenagers who had thrown rocks at his truck. No violence occurred after the Bulls defeated the Jazz again in the 1998 Finals Chicago Bulls Championship", "title": "Chicago Bulls Championship riots" }, { "docid": "10998470", "text": "consecutive NBA championship, defeating regular season MVP Charles Barkley and the Phoenix Suns in six games in the 1993 NBA Finals. This was the last title the Bulls won while playing at Chicago Stadium. Chicago's offseason was also marked by Jordan's sudden retirement. (2) Chicago Bulls vs. (7) Atlanta Hawks: \"Bulls win series 3-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1970 Western Division Semifinals (Atlanta won 4-1) (2) Chicago Bulls vs. (3) Cleveland Cavaliers: \"Bulls win series 4-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1992 Eastern Conference Finals (Chicago won 4-2) (1) New York Knicks vs. (2) Chicago Bulls: \"Bulls win series 4-2 (after trailing 2-0", "title": "1992–93 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "20500905", "text": "Chicago Bulls Championship riots Mass rioting and looting occurred in Chicago, Illinois in the immediate aftermath of the Chicago Bulls winning six NBA Championships in the 1990s. During the 1990s, the Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, won six NBA Championships in two three-peats from 1991–93 and 1996-98. On June 12, 1991 the Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers four games to one in the 1991 NBA Finals. After the victory, scattered incidents of looting and shootings occurred throughout Chicago, with two teenagers being injured by stray bullets at a victory rally. 115 people were arrested. The most serious and", "title": "Chicago Bulls Championship riots" }, { "docid": "10998504", "text": "Eastern Conference Semifinals (Chicago won 4-0) (2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: \"Knicks win series 4-3\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1993 Eastern Conference Finals (Chicago won 4-2) 1993–94 Chicago Bulls season The 1993–94 NBA season was the Bulls' 28th season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as the three time defending NBA champions, having defeated the Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals in six games, winning their third NBA championship, their first of second threepeats in the 1990s. In the offseason, the Bulls signed free agents Steve Kerr, Bill Wennington and Pete Myers. Without", "title": "1993–94 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10998463", "text": "Cleveland Cavaliers in six games, making their second trip to the Finals. In the 1992 NBA Finals, they would go on to beat the Portland Trail Blazers four games to two to win their second consecutive championship, and second of three straight. (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (8) Miami Heat: \"Bulls win series 3–0\" Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff series) (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (4) New York Knicks: \"Bulls win series 4–3\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1991 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago won 3–0) (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (3) Cleveland Cavaliers: \"Bulls win series 4–2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1989 Eastern", "title": "1991–92 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10998471", "text": "to Knicks)\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1992 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Chicago won 4-3) The 1993 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1992–93 NBA season, featuring the Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, and the Phoenix Suns, winners of 62 games and led by regular season MVP Charles Barkley. The Bulls became the first team since the legendary Boston Celtics of the 1960s to win three consecutive championship titles, clinching the \"three-peat\" with John Paxson's game-winning 3-pointer that gave them a 99–98 victory in Game 6. This series was also notable in that the road team won each game, with", "title": "1992–93 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10969779", "text": "was named the NBA Finals MVP. 1996–97 Chicago Bulls season The 1996–97 NBA season was the Bulls' 31st season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as defending NBA champions, having defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals in six games, winning their fourth NBA championship. During the offseason, the Bulls signed free agent Robert Parish, who won championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s. The Bulls, on the backs of recording another first-place finish in their division and conference, repeated as NBA champions. The Bulls were led by Michael Jordan, perennial All-Star small", "title": "1996–97 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10969769", "text": "1996–97 Chicago Bulls season The 1996–97 NBA season was the Bulls' 31st season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as defending NBA champions, having defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals in six games, winning their fourth NBA championship. During the offseason, the Bulls signed free agent Robert Parish, who won championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s. The Bulls, on the backs of recording another first-place finish in their division and conference, repeated as NBA champions. The Bulls were led by Michael Jordan, perennial All-Star small forward Scottie Pippen, and rebound ace", "title": "1996–97 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10998522", "text": "an all-time NBA record low for points in the shot clock era in an 49–82 loss at the United Center to the Miami Heat. Following the season, Barry was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics, Ron Harper signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Bill Wennington was released. 1998–99 Chicago Bulls season The 1998–99 Chicago Bulls season was the franchise’s 33rd season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as the three-time defending NBA champions, having defeated the Utah Jazz in the 1998 NBA Finals in six games, winning their sixth NBA championship, and", "title": "1998–99 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10998520", "text": "1998–99 Chicago Bulls season The 1998–99 Chicago Bulls season was the franchise’s 33rd season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as the three-time defending NBA champions, having defeated the Utah Jazz in the 1998 NBA Finals in six games, winning their sixth NBA championship, and completing a second three-peat in the 1990s. However, with Phil Jackson’s contract expiring, and the departures of Scottie Pippen (who stated his desire to be traded during the season, and was later traded to the Houston Rockets) and Dennis Rodman (who would sign with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free", "title": "1998–99 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10969999", "text": "took a timeout, Stockton's 3 hit the rim and bounced away, giving the Bulls their 6th title in 8 years. The famous winning shot has been immortalized in many records, as Jordan completed a perfect sextet: 6 NBA Finals, 6 championships, and 6 NBA Finals MVP trophies. 1997–98 Chicago Bulls season The 1997–98 NBA season was the Bulls' 32nd season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as the two-time defending NBA champions, where they defeated the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA Finals in six games, winning their fifth NBA championship. During the offseason, the Bulls", "title": "1997–98 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10998497", "text": "1993–94 Chicago Bulls season The 1993–94 NBA season was the Bulls' 28th season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as the three time defending NBA champions, having defeated the Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals in six games, winning their third NBA championship, their first of second threepeats in the 1990s. In the offseason, the Bulls signed free agents Steve Kerr, Bill Wennington and Pete Myers. Without star guard Michael Jordan, who retired during the offseason, the Bulls were now led by Scottie Pippen. The team continued to play solid basketball winning ten straight games", "title": "1993–94 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10969989", "text": "1997–98 Chicago Bulls season The 1997–98 NBA season was the Bulls' 32nd season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as the two-time defending NBA champions, where they defeated the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA Finals in six games, winning their fifth NBA championship. During the offseason, the Bulls acquired Scott Burrell from the Golden State Warriors. Without All-Star forward Scottie Pippen for the first half of the season due to a back injury sustained from the 1997 NBA Finals, the Bulls played around .500 with a 9–7 record in November. However, Pippen would eventually return", "title": "1997–98 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10998461", "text": "1991–92 Chicago Bulls season The 1991–92 NBA season was the Bulls' 26th season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as defending NBA champions, having defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1991 NBA Finals in five games, and winning their first NBA championship in franchise history. Early into the season, the Bulls traded Dennis Hopson to the Sacramento Kings after the first two games. Coming off their first ever championship, the Bulls had a very successful season winning 14 consecutive games after a 1–2 start to the season. They later on posted a 13-game winning streak", "title": "1991–92 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10998465", "text": "respective league's finals. However, the coach of the Blackhawks, Mike Keenan, would see a concurrent finals series in basketball and hockey taking place in the same city again when he coached the New York Rangers to their first Stanley Cup in 54 years two years later. 1991–92 Chicago Bulls season The 1991–92 NBA season was the Bulls' 26th season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as defending NBA champions, having defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1991 NBA Finals in five games, and winning their first NBA championship in franchise history. Early into the season,", "title": "1991–92 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10998473", "text": "Mustaf | Frank Johnson | Tim Kempton | \"Bulls win series 4-2\" 1992–93 Chicago Bulls season The 1992–93 NBA season was the Bulls' 27th season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as the back-to-back defending NBA champions, having defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1992 NBA Finals in six games, winning their second NBA championship. After two straight championships, the Bulls would yet again have another successful season finishing in first place in the Central Division, and second overall in the Eastern Conference with a 57–25 record. They also advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals", "title": "1992–93 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10998468", "text": "1992–93 Chicago Bulls season The 1992–93 NBA season was the Bulls' 27th season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls entered the season as the back-to-back defending NBA champions, having defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1992 NBA Finals in six games, winning their second NBA championship. After two straight championships, the Bulls would yet again have another successful season finishing in first place in the Central Division, and second overall in the Eastern Conference with a 57–25 record. They also advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fifth consecutive season, becoming the first team since the 1987–88", "title": "1992–93 Chicago Bulls season" } ]

[ { "docid": "10998464", "text": "Conference First Round (Chicago won 3–2) (E1) Chicago Bulls vs. (W1) Portland Trail Blazers: \"Bulls win series 4–2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1977 Western Conference First Round (Portland won 2–1) The Chicago Blackhawks were in the Stanley Cup Finals at the same time the Bulls won the NBA championship, but got swept by the defending champions, Pittsburgh Penguins (It would not be until when the Blackhawks won their first Stanley Cup since , when they beat the Philadelphia Flyers, in-state rivals of the Penguins, winning in Philadelphia). This was the only year that both the Bulls and the Blackhawks reached their", "title": "1991–92 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10989213", "text": "well as marking the beginning of the legendary Bulls Dynasty, which would net the team another five more championships throughout the 1990s. (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (8) New York Knicks: \"Bulls win series 3-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1989 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Chicago won 4-2) (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (5) Philadelphia 76ers: \"Bulls win series 4-1\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1990 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Chicago won 4-1) (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: \"Bulls win series 4-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1990 Eastern Conference Finals (Detroit won 4-3) \"Sunday, June 2, at the Chicago Stadium\" \"Wednesday, June 5, at the Chicago Stadium\"", "title": "1990–91 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "11041142", "text": "3-2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago won 3-2) (2) New York Knicks vs. (6) Chicago Bulls: \"Bulls win series 4-2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1981 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago won 2-0) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Chicago Bulls: \"Pistons win series 4-2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4-1) 1988–89 Chicago Bulls season The 1988–89 NBA season was the Bulls' 23rd season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls finished fifth in the Central Division with a 47–35 record. Michael Jordan led the league in scoring with 32.5 points per game, and was", "title": "1988–89 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "20500910", "text": "and shot to death at an intersection where several other motorists were assaulted. The murders of Lowery and Slaughter were never solved. 38 stores were looted or broken into and 650 people were arrested after the Bulls defeated the Seattle SuperSonics to win the 1996 NBA championship on June 16, 1996. The city of Chicago had spent over $3 million in preparation for violence if the Bulls won. Despite the preparations, a teenager was stomped to death for wearing a Los Angeles Lakers jacket. He had been attacked so severely that the Swoosh logo from a Nike shoe was imprinted", "title": "Chicago Bulls Championship riots" }, { "docid": "11948415", "text": "3-1\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Eastern Conference First Round (Milwaukee won 3-1) (2) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: \"Bulls win series 4-1\" Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff meeting) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: \"Pistons win series 4-3\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1989 Eastern Conference Finals (Detroit won 4-2) 1989–90 Chicago Bulls season The 1989–90 NBA season was the Bulls' 24th season in the National Basketball Association. Despite their solid playoff run last year, the Bulls fired head coach Doug Collins and replaced him with Phil Jackson. Under Jackson, the Bulls finished the regular season with a", "title": "1989–90 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10969772", "text": "NBA Finals, where they defeated the Utah Jazz in six games for their fifth title in seven years. Following the season, Parish retired, and Williams signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons. (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (8) Washington Bullets Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff series) (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (4) Atlanta Hawks Last Playoff Meeting: 1993 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago won 3-0) (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (2) Miami Heat Last Playoff Meeting: 1996 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago won 3-0) The Finals were played using a 2-3-2 site format, where the first two and last", "title": "1996–97 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "11239959", "text": "5, scoring triple digits in each game, but then suffered a 95-85 defeat on their home court in game 6 to end their season. (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Chicago Bulls Last Playoff Meeting: 1991 Eastern Conference Finals (Chicago won 4-0) 2006–07 Chicago Bulls season The 2006-07 Chicago Bulls finished with a record of 49-33 in the regular season and reached the second round of the NBA playoffs, making it, at the time, their most successful season since the retirement of Michael Jordan, but nevertheless leaving some doubt amongst fans as to whether the team could compete for an NBA", "title": "2006–07 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "11381514", "text": "somewhat positive note. A year later, the Bulls would defeat the Heat in a sweep in the first round. (2) Miami Heat vs. (7) Chicago Bulls Miami won 2–1 in the regular-season series: Last Playoffs meeting: 1997 Eastern Conference Finals (Chicago won 4–1) 2005–06 Chicago Bulls season The 2005–06 Chicago Bulls season was one of mixed results. While the Bulls reached the playoffs for a second straight season, they posted a record of just 41-41 in the regular season, 6 wins fewer than they had recorded in the previous year even though the roster was mostly the same. In the", "title": "2005–06 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802818", "text": "championship teams.) More recently with Derrick Rose's arrival, the guards have been reversed in order, making the Chicago-bred point guard the last player introduced. Although internal disputes eventually led to the dismissal of Clay, the Bulls in 2006 announced the return of Tommy Edwards as the announcer. As part of Edwards' return, the introductions changed as a new introduction was developed by Lily and Lana Wachowski, Ethan Stoller and Jamie Poindexter, all from Chicago. The introduction also included a newly composed remix of the traditional Sirius theme. The Bulls have an unofficial tradition of wearing black shoes (regardless of being", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "13079029", "text": "in total rebounds for the second consecutive year, with 1,066. Jordan led the league in scoring (35.0 ppg) and steals (3.16 per game). He won almost every major award, including Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, All-NBA First Team Honors and NBA All-Defensive First Team Honors. However, the finals and most important prizes eluded him until the 1990-1991 season. (3) Chicago Bulls vs. (6) Cleveland Cavaliers: \"Bulls win series 3-2\" Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff series) (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: \"Pistons win series 4-1\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1974 Western Conference Semifinals (Chicago won", "title": "1987–88 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802776", "text": "Tyson Chandler, the last remaining player of the Krause era, to the (then) New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for veteran power forward P.J. Brown and J. R. Smith and salary cap space that was used to sign former Chicago co-captain Adrian Griffin. In 2006–07, the Bulls overcame a 3–9 season start to finish 49–33, the third-best record in the Eastern Conference. In the first round, the Bulls again faced Miami, the defending NBA champions. The Bulls narrowly won Game 1 at home, then followed it with a blowout victory in Game 2. In Miami, the Bulls rallied from a 12-point second-half", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "11267450", "text": "front-court. (4) Chicago Bulls vs. (5) Washington Wizards Washington won 2–1 in the regular-season series: Last Playoffs meeting: 1997 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago won 3–0) Ben Gordon lost out to Emeka Okafor for Rookie of the Year honors, but did win Sixth Man of the Year honors, averaging 15.1 points per game despite making only three starts. 2004–05 Chicago Bulls season The 2004–05 NBA season was the Bulls' 39th season in the National Basketball Association. After the retirement of Scottie Pippen, the Bulls stumbled out of the gate as they lost their first nine games on their way to", "title": "2004–05 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "13079069", "text": "scoring at 37.1 points per game, his career high for a season. He set Bulls single-season records for points (3,041), field goals (1,098), free throws (833), and steals (236). His output was rewarded with the first in a series of All-NBA First Team selections. (1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Chicago Bulls: \"Celtics win series 3-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1986 Eastern Conference First Round (Boston won 3-0) 1986–87 Chicago Bulls season The 1986–87 Chicago Bulls season was the 21st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first", "title": "1986–87 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "11015022", "text": "playoffs, for which he was rewarded with a berth on the All-NBA second team and NBA Rookie of the Year Award. (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (7) Chicago Bulls: \"Bucks win series 3-1\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1974 Western Conference Finals (Milwaukee won 4-0) 1984–85 Chicago Bulls season In the summer of 1984, the team's fortunes changed when it received the third pick of the NBA draft, after Houston and Portland. The Rockets selected Hakeem Olajuwon, the Blazers selected Sam Bowie, and the Bulls picked shooting guard Michael Jordan out of the University of North Carolina. The team, with new management in", "title": "1984–85 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802736", "text": "Ed Badger. Klein sold the Bulls to the Wirtz Family, longtime owners of the Chicago Blackhawks. Indifferent to NBA basketball, the new ownership group infamously implemented a shoestring budget, putting little time and investment into improving the team. Artis Gilmore, acquired in the ABA dispersal draft in 1976, led a Bulls squad which included guard Reggie Theus, forward David Greenwood and forward Orlando Woolridge. In 1979, the Bulls lost a coin flip for the right to select first in the NBA draft (Rod Thorn, the Bulls' General Manager, called \"heads\"). Had the Bulls won the toss, they would have selected", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802801", "text": "The Cavs answered back in Game 2 in the same fashion, never trailing the entire game. In a pivotal Game 3 in Chicago, the Bulls and Cavs battled closely all the way through, but the Bulls prevailed on a last-second buzzer beating 3-pointer by Derrick Rose. In Game 4, the Cavs would answer once again, with LeBron James hitting the buzzer-beating shot to win the game. The Bulls lack of consistency and poor offensive showing doomed them once again as the Cavs won the next 2 games handily and closed out the series 4–2. After the series, speculation erupted about", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "10957225", "text": "the United Center, Chicago defeated Seattle in Game 6 to win the NBA championship four games to two. Rate statistic requirements 1995–96 Chicago Bulls season The 1995–96 NBA season was the Bulls' 30th season in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Bulls acquired rebound-specialist Dennis Rodman from the San Antonio Spurs, and signed free agent Randy Brown. Midway through the season, the team signed John Salley, who was released by the expansion Toronto Raptors. Salley won championships with the Detroit Pistons along with Rodman in 1989 and 1990. This season saw the Bulls set the record for most", "title": "1995–96 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802731", "text": "until the 2015–16 Warriors. Many experts and analysts consider the 1996 Bulls to be one of the greatest teams in NBA history. Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose have both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award while playing for the Bulls, for a total of six MVP awards. The Bulls share rivalries with the Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, and the Miami Heat. The Bulls' rivalry with the Pistons was highlighted heavily during the late 1980s and early 1990s. On January 16, 1966 Chicago was granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls. The Chicago Bulls became the third", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802814", "text": "the full seven games. Their first playoff confrontation, however, came in 1989 when both teams were called \"teams on the rise\" under Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing, respectively (rivalry that started their freshman year in the 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game with Jordan hitting the deciding jumper of the final). That first confrontation would belong to Chicago with six games of the Eastern Semifinals. The Bulls won in the first three years (1991–93) before losing in 1994 but got revenge in 1996. As with Detroit, the historic rivalry between the cities has led to animosity between the", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "14654031", "text": "2010–11 Chicago Bulls season The 2010–11 Chicago Bulls season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bulls won their 8th division title this season and finished with the best record in the NBA but fell short to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. It is the first time since 1975 that the Bulls failed to follow up a division title with an NBA title (that year, the Bulls were in the Midwest Division). In the playoffs, the Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers in five games in the First Round, defeated the", "title": "2010–11 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "13330682", "text": "over the Toronto Raptors near the final day of the regular season. This marked the fifth time in six years Chicago has made the playoffs. With the lowest seed they faced the number one ranked Cleveland Cavaliers. Poised to win a championship LeBron James and the Cavs defeated the Bulls 4 games to 1 with the over-matched Bulls making a valiant effort in game 5, losing 96-94. First team to win five consecutive games over opponents over .500 on the road 2009–10 Chicago Bulls season The 2009–10 Chicago Bulls season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National", "title": "2009–10 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10957211", "text": "1995–96 Chicago Bulls season The 1995–96 NBA season was the Bulls' 30th season in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Bulls acquired rebound-specialist Dennis Rodman from the San Antonio Spurs, and signed free agent Randy Brown. Midway through the season, the team signed John Salley, who was released by the expansion Toronto Raptors. Salley won championships with the Detroit Pistons along with Rodman in 1989 and 1990. This season saw the Bulls set the record for most wins in an NBA regular season in which they won the championship, finishing with 72 wins and 10 losses. The regular", "title": "1995–96 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "11041080", "text": "one of the greatest in NBA history, Jordan set the still-unbroken record for points in a playoff game with 63 in game 2. The Celtics, however, managed to sweep the series. (1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Chicago Bulls: \"Celtics win series 3–0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1981 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Boston won 4–0) 1985–86 Chicago Bulls season The Chicago Bulls qualified for the NBA Playoffs. The 1985 NBA Draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the \"Lottery\" era. The lottery was put into place so teams did not have to intentionally lose games", "title": "1985–86 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10969996", "text": "With the series shifting back to Utah with a far more generous 3-2 Bulls advantage, the promise of another Chicago championship was not so certain. The Chicago Bulls had never let a Finals series go to a Game 7. As they arrived at the Delta Center for Game 6, things didn't look good for the Bulls. Scottie Pippen's back gave out when he dunked the opening basket of the game and he was slowed down and held to just 8 points. The Jazz suffered a bad break when the referees incorrectly nullified a Howard Eisley three-pointer that, replays showed, was", "title": "1997–98 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802729", "text": "Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 16, 1966. The team plays its home games at the United Center, an arena shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s when they were responsible for popularizing the NBA worldwide. They are known for having one of the NBA's greatest dynasties, winning six NBA championships between 1991", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "11267445", "text": "2004–05 Chicago Bulls season The 2004–05 NBA season was the Bulls' 39th season in the National Basketball Association. After the retirement of Scottie Pippen, the Bulls stumbled out of the gate as they lost their first nine games on their way to an awful 3–14 start. However, they would win 13 of their 16 games in January including a 7-game winning streak, then win nine straight games between March and April. The Bulls finished second in the Central Division with a record of 47–35, and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1998, when they last made the", "title": "2004–05 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "11239958", "text": "the Heat in the series. (4) Miami Heat vs. (5) Chicago Bulls Last Playoff Meeting: 2006 Eastern Conference First Round (Miami won 4-2) In the second round, the #1 seed Detroit Pistons quickly put a damper on the excitement of Bulls' fans by soundly defeating the Bulls in Game 1 of the seven game series, holding the Bulls to 33% shooting and only 69 points. The Bulls would continue to struggle, scoring just 87 and 74 points in games 2 and 3 respectively, and finding themselves in a 3-0 series deficit. The Bulls stayed alive by winning games 4 and", "title": "2006–07 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "11239954", "text": "2006–07 Chicago Bulls season The 2006-07 Chicago Bulls finished with a record of 49-33 in the regular season and reached the second round of the NBA playoffs, making it, at the time, their most successful season since the retirement of Michael Jordan, but nevertheless leaving some doubt amongst fans as to whether the team could compete for an NBA championship in the near future. In the playoffs, the Bulls swept the defending NBA champion Miami Heat in four games in the First Round, before losing to the Detroit Pistons in six games in the Semifinals. Whereas previous seasons under General", "title": "2006–07 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802755", "text": "championship over John Stockton, Karl Malone and the Utah Jazz. Jordan earned his second straight and ninth career scoring title, while Rodman earned his sixth straight rebounding title. Jordan and Pippen, along with Robert Parish, who was a member of the Bulls at the time, were also honored as members of the 50 greatest players of all-time with the NBA celebrating its 50th season. Parish, whose single season with the Bulls would be his last year in the league, was nominated for his stellar career with the Boston Celtics. The 1997–98 season was one of turmoil for the NBA champion", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "20500908", "text": "of people arrested for felony burglary during the riot were black, while only 69% of those arrested for burglary in 1992 in Chicago were black. Additionally, there was a heavy police presence in Chicago's downtown area, where mostly non-black fans celebrated, but not as many arrests. The Bulls defeated the Phoenix Suns on June 20, 1993, securing their third consecutive championship. Gunfire and looting began almost instantly after the victory, mostly concentrated along State Street on the city's south side, with gang members randomly firing guns into the air in celebration. 682 people were arrested, dozens of stores were looted", "title": "Chicago Bulls Championship riots" }, { "docid": "11869694", "text": "Chicago Bulls The Bulls beat the odds and won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 20, 2008. The Bulls vaulted from the ninth spot to win the NBA Draft Lottery in Secaucus, NJ, and obtain the first pick in the June 26 NBA Draft. Chicago had a 1.7 percent chance of winning and were represented by Executive Vice President, Business Operations Steve Schanwald. The Heat had the best odds of securing the top selection and will pick second followed by the Timberwolves and Sonics. 2008–09 Chicago Bulls season The 2008–09 Chicago Bulls season is the 43rd season of the franchise", "title": "2008–09 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802813", "text": "2013, Chicago snapped Miami's 27-game winning streak. The Bulls and Heat met later that year in the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Miami won the series 4–1. Since LeBron James's departure from Miami, the Bulls-Heat rivalry has experienced a tough in comparison to the better part of the century as the Bulls chop the Heat's playoff hopes in the 2017 regular season. Another franchise that the Bulls have competed fiercely with is the New York Knicks. The two teams met in the playoffs in four consecutive years (1991–94) and again in 1996, with the teams' series twice (1992 and 1994) going", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802800", "text": "up a quick 3–0 in the series. However, inconsistency and not being on the same page yet again plagued the Bulls as the Bucks won the next two games, sending a scare to Chicago. The Bulls bounced back with fury in Game 6 however, beating the Bucks by a playoff record 54 points winning the series 4–2. The next round saw the Bulls facing their arch-rival Cleveland Cavaliers, and their biggest nemesis, LeBron James, who had beaten the Bulls in all three of their previous playoff meetings. The Bulls shocked the Cavs in Game 1 dominating them and never trailing.", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802837", "text": "among NBC Sports Chicago, which broadcasts most of the games, WGN-TV, and WCIU-TV. The announcers are Neil Funk and Stacey King. Also worth noting is that WGN-TV does not air all of its Chicago Bulls games nationwide: only a select few, usually Saturday games, were nationally televised on WGN America from 1999–2014. The rest are only available within the Chicago area. Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802777", "text": "deficit to win Game 3 and then posted another comeback win in Game 4. The Bulls' four-game sweep of the defending champions stunned many NBA observers. It was Chicago's first playoff series victory since 1998, Jordan's last season with the team. The Bulls then advanced to face the Detroit Pistons, marking the first time the Central Division rivals had met in the playoffs since 1991. The Pistons won the first three games including a big comeback in Game 3. No NBA team had ever come back from a 0–3 deficit to win the series, but the Bulls avoided a sweep", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "18069832", "text": "number six in their \"NBA Watchability Rankings\" list. On the next day, a Bleacher Report article gave an 11/2 chance for the Bulls to win the NBA championship. On September 30, ESPN sportswriter Brian Windhorst cited several long-term problems with the Chicago Bulls with age and injury being a big issue. However, he did say that the addition of Gasol and McDermott \"[is] the perfect antidote for the Bulls' offensive woes [the previous] season.\" Cody Westerlund, a sports editor for CBS Chicago.com, said that McDermott's playing time will be determined by his defense. The 13th annual general managers' survey was", "title": "2014–15 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10969997", "text": "clearly released just before the 24-second clock expired. In the 4th quarter, the Bulls closed the gap as Michael Jordan tallied many of his 45 overall points. Then things got worse for Chicago when John Stockton hit a clutch 3 with 41.9 seconds left to give Utah an 86-83 lead as the Delta Center crowd roared happily. Down by 3, the Bulls had one last chance to stay alive. Running perilously low on energy, it would be imperative for Chicago to win the series before the game went into OT, and also for the Bulls to avoid a Game 7", "title": "1997–98 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802782", "text": "With a slim 1.7% chance of winning the rights to draft number 1, the Bulls won the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery and selected first overall. With this, the Bulls became the team with the lowest chance of winning to ever win the lottery since it was modified for the 1994 NBA draft, and second lowest ever. On June 26, 2008, the Bulls drafted Chicago native Derrick Rose from the University of Memphis as the number 1 draft pick. At pick number 39 they selected Sonny Weems. The Bulls later traded Weems to the Denver Nuggets for Denver's 2009 regular second", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "13075129", "text": "2001–02 Chicago Bulls season The 2001–02 NBA season was the Bulls' 36th season in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Bulls re-acquired Charles Oakley from the Toronto Raptors. The Bulls struggled all season long finishing last place in the Central Division with a 21–61 record. Following the season, Oakley signed as a free agent with the Washington Wizards. (See \"2001–02 Chicago Bulls season#Regular season\") In 2001-02, the make-up and direction of the Chicago Bulls changed significantly: by the season’s end, a pair of 18-year-old phenoms and an All-Star caliber player were in the line-up while Elton Brand, once", "title": "2001–02 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802730", "text": "and 1998 with two three-peats. All six championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson. The Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships and never lose an NBA Finals series in their history. The Bulls won 72 games during the 1995–96 NBA season, setting an NBA record that stood until the Golden State Warriors won 73 games during the 2015–16 NBA season. The Bulls were the first team in NBA history to win 70 games or more in a single season, and the only NBA franchise to do so", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "10969991", "text": "championship. The championship was their sixth in eight years and completed the franchise's second \"3-peat\". This was Michael Jordan's last season as a Bull, as he announced his second retirement after it was over. However, he did make a second comeback with the Washington Wizards in 2001. Also leaving Chicago after the season were starters Pippen and Dennis Rodman as well as head coach Phil Jackson—however, he did return to coach the Los Angeles Lakers in 1999. Because of these departures, this was the last season for the Bulls dynasty that had headlined the NBA throughout the 1990s. What followed", "title": "1997–98 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802811", "text": "his former team (the Pistons won in 6 games). The geographic proximity and membership in the Central Division further intensify the rivalry, which has been characterized by intense, physical play ever since the teams met in the late 1980s. Chicago fans have been known to have a disliking for Detroit professional teams, as it was in the same division as Chicago in all four major North American sports until recently when the Red Wings moved to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference for the 2013–14 season. The Bulls and the Miami Heat rivalry began once the Heat became contenders", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "13080241", "text": "10-year career with Chicago and wind up as the Bulls' all-time leading rebounder with 5,745 career boards. (2) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Chicago Bulls: \"Lakers win series 4-1\" Bob Boozer, NBA All-Star Game 1967–68 Chicago Bulls season The 1967–68 Chicago Bulls season was the second season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players drafted by the franchise that played at least one NBA game. After that promising beginning the Bulls fell apart. During the 1967-68 NBA season the", "title": "1967–68 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "17499829", "text": "Chicago Bulls College Prep Chicago Bulls College Prep (CBCP) is a public four-year charter high school located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of the Noble Network of Charter Schools. It is named after the Chicago Bulls basketball team, which supports the school through its charitable arm. It is a part of the Noble Network of Charter Schools. Chicago Bulls College Prep is a level 1+ school, based on CPS rankings. It opened in August 2009. Chicago Bulls College Prep serves 1136 students 90% of which are low income, 15% are students with learning", "title": "Chicago Bulls College Prep" }, { "docid": "14654033", "text": "44 pts vs the Atlanta Hawks on May 6, 2011. Derrick Rose also had his first career triple-double at the Memphis Grizzlies on Jan 17, 2011. The 62 wins by the Bulls is the most since the 97–98 season. After defeating the New York Knicks on April 12, 2011, the Bulls became the only team of the 2010–2011 season to defeat all 29 other teams at least once. 2010–11 Chicago Bulls season The 2010–11 Chicago Bulls season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bulls won their 8th division title this season and", "title": "2010–11 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10969995", "text": "in a better attempt to tie the series, but lost 86-82. The early Jazz series-lead seemed like a distant memory, a false indication of a tough series as they hit the floor for Game 5 behind 3-1. Chicago fans prepared for the last game they would host with the Jordan-led Bulls of the 1990s. But any notions of a championship at the United Center would be snuffed out when Michael Jordan airballed an off-balance 3 to the right of the basket giving the Jazz a narrow 83-81 win. The play might have been for Toni Kukoč to shoot a three.", "title": "1997–98 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802732", "text": "NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags (1946–1950) and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs (now the Washington Wizards). The Bulls' founder, Dick Klein, was the Bulls' only owner to ever play professional basketball (for the Chicago American Gears). He served as the Bulls' president and general manager in their initial years. After the 1966 NBA Expansion Draft, the newly founded Chicago Bulls were allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league for the upcoming 1966–67 season. The team started in the 1966–67 NBA season, and posted the best record by an expansion team in NBA history.", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "10957222", "text": "Chicago won the season series, 4–1. In Game 1 on May 5, the Bulls defeated the Knicks behind Jordan's 44 points. Chicago would defeat New York again on May 7 to take a 2–0 series lead. Playing at Madison Square Garden, the Bulls lost Game 3 in overtime, despite a 46-point offensive performance by Jordan. In Game 4, Chicago defeated the Knicks by three points to take a 3–1 series lead. To close out the series, the Bulls defeated New York at home behind double-double performances by Pippen and Rodman. In the Conference Finals, the Bulls met the Atlantic Division", "title": "1995–96 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "20500909", "text": "and several police officers were wounded by projectiles and gunfire. While looting was not as widespread as it was during 1992, several people were killed during the 1993 riot. A fifteen-year-old boy was shot killed at the Theodore K. Lawless Gardens Apartments minutes after the Bulls won the championship. Twelve-year old Michael Lowery was struck by a stray bullet while sitting in front of his house and later died. 26-year-old Rosalind Slaughter was also killed by a stray bullet. 25-year-old Henry McFadden was shot to death after stepping outside his home and eighteen-year-old Julio Castillo was dragged from his car", "title": "Chicago Bulls Championship riots" }, { "docid": "10957224", "text": "by Jordan. Chicago took on the Seattle SuperSonics, whose 64–18 franchise-best regular season record was overshadowed by the Bulls' 72–10 record. In the regular season, the two teams split the season series, 1–1. In Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Chicago defeated Seattle by 17 points. The Bulls took a 2–0 series lead against the Sonics in the second game where Rodman accumulated 20 rebounds. In KeyArena, Chicago won Game 3 behind Jordan's 36 points. The Bulls lost Game 4 in a 21-point blowout on June 12. On June 14, the Bulls lost against Seattle in Game 5. Back in", "title": "1995–96 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "13079030", "text": "4-3) 1987–88 Chicago Bulls season The 1987–88 Chicago Bulls season was the 22nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bulls finished second in the Central Division with a solid 50–32 record. Michael Jordan was named Most Valuable Player of The Year and Defensive Player of The Year. He also won the All-Star Game MVP and Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend, which was held in Chicago. In the first round of the playoffs, the Bulls defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games, but lost to the Detroit Pistons in five games in the semifinals.", "title": "1987–88 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "13079025", "text": "1987–88 Chicago Bulls season The 1987–88 Chicago Bulls season was the 22nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bulls finished second in the Central Division with a solid 50–32 record. Michael Jordan was named Most Valuable Player of The Year and Defensive Player of The Year. He also won the All-Star Game MVP and Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend, which was held in Chicago. In the first round of the playoffs, the Bulls defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games, but lost to the Detroit Pistons in five games in the semifinals. Following", "title": "1987–88 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "13075162", "text": "2003–04 Chicago Bulls season The 2003–04 NBA season was the Bulls' 38th season in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Bulls re-signed free agent and former All-Star forward Scottie Pippen. However, they continued to struggle finishing last place in the Central Division with a 23–59 record, missing the playoffs for the sixth straight season. Following the season, Pippen retired and Jamal Crawford was traded to the New York Knicks. (See \"2003–04 Chicago Bulls season#Regular season\") Heading in to the season, Bulls fans were as optimistic as they had been in years. Before it was done, however, winds of", "title": "2003–04 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "17499837", "text": "in \"artificial red\" colors. Originally the dress code banned all red colors, but it was changed as some people are born with natural red hair. Chicago Bulls College Prep Chicago Bulls College Prep (CBCP) is a public four-year charter high school located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of the Noble Network of Charter Schools. It is named after the Chicago Bulls basketball team, which supports the school through its charitable arm. It is a part of the Noble Network of Charter Schools. Chicago Bulls College Prep is a level 1+ school, based on", "title": "Chicago Bulls College Prep" }, { "docid": "13075145", "text": "Marshall and an abundance of talented youth did not equate to winning games. After starting the season 2-0 for the first time since the 1996-97 campaign, Chicago garnered a franchise-worst 3-38 road record. The Bulls held a 19-game road losing streak from 11/02/02–01/18/03 and the team’s 30-52 record qualified it for a fifth-consecutive NBA Lottery appearance. The franchise was ready to head in a new direction and the beginning of that movement started with the resignation of long-time executive Jerry Krause on April 7. Krause, then 64, played a major role in building Bulls World Championship teams and was a", "title": "2002–03 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "18069858", "text": "for Games 1 and 2. However, at this time for the Bulls, it was reported that there had been a long-standing feud between Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau and the organization's management. Despite the dysfunction in the Bulls organization, the team itself would take Game 1 in a 99–92 victory after Rose who scored 23 points had an injury scare. On May 6, it was reported that Jimmy Butler won the NBA Most Improved Player Award thus becoming the first Bull in franchise history to win it. In Game 2, Chicago would be blown out by Cleveland and was dealt", "title": "2014–15 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802760", "text": "then stole the ball from Karl Malone and hit the game winning shot with 5.2 seconds remaining on the clock. With a score of 87–86, John Stockton put up a three-pointer, but missed, giving the Bulls their sixth championship in eight years. Jordan would be named the Finals MVP for the sixth time in his career. He retired for the second time on January 13, 1999. The summer of 1998 brought an abrupt end to the championship era. Krause felt that the Bulls were on the verge of being too old and unable to compete. He decided that the team's", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "16623307", "text": "2012–13 Chicago Bulls season The 2012–13 Chicago Bulls season was the 47th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Derrick Rose missed the entire season while still recovering from a torn ACL in which he sustained during Game 1 of last year's playoffs. Despite his absence, the Bulls still managed a 45-37 record as the Number 5 seed in the East. The only highlights of this season were the Bulls ending a 27-game winning streak of the defending champion Miami Heat and a 13-game winning streak of the New York Knicks in order to become the second", "title": "2012–13 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "16623309", "text": "No picks owed 2012–13 Chicago Bulls season The 2012–13 Chicago Bulls season was the 47th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Derrick Rose missed the entire season while still recovering from a torn ACL in which he sustained during Game 1 of last year's playoffs. Despite his absence, the Bulls still managed a 45-37 record as the Number 5 seed in the East. The only highlights of this season were the Bulls ending a 27-game winning streak of the defending champion Miami Heat and a 13-game winning streak of the New York Knicks in order to", "title": "2012–13 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "13074861", "text": "on Saturday, February 17, 2001. The Bulls’ home sellout streak ended at 610 games on Nov. 3 vs. New Jersey, marking the third longest sellout streak in NBA history. Prior to that, the last time the Bulls failed to sell out a home game was Nov. 17, 1987, vs. Washington. Other news items from the season included second-year forward Elton Brand (sophomore team) and rookie guard Khalid El-Amin (rookie team) both participating in the Schick Rookie Challenge at All-Star Weekend, and Marcus Fizer being named to the NBA’s All-Rookie Second Team. 2000–01 Chicago Bulls season The 2000–01 NBA season was", "title": "2000–01 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "10957218", "text": "by Pippen and 36 points from Jordan. On the next day, the Bulls defeated the San Antonio Spurs behind another triple-double by Pippen and Jordan's 38 points. Chicago then went to Delta Center to play against the Utah Jazz on November 24. In the game, the Bulls defeated the Jazz, 90–85. On November 26, the Bulls headed to Seattle and were dealt their second loss of the season after losing by five points. Heading south into Portland, Chicago would defeat the Trail Blazers by three points on November 27. In their last game of the month, the Bulls went to", "title": "1995–96 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802832", "text": "side. In the 2017–18 season, the Bulls wore special \"City\" uniforms designed by Nike. The uniforms, designed to pay homage to Chicago's flag, are in white and feature the classic \"Chicago\" script and numbers in red with light blue trim along with four six-pointed stars on each side. The Bulls' 2018–19 \"City\" uniform is once again inspired from Chicago's flag, with a black base and a portion of the flag with four red six-point stars and two powder blue stripes in front. Benny the Bull is the main mascot of the Chicago Bulls. He was first introduced in 1969. Benny", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802812", "text": "during the 1990s, a decade dominated by the Bulls. They were eliminated 3 times by Chicago, who went on to win the title each time. The rivalry has come back due to the return of the Bulls to the playoffs in the post-Michael Jordan era and the emergence of Dwyane Wade and Derrick Rose. The revived rivalry has been very physical, involving rough plays and hard fouls between players, most notably the actions of former Heat player James Posey. The Bulls and Heat met in the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals, with the Heat winning in 5 games. On March 27,", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802826", "text": "updated their uniform. Among the more notable changes in the look were centered uniform numbers and a vertically arched \"Bulls\" wordmark in both the red and white uniforms. Like the previous set, this uniform saw a few tweaks particularly in the treatment of the player's name. When Nike became the NBA's uniform provider in 2017, the Bulls kept much of the same look save for the truncated shoulder striping and the addition of the Chicago four stars on the waistline. With Nike and the NBA eliminating designations on home and away uniforms, the Bulls also announced that their red \"Icon\"", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802781", "text": "coaching list on June 4, 2008, reporting that he did not want to ruin his friendship with Jerry Reinsdorf. On June 10, 2008, the Chicago Bulls G.M. John Paxson hired Vinny Del Negro, with no coaching experience, to coach the young Bulls. On July 3, 2008, the \"Chicago Tribune\" reported that Del Harris agreed to become an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls along with former Charlotte Bobcats head coach Bernie Bickerstaff and longtime NBA assistant Bob Ociepka. Along with Bickerstaff and Ociepka, Harris helped establish a veteran presence on the coaching staff and helped rookie head coach Del Negro.", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "18036315", "text": "has been won in Chicago since 1992 when the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Blackhawks at Chicago Stadium. It was also the first time any Chicago sports team won a Championship at home since the Chicago Bulls in 1997 Final stats Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blackhawks. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only. Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record. The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season. Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft,", "title": "2014–15 Chicago Blackhawks season" }, { "docid": "11041079", "text": "1985–86 Chicago Bulls season The Chicago Bulls qualified for the NBA Playoffs. The 1985 NBA Draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the \"Lottery\" era. The lottery was put into place so teams did not have to intentionally lose games to receive the number one pick. At the time, the Bulls had the fifth worst record of any team to qualify for the playoffs in NBA history. Michael Jordan recovered in time to participate in the playoffs and performed well upon his return. Against a Boston Celtics team that is often considered", "title": "1985–86 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802821", "text": "first round against the Boston Celtics. More recently, since the NBA's relaxation of sneaker color rules, some Bulls players wore either red or white sneakers in defiance of the tradition. The Bulls and their arena mates, the Chicago Blackhawks, shared an odd tradition dating to the opening of Chicago Stadium. Every fall, Feld Entertainment's Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus came to Chicago on its nationwide tour. Since it used large indoor venues rather than tents, it took over the United Center for its entire run and the Bulls were forced, along with the Blackhawks, to take an extended", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "12022535", "text": "Comiskey Park, forcing the Chicago Cardinals to play in the (older and much smaller) Normal Field. Second, the Bulls made an offer for Cardinals star Paddy Driscoll that the reigning NFL champions could not match (Cardinals owner Chris O'Brien arranged a trade with the Bears, who \"did\" match the Bulls' offer to Driscoll, keeping him in the established league but knocking the Cardinals out of championship contention). Failing to sign Driscoll, the Bulls built up their roster by signing up men who played their college football in the American Midwest. Despite playing in front of 16,000 people in their first", "title": "Chicago Bulls (AFL, 1926)" }, { "docid": "11267446", "text": "NBA Finals, as well as when they won their last NBA championship. Second-year star Kirk Hinrich averaged 15.7 points, 6.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Top draft pick Ben Gordon became the first rookie to win the Sixth Man of The Year Award, as he and Luol Deng were both selected to the All-Rookie First Team. However, injuries were an issue as Deng was out for April and the postseason with a wrist injury, and Eddy Curry was sidelined due to a heart ailment. In the first round of the playoffs, the Bulls took a 2–0 lead over the", "title": "2004–05 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802789", "text": "NBA history to win it. He became the first Bulls player since Michael Jordan to win the award. As a team, Chicago finished the regular season with a league-best 62–20 record and clinched the first seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1998. The Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks in five and six games, respectively, thereby reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1998, and faced the Miami Heat. After winning the first game of the series, they lost the next four games, ending their season. During the off-season, the", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802750", "text": "Jordan and the Bulls were unable to overcome the eventual Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic, which included Horace Grant, Anfernee Hardaway, and Shaquille O'Neal. When Jordan returned to the Bulls, he initially wore No. 45 (which was his number while playing for the Birmingham Barons, a minor-league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox). He chose the No. 45 because his older brother Larry wore that number in high school. Michael wanted to be half as good as his brother so he chose 23 which is half of 45 (22.5) rounded up. However, Jordan switched back to the familiar 23 before", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "10957223", "text": "champions, Orlando Magic, a team led by Shaquille O'Neal and Anfernee Hardaway, who had reached the finals the previous year and were swept by Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Rockets. The Bulls won the regular-season series against the Magic, 3–1. To start the series, the Bulls took Game 1 in a 38-point blowout on May 19. Behind Jordan's 35 points, Chicago defeated Orlando on May 21. In Game 3, the Bulls continued their winning ways by taking a 3–0 series lead against the Magic. Completing the series sweep, the Bulls won Game 4 by five points behind a 45-point performance", "title": "1995–96 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802817", "text": "en route to the United Center, along the way smashing a bus featuring the opposing team's logo. Coincidentally, Alan Parsons wrote \"Sirius\" for his own band and was the sound engineer for \"On the Run\" from Pink Floyd's album \"The Dark Side of the Moon\". Traditionally, the players have been introduced in the following order: small forward, power forward, center, point guard, shooting guard. During the championship era, Scottie Pippen was usually the first (or second after Horace Grant) Bulls player introduced, and Michael Jordan the last. (Pippen and Jordan are the only players to play on all six Bulls", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "13074764", "text": "1999–2000 Chicago Bulls season The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Bulls' 34th season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls won the Draft Lottery, and selected Elton Brand out of Duke University with the first pick in the 1999 NBA draft. During the offseason, the team acquired Hersey Hawkins from the Seattle SuperSonics, and re-signed free agents B.J. Armstrong and Will Perdue, who both won championships with the team in the early 1990s. However, the Bulls' struggles continued as they lost 26 of their first 28 games. At midseason, Toni Kukoč was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, as the team", "title": "1999–2000 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "12022537", "text": "November 28 against the Yankees, in front of 3000 in Comiskey Park on December 5 against the Wildcats, and in front 8000 in Comiskey Park on December 12 against the Yankees. With the conclusion of the last game, the AFL – and the Chicago Bulls – became history, and Sternaman returned to the Chicago Bears. Upon the completion of a New York Yankees' 7-3 victory over the Bulls in Comiskey Park on December 12, 1926, the first AFL was officially dead. Although Joey Sternaman was the official owner of the team, the bills were paid by C. C. Pyle, who", "title": "Chicago Bulls (AFL, 1926)" }, { "docid": "802778", "text": "by winning Game 4 by 10 points. The Bulls then easily won Game 5 in Detroit, and had a chance to make NBA history. But they lost at home in game 6 by 10, and the Pistons won the series 4–2 on May 17. During the off season, the Bulls signed forward Joe Smith and guard Adrian Griffin, and drafted center Joakim Noah. However, distractions began when Luol Deng and Ben Gordon turned down contract extensions, never citing reasons. Then rumors surfaced that the Bulls were pursuing stars like Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol, and most notably, Kobe Bryant. None of", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "18069829", "text": "sustained the day before. Even though Rose scored 30 points, the Bulls were not able to defeat the Cavaliers, losing 98–107. The game was broadcast locally on CSN Chicago and nationally on NBA TV. In its last preseason game, Chicago played the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 24 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The Bulls would lose by a score of 112–113 after the Timberwolves came back from being down by 13 points. Butler would miss his second game while recovering from his injury. The game was televised locally on CSN Chicago. On October 8, Thibodeau gathered the", "title": "2014–15 Chicago Bulls season" }, { "docid": "802830", "text": "featured white lettering with gold and black trim and the \"Chicago\" wordmark replacing \"Bulls in front. In 2016 and 2017, they wore the same uniforms minus the sleeves. Between 2009 and 2017, the Bulls wore a variation of their red uniforms as part of the NBA's \"Noche Latina\" festivities every March. The only notable change in this uniform was the \"Los Bulls\" wordmark in front. For 2014, the Bulls briefly retired the look in favor of a black sleeved uniform featuring \"Los Bulls\" in white with red trim. During the NBA's \"Green Week\" celebrations, the Bulls also wore green uniforms,", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "12022534", "text": "Chicago Bulls (AFL, 1926) The Chicago Bulls were a professional American football team that competed in the first American Football League in 1926. Owned by Joey Sternaman (brother of Chicago Bears co-owner Dutch Sternaman), the Bulls also had AFL founders C. C. Pyle and Red Grange as shareholders (Pyle and Grange were also the co-owners of the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Wildcats of the AFL). Joey Sternaman was also the coach and blocking back for the Bulls throughout their brief existence. The newly minted Bulls had adverse effects on the more established NFL. First, the Bulls leased", "title": "Chicago Bulls (AFL, 1926)" }, { "docid": "3348657", "text": "in their finals by the Pittsburgh Penguins, losing at Chicago Stadium, while the Bulls won the second of their first of three straight NBA titles on their home floor against the Portland Trail Blazers. The next time the Bulls clinched the championship at home, was in the newly built United Center in (when they did so against the Seattle SuperSonics), their second season at the new arena, and the Blackhawks would not reach the Stanley Cup Finals again until (in which they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games), their 16th season in the new building, although they won their", "title": "Chicago Stadium" }, { "docid": "802804", "text": "victory against archrivals and defending Eastern Conference Champion Cleveland Cavaliers and jumped to an 8–3 record in the first month. The Bulls went 10–9 and through late November and December. The Bulls came back and won six straight games. However soon afterwards, they lost 12 of their next 17 games and Butler missed four weeks after injuring his knee. The Bulls were eliminated from playoff contention after a loss to the Miami Heat on April 7, 2016 although finishing with season with a winning record of 42–40. It was the first time in 8 years that the Bulls had missed", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "802829", "text": "Bulls began wearing the Statement uniforms after Thanksgiving and is currently used in away games against teams that wear their white, grey/silver or cream uniforms. During the 2005–06 season, the Bulls honored the defunct Chicago Stags by wearing the team's red and blue throwback uniforms. The set featured red tops and blue shorts. From 2006 to 2017, the Bulls wore a green version of their red uniforms during the week of St. Patrick's Day in March. The only red elements visible were those found on the team logo. For 2015 the Bulls wore sleeved versions of the green uniform that", "title": "Chicago Bulls" } ]

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[ { "docid": "211785", "text": "his legacy. Most notable is Swift's Street, named after him. Trim also holds a recurring festival in honour of Swift, called the 'Trim Swift Festival'. Jake Arnott features him in his 2017 novel \"The Fatal Tree\". A 2017 analysis of library holdings data revealed that Swift is the most popular Irish author, and that \"Gulliver’s Travels\" is the most widely held work of Irish literature in libraries globally. Online works Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211743", "text": "Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Swift is remembered for works such as \"A Tale of a Tub\" (1704), \"An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity\" (1712), \"Gulliver's Travels\" (1726), and \"A Modest Proposal\" (1729). He is regarded by the \"Encyclopædia Britannica\" as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms – such as", "title": "Jonathan Swift" } ]

[ { "docid": "11826812", "text": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift, as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, produced many sermons during his tenure from 1713 to 1745. Although Swift is better known today for his secular writings such as \"Gulliver's Travels\", \"A Tale of a Tub\", or the \"Drapier's Letters\", Swift was known in Dublin for his sermons that were delivered every fifth Sunday. Of these sermons, Swift wrote down 35, of which 12 have been preserved. In his sermons Swift attempted to impart traditional Church of Ireland values to his listeners in a plain manner. Of the surviving twelve sermons, four have", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211784", "text": "Ruskin named him as one of the three people in history who were the most influential for him. George Orwell named him as one of the writers he most admired, despite disagreeing with him on almost every moral and political issue. Modernist poet Edith Sitwell wrote a fictional biography of Swift, titled \"I Live Under a Black Sun\" and published in 1937. Swift crater, a crater on Mars's moon Deimos, is named after Jonathan Swift, who predicted the existence of the moons of Mars. In honour of Swift's long-time residence in Trim, there are several monuments in the town marking", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211744", "text": "Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier – or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in \"A Modest Proposal\", has led to such satire being subsequently termed \"Swiftian\". Jonathan Swift was born on 30 November 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. He was the second child and only son of Jonathan Swift (1640–1667) and his wife Abigail Erick (or Herrick) of Frisby on the Wreake. His father was a native of Goodrich, Herefordshire, but he accompanied his brothers to Ireland to seek their fortunes in law after", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211773", "text": "without uttering a word.\" In 1744, Alexander Pope died. Then on 19 October 1745, Swift, at nearly 80, died. After being laid out in public view for the people of Dublin to pay their last respects, he was buried in his own cathedral by Esther Johnson's side, in accordance with his wishes. The bulk of his fortune (£12,000) was left to found a hospital for the mentally ill, originally known as St Patrick’s Hospital for Imbeciles, which opened in 1757, and which still exists as a psychiatric hospital. Jonathan Swift wrote his own epitaph: W. B. Yeats poetically translated it", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211778", "text": "would die on 29 March. Swift followed up with a pamphlet issued on 30 March claiming that Partridge had in fact died, which was widely believed despite Partridge's statements to the contrary. According to other sources, Richard Steele uses the personae of Isaac Bickerstaff and was the one who wrote about the \"death\" of John Partridge and published it in \"The Spectator,\" not Jonathan Swift. The \"Drapier's Letters\" (1724) was a series of pamphlets against the monopoly granted by the English government to William Wood to mint copper coinage for Ireland. It was widely believed that Wood would need to", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "19479118", "text": "France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Slovakia. The song has reached the top 10 in all except three of the countries it has charted in. Taylor Swift performed \"This is What You Came For\" on the piano for the first time live at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on 22 October 2016. Swift then performed an acoustic guitar version at the DirecTV Super Saturday Night in Houston, Texas, on 4 February 2017. This Is What You Came For \"This Is What You Came For\" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris,", "title": "This Is What You Came For" }, { "docid": "20552452", "text": "What It Is (Jonathan Davis song) \"What It Is\" is the first single from Korn singer Jonathan Davis, to be featured on his debut album \"Black Labyrinth\". The song is his first solo track since 2012's \"Silent Hill\", from the \"\" soundtrack, and the only song he has released to date that will feature on his first album. After a teaser was released on 25 January 2018, it was released the next day along with a music video, and confirmation of Davis' signing to Sumerian Records. It is also featured on the soundtrack for the Sumerian Films movie \"American Satan\".", "title": "What It Is (Jonathan Davis song)" }, { "docid": "20552451", "text": "What It Is (Jonathan Davis song) \"What It Is\" is the first single from Korn singer Jonathan Davis, to be featured on his debut album \"Black Labyrinth\". The song is his first solo track since 2012's \"Silent Hill\", from the \"\" soundtrack, and the only song he has released to date that will feature on his first album. After a teaser was released on 25 January 2018, it was released the next day along with a music video, and confirmation of Davis' signing to Sumerian Records. It is also featured on the soundtrack for the Sumerian Films movie \"American Satan\".", "title": "What It Is (Jonathan Davis song)" }, { "docid": "11826814", "text": "(which Swift also delivered). The sermons are plainly written and apply a common-sense approach to contemporary moral issues in Dublin. Swift patterned his sermons on the plain style of the \"Book of Common Prayer\" and the Church of Ireland Authorized Version of the Bible. As Dean of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Jonathan Swift spent every fifth Sunday preaching from the pulpit. Although many of his friends suggested that he should publish these sermons, Swift felt that he lacked the talent as a preacher to make his sermons worthy of publication. Instead, Swift spent his time working more on political works, such", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826874", "text": "in the best light, because they do honour to his heart as well as to his head; furnishing some additional proofs, that, though he was very free in his abuse of the inhabitants of that country, as well natives as foreigners, he had their interest sincerely at heart, and perfectly understood it. His sermon upon Doing Good, though peculiarly adapted to Ireland and Wood's designs upon it, contains perhaps the best motives to patriotism that were ever delivered within so small a compass. Sermons of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift, as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, produced many sermons", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211761", "text": "and accession of George I that year, the Whigs returned to power, and the Tory leaders were tried for treason for conducting secret negotiations with France. Swift has been described by scholars as \"a Whig in politics and Tory in religion\" and Swift related his own views in similar terms, stating that as \"a lover of liberty, I found myself to be what they called a Whig in politics...But, as to religion, I confessed myself to be an High-Churchman.\" In his \"Thoughts on Religion\", fearing the intense partisan strife waged over religious belief in the seventeenth century England, Swift wrote", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "20416049", "text": "lyric video has garnered over 55 million views. Swift performed an acoustic version of \"Call It What You Want\" during a SiriusXM Fishbowl session on November 10, 2017. A day later, Swift performed an acoustic version of the song again during an episode of the 43rd season of \"Saturday Night Live\", alongside \"...Ready for It?\". The song is also a regular part of her setlist for the Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour. Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song) \"Call It What You Want\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her sixth studio album \"Reputation\"", "title": "Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "19479104", "text": "This Is What You Came For \"This Is What You Came For\" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris, featuring Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on 29 April 2016, through Columbia Records and Westbury Road. The song was written by Taylor Swift, who was initially credited with the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg. Rihanna and Harris had previously collaborated on her sixth studio album, \"Talk That Talk\", which included the international chart-topper \"We Found Love\" and US top five single \"Where Have You Been\", the former of which was written and produced by Harris. He played the", "title": "This Is What You Came For" }, { "docid": "20416043", "text": "Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song) \"Call It What You Want\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her sixth studio album \"Reputation\" (2017). It was released on November 3, 2017, as a promotional single from the album. Swift co-wrote and co-produced the track with Jack Antonoff. After Swift held several listening parties during October 2017, where she played her sixth studio album \"Reputation\" for 100 fans from all around the world and after releasing \"Gorgeous\" as the second promotional single of the album, on November 2, 2017, Swift announced she would be releasing \"Call", "title": "Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "11826819", "text": "and to save others and themselves. Bless this congregation here met together in thy name; grant them to hear and receive thy holy word, to the salvation of their own souls. Lastly, we desire to return thee praise and thanksgiving for all thy mercies bestowed upon us; but chiefly for the Fountain of them all, Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose name and words we further call upon thee, saying, 'Our Father,' &c.\" The order of the sermons is presented according to the 1763 \"Sermons of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift\" \"carefully corrected\" edition, which published the first nine of", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211757", "text": "Rebecca Dingley (who lived with Stella all through her years in Ireland) dismissed the story as absurd. Swift certainly did not wish her to marry anyone else: in 1704, when their mutual friend William Tisdall informed Swift that he intended to propose to Stella, Swift wrote to him to dissuade him from the idea. Although the tone of the letter was courteous, Swift privately expressed his disgust for Tisdall as an \"interloper\", and they were estranged for many years. During his visits to England in these years, Swift published \"A Tale of a Tub\" and \"The Battle of the Books\"", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "19479109", "text": "it and cut the vocals\", and also confirming her previous request for secrecy as co-songwriter. The credit has since been officially changed to \"Taylor Swift\" in BMI's and ASCAP's entry for the song. \"This Is What You Came For\" is an EDM song. Gil Kaufman of \"Billboard\" stated that the song is \"a chilled-out, joyful club track that nods to classic Chicago house from the late 1980s and early 1990s, but with a modern, poppier flavor.\" The song is written in the key of A minor with a tempo of 124 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression", "title": "This Is What You Came For" }, { "docid": "211769", "text": "Ireland. Swift returned to England one more time in 1727 and stayed with Alexander Pope once again. The visit was cut short when Swift received word that Esther Johnson was dying, and rushed back home to be with her. On 28 January 1728, Esther Johnson died; Swift had prayed at her bedside, even composing prayers for her comfort. Swift could not bear to be present at the end, but on the night of her death he began to write his \"The Death of Mrs Johnson\". He was too ill to attend the funeral at St Patrick's. Many years later, a", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826855", "text": "on Corinthians in order to combat religious schismatic tendencies in a similar manner to his criticism of dissenters in \"On Mutual Subjection\". However, a second aspect of I Corinthians also enters into the sermon; Swift relies on it to promote the idea that reason can be used to comprehend the world, but \"excellency of speech\" is false when it comes to knowledge about the divine. To this, Swift said, \"we must either believe what God directly commandeth us in Holy Scripture, or we must wholly reject the Scripture, and the Christian Religion which we pretend to confess\". \"On Doing Good:", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211750", "text": "secretary to William III and sent him to London to urge the King to consent to a bill for triennial Parliaments. Swift took up his residence at Moor Park where he met Esther Johnson, then eight years old, the daughter of an impoverished widow who acted as companion to Temple's sister Lady Giffard. Swift was her tutor and mentor, giving her the nickname \"Stella\", and the two maintained a close but ambiguous relationship for the rest of Esther's life. In 1690, Swift left Temple for Ireland because of his health but returned to Moor Park the following year. The illness", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "20656147", "text": "What Made America Famous? \"What Made America Famous?\" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1974 album, Verities & Balderdash. It has also been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums. The song inspired Chapin to write the award nominated Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous. The song shows a man, his girlfriend, and kids living in a rundown home. Eventually, a house fire starts, and they need rescue. It is continually asked in the song if anybody cares. It ends with the firefighters waiting to respond to \"let them sweat", "title": "What Made America Famous?" }, { "docid": "211780", "text": "patent was recinded in September 1725 and the coins were kept out of circulation. In \"Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift\" (1739) Swift recalled this as one of his best achievements. \"Gulliver's Travels\", a large portion of which Swift wrote at Woodbrook House in County Laois, was published in 1726. It is regarded as his masterpiece. As with his other writings, the \"Travels\" was published under a pseudonym, the fictional Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon and later a sea captain. Some of the correspondence between printer Benj. Motte and Gulliver's also-fictional cousin negotiating the book's publication has survived. Though", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211747", "text": "a first cousin of Elizabeth, wife of Sir Walter Raleigh. His great-great grandmother Margaret (Godwin) Swift was the sister of Francis Godwin, author of \"The Man in the Moone\" which influenced parts of Swift's \"Gulliver's Travels\". His uncle Thomas Swift married a daughter of poet and playwright Sir William Davenant, a godson of William Shakespeare. Swift's benefactor and uncle Godwin Swift (1628–1695) took primary responsibility for the young man, sending him with one of his cousins to Kilkenny College (also attended by philosopher George Berkeley). He arrived there at the age of six, where he was expected to have already", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "9692482", "text": "opened for The Smashing Pumpkins, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, and Snow Patrol. WMMF has been featured on spots in \"Billboard\" and Rolling Stone bands-to-watch lists. The band's name comes from Jerry Lee Lewis's \"What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)\". What Made Milwaukee Famous (band) What Made Milwaukee Famous (WMMF) is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. In 2005, WMMF performed for Austin City Limits with Franz Ferdinand, making them one of the only unsigned bands to play for the show in its 43-year history. In 2006, the band signed with Barsuk Records, which", "title": "What Made Milwaukee Famous (band)" }, { "docid": "11826815", "text": "as \"Drapier's Letters\", and justified this by his lacking in religions areas. Members of St. Patrick's community would ask, \"Pray, does the Doctor preach today?\" Swift's sermons had the reputation of being spoken \"with an emphasis and fervor which everyone around him saw, and felt.\" In response to such encouragement to preach, Swift was reported to say that he \"could never rise higher than \"preaching pamphlets\".\" Swift's friend, Dr. John Arbuthnot, claimed, \"I can never imagine any man can be uneasy, that has the opportunity of venting himself to a whole congregation once a week.\" Regardless of what Swift thought", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "9692481", "text": "What Made Milwaukee Famous (band) What Made Milwaukee Famous (WMMF) is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. In 2005, WMMF performed for Austin City Limits with Franz Ferdinand, making them one of the only unsigned bands to play for the show in its 43-year history. In 2006, the band signed with Barsuk Records, which re-released their 2004 debut album, \"Trying to Never Catch Up\". Their second album, \"What Doesn't Kill Us\", was released on March 4, 2008. Since forming, the band has played at the South by Southwest music festival, the Austin City Limits Festival, and Lollapalooza. They have", "title": "What Made Milwaukee Famous (band)" }, { "docid": "20656148", "text": "a little\", and the plumber ends up saving everyone in the home. They spend the night in the plumber's home and realize that heroes are people who you'd never suspect, or ever know. The song was inspired when Chapin himself lived in Point Lookout in Long Island during the 1960s. There was a suspicious fire in a low-income residence. Although it is unknown how the actual firefighters responded, he imagined that they responded like in the song. What Made America Famous? \"What Made America Famous?\" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his", "title": "What Made America Famous?" }, { "docid": "211779", "text": "flood Ireland with debased coinage in order to make a profit. In these \"letters\" Swift posed as a shop-keeper—a draper—to criticise the plan. Swift's writing was so effective in undermining opinion in the project that a reward was offered by the government to anyone disclosing the true identity of the author. Though hardly a secret (on returning to Dublin after one of his trips to England, Swift was greeted with a banner, \"Welcome Home, Drapier\") no one turned Swift in, although there was an unsuccessful attempt to prosecute the publisher Harding. Thanks to the general outcry against the coinage, Wood's", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211764", "text": "Vanhomrigh died in 1723 at the age of 35, having destroyed the will she had made in Swift's favour. Another lady with whom he had a close but less intense relationship was Anne Long, a toast of the Kit-Cat Club. Before the fall of the Tory government, Swift hoped that his services would be rewarded with a church appointment in England. However, Queen Anne appeared to have taken a dislike to Swift and thwarted these efforts. Her dislike has been attributed to \"A Tale of a Tub\", which she thought blasphemous, compounded by \"The Windsor Prophecy\", where Swift, with a", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211758", "text": "(1704) and began to gain a reputation as a writer. This led to close, lifelong friendships with Alexander Pope, John Gay, and John Arbuthnot, forming the core of the Martinus Scriblerus Club (founded in 1713). Swift became increasingly active politically in these years. Swift supported the Glorious Revolution and early in his life belonged to the Whigs. As a member of the Anglican Church, he feared a return of the Catholic monarchy and \"Papist\" absolutism. From 1707 to 1709 and again in 1710, Swift was in London unsuccessfully urging upon the Whig administration of Lord Godolphin the claims of the", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "3432421", "text": "recently Skype visits,\" added Deitch, an American expatriate living in the Czech Republic. Allen Swift died at his home on April 18, 2010. Allen Swift Iris Stadlen (January 16, 1924 – April 18, 2010), known professionally as Allen Swift, was an American voice actor, best known for voicing cartoon characters Simon Bar Sinister and Riff-Raff on the \"Underdog\" cartoon show. He took his professional name from radio comedian Fred Allen and 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift. Swift was an early television star who hosted \"The Popeye Show\" from September 10, 1956, to September 23, 1960, until he was forced to", "title": "Allen Swift" }, { "docid": "211749", "text": "special grace.\" Swift was studying for his master's degree when political troubles in Ireland surrounding the Glorious Revolution forced him to leave for England in 1688, where his mother helped him get a position as secretary and personal assistant of Sir William Temple at Moor Park, Farnham. Temple was an English diplomat who arranged the Triple Alliance of 1668. He had retired from public service to his country estate to tend his gardens and write his memoirs. Gaining his employer's confidence, Swift \"was often trusted with matters of great importance\". Within three years of their acquaintance, Temple had introduced his", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826817", "text": "and states, \"For a divine hath nothing to say to the wisest congregation of any parish in this kingdom, which he may not express in a manner to be understood by the meanest among them.\" He elaborates further when he says, \"The two principal branches of preaching, are first to tell the people what is their duty; and then to convince them that it is so.\" Shortly before his death, Swift gave the collection of 35 sermons to Dr. Thomas Sheridan, saying, \"You may have them if you please; they maybe of use to you, they never were of any", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826859", "text": "in all their action and behaviour as we have done; and at the same time, no people ever appeared more utterly void of what is called public spirit ... therefore, I shall think my time not ill-spent if I can persuade most and all of you who hear me, to shew the love you have for your country by endeavouring in your several situations to do all the public good you can. For I am certain persuaded that all our misfortunes arise from no other original cause than that general disregard among us to the public welfare. Swift felt that", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211756", "text": "and Rome\". Swift had residence in Trim, County Meath, after 1700. He wrote many of his works during this time period. In February 1702, Swift received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Trinity College, Dublin. That spring he travelled to England and then returned to Ireland in October, accompanied by Esther Johnson—now 20—and his friend Rebecca Dingley, another member of William Temple's household. There is a great mystery and controversy over Swift's relationship with Esther Johnson, nicknamed \"Stella\". Many, notably his close friend Thomas Sheridan, believed that they were secretly married in 1716; others, like Swift's housekeeper Mrs Brent and", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211777", "text": "Modern side came from Richard Bentley, one of the pre-eminent scholars of the day, in his essay \"Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris\" (1699). The final words on the topic belong to Swift in his \"Battle of the Books\" (1697, published 1704) in which he makes a humorous defence on behalf of Temple and the cause of the Ancients. In 1708, a cobbler named John Partridge published a popular almanac of astrological predictions. Because Partridge falsely determined the deaths of several church officials, Swift attacked Partridge in \"Predictions for the Ensuing Year\" by Isaac Bickerstaff, a parody predicting that Partridge", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211766", "text": "however, Swift began to turn his pamphleteering skills in support of Irish causes, producing some of his most memorable works: \"Proposal for Universal Use of Irish Manufacture\" (1720), \"Drapier's Letters\" (1724), and \"A Modest Proposal\" (1729), earning him the status of an Irish patriot. This new role was unwelcome to the Government, which made clumsy attempts to silence him. His printer, Edward Waters, was convicted of seditious libel in 1720, but four years later a grand jury refused to find that the \"Drapier's Letters\" (which, though written under a pseudonym, were universally known to be Swift's work) were seditious. Swift", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211763", "text": "\"Vanessa\" (derived by adding \"Essa\", a pet form of Esther, to the \"Van\" of her surname, Vanhomrigh), and she features as one of the main characters in his poem \"Cadenus and Vanessa\". The poem and their correspondence suggest that Esther was infatuated with Swift, and that he may have reciprocated her affections, only to regret this and then try to break off the relationship. Esther followed Swift to Ireland in 1714, and settled at her old family home, Celbridge Abbey. Their uneasy relationship continued for some years; then there appears to have been a confrontation, possibly involving Esther Johnson. Esther", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211760", "text": "the War of the Spanish Succession. Swift was part of the inner circle of the Tory government, and often acted as mediator between Henry St John (Viscount Bolingbroke), the secretary of state for foreign affairs (1710–15), and Robert Harley (Earl of Oxford), lord treasurer and prime minister (1711–1714). Swift recorded his experiences and thoughts during this difficult time in a long series of letters to Esther Johnson, collected and published after his death as \"A Journal to Stella\". The animosity between the two Tory leaders eventually led to the dismissal of Harley in 1714. With the death of Queen Anne", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211753", "text": "Temple's memoirs and correspondence for publication. During this time, Swift wrote \"The Battle of the Books\", a satire responding to critics of Temple's \"Essay upon Ancient and Modern Learning\" (1690), though \"Battle\" was not published until 1704. Temple died on 27 January 1699. Swift, normally a harsh judge of human nature, said that all that was good and amiable in mankind had died with Temple. He stayed on briefly in England to complete editing Temple's memoirs, and perhaps in the hope that recognition of his work might earn him a suitable position in England. Unfortunately, his work made enemies among", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211748", "text": "learned the basic declensions in Latin. He hadn't and so started at a lower form. Swift graduated in 1682, when he was 15. He attended Dublin University (Trinity College, Dublin) in 1682, financed by Godwin's son Willoughby. The four-year course followed a curriculum largely set in the Middle Ages for the priesthood. The lectures were dominated by Aristotelian logic and philosophy. The basic skill taught the students was debate and they were expected to be able to argue both sides of any argument or topic. Swift was an above-average student but not exceptional, and received his B.A. in 1686 \"by", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826822", "text": "mystery utterly unknown to mankind. Although Swift constantly answers moral problems with common sense and reason, Swift believed that reason cannot be used when it comes to the divine mysteries. Instead, faith is all that man needs and, as Swift claims: This is enough for any good Christian to believe on this great article, without ever inquiring any farther: And, this can be contrary to no man's reason, although the knowledge of it is hid from him. \"On Mutual Subjection\" was first given on 28 February 1718, and it was first printed in 1744. Its introductory passage from scripture comes", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826849", "text": "want them. Besides, my present design was only to shew where your alms would be best bestowed, to the honour of God, your own ease and advantage, the service of your country, and the benefit of the poor. I desire you will all weigh and consider what I have spoken, and, according to your several stations and abilities, endeavour to put it in practice; Some critics have seen Swift as hopeless in regards to actual change for Ireland. The rich could never change from their absentee landlord mentality that has stripped Ireland of its economic independence, and that is why", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "19295863", "text": "the snake emoji on her profile. By August 2017, Swift was using snakes in promotional material for her 2017 album \"Reputation\". They were worked into merchandise, the music video for its lead single \"Look What You Made Me Do\", and her 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour. In October 2016, the demo version leaked, revealing different lyrics on Swift and Amber Rose. The song's music video premiered at a Tidal exclusive event at The Forum in Inglewood, California on June 24, 2016. The video begins with a camera passing slowly over the nude, lookalike sleeping bodies of famous personalities. All of the", "title": "Famous (Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "11826826", "text": "in power. The pretended subjects were pride and humiliation.\" He later continued to claim that \"in short, [Swift] is thought to be Tory... all over, which (here) is reckon'd by every honest man Jacobite.\" However, Evans may have overly emphasised a political interpretation of the sermon for his own political gain; the see of Derry had just opened and Evans wished to have his friend William Nicolson take the position. Evans' political intrigue provoked Swift during an inspection of the clergy of Meath at Trim. Swift, as vicar of Laracor spoke during a synod to defend himself, his sermons, and", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826854", "text": "introductory passage from scripture comes from I Corinthians 3:19 – \"The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.\" This sermon emphasises the nature of rewards and punishments, and how such aspects of Christianity had been lacking in the classical philosophies. Except for The Gospel of St. Matthew, Swift relied on I Corinthians more than any other Biblical book. I Corinthians was a favourite work for Swift to rely on, because the epistle emphasises how to act as a proper Christian and how to conform to united principles. Although the Anglican mass emphasises the Epistle to the Romans, Swift relied", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "3432416", "text": "Allen Swift Iris Stadlen (January 16, 1924 – April 18, 2010), known professionally as Allen Swift, was an American voice actor, best known for voicing cartoon characters Simon Bar Sinister and Riff-Raff on the \"Underdog\" cartoon show. He took his professional name from radio comedian Fred Allen and 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift. Swift was an early television star who hosted \"The Popeye Show\" from September 10, 1956, to September 23, 1960, until he was forced to leave the program due to creative differences with station management. But he later became a children's television show host named \"Captain Allen\" on", "title": "Allen Swift" }, { "docid": "18457803", "text": "Theophilus Swift Theophilus Swift (1746–1815) was an Irish writer and poet. He was born the son of Deane Swift of Dublin, (who was a cousin of Dr. Jonathan Swift) and educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1767. He studied law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1774. After practising law for a few years, he moved to live in Dublin after inheriting some property in Limerick after the death of his father in 1783. In 1789 he was wounded in a duel in London with Colonel Charles Lennox (afterwards fourth Duke of", "title": "Theophilus Swift" }, { "docid": "11826839", "text": "of the other Gospels; this is standard practice for Swift, because the Gospel features a simple, non-controversial history that complements Swift's religious views. \"On False Witness\" was given in 1715. Its introductory passage from scripture comes from Exodus 20:16 – \"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.\" This sermon deals primarily with the topic of informers; an informer had produced evidence that Swift was breaching King George's order against preachers involving themselves in political matters. Swift, as a Tory propagandist, had been sent a package from another Tory; the package was intercepted by a customs officer and it", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826830", "text": "itself in historic outcomes. In particular, Swift relies on a quote from Tiberius, as reported by Tacitus, to describe the \"heathen\" thoughts. Swift relied on Tiberius' quote when mocking leaders who would undermine religious unity or those who were completely opposed to Christianity, such as in \"An Argument against Abolishing Christianity\". Swift believed in the need for citizens to be required to follow Anglican religious practices and to honor the king as head of the Church, and a king who would who did not believe in the same could be nothing less than pagan. Part of the sermon is dedicated", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "19479108", "text": "credited as the song's writers. On 13 July 2016, TMZ reported that the track was written with Harris's then-girlfriend Taylor Swift, who used the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg because they did not want their relationship to overshadow the song. The track became a point of contention upon its release, when Harris—in response to being asked about the possibility of collaborating with Swift during an interview with Ryan Seacrest—said that he \"can't see it happening.\" Harris also took to his Twitter account to confirm that Swift wrote the lyrics and contributed some vocals, while he \"wrote the music, produced the song, arranged", "title": "This Is What You Came For" }, { "docid": "11826853", "text": "He describes these people as: Men whose minds are much enslaved to earthly affairs all the week, cannot disengage or break the chain of their thoughts so suddenly, as to apply to a discourse that is wholly foreign to what they have most at heart.\" The people are unwilling to be confronted by the results of their actions in the afterlife, and it is this problem that Swift wants to prevent. \"On the Wisdom of this World\" was originally titled \"A Sermon upon the Excellence of Christianity in Opposition to Heathen Philosophy\" in the 1765 edition of Swift's \"Works\". Its", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "20315189", "text": "Brittany Spanos of \"Rolling Stone\" believed that the song marked a continuation of the feud between Swift and rapper Kanye West; the latter had previously name-dropped Swift in his song \"Famous\" by using the line, \"I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? / I made that bitch famous\". The single was noted as being a darker, angrier work than what Swift had done before. Hugh McIntye of \"Forbes\" was critical of the change in style, saying that it \"didn't sound like [Swift]\" and that it \"may have some kinks to work out\". Meaghan Garvey from", "title": "Look What You Made Me Do" }, { "docid": "10449007", "text": "for €13.25 million, who continued to contract it out to Military Sealift Command until the end of 2017. In January 2018, with its charter to the US Navy completed, it was announced that the \"Westpac Express\" would replace the HSC Jonathan Swift as a commercial passenger ferry on Irish Ferries' Holyhead to Dublin route. On the afternoon of 14 January 2018, \"Westpac Express\" arrived in Northern Ireland drydocking at Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard for refurbishment and conversion to civilian use. MV Dublin Swift HSC \"Dublin Swift\" is a high-speed catamaran built in 2001 by Austal Ltd. of Henderson, Western", "title": "MV Dublin Swift" }, { "docid": "211770", "text": "lock of hair, assumed to be Esther Johnson's, was found in his desk, wrapped in a paper bearing the words, \"Only a woman's hair\". Death became a frequent feature of Swift's life from this point. In 1731 he wrote \"Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift\", his own obituary published in 1739. In 1732, his good friend and collaborator John Gay died. In 1735, John Arbuthnot, another friend from his days in London, died. In 1738 Swift began to show signs of illness, and in 1742 he may have suffered a stroke, losing the ability to speak and realising his", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211762", "text": "that \"Every man, as a member of the commonwealth, ought to be content with the possession of his own opinion in private.\" However, it should be borne in mind that, during Swift's time period, terms like \"Whig\" and \"Tory\" both encompassed a wide array of opinions and factions and neither term aligns with a modern political party or modern political alignments. Also during these years in London, Swift became acquainted with the Vanhomrigh family (Dutch merchants who had settled in Ireland, then moved to London) and became involved with one of the daughters, Esther. Swift furnished Esther with the nickname", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211751", "text": "consisted of fits of vertigo or giddiness, now known to be Ménière's disease, and it continued to plague him throughout his life. During this second stay with Temple, Swift received his M.A. from Hart Hall, Oxford, in 1692. Then he left Moor Park, apparently despairing of gaining a better position through Temple's patronage, to become an ordained priest in the Established Church of Ireland. He was appointed to the prebend of Kilroot in the Diocese of Connor in 1694, with his parish located at Kilroot, near Carrickfergus in County Antrim. Swift appears to have been miserable in his new position,", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211746", "text": "his wet nurse to her hometown of Whitehaven, Cumberland, England. He said that there he learned to read the Bible. His nurse returned him to his mother, still in Ireland, when he was three. His mother returned to England after his birth, leaving him in the care of his Uncle Godwin, a close friend and confidant of Sir John Temple whose son later employed Swift as his secretary. Swift's family had several interesting literary connections. His grandmother Elizabeth (Dryden) Swift was the niece of Sir Erasmus Dryden, grandfather of poet John Dryden. The same grandmother's aunt Katherine (Throckmorton) Dryden was", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "7210991", "text": "Jonathan Smedley Jonathan Smedley (1671–1729) was an Anglo-Irish churchman who became Dean of Clogher in 1724. He was an opportunist and satirical victim who engaged in a polemic with Jonathan Swift and the forces of the Tory party. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, received his MA from Trinity College in 1698 and served as a chaplain in the British Army before getting a parish in County Cork in 1709. Despite having that office, he spent as much time as he could in Dublin and away from his parish. When Jonathan Swift was made dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin,", "title": "Jonathan Smedley" }, { "docid": "5411208", "text": "album \"Running with Scissors\". In August 2011, Taylor Swift covered \"Ghetto Supastar\" during the North American leg of her Speak Now World Tour. In each city, she chose to pay tribute to a homegrown artist. In Washington, D.C., she performed an acoustic version of \"Ghetto Supastar\", given that Mýa is from Washington, D.C. Swift referred to the song as her \"seventh grade anthem\". In 2017, singer/actress Vanessa Hudgens posted a video of herself singing \"Ghetto Supastar\" a capella on Instagram. Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) \"Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)\" is a song by American rapper", "title": "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" }, { "docid": "20315210", "text": "it this time. In June 2016, discussing the relationship between her and Kanye West after West's song \"Famous\" (2016) was released, Swift wrote on Instagram, \"I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative.\" The same line is spoken by the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Taylor clone at the end of the video. She is wearing the same outfit Swift had worn during the actual 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when West interrupted her award-winning speech for Best Female Video. Swift performed \"Look What You Made Me Do\" live for the first time as part of the", "title": "Look What You Made Me Do" }, { "docid": "11826829", "text": "conscience as this, are of all others the least tender to those who differ from them in the smallest point relating to government.\" To Swift, tolerating dissent is the same as tolerating blasphemy. The work is filled with innuendo towards the rule of King George and his toleration of Whigs and dissenters as tyrannical; Swift claims that a leader who tolerates religious dissenters was like a \"heathen Emperor, who said, if the gods were offended, it was their own concern, and they were able to vindicate themselves.\" To Swift, such leaders would eventually lose power, because God's divine will manifests", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "9480314", "text": "California Rangers. He has been denounced for his views by members of the left and right both, including condemnation from Robert W. Welch Jr. of the John Birch Society. Swift died in a Mexican clinic on October 8, 1970, apparently from a heart attack. Wesley A. Swift Wesley A. Swift (1913–1970) was a former Methodist minister from Southern California that is most famous for his racist views, including his denial of the holocaust. In the 1940s, Swift started his own church, later known as the Church of Jesus Christ Christian. The church's website now states that \"Wesley Swift is considered", "title": "Wesley A. Swift" }, { "docid": "11826820", "text": "the twelve known sermons. Its introductory passage from scripture comes from First Epistle of John 5:7 – \"For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these Three are One.\" Swift relies on 1 Corinthians in this sermon, but unlike other uses by Swift of 1 Corinthians, his use of the epistle in \"On the Trinity\" describe man's inability to understand the complex workings of God. Swift states \"Behold I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.\" The primarily use of this sermon", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "9480313", "text": "Wesley A. Swift Wesley A. Swift (1913–1970) was a former Methodist minister from Southern California that is most famous for his racist views, including his denial of the holocaust. In the 1940s, Swift started his own church, later known as the Church of Jesus Christ Christian. The church's website now states that \"Wesley Swift is considered the single most significant figure in the early years of the Christian Identity movement in the United States.\" He is also responsible for the formation of the Antelope Valley chapter of the Ku Klux Klan and is associated with the militant Christian group the", "title": "Wesley A. Swift" }, { "docid": "211774", "text": "from the Latin as: Swift was a prolific writer, notable for his satires. The most recent collection of his prose works (Herbert Davis, ed. Basil Blackwell, 1965–) comprises fourteen volumes. A recent edition of his complete poetry (Pat Rodges, ed. Penguin, 1983) is 953 pages long. One edition of his correspondence (David Woolley, ed. P. Lang, 1999) fills three volumes. Swift's first major prose work, \"A Tale of a Tub\", demonstrates many of the themes and stylistic techniques he would employ in his later work. It is at once wildly playful and funny while being pointed and harshly critical of", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211782", "text": "the shortcomings of Enlightenment thought. In 1729, Swift published \"A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick\", a satire in which the narrator, with intentionally grotesque arguments, recommends that Ireland's poor escape their poverty by selling their children as food to the rich: \"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food...\" Following the satirical form,", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "10659093", "text": "of Ireland Conservative background. He was the only son of the Rev. John Gordon Swift MacNeill, chaplain of the Richmond Bridewell, Dublin, and of Susan, daughter of the Rev. H. Tweedy, formerly Lieutenant, 7th Dragoon Guards. The 'Swift' in his name came from his descent from Godwin Swift, uncle and guardian to Jonathan Swift (1667–1745). MacNeill was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Christ Church, Oxford, and called to the Irish bar in 1875. He never married. As a Professor of Law at the King's Inns, MacNeill taught a number of Irish political leaders when they were studying for the", "title": "J. G. Swift MacNeill" }, { "docid": "7963605", "text": "nervous performing \"if I'm not sure what the audience thinks of me, like at award shows\". Swift uses her life experiences as an inspiration in her work. In her songs, Swift often addresses the \"anonymous crushes of her high school years\" and celebrities. Swift frequently criticizes ex-boyfriends, an aspect of her songwriting downplayed by \"The Village Voice\": \"Being told What Songs Mean is like having a really pushy professor. And it imperils a true appreciation of Swift's talent, which is not confessional, but dramatic.\" However, \"New York\" believes the media scrutiny over her decision to \"mine her personal life for", "title": "Taylor Swift" }, { "docid": "5108077", "text": "establishment of a military academy at West Point, New York. Swift reported as a cadet to the academy on October 14, 1801. On December 15, 1801, then-Major Jonathan Williams took command and several months later became the first Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy. The Academy was established by law on March 16, 1802. Swift progressed well and was considered by Williams to be the foremost cadet. After a thorough examination, Swift became the first graduate of the Academy on October 12, 1802. Simeon Magruder Levy was the only other graduate in 1802. Swift remained at West Point until April", "title": "Joseph Gardner Swift" }, { "docid": "9677767", "text": "Famous for being famous Famous for being famous is a pejorative term for someone who attains celebrity status for no particularly identifiable reason (as opposed to fame based on achievements, skill, or talent) and appears to generate their own fame, or someone who achieves fame through a family or relationship association with an existing celebrity. The term originates from an analysis of the media-dominated world called \"The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America\" (1961), by historian and social theorist Daniel J. Boorstin. In it, he defined the celebrity as \"a person who is known for his well-knownness\". He further", "title": "Famous for being famous" }, { "docid": "633336", "text": "famous Tom Swift of the first series or still the Tom Swift, Jr., of the second. The Tom Swift of this third series is less of an inventor than his predecessors, and his inventions are rarely the main feature of the plot. Still, according to Molson, \"Tom the inventor is not ignored. Perhaps the most impressive of his inventions and the one essential to the series as a whole is the robot he designs and builds, Aristotle, which becomes a winning and likeable character in its own right.\" The books are slower-paced than the Tom Swift, Jr. adventures of the", "title": "Tom Swift" }, { "docid": "15084146", "text": "Since January 2013, he has been Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. From September 2018 he is a Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at University College, London. Swift writes for both academic and non-academic audiences, and is an occasional contributor to political debates about education. Swift is a member of Giving What We Can, an international society for the promotion of poverty relief. Adam Swift Adam Swift (born 1961) is a British political philosopher and sociologist who specialises in debates surrounding liberal egalitarianism. He", "title": "Adam Swift" }, { "docid": "11826821", "text": "is to describe the divine mysteries in a simple manner; Swift is not giving answers to the mysteries, but only explaining how Christians are to understand them. Swift attempts to describe the ambiguous nature of the Trinity and how many should understand it when he says: Therefore I shall again repeat the doctrine of the Trinity, as it is positively affirmed in Scripture: that God is there expressed in three different names, as Father, as Son, and as Holy Ghost: that each of these is God, and that there is but one God. But this union and distinction are a", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826861", "text": "the correlation between this sermon and the \"Drapier's Letters\", Swift remarked, \"I never preached but twice in my life; and then they were not sermons, but pamphlets... They were against Wood's halfpence.\" Even if this sermon was more of a pamphlet, Swift emphasises the divine will and how it guides history. Like the \"Drapier's Letters\", \"On Doing Good\" caused the Irish people to respect Swift as a hero and a patriot. \"On the Martyrdom of King Charles I\" was given on 30 January 1725. Its introductory passage from scripture comes from Genesis 49:5–7 – Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826851", "text": "named \"Eutychus\", being fallen into a deep sleep; and as \"Paul\" was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.\" In this sermon, Swift criticises a \"decay\" in preaching that has led to people falling asleep in church. Throughout the Sermon, Swift constantly relies on the Parable of the Sower. Swift emphasises the wording of St. Matthew when he says, \"whose Hearts are waxed gross, whose Ears are dulled of hearing, and whose eyes are closed,\" and he uses \"eyes are closed\" to connect back to those sleeping in", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "5788121", "text": "Davis, DeShawn Stevenson, Corey Maggette, Desmond Mason and Jonathan Bender. Swift placed fourth as Mason, of the Seattle SuperSonics, won the competition. After the 2004–05 season, he left the Grizzlies as a free agent and signed a four-year, $22 million contract with the Houston Rockets. At the time of his departure to Houston for the 2005–06 season, Swift was the last remaining player on the Grizzlies roster to have moved with the team from Vancouver. In 2006, he was traded back to the Memphis Grizzlies along with the rights to the #8 draft pick Rudy Gay in exchange for Shane", "title": "Stromile Swift" }, { "docid": "11826823", "text": "from First Epistle of Peter 5:5 – \"--Yea, all of you be subject one to another.\" The sermon relies on scripture to emphasise the divine will in calling people to serve their fellow men, which is a common theme in Swift's sermons. This calling, as Swift claims, is based on historical events that reinforce scripture and allow mankind to know of the divine will. In particular, the development of the state and of the human body are parallel to each other, and England may soon be entering into a decline. However, Swift emphasises that man is imperfect, and that sin", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "9677773", "text": "1999 book \"Disco Bloodbath\", and Dianne Brill, who was crowned \"Queen of the Night\" by Andy Warhol. Famous for being famous Famous for being famous is a pejorative term for someone who attains celebrity status for no particularly identifiable reason (as opposed to fame based on achievements, skill, or talent) and appears to generate their own fame, or someone who achieves fame through a family or relationship association with an existing celebrity. The term originates from an analysis of the media-dominated world called \"The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America\" (1961), by historian and social theorist Daniel J. Boorstin.", "title": "Famous for being famous" }, { "docid": "19295852", "text": "singer Taylor Swift, partially in relation to West's interruption of her 2009 VMA acceptance speech. After West claimed to have obtained Swift's approval over the criticized lyric, Swift denied the claim, criticizing West and denouncing the lyric as \"misogynistic\" in a statement. Several months later, West's wife Kim Kardashian released a video capturing a conversation between Swift and West in which Swift appears to approve the lyric. In June 2016, West released a music video for \"Famous\" depicting wax figures of West, Swift, Kardashian, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Anna Wintour, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Ray J, Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner,", "title": "Famous (Kanye West song)" }, { "docid": "5321362", "text": "that historians deem unimportant, and \"historical facts\", information that the historians have decided is important. Carr contended that historians arbitrarily determine which of the \"facts of the past\" to turn into \"historical facts\" according to their own biases and agendas. For this reason, Carr argued that Leopold von Ranke's famous dictum \"wie es eigentlich gewesen\" (show what actually happened) was wrong because it presumed that the \"facts\" influenced what the historian wrote, rather than the historian choosing what \"facts of the past\" he or she intended to turn into \"historical facts\". At the same time, Carr argued that the study", "title": "What Is History?" }, { "docid": "6732762", "text": "in Detroit at the age of 51. (Dressen had predeceased him, on August 10.) His record in 1965–66 as an interim manager was 56–43 (.566), giving him a career record of 69–45 (.605). Bob Swift Robert Virgil Swift (March 6, 1915 – October 17, 1966) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, standing tall and weighing . He threw and batted right-handed. Swift is pictured in one of the most famous photographs in American sporting history. He was the catcher for the Detroit Tigers on August 19, 1951,", "title": "Bob Swift" }, { "docid": "6732757", "text": "Bob Swift Robert Virgil Swift (March 6, 1915 – October 17, 1966) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, standing tall and weighing . He threw and batted right-handed. Swift is pictured in one of the most famous photographs in American sporting history. He was the catcher for the Detroit Tigers on August 19, 1951, when St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck sent midget Eddie Gaedel to pinch hit during an actual MLB game. The stunt was inspired by the James Thurber short story \"You Could Look It", "title": "Bob Swift" }, { "docid": "11826863", "text": "says: I know very well, that the Church hath been often censured for keeping holy this day of humiliation, in memory of that excellent king and blessed martyr, Charles I, who rather chose to die on a scaffold, than betray the religion and liberties of his people, wherewith God and the laws had entrusted him.\" To Swift, the dissent that led to King Charles I's martyrdom defied God's divine will. Swift concludes his sermon with: On the other side, some look upon kings as answerable for every mistake or omission in government, and bound to comply with the most unreasonable", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "9677768", "text": "argued that the graphic revolution in journalism and other forms of communication had severed fame from greatness, and that this severance hastened the decay of fame into mere notoriety. Over the years, the phrase has been glossed as \"a celebrity is someone who is famous for being famous\". The British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge may have been the first to use the actual phrase in the introduction to his book \"Muggeridge Through The Microphone\" (1967) in which he wrote:In the past if someone was famous or notorious, it was for something—as a writer or an actor or a criminal; for some", "title": "Famous for being famous" }, { "docid": "11826871", "text": "of doctrine, that may fail in finding many converts, but leads to excellence in the few manly minds who dare to embrace it. In treating the doctrinal points of belief, (as in his Sermon upon the Trinity,) Swift systematically refuses to quit the high and pre-eminent ground which the defender of Christianity is entitled to occupy, or to submit to the test of human reason, mysteries which are placed, by their very nature, far beyond our finite capacities. Swift considered, that, in religion, as in profane science, there must be certain ultimate laws which are to be received as fundamental", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826869", "text": "can profit by this harsh medicine. There is a principle of opposition in our nature, which mans itself with obstinacy even against avowed truth, when it approaches our feelings in a harsh and insulting manner. And Swift was probably sensible, that his discourses, owing to these various causes, did not produce the powerful effects most grateful to the feelings of the preacher, because they reflect back to him those of the audience. But although the Sermons of Swift are deficient in eloquence, and were lightly esteemed by their author, they must not be undervalued by the modern reader. They exhibit,", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "6141120", "text": "would be more feasible. Despite later technological advances, no railroad crossing was ever attempted at Swift Run Gap. Today the two-lane U.S. Route 33 at the lower elevations follows a small creek named Swift Run west from Stanardsville, but then about halfway up, requires multiple horseshoe curves on the steep grades of the eastern slope, as it ascends an increasingly winding pathway to reach Swift Run Gap. Crozet was also first commandant of the new Virginia Military Institute (VMI), where one of the young instructors during his tenure was Thomas Jonathan Jackson, later to become well known by his nickname", "title": "Swift Run Gap" }, { "docid": "5108079", "text": "assigned with Joseph Gilbert Totten and Sylvanus Thayer, also graduates of West Point. Once again, Swift was assigned to his old station at the mouth of the Cape Fear River where he was charged with superintending and inspecting southern coast defenses until 1812. In July 1812, Jonathan Williams resigned as Chief Engineer of the Army, and Swift, then a lieutenant colonel and the next senior Engineer in the Army, assumed his command. His appointment as Colonel and Chief Engineer of the Army was unanimously confirmed in December 1812. Pending his confirmation, Swift was ordered back to his duties to superintend", "title": "Joseph Gardner Swift" }, { "docid": "11826850", "text": "Swift spends the majority of his sermon discussing the poor. Swift proposes a remedy of sorts that would help the poor; they should be educated and the free travel of beggars should be restricted. These ideas were intended to limit the amount that the poor consumed in society, which, combined with a proposal for the poor to act more virtuously, should correct many of the problems that plague Ireland, but these ideas were never put into effect. Its introductory passage from scripture comes from Acts of the Apostles 20:9 – \"And there sat in a window a certain young man,", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826838", "text": "law and the prophets, but the very life and spirit of the Gospel too: \"Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them.\" Which rule, that we may all duly observe, by throwing aside all scandal and detraction, all spite and rancour, all rudeness and contempt, all rage and violence, and whatever tends to make conversation and commerce either uneasy, or troublesome, may the God of peace grant for Jesus Christ his sake, &c. Swift relies on Gospel of Matthew in this sermon (Swift quotes from the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7:12) instead", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "11826831", "text": "to comparing the actions of the Irish church, in its struggle against religious dissenters and political uncertainty, with that of the primitive church. In particular, Swift claims, \"For a man's Conscience can go no higher than his Knowledge; and therefore until he has thoroughly examined by Scripture, and the practice of the ancient Church, whether those points are blamable or no, his Conscience cannot possibly direct him to condemn them.\" However, Swift does not believe that experience alone could make one capable of understanding virtue or being capable of teaching virtue. Regardless of the innuendo about Roman religious tyranny or", "title": "Sermons of Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211765", "text": "surprising lack of tact, advised the Queen on which of her bedchamber ladies she should and should not trust. The best position his friends could secure for him was the Deanery of St Patrick's; this was not in the Queen's gift and Anne, who could be a bitter enemy, made it clear that Swift would not have received the preferment if she could have prevented it. With the return of the Whigs, Swift's best move was to leave England and he returned to Ireland in disappointment, a virtual exile, to live \"like a rat in a hole\". Once in Ireland,", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211759", "text": "Irish clergy to the First-Fruits and Twentieths (\"Queen Anne's Bounty\"), which brought in about £2,500 a year, already granted to their brethren in England. He found the opposition Tory leadership more sympathetic to his cause, and, when they came to power in 1710, he was recruited to support their cause as editor of \"The Examiner\". In 1711, Swift published the political pamphlet \"The Conduct of the Allies\", attacking the Whig government for its inability to end the prolonged war with France. The incoming Tory government conducted secret (and illegal) negotiations with France, resulting in the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) ending", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "211755", "text": "the prebend of Dunlavin in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Swift ministered to a congregation of about 15 at Laracor, which was just over four and half miles (7.5 km) from Summerhill, County Meath, and from Dublin. He had abundant leisure for cultivating his garden, making a canal after the Dutch fashion of Moor Park, planting willows, and rebuilding the vicarage. As chaplain to Lord Berkeley, he spent much of his time in Dublin and travelled to London frequently over the next ten years. In 1701, he anonymously published the political pamphlet \"A Discourse on the Contests and Dissentions in Athens", "title": "Jonathan Swift" }, { "docid": "12345572", "text": "you do\" meant Swift was unconcerned with the specifics of the cause. He presumed it was a universal message or was about changing the traditions of country music sound and defying the expectations of what country artists can achieve with their careers. Jody Rosen of \"Rolling Stone\" believed the lyrics addressed political issues. The song received generally mixed reviews from contemporary critics. Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine was unimpressed by Swift's vocals, describing them as unpleasant and thin. Keefe added that her voice often cracked and, therefore, prevented the song from becoming an anthem. Jody Rosen of \"Rolling Stone\" magazine", "title": "Change (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "12333803", "text": "of listening to it, he queried if more music of the sort was needed, and concluded that \"the feeling that the world is going to answer your query in the affirmative swiftly overwhelms you.\" Jody Rosen of \"Rolling Stone\" called Swift \"a songwriting savant with an intuitive gift for verse-chorus-bridge architecture that [...] calls to mind Swedish pop gods Dr. Luke and Max Martin.\" Rosen attributed Swift's particular charm to in how intertwined almost impersonal professionalism with intimate and real confessions. Jonathan Keefe of \"Slant Magazine\" believed \"Fearless\" pointed out that Swift was capable of having a long musical career.", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "20416045", "text": "was \"honored to have 'Call It What You Want' out in the world. That song means a great deal to me\", and recommend fans to \"listen on headphones at night on a walk\". \"Call It What You Want\" also features Swift rapping. The song is performed in the key of A major in cut time with a tempo of 82 beats per minute. It follows a chord progression of D – A – E – D/F – Fm, and Swift's vocals span from E to C. The song was named the 20th best song of 2017 by \"Rolling Stone\". According", "title": "Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7837379", "text": "mentioned in some treatises in passing, and did not take hold as in the other Korean kingdoms. Silla, having received Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching in 738 from the Tang emperor, left the most substantial legacy of Taoism. Silla scholars went to China to study Taoism, and Lao-tzu was tested in civil service examinations. Sinseon Sasang, which was relatively widespread in Silla, had its roots in animistic folk beliefs and practices, but it was also influenced by Korean Taoism. Silla Taoism concentrated on the practice and training of one's mind or self-discipline. Its most distinctive mark can be found in the", "title": "Taoism in Korea" }, { "docid": "411533", "text": "is one of five religions recognized by the People's Republic of China. The government regulates its activities through the Chinese Taoist Association. Taoism is freely practiced in Taiwan, where it claims millions of adherents. Taoism tends to emphasize various themes of the \"Tao Te Ching\" and \"Zhuangzi\", such as naturalness, spontaneity, simplicity, detachment from desires, and most important of all, wu wei. However, the concepts of those keystone texts cannot be equated with Taoism as a whole. \"Tao\" () literally means \"way\", but can also be interpreted as road, channel, path, doctrine, or line. In Taoism, it is \"the One,", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "411543", "text": "the Hindu sense. The \"Tao Te Ching\" or \"Daodejing\" is widely considered the most influential Taoist text. According to legend, it was written by Laozi, and often the book is simply referred to as the \"Laozi.\" However, authorship, precise date of origin, and even unity of the text are still subject of debate, and will probably never be known with certainty. The earliest texts of the \"Tao Te Ching\" that have been excavated (written on bamboo tablets) date back to the late 4th century BCE. Throughout the history of religious Taoism, the \"Tao Te Ching\" has been used as a", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "10290533", "text": "\"primordial\", Taoism. Whether he actually existed is disputed, however, the work attributed to him - the Daodejing - is dated to the 4th or 3rd century BC. However, Taoism clearly predates Laozi (Lao Tzu) as he refers to \"The Tao masters of antiquity\" in Chapter 15 of the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching). Moreover, the Yellow Emperor, Huangdi (2697–2597 BCE) Is often associated with origin of the Tao. Sinologist Isabelle Robinet identifies four components in the emergence of Taoism: Some elements of Taoism may be traced to prehistoric folk religions in China that later coalesced into a Taoist tradition. In particular,", "title": "History of Taoism" }, { "docid": "411517", "text": "(c. 400 – c. 337 BCE) may also have been a major influence, expounding a realpolitik of wu wei. The \"Tao Te Ching\", a compact book containing teachings attributed to Laozi (), is widely considered the keystone work of the Taoist tradition, together with the later writings of Zhuangzi. By the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), the various sources of Taoism had coalesced into a coherent tradition of religious organizations and orders of ritualists in the state of Shu (modern Sichuan). In earlier ancient China, Taoists were thought of as hermits or recluses who did not participate in political life.", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "10290543", "text": "movements. The Gaozong Emperor added the \"Tao Te Ching\" to the list of classics (\"jing,\" 經) to be studied for the imperial examinations. Several Song emperors, most notably Huizong, were active in promoting Taoism, collecting Taoist texts and publishing editions of the \"Daozang.\" The Quanzhen school of Taoism was founded during this period, and together with the resurgent Celestial Masters called the Zhengyi is one of the two schools of Taoism that have survived to the present. The Song Dynasty saw an increasingly complex interaction between the elite traditions of organised Taoism as practised by ordained Taoist ministers (\"daoshi\") and", "title": "History of Taoism" }, { "docid": "411549", "text": "published versions of the Daozang, but individually choose, or inherit, texts included in the Daozang. These texts have been passed down for generations from teacher to student. The Shangqing school has a tradition of approaching Taoism through scriptural study. It is believed that by reciting certain texts often enough one will be rewarded with immortality. While the Tao Te Ching is most famous, there are many other important texts in traditional Taoism. \"Taishang Ganying Pian\" (\"Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution\") discusses sin and ethics, and has become a popular morality tract in the last few centuries.", "title": "Taoism" } ]

[ { "docid": "9585486", "text": "the family, legality, religion and property.\" It also noted that \"prominence is given to the most radical and the most open communism, and this is all the more dangerous as Mr. Marx cannot be denied either extremely broad knowledge or the ability to make use of the polemical arsenal of Hegel's logic, what is customarily called 'iron logic.'\" The Holy Family (book) The Holy Family () is a book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in November 1844. The book is a critique of the Young Hegelians and their trend of thought, which was very popular in academic circles", "title": "The Holy Family (book)" }, { "docid": "9844174", "text": "Taoism in Vietnam Taoism in Vietnam () is believed to have been introduced into the country during the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. Under Lý Dynasty King Lý Nhân Tông (1072-1127), the examination for the recruitment of officials consisted of essays on the \"three doctrines\" (Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism). Taoism in its pure form is no longer practiced in Vietnam, but elements of it have been absorbed into the Vietnamese folk religion. Taoism has also influenced the Caodaist and Dao Mau religions in Vietnam. According to Professor Liam Kelley during the Tang dynasty native spirits were subsumed into Daoism and", "title": "Taoism in Vietnam" }, { "docid": "9844175", "text": "the Daoist view of these spirits completely replaced the original native tales. Buddhism and Daoist replaced native narratives surrounding Mount Yên Tử (安子山). Taoism in Vietnam Taoism in Vietnam () is believed to have been introduced into the country during the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. Under Lý Dynasty King Lý Nhân Tông (1072-1127), the examination for the recruitment of officials consisted of essays on the \"three doctrines\" (Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism). Taoism in its pure form is no longer practiced in Vietnam, but elements of it have been absorbed into the Vietnamese folk religion. Taoism has also influenced the", "title": "Taoism in Vietnam" }, { "docid": "107911", "text": "earlier Western interpretations of the philosophy (Girardot, Miller, and Liu 2001: xxxi). Miller later added that \"Daoism\" is his preferred usage as a distinction \"from what 'Taoism' represented in the 20th-century Western imagination\" (Miller 2008: xiii). One commentator, who goes beyond the spelling distinction between Orientalist \"Taoism\" and academic \"Daoism\", discriminates \"Taoism\" with its common voiced /ˈtaʊ.ɪzəm/ mispronunciation. Having explained that both \"Daoism\" and \"Taoism\" are pronounced \"with a 'd' sound\", i.e., /ˈdaʊ.ɪzəm/, Komjathy describes a new religious movement labeled \"American Taoism\" or \"Popular Western Taoism\" (a term coined by Herman 1998) in which \"Taoism\" is pronounced with a \"hard", "title": "Daoism–Taoism romanization issue" }, { "docid": "7837381", "text": "subsuming other religions and philosophies, including Taoism. The state religion under the Joseon Dynasty can be described as Neo-Confucianism, although not popular among the common people. At least at the start of the dynasty, Taoist literature was quite popular among groups of the intelligentsia. These writings on Taoism were predominantly from a Confucian perspective. However, there was a growing opposition from the main Confucian faction against Taoism, and Taoism began to be perceived as \"heretical\". Subsequently, the presence of Taoism shrank noticeably, and during the 1592 Japanese invasion, Taoism was systematically abolished. In the 16th to 18th centuries, Taoism flourished,", "title": "Taoism in Korea" }, { "docid": "12637971", "text": "\"yang\", the \"Ommyokan\", to handle affairs of time keeping, astronomy, dream interpretation and calendar calculation and \"yin-yang\" and the Five Phases cosmology. By the 10th century, it developed with rituals to cast away unlucky tendencies and this became known as the religious practice in Japan called \"inyodo\" or \"yin-yang\" divination. Taoism also influenced \"Shugendo\", Japan’s shamanistic and mountain worship. It began in the 7th century and combined Buddhism, \"yin-yang\" divination, Shinto and Taoist elements. One spell of Taoistic influence is the “Come down, soldiers and fighters, and line up before me!” which is used to enter a holy mountain on", "title": "Taoism in Japan" }, { "docid": "12637968", "text": "Taoism in Japan Taoism is believed to be the inspiration for spiritual concepts in Japanese culture. Taoism is similar to Shinto in that it also started as an indigenous religion in China, although it is more hermetic than shamanistic. Taoism's influence can be seen throughout the culture but to a lesser extent than Confucianism. Taoism in the form it takes in Japan can be easily seen as superstitious or astrological and the concept of demons and spirits seem to have their roots in a Taoist influence such as Onmyōdō and Shugendō. The widely practiced ritual of \"setsubun\" (節分) where chanters", "title": "Taoism in Japan" }, { "docid": "12637973", "text": "religion. \"Koshin\" refers to the 57th day of the 60-day calendar cycle, where three worms bringing death from the human body go to report of people’s sins in heaven. The worms then go back to the human body and shorten the people’s lifespan by causing illnesses and unhappiness. To avoid this, the Taoists stays awake the whole day and night and perform rituals. “The Koshin cult is the most obvious and best known instance of Taoism in Japan” Taoism in Japan Taoism is believed to be the inspiration for spiritual concepts in Japanese culture. Taoism is similar to Shinto in", "title": "Taoism in Japan" }, { "docid": "12637969", "text": "repeat \"Demons out! Luck in!\" has its base in Taoism and also touches on a relation to \"uchi-soto\". There is a culture of consultation where \"ogamiyasan\" are called upon to provide their Taoism based insight to bear upon events such as house-buildings. Taoism has a calendar whereby one can determine the best day, element and time should be chosen to color an event in the right light (Tengenjutsu (fortune telling)). The Japanese \"kanji\" for Taoism is 道教 (Dô-kyô). The root of this \"kanji\" is 道 (\"michi\", way, path) + 教 (\"kyō\", doctrine, teaching, education). \"Dô\" shares the same Chinese character", "title": "Taoism in Japan" }, { "docid": "14962369", "text": "What You See Is What You Get (book) What You See Is What You Get is the autobiography of British businessman and TV personality Lord Alan Sugar. The 640-page book, which was published in May 2011, tells the story of Alan Sugar's birth and childhood in a deprived part of London, how he founded the company Amstrad aged just 21 years old, and how he eventually became a successful multi-millionaire tycoon, received a knighthood, and was appointed to the House of Lords. Sir Alan also reveals his main method of business and entrepreneurial activity: (a) observing what market leaders are", "title": "What You See Is What You Get (book)" }, { "docid": "4429332", "text": "Taoism in Singapore Taoism in Singapore is the religion of 10.9% of the entire population, growing from 8% ten years earlier. The definition of \"Taoism\" in the city-state includes the Chinese folk religion. In general, nearly all adherents of Taoism in Singapore are associated with the mainstream Zhengyi school. Owing to the decline in religious knowledge amongst the younger generations, Taoists, like followers of other religion, focus on rituals with little or no knowledge of Taoist scriptures and cultivation. The Taoist Federation of Singapore was established in 1990 to propagate the religion and to promote intra-religious and inter-religious relations in", "title": "Taoism in Singapore" }, { "docid": "4429341", "text": "with the \"yi bou\". Taoism in Singapore Taoism in Singapore is the religion of 10.9% of the entire population, growing from 8% ten years earlier. The definition of \"Taoism\" in the city-state includes the Chinese folk religion. In general, nearly all adherents of Taoism in Singapore are associated with the mainstream Zhengyi school. Owing to the decline in religious knowledge amongst the younger generations, Taoists, like followers of other religion, focus on rituals with little or no knowledge of Taoist scriptures and cultivation. The Taoist Federation of Singapore was established in 1990 to propagate the religion and to promote intra-religious", "title": "Taoism in Singapore" }, { "docid": "14962370", "text": "doing, (b) making better and cheaper products than the market leaders, and (c) not focusing on the exclusive or more expensive parts of the market, rather selling to the mass market. What You See Is What You Get (book) What You See Is What You Get is the autobiography of British businessman and TV personality Lord Alan Sugar. The 640-page book, which was published in May 2011, tells the story of Alan Sugar's birth and childhood in a deprived part of London, how he founded the company Amstrad aged just 21 years old, and how he eventually became a successful", "title": "What You See Is What You Get (book)" }, { "docid": "9585482", "text": "The Holy Family (book) The Holy Family () is a book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in November 1844. The book is a critique of the Young Hegelians and their trend of thought, which was very popular in academic circles at the time. The title was a suggestion by the publisher and is meant as a sarcastic reference to the Bauer Brothers and their supporters. The book created a controversy with much of the press and caused Bruno Bauer to attempt to refute the book in an article which was published in \"Wigand's Vierteljahrsschrift\" in 1845. Bauer claimed", "title": "The Holy Family (book)" }, { "docid": "13164073", "text": "that must be performed so that these spirits are able to guard the body. When the spirits leave the body then there is nothing to protect it from illness so it weakens and dies. Taoism is also known for people believing that there is eternal life. In Taoism when one dies if they need to be contacted it is done so through meditation by an alchemist. In Taoism death is seen as just another phase in life, something that must happen and that we must all accept. People believe if they do what they have to do and are supposed", "title": "Taoism and death" }, { "docid": "16891188", "text": "which has also been well established in East Malaysia and Thailand, and Zhenkongism (真空教) that was popular among Hakka people before World War II for stopping people taking opium. Taoism in Malaysia Taoism in Malaysia is followed by many Chinese. In general, owing to the decline in religious knowledge amongst the younger generations, many followers focus on rituals of Malaysian Chinese religion with little or no knowledge of Taoist scriptures and cultivation. Taoism arrived in Malaysia with Chinese settlers. Taoist practice later flourished as an increasing number of Chinese settled in Malaysia. Many Taoist followers also worship ancestors and bodhisattva", "title": "Taoism in Malaysia" }, { "docid": "10290550", "text": "However, this popular western Taoism is not exclusively or even primarily a scholarly phenomenon; rather, it is an \"aesthetic\", \"cultural\", and \"religious\" phenomenon. This review was largely positive with some criticisms and cautions. While Herman states that the book \"is not a useful text for informing students\" about philosophical thought during the Chinese Warring States period, Herman praised the book as a \"surprisingly interesting and scholastically responsible\" example of western Daoist thought and as \"an intelligent example of the emerging western transformation of Taoism, an area too often overlooked by sinologists.\" On the other hand, he criticized that Le Guin", "title": "History of Taoism" }, { "docid": "16891187", "text": "Taoism in Malaysia Taoism in Malaysia is followed by many Chinese. In general, owing to the decline in religious knowledge amongst the younger generations, many followers focus on rituals of Malaysian Chinese religion with little or no knowledge of Taoist scriptures and cultivation. Taoism arrived in Malaysia with Chinese settlers. Taoist practice later flourished as an increasing number of Chinese settled in Malaysia. Many Taoist followers also worship ancestors and bodhisattva as these beliefs have traditionally enjoyed a peaceful coexistence, thereby leading to obscured delineation between them. There are also Chinese salvationist religions such as Wuweiism (無為教), the De religion", "title": "Taoism in Malaysia" }, { "docid": "9406947", "text": "That Happens Will Happen Today\". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "9406939", "text": "What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as \"murahaleen\" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "1483620", "text": "claimed supernatural origin has been compared to similar claims of the Book of Mormon, Science and Health, the Quran, and the Bible, with belief in it not being seen as necessarily a greater leap in reason. Comparisons with facets of various world religions are incorporated in the book, including Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Judaism, Hinduism, Shinto, and Confucianism. For example, Paper 131, \"The World's Religions\" discusses the aspects of these religions that are in common with what the book claims is the \"religion of Jesus.\" The stance of the book is that there \"is not a Urantia religion that could not", "title": "The Urantia Book" }, { "docid": "9406942", "text": "writes: \"Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art.\" The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "411515", "text": "Taoism Taoism (, ) or Daoism (), is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the \"Tao\" (, also romanized as \"Dao\"). The \"Tao\" is a fundamental idea in most Chinese philosophical schools; in Taoism, however, it denotes the principle that is the source, pattern and substance of everything that exists. Taoism differs from Confucianism by not emphasizing rigid rituals and social order, but is similar in the sense that it is a teaching about the various disciplines for achieving \"perfection\" by becoming one with the unplanned rhythms of the universe called \"the", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "411527", "text": "in which Taoism continues to be an \"order\" of the larger body of Chinese religion. Laozi is traditionally regarded as one of the founders of Taoism and is closely associated in this context with \"original\" or \"primordial\" Taoism. Whether he actually existed is disputed; however, the work attributed to him—the \"Tao Te Ching\"—is dated to the late 4th century BCE. Taoism draws its cosmological foundations from the School of Naturalists (in the form of its main elements—yin and yang and the Five Phases), which developed during the Warring States period (4th to 3rd centuries BC). Robinet identifies four components in", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "7837378", "text": "reading of Confucianized histories, study of alternative sources, and a broader definition of Taoism, to find more extensive presence of Korean Taoist ritual practices and positive valuations. Taoism first arrived in Korea in 624. Emperor Gaozu, the founder of China's Tang Dynasty, sent a Taoist preacher and literature, Laozi and Zhuangzi, to the Goguryeo kingdom. These were eagerly welcomed by the Goguryeo's king and his minister Yeon Gaesomun. Buddhist temples were eventually transformed to Taoist temples. However, this first enthusiasm lasted for only 30 years. Taoist symbols are found in Goguryeo tomb murals near Kangso, P'yongan-do. In Baekje, Taoism was", "title": "Taoism in Korea" }, { "docid": "7837377", "text": "speaking, Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism infused native Totemism and Shamanism from the earliest centuries of the Common Era, but Buddhism dominated official thought during Silla and Goryeo dynasties, replaced by Confucianism during the Joseon Dynasty. Very little writing on Taoism survived prior to the 20th century. Until recently, Taoism in Korea received little attention from scholars, usually only described as a \"romantic influence\" or \"literary theme\" within other contexts. Taoism's effects have been limited because of a lack of an institutional or political base, rejected by Confucian and Buddhist elites. Some modern scholars, however, are calling for a more critical", "title": "Taoism in Korea" }, { "docid": "411562", "text": "\"De\" are indeed shared by both Taoism and Confucianism, and Laozi is traditionally held to have been a teacher of Confucius. Zhuangzi explicitly criticized Confucian and Mohist tenets in his work. In general, Taoism rejects the Confucian emphasis on rituals, hierarchical social order, and conventional morality, and favors \"naturalness\", spontaneity, and individualism instead. The entry of Buddhism into China was marked by significant interaction and syncretism with Taoism. Originally seen as a kind of \"foreign Taoism\", Buddhism's scriptures were translated into Chinese using the Taoist vocabulary. Representatives of early Chinese Buddhism, like Sengzhao and Tao Sheng, knew and were deeply", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "13164072", "text": "Taoism and death There is significant scholarly debate about the Taoist understanding of death. The process of death itself is described as \"shijie\" or \"release from the corpse\", but what happens after is described variously as transformation, immortality or ascension to heaven. For example, the Yellow Emperor was said to have ascended directly to heaven in plain sight, while the thaumaturge Ye Fashan was said to have transformed into a sword and then into a column of smoke which rose to heaven. Religious Taoism holds that the body is filled with spirits and monsters, and prescribes a number of rituals", "title": "Taoism and death" }, { "docid": "9406944", "text": "\"we really hadn’t decided whether I was just helping Valentino write his own book, or if I was writing a book about him.\" Valentino points out that, \"I thought I might want to write my own book, but I learned that I was not ready to do this. I was still taking classes in basic writing at Georgia Perimeter College.\" Dave Eggers discusses the difficulties in writing a book of this nature: \"For a long while there, we continued doing interviews, and I gathered the material. But all along, I really didn’t know exactly what form it would finally take—whether", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "12715772", "text": "in 1996. The biography has been extensively reviewed: the reviewers include Paul Theroux, who wrote an earlier book about Naipaul. The biography was selected by the editors of the \"New York Times Book Review\" as one of the \"Times\"' \"10 Best Books of 2008\". It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, and the British literary award the Hawthornden Prize. The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in", "title": "The World Is What It Is" }, { "docid": "3216812", "text": "shaped by the respective, dominant religions, that contributed to the development of capitalism in the West and the absence of it in China. The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism is a book written by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist. It was first published in German under the title Konfuzianismus und Taoismus in 1915 and an adapted version appeared in 1920. An English translation was published in 1951 and several editions have been released since. It was his second major work on the sociology of religion, after \"The Protestant Ethic and", "title": "The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism" }, { "docid": "3216799", "text": "The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism is a book written by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist. It was first published in German under the title Konfuzianismus und Taoismus in 1915 and an adapted version appeared in 1920. An English translation was published in 1951 and several editions have been released since. It was his second major work on the sociology of religion, after \"The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism\". Weber focused on those aspects of Chinese society that were different from those of Europe and Puritanism, and posed", "title": "The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism" }, { "docid": "7837375", "text": "Taoism in Korea Taoism or \"Do\" is thought to be the earliest state philosophy for the Korean people spanning several thousand years. However, its influence waned with the introduction of Buddhism during the Goryo kingdom as the national religion and the dominance of neo-Confucianism during the Joseon kingdom. Despite its diminished influence during those periods, it permeated all strata of the Korean populace, integrating with its native animism as well as Buddhist and Confucian institutions, temples, and ceremonies. The Taoist practice in Korea developed, somewhat in contrast to China, as an esoteric meditative practice in the mountains taught by the", "title": "Taoism in Korea" }, { "docid": "7837385", "text": "Party. Taoism in Korea Taoism or \"Do\" is thought to be the earliest state philosophy for the Korean people spanning several thousand years. However, its influence waned with the introduction of Buddhism during the Goryo kingdom as the national religion and the dominance of neo-Confucianism during the Joseon kingdom. Despite its diminished influence during those periods, it permeated all strata of the Korean populace, integrating with its native animism as well as Buddhist and Confucian institutions, temples, and ceremonies. The Taoist practice in Korea developed, somewhat in contrast to China, as an esoteric meditative practice in the mountains taught by", "title": "Taoism in Korea" }, { "docid": "4429334", "text": "Buddhist activists in the 1980s, the pool of faithful who worship both Taoist deities and Buddha realigned to declare themselves as Buddhists even if they were primarily worshipping Taoist deities (defined as families which worship Taoist deities at home). This led to a statistical decline in the Taoist population in Singapore. However, any attempt to deny Taoism its right as a religion of its own is dubious owing to the substantially growing and unreported numbers of youngsters embracing the faith. Taoism itself forms the nucleus of Chinese customs amongst Chinese Singaporeans, and many folk beliefs are also adopted by Buddhists.", "title": "Taoism in Singapore" }, { "docid": "411522", "text": "pronounced identically in Mandarin Chinese (like the 'd' in 'dog'), but despite this fact, \"Taoism\" and \"Daoism\" can be pronounced differently in English vernacular. The word \"Taoism\" is used to translate different Chinese terms which refer to different aspects of the same tradition and semantic field: However, the discussed distinction is rejected by the majority of Western and Japanese scholars. It is contested by hermeneutic (interpretive) difficulties in the categorization of the different Taoist schools, sects and movements. Taoism does not fall under an umbrella or a definition of a single organized religion like the Abrahamic traditions; nor can it", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "18948031", "text": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy is a 1976 book by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Explaining the relationship between the soul and consciousness in the Nyaya-Vaisesika philosophy, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya makes three points. First, consciousness in this view is knowledge (jnana) in an empirical sense. Second, consciousness is one of the multiple qualities of the soul. Third, consciousness is a transient quality, not a permanent quality. By itself, the soul is without consciousness; consciousness is produced in the soul only when it is conjoined with certain other entities. Hiriyanna,", "title": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy" }, { "docid": "411565", "text": "Aronson, and Toropov & Hansen (2002), who believe that they have parallels that should not be ignored. In the opinion of J. Isamu Yamamoto the main difference is that Christianity preaches a personal God while Taoism does not. Yet, a number of authors, including Lin Yutang, have argued that some moral and ethical tenets of these religions are similar. In neighboring Vietnam, Taoist values have been shown to adapt to social norms and formed emerging socio-cultural beliefs together with Confucianism. Taoism Taoism (, ) or Daoism (), is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "18948032", "text": "commenting on this point, notes: Hiriyanna expresses his perplexity in reviewing the Nyaya-Vaisesika view of consciousness, and then comes out with a comment equating this view with the Charvaka view of consciousness: What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy is a 1976 book by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Explaining the relationship between the soul and consciousness in the Nyaya-Vaisesika philosophy, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya makes three points. First, consciousness in this view is knowledge (jnana) in an empirical sense. Second, consciousness is one of the multiple qualities of the soul. Third,", "title": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy" }, { "docid": "411519", "text": "Zhengyi Taoism. After Laozi and Zhuangzi, the literature of Taoism grew steadily and was compiled in form of a canon—the Daozang—which was published at the behest of the emperor. Throughout Chinese history, Taoism was nominated several times as a state religion. After the 17th century, however, it fell from favor. Taoism has had a profound influence on Chinese culture in the course of the centuries, and Taoists (, \"masters of the Tao\"), a title traditionally attributed only to the clergy and not to their lay followers, usually take care to note distinction between their ritual tradition and the practices of", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "411518", "text": "Zhuangzi was the best known of these, and it is significant that he lived in the south, where he was part of local Chinese shamanic traditions. Female shamans played an important role in this tradition, which was particularly strong in the southern state of Chu. Early Taoist movements developed their own institution in contrast to shamanism, but absorbed basic shamanic elements. Shamans revealed basic texts of Taoism from early times down to at least the 20th century. Institutional orders of Taoism evolved in various strains that in more recent times are conventionally grouped into two main branches: Quanzhen Taoism and", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "10290532", "text": "History of Taoism The history of Taoism stretches throughout Chinese history. Originating in prehistoric China, it has exerted a powerful influence over Chinese culture throughout the ages. Taoism evolved in response to changing times, with its doctrine and associated practices being revised and refined. The acceptance of Taoism by the ruling class has waxed and waned, alternately enjoying periods of favor and rejection. Most recently, Taoism has emerged from a period of suppression and is undergoing a revival in China. Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoist religion and is closely associated in this context with \"original\", or", "title": "History of Taoism" }, { "docid": "411520", "text": "Chinese folk religion and non-Taoist vernacular ritual orders, which are often mistakenly identified as pertaining to Taoism. Chinese alchemy (especially neidan), Chinese astrology, Chan (Zen) Buddhism, several martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, feng shui, and many styles of qigong have been intertwined with Taoism throughout history. Beyond China, Taoism also had influence on surrounding societies in Asia. Today, the Taoist tradition is one of the five religious doctrines officially recognized in the People's Republic of China (PRC) as well as the Republic of China (ROC), and although it does not travel readily from its East Asian roots, it claims adherents", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "411525", "text": "(sanjiao heyi)\". Traditionally, the Chinese language does not have terms defining lay people adhering to the doctrines or the practices of Taoism, who fall instead within the field of folk religion. \"Taoist\", in Western sinology, is traditionally used to translate \"daoshi\" (道士, \"master of the Tao\"), thus strictly defining the priests of Taoism, ordained clergymen of a Taoist institution who \"represent Taoist culture on a professional basis\", are experts of Taoist liturgy, and therefore can employ this knowledge and ritual skills for the benefit of a community. This role of Taoist priests reflects the definition of Taoism as a \"liturgical", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "11581504", "text": "type of Taoism practiced in the temples located in major urban centers. Dragon Gate Taoism The Dragon Gate sect (lóngménpài ) of the Complete Reality School (全真派) of Taoism incorporates elements of Buddhism and Confucianism into a comprehensive form of Taoism. Complete Reality Taoism is generally divided into two main traditions, Southern and Northern. The Dragon Gate sect is an offshoot of the Northern school. Its spiritual descent is traced to the thirteenth-century master Qiu Chang-chun, who was one of the original seven disciples of Wang Chongyang. Chang-chun means \"Eternal Spring\". Genghis Khan appointed Chang-chun overseer of all religions in", "title": "Dragon Gate Taoism" }, { "docid": "411523", "text": "be studied as a mere variant of Chinese folk religion, as although the two share some similar concepts, much of Chinese folk religion is separate from the tenets and core teachings of Taoism. The sinologists Isabelle Robinet and Livia Kohn agree that \"Taoism has never been a unified religion, and has constantly consisted of a combination of teachings based on a variety of original revelations.\" Chung-ying Cheng, a Chinese philosopher, views Taoism as a religion that has been embedded into Chinese history and tradition. \"Whether Confucianism, Daoism, or later Chinese Buddhism, they all fall into this pattern of thinking and", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "4429333", "text": "Singapore and Taoist organisations abroad. There are currently about 500 Taoist temples and organisations affiliated to the Taoist Federation. Taoism first arrived in Singapore with the first Chinese settlers to the country. The majority of these settlers worshipped \"Mazu\" (媽祖) to guide them safely in on their arrival in a new foreign country. Taoist practice later flourished as an increasing number of Chinese merchants and coolies settled in Singapore. Many Taoist followers worship bodhisattva as well as Taoism and Buddhism have traditionally enjoyed a peaceful coexistence, thereby leading to obscured delineation between the two religions. Subsequently with the rise of", "title": "Taoism in Singapore" }, { "docid": "7837380", "text": "Hwarang, an elite armed force noted for its disciplined composure, simplicity, relaxation and harmony, every one a component of philosophical Taoism. Taoism enjoyed its greatest popularity during the Goryeo Dynasty, especially in the court and the ruling class. Taoist court rituals were introduced into Korea from Song dynasty China, especially under King Yejong (r. 1105–1122). The object of worship in these rituals included most of the major and minor deities of the Taoist pantheon, but certain deities such as Samgye and T'aeil seem to have been the most popular. By the mid period of the Goryeo Dynasty, Buddhism dominated Korea,", "title": "Taoism in Korea" }, { "docid": "7837383", "text": "history by reiterating nativist and folk traditions about the role of Korean mountain recluses and earthbound immortals in the maintenance and protection of Korean society. Since the late Joseon Dynasty, Taoism has been marginalized not only by the Korean Royal Court, Confucians, and Buddhists but also by society as a whole. Due to such a history, only a handful of Taoists exist throughout Korea today. Taoism has been absorbed into the traditional Korean vision of the world, a world view in which shamanistic, Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist elements are so intimately intertwined that often only a scholar can distinguish which", "title": "Taoism in Korea" }, { "docid": "10290553", "text": "may best be understood as part of a new religious movement labeled \"Popular Western Taoism (PWT), with 'Taoism' pronounced with a hard 't' sound.\" In this construct, \"'Daoism' becomes anything for anyone\", and Popular Western Taoism \"has little to no connection with the Daoist religious tradition.\" Had lreligion 7em9a History of Taoism The history of Taoism stretches throughout Chinese history. Originating in prehistoric China, it has exerted a powerful influence over Chinese culture throughout the ages. Taoism evolved in response to changing times, with its doctrine and associated practices being revised and refined. The acceptance of Taoism by the ruling", "title": "History of Taoism" }, { "docid": "12715771", "text": "The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book \"A Bend in the River\". \"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.\" French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage", "title": "The World Is What It Is" }, { "docid": "11581502", "text": "Dragon Gate Taoism The Dragon Gate sect (lóngménpài ) of the Complete Reality School (全真派) of Taoism incorporates elements of Buddhism and Confucianism into a comprehensive form of Taoism. Complete Reality Taoism is generally divided into two main traditions, Southern and Northern. The Dragon Gate sect is an offshoot of the Northern school. Its spiritual descent is traced to the thirteenth-century master Qiu Chang-chun, who was one of the original seven disciples of Wang Chongyang. Chang-chun means \"Eternal Spring\". Genghis Khan appointed Chang-chun overseer of all religions in China, and the Dragon Gate sect thus played a critical role in", "title": "Dragon Gate Taoism" }, { "docid": "20164655", "text": "Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book), also known as Mønti Pythøn ik den Hølie Gräilen (Bøk), is the literary companion to the 1975 film of the same name, assembled by co-director Terry Jones. Released in 1977, the main body of the book is the final draft of the screenplay, complete with sections that were cut from the final film scribbled out. Also included is the very first draft, much of which bears little resemblance to the final product and parts of which ended up in the fourth series of Monty Python, following", "title": "Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book)" }, { "docid": "411563", "text": "influenced by the Taoist keystone texts. Taoism especially shaped the development of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, introducing elements like the concept of \"naturalness\", distrust of scripture and text, and emphasis on embracing \"this life\" and living in the \"every-moment\". Taoism on the other hand also incorporated Buddhist elements during the Tang dynasty, such as monasteries, vegetarianism, prohibition of alcohol, the doctrine of emptiness, and collecting scripture in tripartite organization. Ideological and political rivals for centuries, Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism deeply influenced one another. For example, Wang Bi, one of the most influential philosophical commentators on Laozi (and the \"Yijing\"), was a", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "411532", "text": "was exempt from taxation. Aspects of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism were consciously synthesized in the Neo-Confucian school, which eventually became Imperial orthodoxy for state bureaucratic purposes under the Ming (1368–1644). During the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912), however, due to discouragements of the government, many people favored Confucian and Buddhist classics over Taoist works. During the 18th century, the imperial library was constituted, but excluded virtually all Taoist books. By the beginning of the 20th century, Taoism went through many catastrophic events.(As a result, only one complete copy of the Daozang still remained, at the White Cloud Monastery in Beijing). Today, Taoism", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "20164656", "text": "John Cleese's departure. Many photographs and Terry Gilliam sketches appear throughout the book. The original release was issued in a plain black cover bearing the title and a cut out window revealing the typeface of the first draft. Subsequent reprints have used a different design, losing the cut out window and adding stills from the film. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book), also known as Mønti Pythøn ik den Hølie Gräilen (Bøk), is the literary companion to the 1975 film of the same name, assembled by co-director Terry Jones. Released in 1977,", "title": "Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book)" }, { "docid": "5037917", "text": "Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit Two versions of the formerly lost Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, also informally called the Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians (which is quite distinct from the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians), were among the codices in the Nag Hammadi library, discovered in 1945. It received the name because towards the end of the text it is also expressed as the “Egyptian Gospel.” Although it is possible that it was written in Egypt, it is far more likely that the name is based on connections made between Seth of the Old Testament", "title": "Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit" }, { "docid": "411521", "text": "in a number of societies, in particular in Hong Kong, Macau, and in Southeast Asia. Since the introduction of the Pinyin system for romanizing Mandarin Chinese, there have been those who have felt that \"Taoism\" would be more appropriately spelled as \"Daoism\". The Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for the word (\"way, path\") is spelled as \"tao<sup>4\" in the older Wade–Giles romanization system (from which the spelling 'Taoism' is derived) while it is spelled as as \"dào\" in the newer Pinyin romanization system (from which the spelling 'Daoism' is derived). Both the Wade–Giles \"tao<sup>4\" and the Pinyin \"dào\" are intended to be", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "107900", "text": "Daoism–Taoism romanization issue The English words Daoism () and Taoism ( or ) are alternative spellings for the same-named Chinese philosophy and religion. The root for Daoism or Taoism is the Chinese word 道 (\"road\" or \"way\"), which was transcribed \"tao\" or \"tau\" in the earliest systems for the romanization of Chinese and \"dao\" or \"dau\" in 20th century systems. In order to explain why English \"Taoism\" is correctly pronounced (), it is necessary to introduce some technical terminology from linguistics. A phoneme is the smallest unit of speech sounds that a particular language distinguishes, and unrelated languages can have", "title": "Daoism–Taoism romanization issue" }, { "docid": "7232583", "text": "The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book, is a 1998 book edited by Ibn Warraq. It contains a collection of 13 critical studies of the Qur'an written over the past two centuries by historians and scholars of the Middle East: Ibn Warraq, Theodor Nöldeke, Leone Caetani, Alphonse Mingana, Arthur Jeffery, David Samuel Margoliouth, Abraham Geiger, William St. Clair Tisdall, Charles Cutler Torrey and Andrew Rippin. The book examines widely held beliefs about the historical origins and sources of the Islamic holy book. It challenges the", "title": "The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book" }, { "docid": "411557", "text": "alchemical formulas for achieving immortality were outlined. A number of martial arts traditions, particularly the ones falling under the category of Neijia (like T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Bagua Zhang and Xing Yi Quan) embody Taoist principles to a significant extent, and some practitioners consider their art a means of practizing Taoism. The number of Taoists is difficult to estimate, due to a variety of factors including defining Taoism. According to a survey of religion in China in the year 2010, the number of people practicing some form of Chinese folk religion is near to 950 million (70% of the Chinese). Among", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "15359772", "text": "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (published as Holy Blood, Holy Grail in the United States) is a book by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. The book was first published in 1982 by Jonathan Cape in London as an unofficial follow-up to three BBC Two TV documentaries that were part of the \"Chronicle\" series. The paperback version was first published in 1983 by Corgi books. A sequel to the book, called \" The Messianic Legacy\", was originally published in 1986. The original work was reissued in an illustrated hardcover version", "title": "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" }, { "docid": "5037920", "text": "connected to the divine name YHWH. Another possibility is that the vowels could represent a secret, sacred way for the soul of the reader to move closer to gnosis Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit Two versions of the formerly lost Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, also informally called the Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians (which is quite distinct from the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians), were among the codices in the Nag Hammadi library, discovered in 1945. It received the name because towards the end of the text it is also expressed as the “Egyptian Gospel.”", "title": "Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit" }, { "docid": "11794796", "text": "What Is Intelligence? What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect is a book by psychologist James R. Flynn which outlines his model for an explanation of the eponymous Flynn effect. The book summarizes much of the work of Flynn in this area, as well as that of his colleague William Dickens of the Brookings Institution. The book begins with a description of what has generally become known as \"the Flynn effect\": the steady rise from one generation to the next in average scores on IQ tests over time. Flynn notes that this effect apparently contradicts some fundamental beliefs about IQ", "title": "What Is Intelligence?" }, { "docid": "10286349", "text": "What Remains (book) What Remains is a 2003 photography book by Sally Mann. The book is published by Bullfinch Press and contains 132 images on the subject of death, including photographs of decomposing bodies. The book lent its name to the 2005 film about Sally Mann, \"\", in which Mann can be seen at the University of Tennessee's anthropological facility, taking photos for the book of corpses which had specifically been left outside for scientific study of human decomposition. Mann opened her exhibition for the book at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in 2004. The exhibition was divided", "title": "What Remains (book)" }, { "docid": "2966075", "text": "What Is Art? What is Art? ( \"Chto takoye iskusstvo?\") is a book by Leo Tolstoy. It was completed in Russian in 1897 but first published in English due to difficulties with the Russian censors. Tolstoy cites the time, effort, public funds, and public respect spent on art and artists as well as the imprecision of general opinions on art as reason for writing the book. In his words, \"it is difficult to say what is meant by art, and especially what is good, useful art, art for the sake of which we might condone such sacrifices as are being", "title": "What Is Art?" }, { "docid": "15359788", "text": "a Jesus bloodline, writing: Quoting Robert McCrum, literary editor of \"The Observer\" newspaper, about \"The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail\": The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (published as Holy Blood, Holy Grail in the United States) is a book by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. The book was first published in 1982 by Jonathan Cape in London as an unofficial follow-up to three BBC Two TV documentaries that were part of the \"Chronicle\" series. The paperback version was first published in 1983 by Corgi books. A sequel to the", "title": "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" }, { "docid": "13465868", "text": "father. The town expanded during the time of Guru Arjan, financed by donations and constructed by voluntary work. The pool area grew into a temple complex with the gurdwara Harmandir Sahib near the pool. Guru Arjan installed the scripture of Sikhism inside the new temple in 1604. The city that emerged is now known as Amritsar, and is the holiest pilgrimage site in Sikhism. Four sacred mountains of Taoism： Holy places Holy places are sites that religions considers to be of special religious significance. Holy places are often visited by pilgrims. Located in Bahji near Acre, Israel, the Shrine of", "title": "Holy places" }, { "docid": "11581503", "text": "the conservation of the Han Chinese culture. The 11th generation Dragon Gate priests Min Yi-De (闵一得) combined three religions (Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism) together to develop the \"Dragon convenience methods\". The principle is \"learn from Buddhism, to comply with the precepts, diligently practice inner alchemy arts\", so that the Dragon Gate branch became thriving. Dragon Gate is currently the largest existing Taoism branch in the world. After the decline of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of People's Republic of China, which included the destruction of religion during the Cultural Revolution, people's understanding of Taoism became more limited to the", "title": "Dragon Gate Taoism" }, { "docid": "10286352", "text": "also spoke highly of the images in the book. Mann stated that she was under the impression that all of the people in the photos had signed release forms for photographs to be taken. Later, however, she learned that some of the corpses were of street people who had no opportunity to sign consent forms. After her experiences taking photos for the book Mann decided to arrange for her own body to be donated to science after her death. What Remains (book) What Remains is a 2003 photography book by Sally Mann. The book is published by Bullfinch Press and", "title": "What Remains (book)" }, { "docid": "9545692", "text": "What Is Mathematics? What Is Mathematics? is a mathematics book written by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins, published in England by Oxford University Press. It is an introduction to mathematics, intended both for the mathematics student and for the general public. First published in 1941, it discusses number theory, geometry, topology and calculus. A second edition was published in 1996 with an additional chapter on recent progress in mathematics, written by Ian Stewart. The book was based on Courant's course material. Although Robbins assisted in writing a large part of the book, he had to fight for authorship. Nevertheless, Courant", "title": "What Is Mathematics?" }, { "docid": "7232587", "text": "Warraq cites are better to be read first-hand. Todd Lawson said regarding the book that \"arrogance and amateurish assumptions abound; and all is sounded in the key of gormless hysteria...It must be said that it undoubtedly demonstrates the editor's diligence and industry in finding churlish things to say about the Qur'an in English. It is difficult to recommend this production, except perhaps for antiquarian interests and the archaeology of the study of Islam.\" The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book, is a 1998 book edited", "title": "The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book" }, { "docid": "11794800", "text": "appeared on its back cover in publication, \"This book is a gold mine of pointers to interesting work, much of which was new to me. All of us who wrestle with the extraordinarily difficult questions about intelligence that Flynn discusses are in his debt.\" What Is Intelligence? What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect is a book by psychologist James R. Flynn which outlines his model for an explanation of the eponymous Flynn effect. The book summarizes much of the work of Flynn in this area, as well as that of his colleague William Dickens of the Brookings Institution. The", "title": "What Is Intelligence?" }, { "docid": "16788348", "text": "every secret\". Sattin finishes his critique with: \"The lives of some people who have dared to question the historicity of the prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an have been ruined, even ended. We must hope that Holland is spared their wrath and that his excellent book will be lauded, as it should be, for doing what the best sort of books can do – examining holy cows.\" Historian Glen Bowersock, also writing in \"The Guardian\", gave a highly critical review of the book, calling it \"irresponsible and unreliable\" and saying that Holland's \"cavalier treatment of his sources, ignorance of current research", "title": "In the Shadow of the Sword (book)" }, { "docid": "9585484", "text": "about the Young Hegelian trend of thought very popular in academic circles. Agreeing to co-author the Foreword, they divided up the other sections. Engels finished his assigned chapters before leaving Paris. Marx had the larger share of work, and he completed it by the end of November 1844. (Marx would draw from his \"Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts\", on which he had been working the spring and summer of 1844.) The foremost title line—\"The Holy Family\"—was added at the suggestion of the book publisher Lowenthal. It is a sarcastic reference to the Bauer brothers (Bruno and Edgar) and their supporters amongst", "title": "The Holy Family (book)" }, { "docid": "16461251", "text": "Holy Spirit in the Acts of the Apostles The Holy Spirit plays a key role in the Acts of the Apostles, leading to the use of the titles \"Book of the Holy Spirit\" or the \"Acts of the Holy Spirit\" for that book of the New Testament. Of the about seventy occurrences of the word \"Pneuma\" in Acts, fifty five refer to the Holy Spirit. From the start, in , the reader is reminded that the Ministry of Jesus, while he was on earth, was carried out through the power of the Holy Spirit and that the \"acts of the", "title": "Holy Spirit in the Acts of the Apostles" }, { "docid": "7837384", "text": "is which. Evidence of Taoist revival can be seen in Tanjeon Hoheup, Tonghak and Kouk Sun Do. Even if the term \"Taoism\" is not used, the terms, techniques, and goals are clearly Taoist. The Taoist mark of Chinese characters \"su\" (longevity) and \"bok\" (bliss) decorate many everyday articles, from spoons to pillow cases, even today. Many place names, especially related to mountains, bear strong Taoist influence. The Taoist symbol Taegeuk is featured in the flag of South Korea., and Chondoism is the Korean religion with more presence in North Korea, when Chondoist people are represented in politics by Chondoist Chongu", "title": "Taoism in Korea" }, { "docid": "10290551", "text": "\"make[s] some claims—or rather, employs some language—that may carry misleading implications\", such as identifying Laozi \"as a mystic and his perceptions as mystical, without ever defining the terms or questioning what generalizations can be drawn.\" Herman subsequently described popular Western Taoism as the modern proliferation of self-proclaimed Daoist journals, meditation centers, websites, and renderings of Daoist texts by nonspecialists; and said, \"not surprisingly, the sinological community (myself included) has generally greeted this overall phenomenon – what I will from here on label \"popular Western Daoism\" – with varying degrees of indifferences, amusement, and derision.\" In a 1998 article about teaching", "title": "History of Taoism" }, { "docid": "411528", "text": "the emergence of Taoism: Some elements of Taoism may be traced to prehistoric folk religions in China that later coalesced into a Taoist tradition. In particular, many Taoist practices drew from the Warring-States-era phenomena of the \"wu\" (connected to the shamanic culture of northern China) and the \"fangshi\" (which probably derived from the \"archivist-soothsayers of antiquity, one of whom supposedly was Laozi himself\"), even though later Taoists insisted that this was not the case. Both terms were used to designate individuals dedicated to \"... magic, medicine, divination... methods of longevity and to ecstatic wanderings\" as well as exorcism; in the", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "411559", "text": "Revolution under Mao, but was re-established in 1980. The headquarters of the association are at the \"Baiyunguan\", or White Cloud Temple of Beijing, belonging to the Longmen branch of Quanzhen Taoism. Since 1980, many Taoist monasteries and temples have been reopened or rebuilt, both belonging to the Zhengyi or Quanzhen schools, and clergy ordination has been resumed. Taoist literature and art has influenced the cultures of Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Organized Taoism seems not to have attracted a large non-Chinese following until modern times. In Taiwan 7.5 million people (33% of the population) identify themselves as Taoists. Data collected in", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "13164077", "text": "alchemy is mastering special breathing techniques, sexual practices, physical exercises, yoga, attempting to produce an elixir of immortality by consuming purified metals and complex compounds, and to develop medical skills. In Taoism one’s soul or energy is considered to be interlocked with the vital energy, which is what nourishes your soul. Ridding the body of impurities can increase this energy. Aside from these requirements, you must lead an upright, moral and good-hearted life. Internal alchemy includes sophisticated visualization, strict dieting, specific sexual exercises and self-control. A strict diet was committed to kill demons within the body and to stimulate and", "title": "Taoism and death" }, { "docid": "411560", "text": "2010 for religious demographics of Hong Kong and Singapore show that, respectively, 14% and 11% of the people of these cities identify as Taoists. Throughout Chinese history there have been many examples of art being influenced by Taoist thought. Notable painters influenced by Taoism include Wu Wei, Huang Gongwang, Mi Fu, Muqi Fachang, Shitao, Ni Zan, T'ang Mi, and Wang Tseng-tsu. Taoist arts represents the diverse regions, dialects, and time spans that are commonly associated with Taoism. Ancient Taoist art was commissioned by the aristocracy, however scholars masters and adepts also directly engaged in the art themselves. Daoism never had", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "107916", "text": "Chuan\" (Pinyin \"Daijizhuan\") without umlaut or apostrophes (the Wikipedia article is titled Tai chi), and is similarly naturalized as English /ˌtaɪ ˌtʃi ˈtʃwɑn/. English dictionaries provide some insights into the \"Daoism\"/\"Taoism\" pronunciation issue. For over a century, British and American lexicographers glossed the pronunciation of \"Taoism\" as (), but gradually began changing it to () and added \"Daoism\" entries. One scholar analyzed \"Taoism\" pronunciation glosses in general-purpose English dictionaries, comparing twelve published in Great Britain (1933–1989) and eleven published in the United States (1948–1987). After standardizing the various dictionary respelling systems into the International Phonetic Alphabet, there are four types", "title": "Daoism–Taoism romanization issue" }, { "docid": "12637972", "text": "certain days. Another ritual formula evident of Taoism is the “Swiftly, swiftly, in accordance with the statutes and ordinances!” which can be seen in banners, talismans and roof tiles even today in Japan. Taoist influences made their way even to Shinto, specifically Ise and Yoshida Shintō, both of which developed in Kamakura in 1281. Shinto became one of Japan’s political doctrines in the early 20th century, known as the State Shinto. In 1950, the Society for the Research of Daoism was founded. In 1951, the Society published its first journal. One of the Taoist practices in Japan is the \"Kōshin\"", "title": "Taoism in Japan" }, { "docid": "8404605", "text": "What Is Spiritism? What Is Spiritism? (\"Qu'Est-ce Que le Spiritisme\" in French) is a brief introduction to Spiritism written by Allan Kardec in 1859, which is about a quarter of the length of The Spirits Book. Modern editions are augmented by a brief biography of the author, written by Henri Sausse, in 1896 which is mostly focused on his role in the History of Spiritism. The book is structured as a series of conferences about Spiritism, intended to quench the public curiosity and dismiss false notions about the doctrine. It is not intended as an initiation and is not seen", "title": "What Is Spiritism?" }, { "docid": "9335104", "text": "and the rest are features of a \"genre\" which is meant to entertain, disturb, and exalt us, not to be taken as literal hagiography. Then and later, the philosophical Taoists were distinguished from all other schools of Taoism by their rejection of the pursuit of immortality. As we shall see, their books came to be adopted as scriptural authority by those who did practice magic and seek to become immortal. But it was their misunderstanding of philosophical Taoism that was the reason they adopted it. (Welch 1957:95) The \"Shenxian zhuan\" (神仙傳 Biographies of Spirit Immortals\") is a hagiography of \"xian\".", "title": "Xian (Taoism)" }, { "docid": "8404608", "text": "notably: This chapter introduces some new doctrine that would be further elaborated on The Gospel According to Spiritism. What Is Spiritism? What Is Spiritism? (\"Qu'Est-ce Que le Spiritisme\" in French) is a brief introduction to Spiritism written by Allan Kardec in 1859, which is about a quarter of the length of The Spirits Book. Modern editions are augmented by a brief biography of the author, written by Henri Sausse, in 1896 which is mostly focused on his role in the History of Spiritism. The book is structured as a series of conferences about Spiritism, intended to quench the public curiosity", "title": "What Is Spiritism?" }, { "docid": "411516", "text": "way\" or \"dao\". Taoist ethics vary depending on the particular school, but in general tend to emphasize \"wu wei\" (action without intention), \"naturalness\", simplicity, spontaneity, and the Three Treasures: 慈 \"compassion\", 儉 \"frugality\", and 不敢為天下先 \"humility\". The roots of Taoism go back at least to the 4th century BCE. Early Taoism drew its cosmological notions from the School of Yinyang (Naturalists), and was deeply influenced by one of the oldest texts of Chinese culture, the \"I Ching\", which expounds a philosophical system about how to keep human behavior in accordance with the alternating cycles of nature. The \"Legalist\" Shen Buhai", "title": "Taoism" }, { "docid": "5665926", "text": "causing a net increase in disorder in the Universe. In order to increase the complexity on Earth—as life does—free energy is needed and in this case is provided by the Sun. What Is Life? What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell is a 1944 science book written for the lay reader by physicist Erwin Schrödinger. The book was based on a course of public lectures delivered by Schrödinger in February 1943, under the auspices of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. The lectures attracted an audience of about 400, who were warned \"that", "title": "What Is Life?" }, { "docid": "9545694", "text": "Expectations\" by Charles Dickens. According to Constance Reid, Courant finalized the title after a conversation with Thomas Mann. What Is Mathematics? What Is Mathematics? is a mathematics book written by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins, published in England by Oxford University Press. It is an introduction to mathematics, intended both for the mathematics student and for the general public. First published in 1941, it discusses number theory, geometry, topology and calculus. A second edition was published in 1996 with an additional chapter on recent progress in mathematics, written by Ian Stewart. The book was based on Courant's course material. Although", "title": "What Is Mathematics?" }, { "docid": "2966094", "text": "in Tolstoy and his problems: essays. London: Grant Richards. pp. 66–101. Maude, Aylmer (1901b). “\"What is Art?\" - Tolstoy’s Theory of Art”, in Tolstoy and his problems: essays. London: Grant Richards. pp. 102–127. Noyes, George (1918). Tolstoy. London: Duffield. Pevear, Richard (1995). \"Preface\" in Tolstoy, Leo (1995 [1897]). \"What is Art?\" (Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky). London: Penguin. Simmons, Ernest (1973). \"What is Art?\", in Tolstoy. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 175–189. What Is Art? What is Art? ( \"Chto takoye iskusstvo?\") is a book by Leo Tolstoy. It was completed in Russian in 1897 but first", "title": "What Is Art?" }, { "docid": "13914367", "text": "Edition What Bird is That?\" was published by Australia's Heritage Publishing in 2011, the latest release of Cayley’s “big bird book” complete with Lindsey’s revisions. It is 832 pages, features 769 birds and includes all 460 of Cayley’s full-colour paintings, many showing groups of related birds. New to this edition was an accompanying e-book \"What Bird Call is That?\", which identifies and illustrates 101 birds from \"What Bird is That?\", as well as providing sound files of each featured bird’s distinctive call. The sound files were provided by David Stewart. \"What Bird is That?\" plays a central role in Australian", "title": "What Bird is That?" }, { "docid": "7728600", "text": "Harrison performances\" (just three of which date from the ex-Beatle's solo years) and described the track as an \"exultant song of surrender\", abetted by Harrison's \"pumping fuzz guitar\" and the song's \"singalong magnetism\". AllMusic's Richie Unterberger similarly praises \"What Is Life\" for its \"anthemic\" qualities, \"particularly snazzy horn lines\", and a guitar riff that is \"one more entry in the catalog of George Harrison's book of arresting, low, descending guitar lines\". Writing in the book \"1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die\", author Tom Moon refers to \"the upbeat single 'What Is Life'\" as an example of how Harrison \"grabs", "title": "What Is Life" } ]

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[ { "docid": "4478846", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park consists of several buildings in Atlanta, Georgia, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s boyhood home and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King was baptized and both his father Martin Luther King Sr. and he were pastors. These places, critical to the interpretation of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy as a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, were included in the park when it was established on October 10, 1980. Formerly a National Historic Site, the unit was", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "4478859", "text": "in 2018. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park consists of several buildings in Atlanta, Georgia, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s boyhood home and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King was baptized and both his father Martin Luther King Sr. and he were pastors. These places, critical to the interpretation of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy as a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, were included in the park when it was established on October 10, 1980. Formerly a National Historic Site, the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "271032", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi helped inspire. King led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and in 1957 became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). With the SCLC, he led an unsuccessful 1962", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "271036", "text": "cities and states beginning in 1971; the holiday was enacted at the federal level by legislation signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Hundreds of streets in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor, and a county in Washington State was also rededicated for him. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 2011. King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King's legal name at birth was Michael King, and his father was also born Michael King,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "271158", "text": "would be redesigned to depict various historical events that had occurred at the Lincoln Memorial. Among the planned designs are images from King's \"I Have a Dream\" speech and the 1939 concert by opera singer Marian Anderson. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "15866536", "text": "Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. The first memorial service following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, took place the following day at the R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis, Tennessee. This was followed by two funeral services on April 9, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia, the first held for family and close friends at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King and his father had both served as senior pastors, followed by a three-mile procession to Morehouse College, King's alma mater, for a public service. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a national day of mourning for the", "title": "Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "17391018", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building The Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building (shorter form King Federal Building) is a building in Atlanta, Georgia. It was completed in 1933 in Modernist style for the United States Postal Service, and is now used as office accommodation by the United States Federal Government. It is included in the National Register of Historic Places. The building was constructed by the Work Projects Administration, a New Deal agency, reflecting the expansion of Federal activity at that time. It was located adjacent to Terminal Station in Spring Street, and mail was transferred via tunnels from", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building" }, { "docid": "21007522", "text": "know what happened, but the truth of what happened to Dr. King should be made available for history's sake.\" Andrew Young, the former U.N. ambassador and Atlanta mayor who was at the Lorraine Motel with King when he was assassinated, shares that sentiment: \"I would not accept the fact that James Earl Ray pulled the trigger, and that's all that matters.\" James Lawson was a pastor in Memphis one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s mentors. He began visiting Ray in 1969. \"There were things in Memphis that were suspicious and raised questions in my mind,\" he said regarding the assassination.", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "15866545", "text": "trip to the South View Cemetery, a burial place predominantly reserved for African Americans. His remains were exhumed in 1977 and reburied at their current location at the plaza between the King Center and Ebenezer, and his widow Coretta was buried next to him in 2006. Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. The first memorial service following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, took place the following day at the R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis, Tennessee. This was followed by two funeral services on April 9, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia, the first held for", "title": "Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "4435327", "text": "Martin Luther King Sr. Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899November 11, 1984) was an American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was the father of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. King was born Michael King in Stockbridge, Georgia, the son of Delia (née Linsey; 1875–1924) and James Albert King (1864–1933). He led the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, as the head of the NAACP chapter in Atlanta and of the Civic and Political League. He encouraged his", "title": "Martin Luther King Sr." }, { "docid": "17391019", "text": "the railroad network, which then handled most long-distance mail. Later the building became a Federal office building, receiving its present name in 1988. The General Services Administration (GSA) undertook renovation in 2012, as far as possible in line with current \"green building\" criteria. Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building The Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building (shorter form King Federal Building) is a building in Atlanta, Georgia. It was completed in 1933 in Modernist style for the United States Postal Service, and is now used as office accommodation by the United States Federal Government. It is included in the National", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building" }, { "docid": "271037", "text": "but, after a period of gradual transition on the elder King's part, he changed both his and his son's names in 1934. The elder King would later state that \"Michael\" was a mistake by the attending physician to his son's birth, and the younger King's birth certificate was altered to read \"Martin Luther King Jr.\" in 1957. King's parents were both African-American, and he also had Irish ancestry through his paternal great-grandfather. King was a middle child, between older sister Christine King Farris and younger brother A.D. King. King sang with his church choir at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "4478849", "text": "on May 2, 1974. The district included Ebenezer Baptist Church, King's grave site and memorial, Dr. King's birthplace, shotgun row houses, Victorian houses, the Alexander Hamilton House, the Atlanta Baptist Preparatory Institute site, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Colored Mission, Fire Station No. 6, and the Triangle Building at the intersection of Old Wheat Street and Auburn Avenue. Much of the area was designated as a national historic landmark district on May 5, 1977. The Trust for Public Land purchased 5 single-family homes along Auburn Avenue in the late 1970s, the same block Martin Luther King Jr. grew up on.", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "4435329", "text": "preach in several black churches in Atlanta. In 1926, King started his ministerial degree at the Morehouse School of Religion. On Thanksgiving Day in 1926, after eight years of courtship, he married Alberta in the Ebenezer Church. The couple had three children in four years: a daughter, Willie Christine King (born 1927), Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., 1929–1968), and a second son, Alfred Daniel Williams King (1930–1969). King became leader of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in March 1931 after the death of Williams. With the country in the midst of the Great Depression, church finances were struggling,", "title": "Martin Luther King Sr." } ]

[ { "docid": "19104146", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dwight sculpture) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is an outdoor 2007 bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by American artist Ed Dwight, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The sculpture was vandalized with white paint in August 2017. John D. Harden, Margaret Kadifa, Mike Morris, and Brooke A. Lewis of the \"Houston Chronicle\" noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue of Christopher Columbus was", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dwight sculpture)" }, { "docid": "19104147", "text": "vandalized with red paint. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dwight sculpture) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is an outdoor 2007 bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by American artist Ed Dwight, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The sculpture was vandalized with white paint in August 2017. John D. Harden, Margaret Kadifa, Mike Morris, and Brooke A. Lewis of the \"Houston Chronicle\" noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dwight sculpture)" }, { "docid": "4519275", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (also known locally as the MLK Library) is a 136-foot (41 m) tall public library in downtown San Jose, California, which had its grand opening on August 16, 2003. , it is the largest library building in the western United States built in a single construction project, with over 475,000 square feet (44,000 m²) of space on eight floors and approximately 1.6 million volumes. The King Library is a collaboration between the City of San José and San José State University: it is the main library for", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library" }, { "docid": "18233753", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School is a high school in Buffalo, New York. It is located at 487 High Street and serves Grades 9 through 12. The first school building built on High Street was constructed in 1885, with a two-story brick addition constructed four years later. The current building structure was completed in 1926 and would be renovated and renamed the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Institute in 1968, then renovated again in 2006. During that renovation, the MLK School was housed at the", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School" }, { "docid": "4519282", "text": "stations can be operated with print cards. Cash-only copiers are available on most floors. The Library is a major nexus point for student life at SJSU. Students often arrive with their laptops and engage in study groups both at tables and in study rooms. After the Library is closed for the day to the public, it remains open for \"extended study hours\" to SJSU students, staff and faculty and to students from other approved local institutions. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (also known locally as the MLK Library) is a 136-foot (41", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library" }, { "docid": "18233754", "text": "former Follow Through Magnet School #8. In 2014, the Dr. Martin Luther King Multicultural Institute was closed to place the new high school. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School is a high school in Buffalo, New York. It is located at 487 High Street and serves Grades 9 through 12. The first school building built on High Street was constructed in 1885, with a two-story brick addition constructed four years later. The current building structure was completed in 1926 and would be renovated and renamed the Dr.", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School" }, { "docid": "6266748", "text": "focus,\" causing its renaming. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School, or King Arts, is a K-8 magnet school located in Evanston, Illinois. The school was formed in 1967 by combining Skiles Middle School, which had taught grades 6-8 and sat on the site of the current King Arts School and the original Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School, which had taught grades K-5 and was housed in the building of the old Foster School at Foster and Dewey. Foster School was a de facto segregated school", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School" }, { "docid": "6266744", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School, or King Arts, is a K-8 magnet school located in Evanston, Illinois. The school was formed in 1967 by combining Skiles Middle School, which had taught grades 6-8 and sat on the site of the current King Arts School and the original Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School, which had taught grades K-5 and was housed in the building of the old Foster School at Foster and Dewey. Foster School was a de facto segregated school in Evanston, Illinois named", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School" }, { "docid": "17114001", "text": "four children and Christine King Farris. Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture) Martin Luther King Jr. is a public sculpture by American artist John Woodrow Wilson located at the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., United States. The bust depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a contemplative and peaceful mood, looking slightly downward, patinated to match the black marble base. John Woodrow Wilson, born in 1922 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Tufts University in 1947. He was professor of art at Boston University from 1964 to 1986. The bust was unveiled in the Rotunda, on January 16,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture)" }, { "docid": "17114000", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture) Martin Luther King Jr. is a public sculpture by American artist John Woodrow Wilson located at the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., United States. The bust depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a contemplative and peaceful mood, looking slightly downward, patinated to match the black marble base. John Woodrow Wilson, born in 1922 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Tufts University in 1947. He was professor of art at Boston University from 1964 to 1986. The bust was unveiled in the Rotunda, on January 16, 1986, by Coretta Scott King, their", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture)" }, { "docid": "15417669", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (also known as MLK Ave) is a major street in the District of Columbia traversing through both the Southwest and Southeast quadrants. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW begins at the southwestern tip of the District of Columbia near the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Headed north, the avenue overlaps with South Capitol Street from 2nd St SW to Halley Place SE, where it turns northeast, becoming Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE. As it crosses through the Congress Heights neighborhood, MLK Ave changes from a primarily residential neighborhood", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue" }, { "docid": "4519279", "text": "Chin; the title of the series is \"Recolecciones\" (Spanish for \"recollections\"). Special collections within the library include, all on the 5th floor, the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, a California History Room, the SJSU Special Collections & Archive. There is also the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Collection on the 3rd floor. The library provides public computers and an online reservation system to reserve time on them. Students can also reserve study rooms through a similar online system. The computers are configured with Traditional Chinese input methods and", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library" }, { "docid": "15417674", "text": "W3, 90, 92, and 93 serve MLK Ave, with many others crossing the street. \"For more information, see List of Metrobus routes\" Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (also known as MLK Ave) is a major street in the District of Columbia traversing through both the Southwest and Southeast quadrants. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW begins at the southwestern tip of the District of Columbia near the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Headed north, the avenue overlaps with South Capitol Street from 2nd St SW to Halley Place SE, where it turns northeast, becoming", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue" }, { "docid": "8833272", "text": "with six out-patient surgeries and a dental clinic, with an estimated total cost of more than $350 million. King Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, is located adjacent to the hospital in Willowbrook. It is a Los Angeles Unified School District magnet school affiliated with the MLK Jr. hospital Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center The Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center (MLK OC), formerly known as Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK–MACC), Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center (King/Drew) and later Martin Luther King Jr.–Harbor Hospital (MLK–Harbor or King–Harbor),was a public urgent care center", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "16869229", "text": "it to the Senate in 2006, with Hillary Clinton as a co-signer. It was proposed anew by Senator Kerry and Representative John Lewis in 2010. Supporters of the bill have called for the release of records on other potentially racial violence. McKinney also proposed the Tupac Amaru Shakur Records Collection Act in 2005. The text of the Act states that \"all Government records concerning the life and assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should carry a presumption of immediate disclosure\". It calls for the creation of a \"Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection\" at the National", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "1477777", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around King's birthday, January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "8833239", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center The Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center (MLK OC), formerly known as Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK–MACC), Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center (King/Drew) and later Martin Luther King Jr.–Harbor Hospital (MLK–Harbor or King–Harbor),was a public urgent care center and outpatient clinic and former hospital in Willowbrook, an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, California, north of the city of Compton and south of the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Founded as a major public hospital, it was shut down in August 2007 because of its poor record of patient", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "271126", "text": "with the phenomenon of self-defense in the movement. He publicly discouraged it as a widespread practice, but acknowledged that it was sometimes necessary. Throughout his career King was frequently protected by other civil rights activists who carried arms, such as Colonel Stone Johnson, Robert Hayling, and the Deacons for Defense and Justice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an avid supporter of Native American rights. Native Americans were also active supporters of Dr. King's Civil Rights Movement which included the active participation of Native Americans. In fact, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) was patterned after the NAACP’s Legal Defense", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "271131", "text": "to a Native American congregation, and then went on to give another speech at the University of Arizona. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would continue to attract the attention of Native Americans throughout the civil rights movement. During the 1963 March on Washington there was a sizable Native American contingent, including many from South Dakota, and many from the Navajo nation. Native Americans were also active participants in the Poor People's Campaign in 1968. Dr. King was a major inspiration along with the civil rights movement which inspired the Native American rights movement of the 1960s and many of its", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "21007524", "text": "Dr King.\" The HSCA's Chief Counsel, Robert Blakey, said that if the CIA or FBI had been involved, all incriminating documents would have been destroyed long before 1979. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories The conspiracy theories relating to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement, relate to different accounts of the assassination that took place on April 4, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee. King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, one day after giving his final speech: \"I've Been to the Mountaintop.\" Claims soon arose over suspect aspects", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "5509462", "text": "skill. Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues Authorship issues concerning Martin Luther King Jr. fall into two general categories: King's academic research papers (including his doctoral dissertation) and his use of borrowed phrases in speeches. Regarding his PhD dissertation, written at Boston University, an academic inquiry concluded in October 1991 that portions of his dissertation had been plagiarized and that he had acted improperly. However, \"[d]espite its finding, the committee said that 'no thought should be given to the revocation of Dr. King's doctoral degree,' an action that the panel said would serve no purpose.\" The committee also concluded that", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues" }, { "docid": "5509449", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues Authorship issues concerning Martin Luther King Jr. fall into two general categories: King's academic research papers (including his doctoral dissertation) and his use of borrowed phrases in speeches. Regarding his PhD dissertation, written at Boston University, an academic inquiry concluded in October 1991 that portions of his dissertation had been plagiarized and that he had acted improperly. However, \"[d]espite its finding, the committee said that 'no thought should be given to the revocation of Dr. King's doctoral degree,' an action that the panel said would serve no purpose.\" The committee also concluded that the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues" }, { "docid": "4771773", "text": "Martin Luther King III Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights advocate and community activist. He is the oldest son and oldest living child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Martin Luther King III was born on October 23, 1957, to civil rights advocates Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His mother had reservations about naming him after his famous father, \"realizing the burdens it can create for the child,\" but King Jr. always wanted to name his son Martin Luther III. King's birth occurred as", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "7595071", "text": "route after him, and the change was effected on January 15, 2001, the 72nd anniversary of the slain leader's birth. Jacksonville was one of the last major cities in the country to rename a road for Dr. King; by choosing this route, the city was able to pay homage and yet because the entire route is without any addresses, either residential or business, the council was able to avoid irritating constituents, as often happens with such name changes. For the same reason, the frontage roads are still named Haines Street. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville) The Martin Luther King", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville)" }, { "docid": "17533164", "text": "who opened the new organization in 2015 have been relieved of their duties since the new Caucasian CNO Susie Reinsvold and many have been replaced with non African American leaders . The hospital on the site of the former Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center, originally named the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, known as King/Drew. The adjacent Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center opened in a new building in 2014. The closure of Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (King/Drew) in 2007, due to revocation of federal", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital" }, { "docid": "16695997", "text": "Dr. King Charter School Dr. King Charter School, also known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology, is a K–12 charter school, in the Lower 9th Ward, in the 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The school was named after Martin Luther King Jr. In the 2006–2007 school year King students attended the former Harney School, as King had been damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. At that time, over half of the 450 students attending Harney had attended King pre-Katrina. King, which re-opened in 2007, was the first Lower 9th Ward school to", "title": "Dr. King Charter School" }, { "docid": "16696000", "text": "with New Orleans Public Schools, making it the first to return to the district's authority since Katrina. As of 2011 the school had 782 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Dr. King Charter School Dr. King Charter School, also known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology, is a K–12 charter school, in the Lower 9th Ward, in the 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The school was named after Martin Luther King Jr. In the 2006–2007 school year King students attended the former Harney School, as King had been damaged by Hurricane Katrina", "title": "Dr. King Charter School" }, { "docid": "10091036", "text": "Martin Luther King High School (Detroit) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School is located at 3200 East Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan; the building is operated by the Detroit Board of Education. King's district encompasses Downtown and Midtown Detroit; it also includes Lafayette Park, the Martin Luther King Apartments and Riverfront Condominiums. The Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects were zoned to MLK prior to their demolition. In addition it includes the three Wayne State University housing complexes that permit families with children (Chatsworth Tower, DeRoy, and University Tower). The facility that came to be known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Detroit)" }, { "docid": "271116", "text": "to honor King. Observed for the first time on January 20, 1986, it is called Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Following President George H. W. Bush's 1992 proclamation, the holiday is observed on the third Monday of January each year, near the time of King's birthday. On January 17, 2000, for the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all fifty U.S. states. Arizona (1992), New Hampshire (1999) and Utah (2000) were the last three states to recognize the holiday. Utah previously celebrated the holiday at the same time but under the name Human Rights Day.", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "10724471", "text": "is also used by some Westmoreland Transit routes, which run further into the Pittsburgh suburbs, ending in the cities of Greensburg and Latrobe in Westmoreland County. As of October 2018, the Port Authority bus routes that use the East Busway are as follows: Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway The Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway is a two-lane bus-only highway serving the city of Pittsburgh and many of its eastern neighborhoods and suburbs. It was named after Martin Luther King Jr. in recognition of the eastern portion of the route's serving many predominantly African-American neighborhoods, such as Wilkinsburg and", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway" }, { "docid": "10724467", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway The Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway is a two-lane bus-only highway serving the city of Pittsburgh and many of its eastern neighborhoods and suburbs. It was named after Martin Luther King Jr. in recognition of the eastern portion of the route's serving many predominantly African-American neighborhoods, such as Wilkinsburg and East Liberty. It is owned and maintained by the Port Authority of Allegheny County. Originally occupied by a railroad line, planning for the East Busway began shortly after the Port Authority of Allegheny County purchased the Pittsburgh Railways Company in 1964. The original", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway" }, { "docid": "1477790", "text": "Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service, the largest event in the nation honoring King. Several other universities and organizations around the U.S., such as Arizona State University, Greater DC Cares and City Year, participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. In honor of MLK, hundreds of Volunteer Centers, and volunteers across the country donate their time to make a difference on this day. The only other official national day of service in the U.S., as designated by the government, is September 11 National Day of Service (9/11 Day). One place outside the U.S. where Martin Luther King", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "6875803", "text": "new finish for the side of the artwork. Sculptor Lei Yixin carved grooves over the former words to match existing horizontal \"striation\" marks in the memorial and deepened all the memorial's grooves so that they match. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "6875764", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's \"I Have A Dream\" speech: \"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.\" The memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising, and construction. This", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "16869225", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act The Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act, or MLK Records Act, is proposed legislation that would release United States government records pertaining to the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr. Versions of the law have been proposed on multiple occasions, and a complete version was brought to both houses of the United States Congress in 2005–2006. In the years after King was assassinated, reports emerged that the government was destroying sensitive documents related to the murder case. The FBI was criticized for appearing unusually reluctant to release records pertaining to", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "8584775", "text": "located in it: Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Cleveland) Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school nickname is King. The school was built in 1973. Like many schools that opened in the 10 years after his 1968 assassination, the school was named after Martin Luther King, Jr.. This school is a big help for those students who are interested in the medical and law industry. The classes are hands on experiences which will prepare teens for college. The school has", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Cleveland)" }, { "docid": "8584774", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Cleveland) Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school nickname is King. The school was built in 1973. Like many schools that opened in the 10 years after his 1968 assassination, the school was named after Martin Luther King, Jr.. This school is a big help for those students who are interested in the medical and law industry. The classes are hands on experiences which will prepare teens for college. The school has two \"Small Schools\"", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Cleveland)" }, { "docid": "7834329", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Toledo) Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (formerly Central Union Terminal and Central Union Plaza) is the main passenger rail and intercity bus station of Toledo, Ohio. Toledo is served by two Amtrak routes: the \"Capitol Limited,\" which operates daily between Chicago and Washington D.C, and the Lake Shore Limited, which operates daily between Chicago and (via two sections east of Albany,) Boston or New York City In addition it is also served by Greyhound Lines and Barons Bus Lines. Named for Martin Luther King Jr., the building is constructed in a Streamline Moderne style designed", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Toledo)" }, { "docid": "10091040", "text": "program was the MLK Project. At a cost of $46.4 million, the redeveloped Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School re-opened in September 2011. The school emphasizes a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Curriculum. In 2012 Kettering High School closed, and some students were rezoned to King. In 2017, King was marked for closure by the State of Michigan due to its poor academic performance from 2014 to 2016. A later agreement between the state and the Detroit Board of Education saved the school from closure. Martin Luther King High School (Detroit) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Detroit)" }, { "docid": "16869230", "text": "Archive, and would charge the Archivist of the United States to maintain all disclosed records. The law would also create a Review Board to oversee the proper disclosure of records. Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act The Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act, or MLK Records Act, is proposed legislation that would release United States government records pertaining to the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr. Versions of the law have been proposed on multiple occasions, and a complete version was brought to both houses of the United States Congress in 2005–2006. In the years after", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "1477791", "text": "Jr. Day is observed in the Japanese city of Hiroshima under mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, who holds a special banquet at the mayor's office as an act of unifying his city's call for peace with King's message of human rights. The City of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada, is another city that has officially recognized Martin Luther King Jr. Day, although not as a paid holiday: all government services and businesses remain open. In 1984, during a visit by the U.S. Sixth Fleet, Navy chaplain Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff conducted the first Israeli presidential ceremony in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "13643455", "text": "(ca. 1926). The park was designed in 1874 by Frederick Law Olmsted and originally connected to Delaware Park via the Humboldt Parkway. That connection was lost in the early 1960s with the construction of the Kensington Expressway. The park originally contained a large wooden refectory, designed by Calvert Vaux; it was destroyed by fire in 1877. In July 2009, a neatly manicured, tree-and flower-filled pedestrian pathway was unveiled by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. Martin Luther King Jr. Park Martin Luther King Jr. Park, originally The Parade and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located in Buffalo in", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Park" }, { "docid": "12937193", "text": "was with King when he was assassinated, noted: According to biographer Taylor Branch, King's friend and colleague James Bevel put it more bluntly: \"There is no way a ten-cent white boy could develop a plan to kill a million-dollar black man.\" Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST. He was a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and a Nobel Peace", "title": "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "13643454", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Park Martin Luther King Jr. Park, originally The Parade and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located in Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The park is located in east Buffalo and bisected by Fillmore Avenue. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The park is on a , slightly \"L\"-shaped site and was originally conceived as a place for military displays and active children's sports. It contains four contributing structures: The brick Shelter House (1904), Buffalo Museum of Science building (1926), Greenhouse (1907), and Humboldt Park Casino", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Park" }, { "docid": "12679647", "text": "Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., comprise an extensive catalog of American writing and oratory – some of which are internationally well-known, while others remain unheralded, and some await re-discovery. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent African-American clergyman, a civil rights leader, and a Nobel laureate. King himself observed, \"In the quiet recesses of my heart, I am fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher.\" The famous \"I Have a Dream\" address was delivered in August 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Less well-remembered", "title": "Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "8833249", "text": "trauma center) formed, led by U.S. Representative Maxine Waters and joined by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, actress Angela Bassett and children of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In December, 2004, CMS declared King/Drew patients were in \"immediate jeopardy\" for a third time. This time it cited the staff's heavy reliance on Los Angeles County Police personnel to deploy Tasers to subdue combative and violent psychiatric patients. Federal funds were again threatened, but as in previous times, action was not taken. Despite protests, negative media and the near-unanimous opposition of city political leaders,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "12937152", "text": "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST. He was a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged", "title": "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "8848131", "text": "MLK. Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Lithonia, Georgia) Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in Lithonia, Georgia, United States. It opened in August 2001 as the newest high school in the DeKalb County School System, and was named after the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The school was opened to alleviate overcrowding in surrounding middle schools. It originally included only grades 6-7 and 9-10. Tenth grade students came from Lithonia and Southwest DeKalb High Schools to relieve crowding and also due to the rezoning of DeKalb County. The following year,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Lithonia, Georgia)" }, { "docid": "8848127", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Lithonia, Georgia) Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in Lithonia, Georgia, United States. It opened in August 2001 as the newest high school in the DeKalb County School System, and was named after the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The school was opened to alleviate overcrowding in surrounding middle schools. It originally included only grades 6-7 and 9-10. Tenth grade students came from Lithonia and Southwest DeKalb High Schools to relieve crowding and also due to the rezoning of DeKalb County. The following year, after", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Lithonia, Georgia)" }, { "docid": "19962680", "text": "bust of King. A second cast of Alston's bust of King was donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in January 2016. Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. (Alston) A bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. was made by African-American artist Charles Alston in 1970, two years after King was assassinated. Alston received a commission from the Reverend Donald S. Harrington, of the Community Church of New York, to create a bust of King for $5,000. Five bronze busts were cast in 1970, each approximately high. One cast was acquired in 1974 for the collection", "title": "Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. (Alston)" }, { "docid": "20656718", "text": "James Albert King James Albert King (1864-1933) was the grandfather of civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and father of Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.. James Albert King was born in 1864 and was of African and Irish descent. His birthplace has been speculated variously as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ireland, and Ireland, Ohio. King married Delia Linsey in 1895, and they both worked as sharecroppers, in Henry County and Clayton County in Georgia and then Stockbridge, Georgia where they settled and where their son, Martin Luther King Sr. was born in 1899. King struggled with alcoholism and disapproved of", "title": "James Albert King" }, { "docid": "18291430", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth) The Martin Luther King Freeway is a stretch of U.S. Route 58 (US 58) in the state of Virginia that connects State Route 164 (SR 164, Western Freeway) and the Midtown Tunnel complex with midtown Portsmouth at London Boulevard (which continues on and carries the US 58 designation to points west), continuing past High Street near US 17 and ending at Interstate 264 (I-264) in a full interchange that opened on November 30, 2016. The freeway effectively begins at the Pinners Point Interchange where the West Norfolk Bridge carries the Western Freeway across the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth)" }, { "docid": "8833244", "text": "was broken on the hospital in April 1968. It was originally named the Los Angeles County Southeast General Hospital but was soon renamed Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital, days after the namesake's assassination. After a dedication in February, it opened on March 27, 1972 as a full-service medical center. The facility changed its name again, to Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, when it became the teaching hospital of the adjacent Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. In 1981 the hospital expanded into psychiatric care by opening the Augustus F. Hawkins Mental Health Center. In 1998 it", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "6090468", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (MLKML) is the central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the 400,000 square foot (37,000 m²) steel, brick, and glass structure, and it is a rare example of modern architecture in Washington, D.C. This library was Mies's last building, his only public library, and his only building constructed in Washington, D.C. The building was completed in 1972 at a cost of $18 million. Maintenance was then somewhat neglected and there were problems with the HVAC system. DCPL has", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library" }, { "docid": "19962678", "text": "Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. (Alston) A bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. was made by African-American artist Charles Alston in 1970, two years after King was assassinated. Alston received a commission from the Reverend Donald S. Harrington, of the Community Church of New York, to create a bust of King for $5,000. Five bronze busts were cast in 1970, each approximately high. One cast was acquired in 1974 for the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, but has been on long-term loan to the White House since 2000, under the administration of", "title": "Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. (Alston)" }, { "docid": "6090471", "text": "the building's lobby includes a large mural of Martin Luther King, Jr. by artist Don Miller. Prior to 1972, Washington's central library was a 1903 Andrew Carnegie-funded building located in Mount Vernon Square. That building was used by the University of the District of Columbia, and is currently occupied by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library houses several of the library system's special collections. The Washingtoniana collection includes books, newspaper archives, maps, census records, and oral histories related to the city's history with 1.3 million photographs from the \"Washington Star\" newspaper and the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library" }, { "docid": "6090473", "text": "community organizations without permanent offices to use wireless Internet, DVD players, projectors, and Smart Boards. The Center for Accessibility in room 215 has Braille magazines and specialists in adaptive technologies to assist disabled people. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (MLKML) is the central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the 400,000 square foot (37,000 m²) steel, brick, and glass structure, and it is a rare example of modern architecture in Washington, D.C. This library was Mies's last building, his only public library, and", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library" }, { "docid": "17533163", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital or by the abbreviation MLK-LA, is a 131-bed public community hospital in the Willowbrook neighborhood of southern Los Angeles County, California. It was planned and designed to especially serve the surrounding South Los Angeles communities' needs, including those of underinsured or uninsured patients. It is jointly operated by UCLA. The new hospital opened on 7 July 2015, in a new building. The hospital has recently had multiple reports and even a recent protest for its “endemic racism” towards Black nurses and leaders. Most of the African American leaders", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital" }, { "docid": "18761614", "text": "Collaborative's Executive Director, Detria Russell is located throughout the Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative's three floors. Because the Collaborative is located in the \"National Historic King District,\" The National Park Service administers the Collaborative's parking lot and surrounding land, which includes the old Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church building, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and gravesite, as well as, a community playground. Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative The Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative named after the late Reverend turned community activist Martin Luther King Sr., held its official dedication ceremony, November 4, 2012.", "title": "Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative" }, { "docid": "9312068", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus The Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus is a five-story public school facility at 122 Amsterdam Avenue between West 65th and 66th Streets in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, near Lincoln Center. The campus is faced on Amsterdam Avenue by a wide elevated plaza which features a self-weathering steel memorial sculpture by William Tarr. The same steel, called Mayari R, was used by architect Frost Associates in the curtain wall of the building, the interior of which has an arrangement of perimeter corridors with floor-to-ceiling windows, leaving many classrooms on", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus" }, { "docid": "9312065", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus The Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus is a five-story public school facility at 122 Amsterdam Avenue between West 65th and 66th Streets in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, near Lincoln Center. The campus is faced on Amsterdam Avenue by a wide elevated plaza which features a self-weathering steel memorial sculpture by William Tarr. The same steel, called Mayari R, was used by architect Frost Associates in the curtain wall of the building, the interior of which has an arrangement of perimeter corridors with floor-to-ceiling windows, leaving many classrooms on", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus" }, { "docid": "21007509", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories The conspiracy theories relating to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement, relate to different accounts of the assassination that took place on April 4, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee. King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, one day after giving his final speech: \"I've Been to the Mountaintop.\" Claims soon arose over suspect aspects of King's assassination and the role of the alleged assassin, James Earl Ray. Since MLK's assassin, James Earl Ray, pled guilty early on, there was no trial. Suspicions", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "7834335", "text": "uses the two tracks nearest the station while freight trains roll on bypass tracks at the south edge of the railyard. The plaza is also served by Greyhound routes connecting to Chicago; Cleveland; Charleston, West Virginia; Detroit; New York City; and Washington, D.C. The plaza also serves Barons Bus Lines routes to destinations around Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. The bus berths face the Emerald Avenue façade of the building. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Toledo) Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (formerly Central Union Terminal and Central Union Plaza) is the main passenger rail and intercity bus station of Toledo, Ohio.", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Toledo)" }, { "docid": "7595068", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville) The Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway is a long expressway running along the eastern and northern edges of Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. It carries U.S. Route 1 Alternate (US 1 Alternate) from near its southern terminus to an interchange with US 1/US 17 (Main Street). US 1 follows the expressway to its northern terminus, an intersection with US 23. Despite its name, it is not a parkway in the conventional sense, as it has no limits on truck use and is not located near parks or other beautified areas. The parkway begins just east of", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville)" }, { "docid": "17533167", "text": "provides general acute care, basic emergency services, labor and delivery services, health education and outreach programs, along with other services typically provided by community hospitals, including radiology, laboratory and blood bank services. In August 2012, MLK-LA's Board appointed Elaine Batchlor, a physician and former Chief Medical Officer for L.A. Care Health Plan, as the hospital's first Chief Executive Officer. The hospital has walking distance access to the Metro Blue Line and Metro Green Line stations, as well as Gardena Transit and LADOT DASH buses. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital or by the abbreviation", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital" }, { "docid": "5509454", "text": "dissertation in the university library, noting that numerous passages were included without the appropriate quotations and citations of sources. Ralph Luker has questioned whether King's professors at the Crozer Theological Seminary held him to lower standards because he was an African-American, citing as evidence the fact that King received lower marks (a C+ average) at the historically black Morehouse College than at Crozer, where he was a minority being graded mostly by white teachers and received an A− average. Boston University has denied that King received any special treatment. The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project addresses authorship issues on", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues" }, { "docid": "271035", "text": "followed by riots in many U.S. cities. Allegations that James Earl Ray, the man convicted and imprisoned of killing King, had been framed or acted in concert with government agents persisted for decades after the shooting. Sentenced to 99 years in prison for King's murder, effectively a life sentence as Ray was 41 at the time of conviction, Ray served 29 years of his sentence and died from hepatitis in 1998 while in prison. King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a holiday in numerous", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "271156", "text": "Medal of Freedom was posthumously awarded to King by President Jimmy Carter. The citation read: Martin Luther King Jr. was the conscience of his generation. He gazed upon the great wall of segregation and saw that the power of love could bring it down. From the pain and exhaustion of his fight to fulfill the promises of our founding fathers for our humblest citizens, he wrung his eloquent statement of his dream for America. He made our nation stronger because he made it better. His dream sustains us yet. King and his wife were also awarded the Congressional Gold Medal", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "12937192", "text": "assassination. King had been targeted by COINTELPRO and had also been under surveillance by military intelligence agencies during the period leading up to his assassination under the code name Operation Lantern Spike. A church minister, Ronald Denton Wilson, claimed his father, Henry Clay Wilson, assassinated Martin Luther King Jr., not James Earl Ray. He stated, \"It wasn't a racist thing; he thought Martin Luther King was connected with communism, and he wanted to get him out of the way.\" But Wilson had reportedly previously admitted his father was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. In 2004, Jesse Jackson, who", "title": "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "2045320", "text": "Estate reached a settlement before proceeding further in the courts. Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. (194 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 1999)) is a United States court case that involved a longstanding dispute about the public domain copyright status of the text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech, known by the key phrase \"I Have a Dream\", originally delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. The court ruled that King's delivery of the speech was a \"performance\",", "title": "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc." }, { "docid": "2045312", "text": "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. (194 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 1999)) is a United States court case that involved a longstanding dispute about the public domain copyright status of the text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech, known by the key phrase \"I Have a Dream\", originally delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. The court ruled that King's delivery of the speech was a \"performance\", rather than a \"general publication\", of its text, and therefore", "title": "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc." }, { "docid": "4478848", "text": "the \"International Civil Rights Walk of Fame\" which commemorates some of the courageous pioneers who worked for social justice. Annual events celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January typically draw large crowds. Speakers have included Presidents of the United States, national and local politicians, and civil rights leaders. Remembrances are also held during Black History Month (February), and on the anniversary of King's April 4, 1968, assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. The Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District, an area bounded roughly by Irwin, Randolph, Edgewood, Jackson, and Auburn avenues, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "271138", "text": "of the common law regarding settlement of unpaid labor, but clarified that he felt that the money should not be spent exclusively on blacks. He stated, \"It should benefit the disadvantaged of \"all\" races.\" On being awarded the Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Margaret Sanger Award on May 5, 1966, King said: FBI director J. Edgar Hoover personally ordered surveillance of King, with the intent to undermine his power as a civil rights leader. According to the Church Committee, a 1975 investigation by the U.S. Congress, \"From December 1963 until his death in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "11184494", "text": "speech, and was what prompted Scarborough into entering into public service. Journalist Joe Klein has called it \"politics in its grandest form and highest purpose\" and said that it \"marked the end of an era\" before American political life was taken over by consultants and pollsters. It is also recounted in the prologue of his book, \"Politics Lost\". The \"Landmark for Peace Memorial\", installed in 1995 in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park near the site where the speech took place in Indianapolis, includes sculptures of King and Kennedy. \"A Ripple of Hope\", a documentary on the speech and", "title": "Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "1477793", "text": "have been those who thought they could kill the dream by slaying the dreamer, but – as the example of King's life shows – such people are always wrong. Every year, since 1986, the Dr. Martin Luther King Tribute and Dinner is held in Wassenaar, The Netherlands. The Tribute includes young people and veterans of the Civil Rights Movement as well as music. it always ends with everyone holding hands in a circle and singing \"We Shall Overcome.\" The Tribute is held on the last Sunday in January and bridges Dr. King's birthday and Black History Month. 1985–2100 Martin Luther", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "4478855", "text": "family has debated among themselves as to whether they should sell it to the National Park Service to ensure preservation. The visitor center at 449 Auburn Avenue was built in 1996 and features the multimedia exhibit \"Courage To Lead\", which follows the parallel paths of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Visitors can also walk down a stylized \"Freedom Road\". The \"Children of Courage\" exhibit, geared towards children, tells the story of the children of the Civil Rights Movement with a challenge to our youth today. Video programs are presented on a continuing basis and there", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "6266746", "text": "of the Color Curtain Processing Project. In 1967, Foster School transitioned into the Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School in which 25% of the school's student body was African American during the first year of enrollment. The school moved from the Foster School building into the Skiles Middle School building in 1976. By contrast with contemporaneous forced bussing of African-American students to historically white schools, King Lab as a magnet school brought voluntarily bussed white, Asian and Latino students to attend school on the site of Evanston's historically African-American school (Foster School) in its predominantly African-American neighborhood. This project integrated", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School" }, { "docid": "4478852", "text": "when King's father married Alberta Williams, the couple moved into the house, where King Jr. was born in 1929. The King family lived in the house until 1941. It was then converted into a two-family dwelling. The Rev. A. D. Williams King, Dr. King's brother, lived on the second floor in the 1950s and early 1960s. The first level includes the front porch, parlor, study, dining room, kitchen, laundry, bedroom and a bathroom. The second level includes four bedrooms and a bathroom. The visitor center offers free tours of the house led by National Park Service rangers, but with limited", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "9312066", "text": "the inner side windowless. The school is across West 65th Street from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. The building was formerly the location of Martin Luther King Jr. High School, which opened in 1975. According to \"The New York Times\", the school had been troubled throughout its history, gaining a bad reputation for its construction delay, planned curriculum restructurings, low student enrollment, and abysmal academic performance: It has a history of violence, including the shooting of two tenth grade students inside the school on January 15, 2002, the birthday of Martin Luther King", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus" }, { "docid": "18291436", "text": "to be tolled $1.00 for non-tunnel users and $.50 for users who also travel through the tunnel. However, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced on July 10, 2015, that $78 million of construction money originally designated for the now defunct Route 460 project (which was another PPP approved by his predecessor, Bob McDonnell) would be reallocated to buy out the MLK Freeway tolls for the remainder of the concession period. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth) The Martin Luther King Freeway is a stretch of U.S. Route 58 (US 58) in the state of Virginia that connects State Route 164 (SR", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth)" }, { "docid": "1477783", "text": "the holiday, and Coretta Scott King, King's wife, was made a member of this commission for life by President George H. W. Bush in May 1989. Although the federal holiday honoring King was signed into law in 1983 and took effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe the holiday at the state level until 1991, when the New Hampshire legislature created \"Civil Rights Day\" and abolished \"Fast Day\". In 2000, Utah became the last state to have a holiday named after King when \"Human Rights Day\" was officially changed to \"Martin Luther King Jr. Day.\" In", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "16869227", "text": "of the Martin Luther King assassination investigation) and information about how the FBI, through COINTELPRO, targeted King while he was alive. Due to known FBI policies, many of its records may be destroyed before that date, thus leaving many questions about the King assassination unresolved. Describing her reasons for drafting the bill, McKinney has stated: \"The truth of the MLK assassination has never been totally revealed. The FBI program COINTELPRO, the CIA project Operation CHAOS, and the Army Intelligence operation Lantern Spike all worked together to prevent the rise of a 'black messiah' and replace Martin Luther King Jr. with", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "4435341", "text": "and the disenfranchisement of blacks throughout the South to the era of prohibition and war time. Over this background, there are two more stories — that of Daddy King and the story of Daddy’s influence on Martin Jr. Part one of \"In the Hour of Chaos\" aired on public television in early 2016 and the full film was released online July 1, 2016. Martin Luther King Sr. Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899November 11, 1984) was an American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was the father of civil", "title": "Martin Luther King Sr." }, { "docid": "1477782", "text": "accusations that King was a communist, the president said \"We'll know in thirty-five years, won't we?\", in reference to the eventual release of FBI surveillance tapes that had previously been sealed. But on November 2, 1983, Reagan signed a bill, proposed by Representative Katie Hall of Indiana, to create a federal holiday honoring King. The bill had passed the House of Representatives by a count of 338 to 90, a veto-proof margin. The holiday was observed for the first time on January 20, 1986. The bill also established the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission to oversee observance of", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "6875766", "text": "steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 but was postponed until October 16 (the 16th anniversary of the 1995 Million Man March on the National Mall) due to Hurricane Irene. Although this is not the first memorial to an African American in Washington, D.C., King is the first African American honored with a memorial on or near the National Mall and only the fourth non-President to be memorialized in such a way. The King Memorial is administered by the National Park Service (NPS). Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), an American clergyman, activist, and prominent", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "19931163", "text": "he returned to the promotion after a 14-year absence. After ECCW Luther left the company in 2002 and went to other independents. He stopped in Portland, Oregon, wrestling for Portland Wrestling. He lost to Raven on September 3, 2004. His last feud was with Skag Rollins. In 2006 he retired from wrestling. In 2009 he returned to wrestling in Marysville, Washington. In 2011 he wrestled in Hollywood as Father Dante. In 2016 Dr. Luther returned to wrestling in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling. Dr. Luther Len Olson (born October 30, 1968) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by the", "title": "Dr. Luther" } ]

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[ { "docid": "141917", "text": "the fall of 1794, made peace with revolutionary France at Basel in April 1795, and soon thereafter Spain also made peace with France. Britain and Austria were the only major powers to remain at war with France. Although the French Revolution had a dramatic impact in numerous areas of Europe, the French colonies felt a particular influence. As the Martinican author Aimé Césaire put it, \"there was in each French colony a specific revolution, that occurred on the occasion of the French Revolution, in tune with it.\" The Haitian Revolution (Saint Domingue) became a central example of slave uprisings in", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142008", "text": "and wrongs of revolution, in the abstract and in practicalities. The Revolution Controversy was a \"pamphlet war\" set off by the publication of \"A Discourse on the Love of Our Country\", a speech given by Richard Price to the Revolution Society on 4 November 1789, supporting the French Revolution (as he had the American Revolution), and saying that patriotism actually centers around loving the people and principles of a nation, not its ruling class. Edmund Burke responded in November 1790 with his own pamphlet, \"Reflections on the Revolution in France\", attacking the French Revolution as a threat to the aristocracy", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142022", "text": "understanding human social evolution itself. This, combined with the egalitarian values introduced by the revolution, gave rise to a classless and co-operative model for society called \"socialism\" which profoundly influenced future revolutions in France and around the world. French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, catalyzed violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon who brought many of its principles to areas he conquered in Western Europe and beyond. Inspired", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141840", "text": "French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, catalyzed violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon who brought many of its principles to areas he conquered in Western Europe and beyond. Inspired by liberal and radical ideas, the Revolution profoundly altered the course of modern history, triggering the global decline of absolute monarchies while replacing them with republics and liberal democracies. Through the Revolutionary Wars, it unleashed a wave of", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142019", "text": "Revolution was in intellectual disarray. The old model or paradigm focusing on class conflict has been discredited, and no new explanatory model had gained widespread support. Nevertheless, as Spang has shown, there persists a very widespread agreement to the effect that the French Revolution was the watershed between the premodern and modern eras of Western history. Historians widely regard the Revolution as one of the most important events in history. It marks the end of the early modern period, which started around 1500 and is often seen as marking the \"dawn of the modern era\". Within France itself, the Revolution", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141992", "text": "profound. For example, Napoleon became such a heroic symbol of the nation that the glory was easily picked up by his nephew, who was overwhelmingly elected president (and later became Emperor Napoleon III). The influence was great in the hundreds of small German states and elsewhere, where it was either inspired by the French example or in reaction against it. The changes in France were enormous; some were widely accepted and others were bitterly contested into the late 20th century. Before the Revolution, the people had little power or voice. The kings had so thoroughly centralised the system that most", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141847", "text": "equality among men. The French Revolution differed from other revolutions in being not only national, for it intended to benefit all humanity. Globally, the Revolution accelerated the rise of republics and democracies. It became the focal point for the development of all modern political ideologies, leading to the spread of liberalism, radicalism, nationalism, and secularism, among many others. The Revolution also witnessed the birth of total war by organising the resources of France and the lives of its citizens towards the objective of military conquest. Some of its central documents, such as the Declaration of the Rights of Man and", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427077", "text": "lecture was later published as \"The Myth of the French Revolution\", but his seminal work arguing this point was \"The Social Interpretation of the French Revolution\" (1963). It was published in French translation only in 1984. His main point was that feudalism had long since disappeared in France; that the Revolution did not transform French society, and that it was principally a political revolution, not a social one as Lefebvre and others insisted. Although dismissed and attacked by the mainstream journals at first, Cobban was persistent and determined, and his approach was soon supported and modified by a flood of", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18012046", "text": "was a long-range influence on liberal ideas and the ideal of legal equality, as well as the notion of opposition to a tyrannical government. In this regard, the French Revolution brought such influential themes as constitutionalism, parliamentarianism, individual liberty, legal equality, and the sense of ethnic nationalism. These came to fruition about 1876. Influence of the French Revolution The French Revolution had a major impact on Europe and the New World. Historians widely regard the Revolution as one of the most important events in human history. In the short-term, France lost thousands of her countrymen in the form of émigrés,", "title": "Influence of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "14276247", "text": "as unique individuals not subject to scientific rules. The French Revolution played a huge role in influencing Romantic writers. As the Revolution began to play out, the absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in only three years. This resulted in a complete transformation of society. A majority of the population was greatly in favor of this as the working class had been suffering oppression for many years. According to Albert Hancock, in his book \"The French Revolution and the English Poets: a study in historical criticism\", \"The French Revolution came, bringing with it the promise of a", "title": "Romanticism and the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "15213285", "text": "of resistance surfaced, but were put down, and the Second Republic was officially over. He re-established universal suffrage, feared by the Republicans at the time who correctly expected the countryside to vote against the Republic, Louis Napoleon took the title Emperor Napoleon III, and the Second Empire began. French Revolution of 1848 The 1848 Revolution in France, sometimes known as the February Revolution (\"révolution de Février\"), was one of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe. In France the revolutionary events ended the Orléans monarchy (1830–1848) and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. Following the overthrow", "title": "French Revolution of 1848" }, { "docid": "15213236", "text": "French Revolution of 1848 The 1848 Revolution in France, sometimes known as the February Revolution (\"révolution de Février\"), was one of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe. In France the revolutionary events ended the Orléans monarchy (1830–1848) and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. Following the overthrow of King Louis Philippe in February 1848, the elected government of the Second Republic ruled France. In the months that followed, this government steered a course that became more conservative. On 23 June 1848, the people of Paris rose in insurrection, which became known as June Days uprising", "title": "French Revolution of 1848" }, { "docid": "142003", "text": "probably had a voting majority, but they were so factionalised they could not agree on who should be king, and instead the French Third Republic was launched with a deep commitment to upholding the ideals of the Revolution. The conservative Catholic enemies of the Revolution came to power in Vichy France (1940–44), and tried with little success to undo its heritage, but they kept it a republic. Vichy denied the principle of equality and tried to replace the Revolutionary watchwords \"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity\" with \"Work, Family, and Fatherland.\" However, there were no efforts by the Bourbons, Vichy or anyone else", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141985", "text": "French Revolution was the dechristianisation movement, a movement strongly rejected by many devout people. Especially for women living in rural areas of France, the closing of the churches meant a loss of normalcy. When these revolutionary changes to the Church were implemented, it sparked a counter-revolutionary movement among women. Although some of these women embraced the political and social amendments of the Revolution, they opposed the dissolution of the Catholic Church and the formation of revolutionary cults like the Cult of the Supreme Being. As Olwen Hufton argues, these women began to see themselves as the \"defenders of faith\". They", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2470125", "text": "Causes of the French Revolution The causes of the French Revolution can be attributed to several intertwining factors: All these factors created a revolutionary atmosphere and a tricky situation for Louis XVI. In order to resolve the crisis, the king summoned the Estates-General in May 1789 and, as it came to an impasse, the representatives of the Third Estates formed a National Assembly, against the wishes of the king, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution. The essence of the revolutionary situation which existed in France in the 1780s was the bankruptcy of the king, and hence the state. This", "title": "Causes of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18012042", "text": "the initiation of the French Revolution were enough to inspire the Haitian Revolution, which evolved into the most successful and comprehensive slave rebellion. Just as the French were successful in transforming their society, so were the Haitians. On April 4, 1792, The French National Assembly granted freedom to slaves in Haiti and the revolution culminated in 1804; Haiti was an independent nation solely of freed peoples. The activities of the revolutions sparked change across the world. France's transformation was most influential in Europe, and Haiti's influence spanned across every location that continued to practice slavery. John E. Baur honors Haiti", "title": "Influence of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18012014", "text": "Influence of the French Revolution The French Revolution had a major impact on Europe and the New World. Historians widely regard the Revolution as one of the most important events in human history. In the short-term, France lost thousands of her countrymen in the form of émigrés, or emigrants who wished to escape political tensions and save their lives. A number of individuals settled in the neighboring countries (chiefly Great Britain, Germany, Austria, and Prussia), however quite a few also went to the United States. The displacement of these Frenchmen led to a spread of French culture, policies regulating immigration,", "title": "Influence of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18012025", "text": "the nation that the glory was easily picked up by his nephew, who was overwhelmingly elected president (and later became Emperor Napoleon III). The influence was great in the hundreds of small German states and elsewhere, where it was either inspired by the French example or in reaction against it. At the beginning of the Revolution, Britain supported the constitutional monarchy, up until the regicide of Louis XVI. The majority of the British establishment were strongly opposed to the revolution. Britain, guided by Pitt the Younger, led and funded the series of coalitions that fought France from 1793 to 1815,", "title": "Influence of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141976", "text": "alluding to the Roman ritual of manumission of slaves, in which a freed slave receives the bonnet as a symbol of his newfound liberty. Historians since the late 20th century have debated how women shared in the French Revolution and what long-term impact it had on French women. Women had no political rights in pre-Revolutionary France; they were considered \"passive\" citizens; forced to rely on men to determine what was best for them. That changed dramatically in theory as there seemingly were great advances in feminism. Feminism emerged in Paris as part of a broad demand for social and political", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141962", "text": "Napoleon, Sieyes, and Roger Ducos. That coup some historians consider the closing of the specifically republican phase of the French Revolution. The Army at first was quite successful. It conquered Belgium and turned it into a province of France; conquered the Netherlands and made it a puppet state; and conquered Switzerland and most of Italy, setting up a series of puppet states. The result was glory for France and an infusion of much needed money from the conquered lands, which also provided direct support to the French Army. However, the enemies of France, led by Britain and funded by the", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427079", "text": "the 1789 revolution in a \"long\" history of 19th century revolutionary France. Another seminal figure in the revisionism debate is the Francophile Englishman Richard Cobb, who has produced a number of immensely detailed studies of both provincial and city life, avoiding the revisionism debate by \"keeping his nose very close to the ground\". \"Les armées révolutionnaires\" (1968, translated as \"The People's Armies\" in 1987) is his most famous work. William Doyle, professor at Bristol University, has published \"The Origins of the French Revolution\" (1988) and a revisionist history, \"The Oxford History of the French Revolution\" (2nd edition 2002). Another recent", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "3590095", "text": "National Assembly (French Revolution) During the French Revolution, the National Assembly (), which existed from 14 June 1789 to 9 July 1789, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General; thereafter (until replaced by the Legislative Assembly on 30 Sept 1791) it was known as the National Constituent Assembly (), though popularly the shorter form persisted. The Estates-General had been called on 4 May 1789 to deal with France's financial crisis, but promptly fell to squabbling over its own structure. Its members been elected to represent the estates of the realm: the 1st", "title": "National Assembly (French Revolution)" }, { "docid": "18013210", "text": "Women in the French Revolution Historians since the late 20th century have debated how women shared in the French Revolution and what long-term impact it had on French women. Women had no political rights in pre-Revolutionary France; they were considered \"passive\" citizens, forced to rely on men to determine what was best for them. That changed dramatically in theory as there seemingly were great advances in feminism. Feminism emerged in Paris as part of a broad demand for social and political reform. The women demanded equality to men and then moved on to a demand for the end of male", "title": "Women in the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18012016", "text": "prewar owners in 1814. However, Frederick Artz emphasizes the benefits the Italians gained from the French Revolution: Likewise in Switzerland the long-term impact of the French Revolution has been assessed by Martin: The greatest impact came in France itself. In addition to effects similar to those in Italy and Switzerland, France saw the introduction of the principle of legal equality, and the downgrading of the once powerful and rich Catholic Church to just a bureau controlled by the government. Power became centralized in Paris, with its strong bureaucracy and an army supplied by conscripting all young men. French politics were", "title": "Influence of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "15213280", "text": "June Days. Peasants overwhelmingly supported Napoleon. Their support was so strong that the election has been seen as a \"coup d'état\" by the peasantry. Thus, one might argue, without the support of these large lower classes, the revolution of 1848 would not carry through, despite the hopes of the liberal bourgeoisie. Following the repression of the June Days, the French Revolution of 1848 was basically over. Politics in France continued to tilt to the right, as the era of revolution in France came to an end. However the Party of Order and the Cavaignac dictatorship were still fearful of another", "title": "French Revolution of 1848" }, { "docid": "5235989", "text": "Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution The dechristianization of France during the French Revolution is a conventional description of the results of a number of separate policies conducted by various governments of France between the start of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Concordat of 1801, forming the basis of the later and less radical \"laïcité\" policies. The goal of the campaign between 1793 and 1794 ranged from the public reclamation of the massive amounts of land, power, and money held by the Catholic Church in France to the termination of Catholic religious practice and of the religion", "title": "Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "14276537", "text": "the perception that the English had of the French Revolution. The gothic novel, Caleb Williams by William Godwin can be seen as an example of the influence the events of the French revolution had on the genre. The main character, Caleb Williams is of humble birth, an unusual circumstance for Godwin to write, since his usual characters are about people of wealth and title. A key component of the French Revolution was the underlying principal that the political institutions of France should be founded on the equality of all citizens regardless of birth. The preface and subtitle of Caleb Williams", "title": "French Revolution and the English Gothic Novel" }, { "docid": "2427076", "text": "the bourgeoisie against the aristocracy on the right, with intervention from the proletariat pushing it to the left. Shank finds that 21st century trends include a broader range of topics regarding the effects of the Revolution, and a more global perspective. He cites heavy use of the Internet, resources such as the H-France daily discussion email list, and use of digital sources to scan through massive amounts of text. In 1954, Alfred Cobban used his inaugural lecture as Professor of French History at the University of London to attack what he called the \"social interpretation\" of the French Revolution. The", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18019333", "text": "symbol of the everlasting Republic, national freedom, and political revolution. It has historic roots in revolutionary France as well as America, as a symbol that was shared by the two nascent republics. The tree was chosen as a symbol of the French Revolution because it symbolizes fertility in French folklore, which provided a simple transition from revering it for one reason to another. The American colonies also used the idea of a Liberty Tree to celebrate their own acts of insurrection against the British, starting with the Stamp Act riot in 1765. The riot culminated in the hanging in effigy", "title": "Symbolism in the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141964", "text": "name of the French Revolution in 1797–99. He consolidated old units and split up Austria's holdings. He set up a series of new republics, complete with new codes of law and abolition of old feudal privileges. Napoleon's Cisalpine Republic was centred on Milan. Genoa the city became a republic while its hinterland became the Ligurian Republic. The Roman Republic was formed out of the papal holdings and the pope was sent to France. The Neapolitan Republic was formed around Naples, but it lasted only five months before the enemy forces of the Coalition recaptured it. In 1805 Napoleon formed the", "title": "French Revolution" } ]

[ { "docid": "141991", "text": "on countries he controlled, such as Italy. The French Revolution had a major impact on Europe and the New World, decisively changing the course of human history. It brought an end to feudalism and made a path for future advances in broadly defined individual freedoms. Otto Dann and John Dinwiddy report, \"It has long been almost a truism of European history that the French Revolution gave a great stimulus to the growth of modern nationalism.\" Nationalism was emphasised by historian Carlton J. H. Hayes as a major result of the French Revolution across Europe. The impact on French nationalism was", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141846", "text": "in the shadow of the French Revolution. Almost all future revolutionary movements looked back to the Revolution as their predecessor. Its central phrases and cultural symbols, such as \"La Marseillaise\" and \"Liberté, fraternité, égalité, ou la mort\", became the clarion call for other major upheavals in modern history, including the Russian Revolution over a century later. The values and institutions of the Revolution dominate French politics to this day. The Revolution resulted in the suppression of the feudal system, emancipation of the individual, a greater division of landed property, abolition of the privileges of noble birth, and nominal establishment of", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141841", "text": "global conflicts that extended from the Caribbean to the Middle East. Historians widely regard the Revolution as one of the most important events in human history. The causes of the French Revolution are complex and are still debated among historians. Following the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, the French government was deeply in debt. It attempted to restore its financial status through unpopular taxation schemes, which were heavily regressive. Leading up to the Revolution, years of bad harvests worsened by deregulation of the grain industry also inflamed popular resentment of the privileges enjoyed by the aristocracy and the", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142005", "text": "recalcitrant ones, such as Ferdinand VII of Spain, went to the trouble of completely reversing the legal innovations brought on by the French.\" They also note that the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars caused England, Spain, Prussia and the Dutch Republic to centralize their fiscal systems to an unprecedented extent in order to finance the military campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. According to Daron Acemoglu, Davide Cantoni, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson the French Revolution had long-term effects in Europe. They suggest that \"areas that were occupied by the French and that underwent radical institutional reform experienced more", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "13570779", "text": "of Blake's understanding of the French Revolution described in seven books of poetry first published in 1791. Although Blake was not part of any radical political organizations in England at the time of the French Revolution, his works suggest a connection to revolutionary thought and the poem serves as his involvement in the debate over the merits of the French Revolution. In reaction to the French Revolution and the support of it in England, there was a series of attacks upon the supporters which led to the imprisonment of Joseph Johnson, the printer of \"French Revolution\". This possibly disrupted the", "title": "The French Revolution (poem)" }, { "docid": "2427085", "text": "then moved to the right, re-examining the Revolution from the perspective of 20th century totalitarianism (as exemplified by Hitler and Stalin). His \"Penser la Révolution Française\" (1978; translated as \"Interpreting the French Revolution\" 1981) was an influential book that led many intellectuals to reevaluate Communism and the Revolution as inherently totalitarian and anti-democratic. Looking at modern French Communism he stressed the close resemblance between the 1960s and 1790s, with both favoring the inflexible and rote ideological discourse in party cells where decisions were made unanimously in a manipulated direct democracy. Furet further suggested that popularity of the Far Left to", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142017", "text": "major developments of the Revolution. Alexis de Tocqueville argued that the Revolution was a manifestation of a more prosperous middle class becoming conscious of its social importance. Other thinkers, like the conservative Edmund Burke, maintained that the Revolution was the product of a few conspiratorial individuals who brainwashed the masses into subverting the old order—a claim rooted in the belief that the revolutionaries had no legitimate complaints. Other historians, influenced by Marxist thinking, have emphasised the importance of the peasants and the urban workers in presenting the Revolution as a gigantic class struggle. In general, scholarship on the French Revolution", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "14276246", "text": "Romanticism and the French Revolution Romanticism originated in the 2nd half of the 18th century at the same time as the French Revolution. Romanticism continued to grow in reaction to the effects of the social transformation caused by the Revolution. There are many signs of these effects of the French Revolution in various pieces of Romantic literature. By examining the influence of the French Revolution, one can determine that Romanticism arose as a reaction to the French Revolution. Instead of searching for rules governing nature and human beings, the romantics searched for a direct communication with nature and treated humans", "title": "Romanticism and the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142021", "text": "an enduring option.\" Some historians argue that the French people underwent a fundamental transformation in self-identity, evidenced by the elimination of privileges and their replacement by rights as well as the growing decline in social deference that highlighted the principle of equality throughout the Revolution. The Revolution represented the most significant and dramatic challenge to political absolutism up to that point in history and spread democratic ideals throughout Europe and ultimately the world. Throughout the 19th century, the revolution was heavily analysed by economists and political scientists, who saw the class nature of the revolution as a fundamental aspect in", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "13570778", "text": "The French Revolution (poem) The French Revolution is a poem written by William Blake in 1791. It was intended to be seven books in length, but only one book survives. In that book, Blake describes the problems of the French monarchy and seeks the destruction of the Bastille in the name of Freedom. Blake felt that there was a strong connection between the American and French revolutions and that these revolutions had a universal and historical impact. \"The French Revolution\" was intended as a poetic history of these current events in Blake's life and was supposed to be an account", "title": "The French Revolution (poem)" }, { "docid": "18765239", "text": "large groups of people with Jean-Baptiste Carrier’s support, who was in favor of quick execution in order to free more prison space for radicals and anyone else against the ideals of the French Revolution. Bignon Commission (French Revolution) The Bignon Commission (; 1793–1794) was a French military tribunal that terrorized Nantes during the French Revolution. The president of the tribunal was Antoine Gonchon but it came to be known after François Bignon, captain of the 2nd battalion of Paris Volunteers, who directed most of its proceedings. During the Reign of Terror, the radicals had little trust in their revolutionary committees", "title": "Bignon Commission (French Revolution)" }, { "docid": "2427060", "text": "Historiography of the French Revolution The historiography of the French Revolution stretches back over two hundred years, as commentators and historians have sought to answer questions regarding the origins of the Revolution, and its meaning and effects. By the year 2000, many historians were saying that the field of the French Revolution was in intellectual disarray. The old model or paradigm focusing on class conflict has been challenged but no new explanatory model had gained widespread support. Nevertheless, there persists a very widespread agreement to the effect that the French Revolution was the watershed between the premodern and modern eras", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427086", "text": "many French intellectuals was itself a result of their commitment to the ideals of the French Revolution. Working much of the year at the University of Chicago after 1979, Furet also rejected the Annales School, with its emphasis on very long-term structural factors, and emphasized intellectual history. Influenced by Alexis de Tocqueville and Augustin Cochin, Furet argues that Frenchmen must stop seeing the revolution as the key to all aspects of modern French history. His works include \"Interpreting the French Revolution\" (1981), a historiographical overview of what has preceded him and \"A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution\" (1989). Some", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2422751", "text": "Glossary of the French Revolution This is a glossary of the French Revolution. It generally does not explicate names of individual people or their political associations; those can be found in List of people associated with the French Revolution. The terminology routinely used in discussing the French Revolution can be confusing, even daunting. The same political faction may be referred to by different historians (or by the same historian in different contexts) by different names. During much of the revolutionary period, the French used a newly invented calendar that fell into complete disuse after the revolutionary era. Different legislative bodies", "title": "Glossary of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142018", "text": "initially studied the political ideas and developments of the era, but it has gradually shifted towards social history that analyses the impact of the Revolution on individual lives. Historians until the late 20th century emphasised class conflicts from a largely Marxist perspective as the fundamental driving cause of the Revolution. The central theme of this argument was that the Revolution emerged from the rising bourgeoisie, with support from the sans-culottes, who fought to destroy the aristocracy. However, Western scholars largely abandoned Marxist interpretations in the 1990s. By the year 2000 many historians were saying that the field of the French", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142012", "text": "some modernising reforms took place. The region of modern-day Belgium was divided between two polities: the Austrian Netherlands and Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Both territories experienced revolutions in 1789. In the Austrian Netherlands, the Brabant Revolution succeeded in expelling Austrian forces and established the new United Belgian States. The Liège Revolution expelled the tyrannical Prince-Bishop and installed a republic. Both failed to attract international support. By December 1790, the Brabant revolution had been crushed and Liège was subdued the following year. During the Revolutionary Wars, the French invaded and occupied the region between 1794 and 1814, a time known as the", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2470162", "text": "crisis had become a political crisis as well, and the French Revolution loomed just beyond the horizon. Causes of the French Revolution The causes of the French Revolution can be attributed to several intertwining factors: All these factors created a revolutionary atmosphere and a tricky situation for Louis XVI. In order to resolve the crisis, the king summoned the Estates-General in May 1789 and, as it came to an impasse, the representatives of the Third Estates formed a National Assembly, against the wishes of the king, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution. The essence of the revolutionary situation which", "title": "Causes of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2422753", "text": "this calendar, the Year I or \"Year 1\" began 22 September, 1792 (the date of the official abolition of the monarchy and the nobility). Cockades (\"cocardes\") were rosettes or ribbons worn as a badge, typically on a hat. Other countries and armies at this time typically had their own cockades. Glossary of the French Revolution This is a glossary of the French Revolution. It generally does not explicate names of individual people or their political associations; those can be found in List of people associated with the French Revolution. The terminology routinely used in discussing the French Revolution can be", "title": "Glossary of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "13570785", "text": "Romantic poets use apocalyptic imagery, but Blake's interpretation has a strong moral foundation. Like Blake's view of the American Revolution, in \"America\", or the views expressed in \"Visions of the Daughters of Albion\", the politics of the time are incorporated into a greater myth system. The French Revolution (poem) The French Revolution is a poem written by William Blake in 1791. It was intended to be seven books in length, but only one book survives. In that book, Blake describes the problems of the French monarchy and seeks the destruction of the Bastille in the name of Freedom. Blake felt", "title": "The French Revolution (poem)" }, { "docid": "13570781", "text": "who wrote on 10 October 1827 that he wished to find a copy of the poem. The other is from Alexander Gilchrist, an early biographer of Blake, who wrote on 24 November 1860 to John Linnell, a collector of Blake's works, requesting to see the manuscript of \"The French Revolution\". The work is an anapestic iambic septenary poem, a poetic meter unique in Blake's poetry to this poem, that describes the events surrounding the French Revolution. Blake was an early supporter of the American Revolution and believed that it would bring about liberty to the rest of mankind. The French,", "title": "The French Revolution (poem)" }, { "docid": "18765231", "text": "rallying support and inciting violence. By ending rebellious behavior, the goal was to ultimately unite the ideals of the French Revolution once again. The Vendée were a counter-revolutionary group who were seen as a threat to the French Revolution. Any group that appeared to not believe in the true ideals of the revolution were considered counter-revolutionary, and during the Reign of Terror, many were quickly tried and often sentenced to death. In this way, the Committee of Public Safety only acted against them because they were seen as a big enough threat to the revolution. As a result, military commissions", "title": "Bignon Commission (French Revolution)" }, { "docid": "13570784", "text": "language that Blake relies on in the poem is very political, but Blake felt that language in such discussions is replaced by rhetoric. In order to overcome that problem, he attempts to return to an original language. Revolution is a recurring theme in Blake's works. In Blake's \"America\", his views are expressed in the character of Orc. In \"The French Revolution\", the ideas expressed are in direct contrast to those who stood against the French Revolution, including Edmund Burke. He accomplishes this by merging myth with history in order to create an apocalyptic vision that connects with the revolution. Other", "title": "The French Revolution (poem)" }, { "docid": "2427087", "text": "other modern historians include: Works mentioned, by date of first publication: Historiography of the French Revolution The historiography of the French Revolution stretches back over two hundred years, as commentators and historians have sought to answer questions regarding the origins of the Revolution, and its meaning and effects. By the year 2000, many historians were saying that the field of the French Revolution was in intellectual disarray. The old model or paradigm focusing on class conflict has been challenged but no new explanatory model had gained widespread support. Nevertheless, there persists a very widespread agreement to the effect that the", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "7450238", "text": "The French Revolution: A History The French Revolution: A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edition in print by 1857), charts the course of the French Revolution from 1789 to the height of the Reign of Terror (1793–94) and culminates in 1795. A massive undertaking which draws together a wide variety of sources, Carlyle's history—despite the unusual style in which it is written—is considered to be an authoritative account of the early course of the Revolution. John Stuart Mill, a friend of Carlyle's, found", "title": "The French Revolution: A History" }, { "docid": "18019325", "text": "the public a new sense of tradition and reverence for the Enlightenment and the Republic. Fasces, like many other symbols of the French Revolution, are Roman in origin. Fasces are a bundle of birch rods containing an axe. In Roman times, the fasces symbolized the power of magistrates, representing union and accord with the Roman Republic. The French Republic continued this Roman symbol to represent state power, justice, and unity. During the Revolution, the fasces image was often used in conjunction with many other symbols. Though seen throughout the French Revolution, perhaps the most well known French reincarnation of the", "title": "Symbolism in the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18012024", "text": "trade barriers reduced. Jewish ghettos were abolished. Belgium and Piedmont became integral parts of France.<br>The new nations were abolished and returned to prewar owners in 1814. However, Artz emphasizes the benefits the Italians gained from the French Revolution: Otto Dann and John Dinwiddy report, \"It has long been almost a truism of European history that the French Revolution gave a great stimulus to the growth of modern nationalism.\" Nationalism was emphasized by historian Carlton J.H. Hayes as a major result of the French Revolution across Europe. The impact on French nationalism was profound. Napoleon became such a heroic symbol of", "title": "Influence of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2564398", "text": "with the appointment of the Ministers of the French National Convention and the decision of the Commissioners of the Committee of Public Safety in 1794 to take charge of administrative departments. The government of the republic was succeeded by the French Directory in November 1795. Paris Commune (French Revolution) The Paris Commune during the French Revolution was the government of Paris from 1792 until 1795. Established in the \"Hôtel de Ville\" just after the storming of the Bastille, it consisted of 144 delegates elected by the 48 divisions of the city. The Paris Commune became insurrectionary in the summer of", "title": "Paris Commune (French Revolution)" }, { "docid": "142020", "text": "permanently crippled the power of the aristocracy and drained the wealth of the Church, although the two institutions survived despite the damage they sustained. After the collapse of the First Empire in 1815, the French public lost the rights and privileges earned since the Revolution, but they remembered the participatory politics that characterised the period, with one historian commenting: \"Thousands of men and even many women gained firsthand experience in the political arena: they talked, read, and listened in new ways; they voted; they joined new organisations; and they marched for their political goals. Revolution became a tradition, and republicanism", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142014", "text": "and capitalism, paving the way for the ascent of the bourgeoisie and the rapid growth of manufacturing and mining. In economics, therefore, the nobility declined while the middle class Belgian entrepreneurs flourished because of their inclusion in a large market, paving the way for Belgium's leadership role after 1815 in the Industrial Revolution on the Continent. The Kingdom of Denmark adopted liberalising reforms in line with those of the French Revolution, with no direct contact. Reform was gradual and the regime itself carried out agrarian reforms that had the effect of weakening absolutism by creating a class of independent peasant", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "142000", "text": "to the relief of the peasants. Primogeniture was ended both for nobles and peasants, thereby weakening the family patriarch. Because all the children had a share in the family's property, there was a declining birth rate. Cobban says the revolution bequeathed to the nation \"a ruling class of landowners.\" In the cities, entrepreneurship on a small scale flourished, as restrictive monopolies, privileges, barriers, rules, taxes and guilds gave way. However, the British blockade virtually ended overseas and colonial trade, hurting the port cities and their supply chains. Overall, the Revolution did not greatly change the French business system, and probably", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141997", "text": "opened by the Revolution have never seen closure. They raged into the 20th century. By the 21st century, angry debates exploded over the presence of any Muslim religious symbols in schools, such as the headscarves for which Muslim girls could be expelled. J. Christopher Soper and Joel S. Fetzer explicitly link the conflict over religious symbols in public to the French Revolution, when the target was Catholic rituals and symbols. The revolutionary government seized the charitable foundations that had been set up (starting in the 13th century) to provide an annual stream of revenue for hospitals, poor relief, and education.", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141971", "text": "which it (the music) suggests.'\" Hanson notes, \"The guillotine stands as the principal symbol of the Terror in the French Revolution.\" Invented by a physician during the Revolution as a quicker, more efficient and more distinctive form of execution, the guillotine became a part of popular culture and historic memory. It was celebrated on the left as the people's avenger and cursed as the symbol of the Reign of Terror by the right. Its operation became a popular entertainment that attracted great crowds of spectators. Vendors sold programmes listing the names of those scheduled to die. Many people came day", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141966", "text": "Italians gained from the French Revolution: For nearly two decades the Italians had the excellent codes of law, a fair system of taxation, a better economic situation, and more religious and intellectual toleration than they had known for centuries... Everywhere old physical, economic, and intellectual barriers had been thrown down and the Italians had begun to be aware of a common nationality. In the Old regime there were a small number of heavily censored newspapers that needed a royal licence to operate. Newspapers and pamphlets played a central role in stimulating and defining the Revolution. The meetings of the Estates-General", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427072", "text": "all its ideal promises – as when the legislators of 1793 made suffrage universal for all French men, but also established the dictatorship of the Terror. The dominating approach to the French Revolution in historical scholarship in the first half of the 20th century was the Marxist, or Classic, approach. This view sees the French Revolution as an essentially 'bourgeois' revolution, marked by class struggle and resulting in a victory of the bourgeoisie. Influenced by socialist politician Jean Jaurès and historian Albert Mathiez (who broke with his teacher Aulard regarding class conflict), historians on the left led by Georges Lefebvre", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18019343", "text": "people came day after day and vied for the best locations from which to observe the proceedings; knitting women (tricoteuses) formed a cadre of hardcore regulars, inciting the crowd. Parents often brought their children. By the end of the Terror, the crowds had thinned drastically. Repetition had staled even this most grisly of entertainments, and audiences grew bored. What it is that horrifies people changes over time. Doyle comments: Symbolism in the French Revolution Symbolism in the French Revolution was a device to distinguish and celebrate (or vilify) the main features of the French Revolution and ensure public identification and", "title": "Symbolism in the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18019324", "text": "Symbolism in the French Revolution Symbolism in the French Revolution was a device to distinguish and celebrate (or vilify) the main features of the French Revolution and ensure public identification and support. In order to effectively illustrate the differences between the new Republic and the old regime, the leaders needed to implement a new set of symbols to be celebrated instead of the old religious and monarchical symbolism. To this end, symbols were borrowed from historic cultures and redefined, while those of the old regime were either destroyed or reattributed acceptable characteristics. These revised symbols were used to instill in", "title": "Symbolism in the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2564395", "text": "Paris Commune (French Revolution) The Paris Commune during the French Revolution was the government of Paris from 1792 until 1795. Established in the \"Hôtel de Ville\" just after the storming of the Bastille, it consisted of 144 delegates elected by the 48 divisions of the city. The Paris Commune became insurrectionary in the summer of 1792, essentially refusing to take orders from the central French government. It took charge of routine civic functions but is best known for mobilizing extreme views and actions among the people and for its campaign to dechristianize the churches and the people. It lost much", "title": "Paris Commune (French Revolution)" }, { "docid": "18765229", "text": "Bignon Commission (French Revolution) The Bignon Commission (; 1793–1794) was a French military tribunal that terrorized Nantes during the French Revolution. The president of the tribunal was Antoine Gonchon but it came to be known after François Bignon, captain of the 2nd battalion of Paris Volunteers, who directed most of its proceedings. During the Reign of Terror, the radicals had little trust in their revolutionary committees who acted as a leadership group. With living conditions and hunger still an issue even after King Louis XVI’s death, the people were unsatisfied with the new leadership in the committees and oftentimes, they", "title": "Bignon Commission (French Revolution)" }, { "docid": "15213245", "text": "inspired revolts in other parts of Europe. Workers lost their jobs, bread prices rose, and people accused the government of corruption. The French revolted and set up a republic. French successes led to other revolts including those who wanted relief from the suffering caused by the Industrial Revolution and nationalism sprang up hoping for independence from foreign rulers. Alexis de Tocqueville observed, \"We are sleeping together in a volcano. ... A wind of revolution blows, the storm is on the horizon.\" Lacking the property qualifications to vote, the lower classes were about to erupt in revolt. The French middle class", "title": "French Revolution of 1848" }, { "docid": "7450244", "text": "as “the volumes that delivered our fathers from thraldom to Burke”. The French Revolution: A History The French Revolution: A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edition in print by 1857), charts the course of the French Revolution from 1789 to the height of the Reign of Terror (1793–94) and culminates in 1795. A massive undertaking which draws together a wide variety of sources, Carlyle's history—despite the unusual style in which it is written—is considered to be an authoritative account of the early course", "title": "The French Revolution: A History" }, { "docid": "2427083", "text": "in general, claiming that it was \"not the unfortunate by-product of revolution, [but] the source of its energy.\" Lynn Hunt, though often characterized as a feminist interpreter of the Revolution, is a historian working in the wake of the revisionists. Her major works include \"Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution\" (1984), and \"The Family Romance of the French Revolution\" (1992), both interpretative works. The former focuses on the creation of a new democratic political culture from scratch, assigning the Revolution's greatest meaning here, in a political culture. In the latter study she works with a somewhat Freudian interpretation,", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "9273812", "text": "Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is a book by the historian Simon Schama, published in 1989, the bicentenary of the French Revolution. <br>\"The terror,\" declared Schama in the book, \"was merely 1789 with a higher body count; violence ... was not just an unfortunate side effect ... it was the Revolution's source of collective energy. It was what made the Revolution revolutionary.\" In short, “From the very beginning [...] violence was the motor of revolution.” Schama considers that the French Revolutionary Wars were the logical corollary of the universalistic language of", "title": "Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141844", "text": "the conquest of the Italian Peninsula, the Low Countries and most territories west of the Rhine – achievements that had eluded previous French governments for centuries. Internally, popular agitation radicalised the Revolution significantly, culminating in the rise of Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins. The dictatorship imposed by the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror, from 1793 until 1794, established price controls on food and other items, abolished slavery in French colonies abroad, de-established the Catholic church (dechristianised society) and created a secular Republican calendar, religious leaders were expelled, and the borders of the new republic were secured", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141843", "text": "October. A central event of the first stage, in August 1789, was the abolition of feudalism and the old rules and privileges left over from the \"Ancien Régime\". The next few years featured political struggles between various liberal assemblies and right-wing supporters of the monarchy intent on thwarting major reforms. The Republic was proclaimed in September 1792 after the French victory at Valmy. In a momentous event that led to international condemnation, Louis XVI was executed in January 1793. External threats closely shaped the course of the Revolution. The Revolutionary Wars beginning in 1792 ultimately featured French victories that facilitated", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427074", "text": "into English as \"The Coming of the French Revolution\", 1947). This skilfully and persuasively argued work interprets the Revolution through a Marxist lens: first there is the \"aristocratic revolution\" of the Assembly of Notables and the Paris Parlement in 1788; then the \"bourgeois revolution\" of the Third Estate; the \"popular revolution\", symbolised by the fall of the Bastille; and the \"peasant revolution\", represented by the \"Great Fear\" in the provinces and the burning of châteaux. (Alternately, one can view 1788 as the aristocratic revolution, 1789 the bourgeois revolution, and 1792/3 the popular revolution). This interpretation sees a rising capitalist middle-class", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2470133", "text": "have lagged slightly behind the Low Countries, and possibly Switzerland, in per capita wealth, the sheer size of the French economy made it the premier economic power of continental Europe. Historian John Shovlin states, \"It is a truism that the French Revolution was touched off by the near bankruptcy of the state.\" It was the burden of the national debt that led this to the long-running financial crisis of the French government. Before the revolution, the French debt had risen from 8 billion to 12 billion livres. Extravagant expenditures on luxuries by Louis XVI, whose rule began in 1774, were", "title": "Causes of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "9273816", "text": "remarks: \"He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird\". Slavin finds it \"regrettable that such a capable historian as Schama [...] should be so prejudiced against the Revolution\". Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is a book by the historian Simon Schama, published in 1989, the bicentenary of the French Revolution. <br>\"The terror,\" declared Schama in the book, \"was merely 1789 with a higher body count; violence ... was not just an unfortunate side effect ... it was the Revolution's source of collective energy. It was what made the Revolution revolutionary.\"", "title": "Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427066", "text": "theory that the progress of the French Revolution was considerably influenced by a conspiracy conducted by \"the lodges of the German Freemasons and Illuminati\". This theory was believed by Winston Churchill, who wrote in 1920: \"This conspiracy against civilization dates from the days of Weishaupt ... as a modern historian Mrs. Webster has so ably shown, it played a recognisable role on the French Revolution.\" A simplified description of the liberal approach to the Revolution was typically to support the achievements of the constitutional monarchy of the National Assembly but disown the later actions of radical violence like the invasion", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427062", "text": "1789 Revolution; the clear heroes were Mirabeau, Lafayette, and other moderate leaders. It condemned Marat, Robespierre and the other radical leaders, and also condemned the monarchy, aristocracy and clergy for their inability to change. The book played a notable role in undermining the legitimacy of the Bourbon regime of Charles X, and bringing about the July Revolution of 1830. Thiers went on to become a Deputy, twice Prime Minister, and the first president of the Third French Republic. He also headed the French government in 1871 which suppressed the Paris Commune. Thiers' history of the Revolution was praised by the", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "14276258", "text": "romance, and the Revolution. He was a philosopher, a historian, and a political figure. The French Revolution played a great role in shaping Coleridge into each of these things. According to Albert Hancock, Coleridge tended to focus his life on two things. The first, being to separate himself from the surrounding world and to submerge himself in thought, as a poet. The second, to play a role in the world's affairs, as a philosopher, historian, and politician, as mentioned earlier. Romanticism and the French Revolution Romanticism originated in the 2nd half of the 18th century at the same time as", "title": "Romanticism and the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "14276256", "text": "strong. Often, Byron portrayed his characters as being in complete harmony with nature, causing the character to lose himself in the immensity of the world. The French Revolution played a huge role in shaping Byron's beliefs and opposition to monarchy. While Shelley and Byron both proved to support the revolution to the end, both Wordsworth and Coleridge joined the aristocrats in fighting it. Wordsworth, however is the Romantic poet who has most profoundly felt and expressed the connection of the soul with nature. He saw great value in the immediate contact with nature. The French Revolution helped to humanize Wordsworth", "title": "Romanticism and the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "14276249", "text": "oppressed. As the French Revolution changed the lives of virtually everyone in the nation and even continent because of its drastic and immediate shift in social reformation, it greatly influenced many writers at the time. Hancock writes, \"There is no need to recount here in detail how the French Revolution, at the close of the last century, was the great stimulus to the intellectual and emotional life of the civilized world, how it began by inspiring all liberty-loving men with hope and joy.\" Literature began to take a new turn when the spirit of the revolution caught the entire nation", "title": "Romanticism and the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "13986917", "text": "rest of her life sentenced to an insane asylum. Pauline Léon and Claire Lacombe were arrested, later released, and continued to receive ridicule and abuse for their activism. Many of the women of the Revolution were even publicly executed for \"conspiring against the unity and the indivisibility of the Republic.\" These are but a few examples of the militant protofeminism that was prevalent during the French Revolution. While little progress was made toward gender equality during the Revolution, the activism of French women and protofeminists was bold and particularly significant in Paris. Though French culture during the time of the", "title": "Militant feminism in the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427075", "text": "overthrow a dying-out feudal aristocratic ruling caste, and held the field for almost twenty years. His major publication was \"La Révolution française\" (1957, translated and published in English in two volumes, 1962–1967). This, and particularly his later work on Napoleon and the Directory, remains highly regarded. Some other influential French historians of this period: Some of the significant conservative French historians of this period include: The following five scholars have served as Chairs in the History of the French Revolution at the Sorbonne: \"Revisionism\" in this context means the rejection of the Orthodox/Marxist model of a revolution carried out by", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427067", "text": "of the Tuileries and the Terror. French historians of the first half of the 19th century like the politician and man of letters François Guizot (1787–1874), historian François Mignet (published \"Histoire de la Révolution française\" in 1824), and famous philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville (\"L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution\", 1856) established and wrote in this tradition. Other French historians in the 19th-century include: One of the most famous English works on the Revolution remains Thomas Carlyle's three-volume \"The French Revolution, A History\" (1837) . It is a romantic work, both in style and viewpoint. Passionate in his concern for the poor", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "2427063", "text": "French authors Chateaubriand, Stendhal et Sainte-Beuve, was translated into English (1838) and Spanish (1889), and won him a seat in the Académie française in 1834. It was less appreciated by British critics, in large part because of his favorable view of the French Revolution and of Napoleon Bonaparte. The British historian Thomas Carlyle, who wrote his own history of the French Revolution, complained that it \"was far as possible from meriting its high reputation\", though he admitted that Thiers is \"a brisk man in his way, and will tell you much if you know nothing.\" The British historian Hugh Chisholm", "title": "Historiography of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "17604801", "text": "treasury, an undisciplined army and navy, and enormous domestic turmoil. Self-denying Ordinance (French Revolution) During the French Revolution the Constituent Assembly, elected in 1789, passed a self-denying ordinance barring any member from sitting in its successor, the Legislative Assembly convened in 1791. The National Constituent Assembly dissolved itself on 30 September 1791. Upon Maximilien de Robespierre's motion it decreed that none of its members should be capable of sitting in the next legislature; this is known as the self-denying ordinance. Its successor body, the Legislative Assembly, operating under the liberal French Constitution of 1791, did not last a year and", "title": "Self-denying Ordinance (French Revolution)" }, { "docid": "17604800", "text": "Self-denying Ordinance (French Revolution) During the French Revolution the Constituent Assembly, elected in 1789, passed a self-denying ordinance barring any member from sitting in its successor, the Legislative Assembly convened in 1791. The National Constituent Assembly dissolved itself on 30 September 1791. Upon Maximilien de Robespierre's motion it decreed that none of its members should be capable of sitting in the next legislature; this is known as the self-denying ordinance. Its successor body, the Legislative Assembly, operating under the liberal French Constitution of 1791, did not last a year and was generally deemed a failure. It left behind an empty", "title": "Self-denying Ordinance (French Revolution)" }, { "docid": "13986918", "text": "Revolution was largely misogynistic, leading women such as Madame Roland, Olympe de Gouges, and Charlotte Corday went against the traditional roles of gender and fought the mindset of a woman as passive, uneducated, and politically ignorant. According to author and historian Catherine R. Montfort, \"a woman is always a woman biologically, but the ways in which she can be one are constructed by her culture.\" The effects on women's rights of the French Revolution is debated among historians. For some, the French Revolution eroded women's right by decreasing the role of women in public life due to the repressive measures", "title": "Militant feminism in the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "14276539", "text": "of Caleb Williams a critic wrote, \"Fancy is a faculty which we should not have expected to find in the brain of a philosopher who had struck his hand upon his heart and felt it stone; yet fancy Mr. Godwin possesses in no common degree.\" Godwin's use of the fantastic in the form of the gothic novel again let him write about the philosophy of the French revolution without receiving the harsh backlash, because it was under the guise of the fantastic. French Revolution and the English Gothic Novel The French Revolution influenced the English gothic novel. The gothic novel", "title": "French Revolution and the English Gothic Novel" }, { "docid": "14276532", "text": "French Revolution and the English Gothic Novel The French Revolution influenced the English gothic novel. The gothic novel combines elements of terror and romance, and the supernatural. English novelist Fanny Burney wrote at the time of the French Revolution that, \"There is nothing in old history that I shall any longer think fabulous; the destruction of the most wonderful empires on record has nothing more wonderful, nor of more sounding improbability, than the demolition of this great nation, which rises up against itself for its own ruin-perhaps annihilation.\" A year later in 1790, English statesman Edmund Burke wrote that the", "title": "French Revolution and the English Gothic Novel" }, { "docid": "18012044", "text": "ties to kin groups, communities, and religious identity; and the \"modern\", based on impersonal ideals of individualism, equality, legal rights, and secularism or anti-clericalism. The French Revolutionary model was the basis for the modern viewpoint, as explicated in Mexico in the writings of José María Luis Mora (1794–1850). In Mexico, modern liberalism was best expressed in the Liberal Party, the Constitution of 1857, the policies of Benito Juárez, and finally by Francisco I. Madero's democratic movement leading to the Revolution of 1911. The impact of the French Revolution on the Middle East came in terms of the political and military", "title": "Influence of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "18012043", "text": "as home of the most influential Revolution in history. As early as 1810, the term \"liberal\" was coined in Spanish politics to indicate supporters of the French Revolution. This usage passed to Latin America and animated the independence movement against Spain. In the nineteenth century \"Liberalism\" was the dominant element in Latin American political thought. French liberal ideas were especially influential in Mexico, particularly as seen through the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, Benjamin Constant and Édouard René de Laboulaye. The Latin American political culture oscillated between two opposite poles: the \"traditional\", as based on highly specific personal and family", "title": "Influence of the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "14276251", "text": "to the French Revolution, poems and literature were typically written about and to aristocrats and clergy, and rarely for or about the working man. However, when the roles of society began to shift resulting from the French Revolution, and with the emergence of Romantic writers, this changed. Romantic poets such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, and Shelley started to write works for and about the working man; pieces that the common man could relate to. According to Christensen, \"To get the real animating principle of the Romantic Movement, one must not study it inductively or abstractly; one must look at it", "title": "Romanticism and the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "14276248", "text": "brighter day, the promise of regenerated man and regenerated earth. It was hailed with joy and acclamation by the oppressed, by the ardent lovers of humanity, by the poets, whose task it is to voice the human spirit.\" A common theme among some of the most widely known romantic poets is their acceptance and approval of the French Revolution. William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley all shared the same view of the French Revolution as it being the beginning of a change in the current ways of society and helping to improve the lives of the", "title": "Romanticism and the French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141935", "text": "on 1 August incited the Convention to tougher measures against the Vendée, at war with Paris since March: \"We'll have peace only when no Vendée remains [...] we'll have to exterminate that rebellious people\". In August, Convention troops besieged Lyon. On 17 August 1793, the Convention voted for general conscription, the \"levée en masse\", which mobilised all citizens to serve as soldiers or suppliers in the war effort. The consecutive successes in the French revolutionary wars earned Lazare Carnot the title 'Organizer of Victory'. In August–September 1793, militants urged the Convention to do more to quell the counter-revolution. A delegation", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141934", "text": "after 2 June led those revolts. In Brittany's countryside, the people rejecting the Civil Constitution of the Clergy of 1790 had taken to a guerrilla warfare known as \"Chouannerie\". But generally, the French opposition against 'Paris' had now evolved into a plain struggle for power over the country against the 'Montagnards' around Robespierre and Marat now dominating Paris. In June–July 1793, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Brittany, Caen and the rest of Normandy gathered armies to march on Paris and against 'the revolution'. In July, Lyon guillotined the deposed 'Montagnard' head of the city council. Barère, member of the Committee of Public Prosperity,", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141929", "text": "sees the terror as a contingency that was caused by the interaction of a series of complex events and the foreign threat. Hanson says the terror was not inherent in the ideology of the Revolution, but that circumstances made it necessary. Introduction of a nationwide conscription for the army in February 1793 was the spark that in March made the Vendée, already rebellious since 1790 because of the changes imposed on the Roman Catholic Church by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790), ignite into civil (guerrilla) war against the French Revolutionary government in Paris. North of the Loire, similar", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141886", "text": "hiding members of the clergy who were being hunted. Eventually, Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety were forced to denounce the campaign, replacing the Cult of Reason with the deist but still non-Christian Cult of the Supreme Being. The Concordat of 1801 between Napoleon and the Church ended the de-Christianisation period and established the rules for a relationship between the Catholic Church and the French State that lasted until it was abrogated by the Third Republic via the separation of church and state on 11 December 1905. The persecution of the Church led to a counter-revolution known as the", "title": "French Revolution" }, { "docid": "141845", "text": "from its enemies. After the Thermidorian Reaction, an executive council known as the Directory assumed control of the French state in 1795. They suspended elections, repudiated debts (creating financial instability in the process), persecuted the Catholic clergy, and made significant military conquests abroad. Dogged by charges of corruption, the Directory collapsed in a coup led by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799. Napoleon, who became the hero of the Revolution through his popular military campaigns, established the Consulate and later the First Empire, setting the stage for a wider array of global conflicts in the Napoleonic Wars. The modern era has unfolded", "title": "French Revolution" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2527981", "text": "Peyton Manning Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time due to his numerous career achievements, he spent 14 seasons with the Colts and was a member of the Denver Broncos in his last four seasons. Manning played college football for the University of Tennessee, leading the Tennessee Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship in his senior season. He is the second son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528106", "text": "with the hospital since his arrival in Indianapolis. Peyton Manning Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time due to his numerous career achievements, he spent 14 seasons with the Colts and was a member of the Denver Broncos in his last four seasons. Manning played college football for the University of Tennessee, leading the Tennessee Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship in his senior season. He is the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527996", "text": "son duo to both be inducted as players. Manning was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick of the 1998 NFL Draft. He would start as a rookie and go on to play for the Colts for 13 full seasons before being sidelined by a neck injury, which cost him the entire 2011 season. After recovering from the injury, he was released by the Colts and joined the Denver Broncos for whom he played from the 2012 season through the 2015 season. Excluding the year lost to the neck injury, Manning played in 17 NFL seasons. Manning", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528066", "text": "no Colt will ever wear the No. 18 jersey again, and it was formally retired on March 18, 2016. On the NFL Top 100 Players of 2012, he was ranked 50th by his peers despite not playing in the 2011 season. As one of the most highly sought-after free agents, Manning selected the Denver Broncos after meeting with John Elway, a retired Broncos Hall-of-Famer quarterback who was now the team's Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager, and Broncos head coach John Fox. Manning reached an agreement with the Broncos on a five-year contract worth $96 million on", "title": "Peyton Manning" } ]

[ { "docid": "2528093", "text": "conversion, which ended up being the final pass of his career. Manning became the oldest starting quarterback to both play in and win a Super Bowl. Manning also became the first quarterback to start two Super Bowls with multiple franchises, with different head coaches each time (Dungy, Caldwell, Fox, and Kubiak) and the first quarterback to lead two franchises to a Super Bowl victory. The victory gave Manning his 200th overall win including regular season and playoffs, making him at the time the starting quarterback with the most combined regular season and postseason wins in NFL history. Peyton and Eli", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528037", "text": "the Chargers, 28–24. Manning helped the Colts to four leads but could not lead a final touchdown drive for the win. Manning finished the game with and . Peyton was widely viewed during Super Bowl XLII as he cheered on brother Eli and the New York Giants in their upset of the previously undefeated New England Patriots. Manning was named a Pro Bowl starter and passed for 147 yards and a touchdown in three series. On July 14, 2008, Manning had surgery to remove an infected bursa sac in his left knee. Manning, who had worn a knee brace due", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528102", "text": "the stores in February 2018. Manning has been credited with helping to improve the image of the city of Indianapolis. A curator at the Indiana State Museum observed that \"There is no Super Bowl held here without Peyton. There is no Lucas Oil Stadium without Peyton. Without Peyton, the Colts would probably be in L.A. right now.\" He has become one of the NFL's most marketable players, appearing in several television and printed advertisements for some of the NFL's biggest sponsors. Manning hosted \"Saturday Night Live\" on March 24, 2007, his 31st birthday. The episode earned the show's highest household", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527994", "text": "Ann Naughright after he exposed his buttocks during a foot examination. Manning said that he was just pulling a prank by \"mooning\" another athlete in the room as Naughright bent over to examine him. Naughright settled with the university for $300,000 for its alleged failure in four incidents, and resigned from the school. She had initially made a list of 33 complaints about the school. Naughright filed a defamation lawsuit against Peyton Manning and three other parties in 2002. She claimed Peyton Manning disparaged her in a book he wrote with his father and author John Underwood. The lawsuit was", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "17995904", "text": "Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry The Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry is a series of games that took place between 2001 and 2016, involving two quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL): Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Brady has played for the New England Patriots since , when he was the 199th selection in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He has been the starter since , after Drew Bledsoe was injured early in the season, and has been so since, with the exception of , when he tore his ACL in the opening game. Manning was drafted by the", "title": "Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry" }, { "docid": "2528097", "text": "former NFL quarterback Archie Manning. He is the brother of two-time Super Bowl Champion, Eli Manning. Some have described the Mannings as football's \"royal family\". Manning married his wife, Ashley, in Memphis on St. Patrick's Day, 2001. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Ashley was introduced to him by her parents' next-door neighbor the summer before Manning's freshman year in college. Peyton and wife Ashley have twins, a son, Marshal Williams, and a daughter, Mosley Thompson, born on March 31, 2011. Manning is a Christian. At age 13, he said, \"I committed my life to Christ, and that faith", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528094", "text": "Manning played against each other three times in their professional careers, not counting Pro Bowls or the preseason. These encounters were colloquially dubbed \"The Manning Bowl\", and Peyton's teams (twice with the Colts, once with the Broncos) held a 3–0 record over Eli's team (three games with the New York Giants). The first Manning Bowl was held on September 10, 2006, and Peyton's Colts defeated Eli's Giants by a score of 26–21. The second Manning Bowl was held on September 19, 2010, with Peyton and the Colts besting Eli's team again by a score of 38–14. The third and final", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "17995908", "text": "the playoff games went on to be the eventual Super Bowl winner, with the exception of the 2014 matchup. \"Note: Brady's statistics are updated as of October 22, 2018, while Manning's statistics are final.\" Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry The Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry is a series of games that took place between 2001 and 2016, involving two quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL): Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Brady has played for the New England Patriots since , when he was the 199th selection in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He has been the starter since", "title": "Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry" }, { "docid": "2528105", "text": "for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. Manning, along with his brother Eli, volunteered their assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Among the tasks performed, the Mannings assisted in the delivery of 30,000 pounds of water, Gatorade, baby formula, diapers, and pillows to the people of New Orleans. In September 2007, St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis renamed its children's hospital to \"Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent.\" Manning and his wife made a donation of an undisclosed amount to St. Vincent's and have had a relationship", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528099", "text": "at Tennessee 16 years earlier. During the summer, Archie, Peyton, Eli, and eldest sibling Cooper run the Manning Passing Academy, a five-day camp which aims to improve the offensive skills of quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends, and running backs. In addition to the Mannings, the camp has included many prominent players from football as coaches, such as Colts wide receivers Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne. Manning, along with his father Archie, co-authored a book titled, \"Manning: A Father, His Sons, and a Football Legacy\", which was released in 2000. The book covers Archie's and Cooper's lives and careers, and Manning's", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528095", "text": "Manning Bowl took place on September 15, 2013, and Peyton and the Broncos beat Eli's Giants, 41–23. Manning announced his retirement, after 18 seasons, on March 7, 2016. Manning's final words of his retirement speech were, \"I've fought a good fight. I've finished my football race and after 18 years, it's time. God bless all of you and God bless football.\" After 18 seasons with the NFL, Manning received the 2016 ESPY Icon Award. He won nine total ESPY Awards during his career. On October 7, 2017, in a ceremony attended by hundreds of fans, the Colts unveiled a bronze", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528087", "text": "of the game as the Broncos lost 29–13. A day later, sources said that Manning had suffered a bout of plantar fasciitis. It was later announced that this injury would keep him out of Week 11, marking the first time Peyton had missed a game in a season he played. Osweiler replaced Manning and performed well in a 17–15 win over the Chicago Bears, leading to questions about whether Manning would retain his role when healthy in a Week 12 showdown against the New England Patriots. The next day, head coach Gary Kubiak, citing Manning's injuries, announced that Osweiler would", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527993", "text": "O'Brien Award winner, the Johnny Unitas Award winner, and the Best College Player ESPY award winner, among others. He finished as the runner-up to Charles Woodson in the 1997 Heisman Trophy voting. In 2005, Tennessee retired Manning's number (No. 16). One of the streets leading to Neyland Stadium has been renamed Peyton Manning Pass. While at the University of Tennessee, Manning excelled academically and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1997 and awarded the National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award. In 1996, while attending the University of Tennessee, Manning was accused of sexual harassment by female trainer Jamie", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528021", "text": "of 50 votes, was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year and was named the Best NFL Player at the ESPY Awards for the second consecutive year; Manning also received the ESPY Award for Best Record-Breaking Performance for his 49 touchdown passes. The Colts finished the season with a 12–4 record and their second straight AFC South title. The Colts scored a franchise record 522 points. Three Colts receivers had 1,000 yard seasons with at least 10 touchdowns that season, also a record. Sports statistics cite \"Football Outsiders\" calculates that Manning had the best season ever by a quarterback, play-for-play,", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528043", "text": "November with their annual showdown against the New England Patriots on \"Sunday Night Football\". Tied at 15 in the 4th quarter, Manning set up Adam Vinatieri for a 52-yard field goal that proved to be the winning points in an 18–15 victory. Manning completed 21-of-29 passes for 254 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. The Colts were 4–4 halfway through the season and still alive in the AFC playoff race. In Week 10, the Colts traveled to Pittsburgh, who had the league's highest ranked defense. They trailed 17–7 in the second quarter before Manning found tight end Dallas Clark for", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528064", "text": "other opinions, Manning had the second surgery on September 8. Manning stated that while he did intend to play during the 2011 season, he would not \"fight\" the front office to stay off injured reserve if his roster spot was needed. Manning started practicing throwing footballs again in mid-December, with teammate Joseph Addai even claiming his passes looked \"game ready.\" Ultimately, Manning did not play a single game in the 2011 season, and the Colts went 2–14 without him; only the third season since Manning was a rookie that the Colts did not win at least 10 games. With the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528088", "text": "start against New England. On December 15, it was announced that Osweiler would make his fifth consecutive start, against the Pittsburgh Steelers, even though Manning had returned to practice and the Broncos had gone seven straight quarters without scoring a touchdown on offense. Overall, the Broncos went 4–2 in six games without Manning, giving them an 11–4 record heading into the final week of the regular season. On December 27, 2015, Al Jazeera America released conducted by the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit investigating professional athletes' use of Performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) which named Manning, among other prominent athletes, as having received", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "3093336", "text": "Archie Manning Elisha Archibald Manning III (born May 19, 1949) is a former American football quarterback who played professionally for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982, and for short stints with the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings. In college, he played for the Ole Miss Rebels football team at the University of Mississippi, and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Manning is the father of Cooper Manning, former quarterback Peyton Manning, and current New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Peyton", "title": "Archie Manning" }, { "docid": "2528035", "text": "with a 29-yard field goal. However, Vinatieri's attempt missed, and the Colts fell to 7–2. Manning did not play particularly well against the Kansas City Chiefs either, throwing no touchdowns. However, he managed to lead the Colts on a late drive for a game-winning field goal, rushing for two yards on 4th and 1 in the process. Manning finished the game with , allowing him to overtake 40,000 in his career. The victory was Manning's 100th. The Colts won their next five games, securing yet another AFC South title, as well as the AFC's number two seed in the play-offs.", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528098", "text": "has been most important to me ever since.\" Manning said his priorities ranked in order are \"...faith, family, friends, and football.\" Manning said he prays every night and before games and added, \"I hope (and pray) I don't do too many things that displease Him before I get to Heaven myself. I believe, too, that life is much better and freer when you're committed to God in that way.\" Manning reportedly memorized the Colts' playbook within a week after being drafted, and in 2012 was able to precisely recall the details and timing of a specific play he had used", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527987", "text": "and letters. He became Tennessee's all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards and 89 touchdowns and won 39 of 45 games as a starter, breaking the Southeastern Conference (SEC) record for career wins. As a freshman, Manning began the season as the third-string quarterback. In the season opener against UCLA, Manning was one of three quarterbacks to come off the bench after starter Jerry Colquitt suffered a season-ending injury on the seventh play of the game. However, Manning was not able to generate any offense and was pulled from the game. During the season's fourth game, against Mississippi State, starter Todd", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527988", "text": "Helton got injured and Manning took over. The Vols lost 24–21, but Manning was named the team's starter and remained so for the rest of his college career. In his first start, the following week against Washington State, the Vols won 10–9. They won all but one of their remaining games, finishing the season 8–4 with a 45–23 victory over Virginia Tech in the 1994 Gator Bowl. Manning and the Vols started off the 1995 season with victories over East Carolina and SEC rival Georgia, before heading off to Gainesville to face off against the rival Gators. Against Florida, he", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528013", "text": "in the final 4 minutes of regulation. Manning passed for 386 yards in the game. After an overtime loss to Carolina, the Colts won all but three of their remaining games, finishing 12–4. On November 30, the Colts hosted the 9–2 New England Patriots in what would be the beginning of the NFL's top rivalry of the 2000s. The Colts trailed 31–10 late in the third quarter before Manning threw three touchdown passes in a span of six minutes to tie the game. Trailing 38–34 in the final minutes, the Colts had three plays at the 1-yard line to try", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528078", "text": "of 26-16. Manning was 32-of-43 for 400 passing yards and two passing touchdowns in the victory. Manning became the third starting quarterback to reach the Super Bowl with two teams, after Craig Morton and Kurt Warner. In Super Bowl XLVIII, Manning's Broncos lost to the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 43–8. Manning was up against the Seahawks' young starting quarterback Russell Wilson, who idolized Manning and attended one of Manning's passing camps as a teenager, and later met Manning at a Broncos pre-draft interview. The Seahawks' number one ranked defense proved too much for the Broncos' number one ranked", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528079", "text": "offense to overcome, while the Broncos' defense also struggled due to injuries. The Broncos' first play from scrimmage set the tone for the game. While Manning was stepping forward to call an audible, center Manny Ramirez snapped the ball too early and it flew past Manning's head into the end zone, where running back Knowshon Moreno downed it for a safety. Manning set a Super Bowl record with 34 completions (broken by Tom Brady the following year in Super Bowl XLIX), but the record-setting offense did not record a first down until the second quarter, and did not score any", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528028", "text": "against the Texans in a 43–24 victory, which earned him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors (he also won the award for his 345 yards and four touchdown passes against the Redskins in Week 7). A second trip to New Jersey, this time to play the Jets, produced another Colts win. After taking the lead twice in the fourth quarter, Manning had to lead a third scoring drive, this time finishing with a one-yard quarterback sneak rushing touchdown in the last minute for a 31–28 win. At Denver, Manning again led three scoring drives in the fourth quarter in", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528025", "text": "second AFC divisional playoff game of the 2005 season. In the fourth quarter with only a few minutes left in the game, Manning threw what looked to be the game-ending interception to safety Troy Polamalu, but the interception was overturned (a call the NFL later admitted was incorrect). The Colts went on to score, and got the ball back down three points near the end of the game. On fourth down, Manning was sacked near his own goal line, and the game seemed to be over as the Steelers were one yard from a touchdown. On the next play, the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528024", "text": "Dungy made the decision to play all of his regular starters against the Chargers. However, the Colts played a sub-par game against the Chargers and fell short of the win; the score was 26–17. Manning finished the 2005 season with , the first time he had thrown for under 4,000 yards since his rookie season in 1998, largely because Manning sat out much of the final two games with the top AFC seed clinched. His quarterback rating of 104.1 was the highest in the league for the season. In the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Steelers visited the RCA Dome for the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527986", "text": "quarterback. Newman has since retired the #18 jersey and it can be seen hanging in the school gym. Manning was among the most sought after high school players in the country and was recruited by about 60 colleges, led by Florida, Florida State, LSU, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, and his father's alma mater, Ole Miss. Manning chose to play college football for the University of Tennessee Volunteers under head coach Phillip Fulmer. Many fans were surprised that he did not pick the Ole Miss Rebels, for whom his father Archie played, and Peyton's parents received several angry phone calls", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528089", "text": "illegal drugs from Charles Sly, a pharmacist who had worked at the Guyer Anti-Aging Clinic in Indianapolis during the fall of 2011. In July 2016, the NFL cleared Manning of the allegations and announced that it had found no evidence to support the claims. Manning was listed as active for the Week 17 regular season finale against the San Diego Chargers, but for the first time since his freshman year at college, he was listed as a backup. In the third quarter, with the Broncos down 13–7, Manning entered the game in relief of Osweiler, who had been intercepted twice", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528018", "text": "for his five-touchdown performance in a 49–14 blowout of Houston and once for his performance in a 41–9 win at Detroit on Thanksgiving in which he threw six touchdowns in less than three quarters. Due to his performances in November, Manning earned AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors. He was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for a fourth time in the Week 16 game against San Diego where he led the Colts to a 34–31 victory after trailing by fifteen in the fourth quarter. With the Colts facing a 4th & 4 at their own 26, Manning", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528006", "text": "and was named both Second-team All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl, both firsts for him. In the Pro Bowl, he passed for 270 yards with 2 touchdowns. The Colts started the 2000 season with an opening week victory against Kansas City, then blew a 21–0 lead against the Raiders. The Colts responded with a \"Monday Night Football\" victory against Jacksonville, a 43–14 win in which Manning threw for 430 yards and 4 touchdowns; Manning was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for this performance. The Colts won four of their next five games, including one against New England", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528002", "text": "his first career touchdown, a six-yard pass to Marvin Harrison, in the fourth quarter of the 24–15 loss. In Week 4, against the New Orleans Saints, he threw a 78-yard touchdown pass to Marshall Faulk in the 19–13 loss. Manning's first win came against fellow rookie Leaf, 17–12 over the San Diego Chargers in Week 5. Two weeks later, Manning faced off against Steve Young; he threw three touchdowns, tying a Colts rookie record, but the 49ers kicked a late field goal to win 34–31. In November against the New York Jets, Manning threw for three touchdowns in a 24–23", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528065", "text": "Colts having the first overall pick in the upcoming 2012 Draft (which contained highly rated quarterback Andrew Luck out of Stanford), and with Manning due a $28 million roster bonus, he was released on March 7, 2012. Earlier, the Colts had dismissed vice-chairman Bill Polian (who in his previous capacity as general manager had drafted Manning), general manager Chris Polian, and head coach Jim Caldwell, as a precursor to the rebuilding of the team. In an emotional press conference, Manning told Colts fans, \"Thank you for letting me be your quarterback.\" Upon his release, Colts owner Jim Irsay announced that", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528000", "text": "quarterback Ryan Leaf his rival for the first selection in the draft, and Leaf's quarterback rating was higher, all six experts \"Sports Illustrated\" consulted believed that Manning was superior. Five said that they would take him first in the draft; Sid Gillman said of Manning, \"this is a pro quarterback\". The Colts' scouts initially favored Leaf, but the team's management and coaches were gradually won over by Manning's attitude, particularly as Manning showed up prepared to a scheduled interview meeting with the Colts' staff while Leaf arrived late. Colts general manager Bill Polian who had the final say on the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528057", "text": "go ahead touchdown and two-point conversion to take a 24–17 lead with 5:42 left. Manning took over and moved the Colts to the Saints' 31-yard line. Facing a 3rd & 5 with 3:24 left, his pass intended for Reggie Wayne was intercepted by Tracy Porter, who returned it 74 yards for a critical touchdown and a 31–17 Saints lead. Manning drove the Colts down to the 5-yard line in the last minute, but his 4th & goal pass was dropped by Reggie Wayne at the goal line. The Saints won their first Super Bowl in franchise history, dropping Manning to", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528010", "text": ", , and four rushing touchdowns as the offense produced the second most points in the league. However, the defense allowed the most points and Mora was fired after the season. Before the 2002 season, Tony Dungy became Manning's second head coach in the NFL. The Colts started off the 2002 season with a 4–1 record, before a three-game losing streak sent them to 4–4. The Colts responded by winning all but two of their remaining games, including a 35–13 upset of the Eagles in which Manning had a perfect passer rating for the second time in his career, giving", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "7849102", "text": "with his brother Peyton Manning throwing all of the passes. Manning was a highly ranked prospect out of high school and ended up signing with University of Mississippi, Archie's alma mater. When practices started in the summer before school, Manning felt some numbness in his fingers and toes, so he went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to be diagnosed. There he was told that he had spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spine and pinching of the nerves. Manning accepted the diagnosis and immediately ended his playing career. In honor of Cooper, Peyton donned his brother's jersey number,", "title": "Cooper Manning" }, { "docid": "3034503", "text": "Eli Manning Elisha Nelson Manning IV (born January 3, 1981) is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Mississippi from 2000 to 2003. He was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and was immediately traded to the Giants who in return gave up a package, highlighted by fourth overall selection Philip Rivers. Manning is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and the younger brother of former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning. Manning holds", "title": "Eli Manning" }, { "docid": "2528104", "text": "Thou?\" in which Bart dreams of having a baby brother and sees such famous brothers as The Marx Brothers, The Blues Brothers, The Wright Brothers, The Mario Brothers, and The Manning Brothers. Manning also voiced the character 'Guapo' in the 2017 motion picture, \"Ferdinand\". Manning hosted the 2017 ESPY Awards on July 12, 2017. Shortly after beginning his NFL career, Manning started his own charity called 'the Peyback Foundation'. The Peyback Foundation's mission is to help disadvantaged kids, and focuses its efforts in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Indiana. For his work with this foundation, Manning received the Samuel S. Beard Award", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528096", "text": "statue of Manning outside its Lucas Oil Stadium. Manning was also inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor and became the first player to have his jersey retired by the Colts since the team moved to Indianapolis. \"Source\": Additionally, Manning has been named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month a record eight times (9/2003, 11/2004, 10/2006, 9/2009, 9/2012, 10/2012, 9/2013, 12/2013) and Offensive Player of the Week a then-record 27 times (since broken by Tom Brady). Manning holds a number of individual career records: Manning was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Olivia (née Williams) and", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "3093352", "text": "School in New Orleans. Archie Manning Elisha Archibald Manning III (born May 19, 1949) is a former American football quarterback who played professionally for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982, and for short stints with the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings. In college, he played for the Ole Miss Rebels football team at the University of Mississippi, and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Manning is the father of Cooper Manning, former quarterback Peyton Manning, and current New York Giants", "title": "Archie Manning" }, { "docid": "2528100", "text": "life and career up to the time that the book was released, and examines football from both Archie's and Manning's points-of-view. Manning wrote about Jamie Ann Naughright, who had accused him of sexual harassment, stating that she had a \"vulgar mouth\". He described his conduct towards her as \"crude, maybe, but harmless\". The trainer sued for defamation, resulting in an undisclosed settlement in 2003 and a court-ordered gag on Manning and Naughright from ever talking about the settlement or each other again. Mark Kiszla, a sports columnist for the \"Denver Post\", in a column about Manning's future plans, said that", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528091", "text": "only behind his rookie season. Manning's 17 interceptions were second to Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles, who threw 18 interceptions but started all 16 games. The Broncos, by virtue of having the AFC's #1 seed, earned home field advantage throughout the NFL playoffs. The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Divisional Round to advance to the AFC Championship game to host the defending Super Bowl champions, the New England Patriots. Manning was 21-of-37 for 222 with no touchdowns or interceptions. It was the 17th, and ultimately final, meeting between Manning and his longtime rival Tom Brady. Despite a late comeback", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528067", "text": "March 20, 2012. Although the #18 is retired in honor of quarterback Frank Tripucka, he gave Manning permission to wear it. On August 9, 2012, Manning made his first appearance as a Bronco in a preseason game against the Chicago Bears, where he completed four of his seven passes for 44 yards, and was intercepted once by Bears safety Major Wright. Manning made his regular season debut as a Denver Bronco in the prime time game on the first Sunday of the 2012 season, against the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the game, Manning completed 19-of-26 passes for 253 yards, two touchdowns,", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528017", "text": "of the game. The Colts won their next four games including a 45–31 win over Green Bay in which Manning threw five touchdowns, earning him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors, but then lost their next two games, to Jacksonville and Kansas City, despite Manning throwing for 840 yards combined in the two games. The Colts responded well, winning their next eight games before losing their final regular season game to Denver, a game in which Manning played only the first series. During the month of November, Manning was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week twice; once", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528015", "text": "the season and the fourth of his career. After the game, Manning was awarded Player of the Week honors for the third time that season. In the Divisional Round, Manning led the Colts to a 38–31 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Neither team punted in the game. In the AFC Championship, Manning was shut down by the New England Patriots' top-ranked defense and posted the third lowest passer rating of his career at 35.5. The Patriots defense intercepted Manning four times and sacked him another four, as the Colts lost the game by a score of 24–14. During the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527982", "text": "and older brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Manning was selected by the Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. From 1998 to 2010, he improved the fortunes of the struggling Colts franchise and helped transform them into consistent playoff contenders. During his tenure as starting quarterback, Manning led the team to eight division championships, two AFC championships, and one Super Bowl title, the franchise's first in over three decades, as well as their first since relocating to Indianapolis. After undergoing neck surgery that forced him to miss the entire 2011 season, Manning was", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528032", "text": "rushing). The comeback was the largest deficit ever overcome in a conference championship. Completing 25-of-38 passes for 247 yards with a touchdown and one interception, Manning led the Colts to a 29–17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI and was voted Super Bowl MVP. Manning, who had been criticized for failing to win big games, exorcised his big-game demons with the win. \"In years' past when our team's come up short, it's been disappointing\", he told reporters. \"Somehow we found a way to have learned from some of those losses and we've been a better team because", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527985", "text": "in the NFL. Teams led by Manning typically utilized the hurry-up offense in place of the standard huddle. Manning attended Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana, and led their football team to a 34–5 record during his three seasons as the starter. He was named Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player-of-the-Year and Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club National Offensive Player-of-the-Year in 1993. While at Newman, he began wearing the #18 jersey in honor of his older brother Cooper, who was forced to give up football due to spinal stenosis. Younger brother Eli also wore the number when he became starting", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528055", "text": "Baltimore Ravens, Manning threw two touchdown passes late in the first half to build a 17–3 halftime lead. He completed 30 passes for 246 yards in leading his eighth straight victory over the Ravens. In the AFC Championship against New York Jets, Manning overcame a 17–6 deficit late in the second quarter to lead the Colts to 24 unanswered points in a 30–17 win. The 11-point comeback was the third largest in a championship game. Manning set a playoff record with his seventh 300-yard passing game in the postseason. In Super Bowl XLIV against New Orleans Saints, Manning led the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528046", "text": "at midfield. Adam Vinateri kicked the winning 51-yard field goal three plays later. It was Manning's 5th game-winning drive this season. Manning passed for a season-low 125 yards at Cleveland, but the Colts won their 5th straight game, by a final of 10–6. In a 35–3 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals, Manning threw three touchdown passes, while completing 26-of-32 passes for 277 yards. It marked the 11th straight season Manning had thrown at least 20 touchdown passes, the second longest streak ever. Against the 0–13 Detroit Lions, the Colts found themselves in a 21–21 game in the 4th quarter. Manning", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528033", "text": "of it.\" For his role in the Colts' championship run, Manning was awarded the ESPY for Best Championship Performance. Manning was again named to the Pro Bowl and was also named Second-team All-Pro; in the Pro Bowl he played only two series, passing for 67 yards. Following the Super Bowl win, Manning agreed to restructure his contract to save the Colts $8.2 million in salary cap space. Manning's Colts opened the NFL season with 7 wins, pitting them against an undefeated Patriots squad in a match-up that was being called \"Super Bowl 41 1/2\". Manning and Addai helped the Colts", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "4365806", "text": "Manning Award The Manning Award has been presented annually since 2004 to the collegiate American football quarterback as judged by the Sugar Bowl Committee to be the best in the United States. It is the only quarterback award that includes each candidate's postseason-bowl performance in its balloting. The award is named in honor of former University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) quarterback Archie Manning and his quarterback sons Peyton and Eli. Archie was also the quarterback for the NFL New Orleans Saints, Houston Oilers, and Minnesota Vikings. Peyton was a star quarterback at the University of Tennessee as well as with", "title": "Manning Award" }, { "docid": "2528084", "text": "player ranked by his peers. After much speculation, Manning announced in the offseason that he would return for his 18th season in the NFL. In the season opener against the Baltimore Ravens, Manning's play seemed to have deteriorated, going 24–40 for 175 yards and one interception, but a pick-six by cornerback Aqib Talib and late interception by Darian Stewart aided the Broncos in their 19–13 victory. In a Week 2 game against the Kansas City Chiefs on \"Thursday Night Football\", he passed for 256 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception as the Broncos won 31–24. In the next game, a", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528101", "text": "Manning's net worth \"is estimated to be in excess of $150 million\" and \"That's not enough money to buy an NFL franchise by himself, although an ownership group that included Manning as president with a financial stake in the team would be led by a brilliant football mind.\" He has donated over $8,000 to Republican politicians, among them Fred Thompson, Bob Corker and former President George W. Bush. During the 2016 presidential race, Manning contributed to the campaign of Jeb Bush. On October 26, 2012, Manning purchased 21 Papa John's Pizza stores, all in Colorado. He sold his stakes in", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528080", "text": "points until the final seconds of the third quarter. While Manning threw one touchdown pass and one successful two-point conversion, he also threw two costly interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown by Malcolm Smith in the second quarter. On the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014, he was ranked as the best player in the league by his peers. On August 28, 2014, Manning was fined $8,268 for taunting D. J. Swearinger during a preseason game against the Houston Texans. With the Broncos' win in their opening game of the 2014 NFL season against the Colts, Manning", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528073", "text": "Morris Claiborne. Two weeks later, Manning returned to Indianapolis for the first time in the regular season since being released by the Colts. In an emotional pregame ceremony, the Colts showed a tribute video to Manning. In his first game back at Indianapolis, he was 29 of 49 for 386 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception but was sacked a season-high four times as the Broncos fell 39–33. The Broncos bounced back from the loss with a 45–21 victory over the Washington Redskins in which Manning had 354 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, and three interceptions. In the next game,", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528069", "text": "touchdowns, and one interception in the 35–24 victory. In the game, the Broncos trailed 24–0 at halftime and Manning led the Broncos to 35 unanswered points. His performance against the Chargers gave him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors, his first since coming to Denver. Despite the preseason concerns about his recovery, by late October, ESPN stated that Manning \"has silenced the critics\" about his arm strength. Manning was later named to the 2013 Pro Bowl, his twelfth. In Week 17, a 38–3 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, he was 23 of 29 for 304 yards and three", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528062", "text": "News\". On the NFL Top 100 Players of 2011, he was chosen as the second best player in the league by his peers. The Colts placed their franchise tag on Manning on February 15, 2011. On July 30, 2011, the Colts signed Manning to a 5-year, $90 million contract after negotiations in which he made it clear that he did not need to be the highest-paid player in the NFL. After a May 23 neck surgery, Manning could not use the Colts' facilities for practice and workouts due to the NFL lockout. Reluctant to have witnesses to his recovery, he", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528052", "text": "winning team in the NFL since they began tracking the statistic in 1977. Manning was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for the fourth time in his career in September. Against the Seattle Seahawks Manning passed for 353 yards and two touchdowns for his fourth consecutive 300-yard passing game set a new franchise record. Against the Houston Texans in Week 9, Manning became the first quarterback to pass for over 40,000 yards in a decade. He threw a career-high 25 passes in the first quarter (most in any opening quarter since 1991), and had a career-high 40 pass attempts", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528036", "text": "In that stretch was a Week 13 28–25 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars where he was 20 of 29 for 288 passing yards, four touchdowns, and an interception. For his performance against the Jaguars, he was named as the AFC Offensive Player of the Week. In the final game of the regular season, Manning played only two series before being replaced with back-up Jim Sorgi; the Colts lost the game to the Titans, 16–10. Manning finished the season with , , and a quarterback rating of 98.0. In the Divisional Round of the playoffs, Manning and the Colts lost to", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528030", "text": "the AFC playoffs. Manning was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week. He ended the regular season with 4,397 passing yards and a league-leading 31 touchdown passes. His passer rating (101.0) was the highest in the league for the third year in a row. Manning helped the offense set an NFL record for third down conversion rate in a season (56.1%). Despite three interceptions, Manning completed 30 out of 38 passes as the Colts beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card playoff game by a score of 23–8. The following week they were limited to five field goals", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528027", "text": "was named the 2005 winner of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award and nominated for the FedEx Air Player of the Year Award, along with Tom Brady and Carson Palmer. Manning was also named first-team All-Pro for the third consecutive year and named to the Pro Bowl squad; in the Pro Bowl, he threw one touchdown pass and three interceptions. Manning opened the 2006 season against his brother Eli's New York Giants on \"Sunday Night Football\". It was the first NFL game with starting quarterbacks that were brothers, and Peyton's team won 26–21. Manning passed for 400 yards", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528022", "text": "in 2004. In the Wild Card game against Denver, Manning passed for 458 yards and four touchdowns. However, the Colts' 2004 season ended in Foxborough for a second straight season with a 20–3 loss against New England, when Manning recorded a season-low passer rating of 69.3. It was Manning's seventh consecutive loss to the Patriots in Foxborough and the Colts' three points were their lowest single game point total since their opening game of the 2003 season. Manning was named a Pro Bowl starter; in the Pro Bowl, he threw three touchdowns in a 38–27 victory and was named the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528007", "text": "in which Manning posted the first perfect passer rating of his career, but then lost four of the five games following that. The Colts regained their momentum, winning their final three games, including a 31–10 win over Minnesota on Week 17. Manning threw for four touchdowns in the win and was again named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and the win gave the Colts a 10–6 record as well as a wild card spot in the playoffs. In the wild card game, the Colts fell to the Dolphins 23–17 in overtime. Manning passed for 194 yards and a touchdown", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527991", "text": "season, Manning finished in eighth place in the Heisman Trophy voting. Manning completed his degree in three years, a Bachelor of Arts in speech communication, and was projected to be the top overall pick in the NFL Draft, but returned to Tennessee for his senior year. In his senior season, the Vols opened the season with victories against Texas Tech and UCLA, but for the third time in his career, Manning fell to Florida 33–20. The Vols won the rest of their regular season games, finishing 10–1, and advanced to the SEC Championship game against Auburn. Down 20–7 in the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527990", "text": "the National Championship. However, after winning their first two games against UNLV and UCLA, the Vols again lost to Florida by a score of 35–29, with Manning throwing four interceptions. After winning their next four games, the Vols were upset by Memphis, despite Manning passing for 296 yards. The Vols won the remainder of their games, including a 48–28 win in the Citrus Bowl over Northwestern, a game in which Manning passed for 408 yards and four touchdowns; he was named the game's MVP. His 243 pass completions and 63.9% completion percentage led the SEC that year. In the 1996", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527984", "text": "Manning is also the only quarterback to start the Super Bowl for two franchises more than once each, with different coaches at each Super Bowl start (Dungy, Caldwell, Fox, Kubiak), and the only starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl with two franchises. At 39 years of age, Manning was the oldest quarterback to start in and win a Super Bowl. During a 2009 \"Monday Night Football\" game, Manning received the nickname \"The Sheriff\" from color commentator Jon Gruden due to his tendency to audible prior to the snap, and he was one of the most recognizable and parodied players", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528086", "text": "had a game without an interception, bringing his 8-game TD–INT ratio to 9–13, and the Broncos needed a hardworking defense to contribute for victories. In Week 10, in the second divisional game against Kansas City, the game's biggest highlight was Manning breaking Brett Favre's record for career passing yards with a four-yard pass to running back Ronnie Hillman in the first quarter. Despite the accomplishment, however, Manning went 5-for-20 for 35 yards and four interceptions with a 0.0 passer rating before head coach Gary Kubiak benched him during the third quarter. Brock Osweiler filled in for Manning for the rest", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528061", "text": "winning the AFC South for the seventh time in eight years, and Manning became the first quarterback in NFL history to lead his team to nine consecutive postseason berths (2002–2010). It was the 208th consecutive regular season start of his career, breaking Gene Upshaw's record. For the season, Manning finished with an NFL-record 450 completions on 679 attempts (third most in history), and a career-high 4,700 yards passing. The season ended in a 17–16 defeat to the New York Jets in the Wild Card Round of playoffs. In 2010, Manning was chosen as the 14th-smartest athlete in sports by \"Sporting", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528058", "text": "9–9 in the postseason and a 1–1 record in the Super Bowl. Manning passed for 333 yards on 31-of-45 attempts passing, with one touchdown and one interception. In a season-opening loss in Houston, Manning set career highs with 57 pass attempts and 40 completions, throwing for three touchdowns and 433 yards, the fourth highest opening-weekend total ever. In his third game, Manning passed for 325 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions, marking the first time since 1960 a quarterback began a season with three consecutive games of at least three touchdown passes and zero interceptions. Against the Kansas City Chiefs,", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528048", "text": "against Detroit, Manning's 23 straight completions fell one shy of the NFL record (Donovan McNabb – 24). The Colts trailed 14–0 in the first half and 24–14 to start the fourth quarter. Manning led his seventh fourth quarter win of the season and the Colts put the game away with a defensive touchdown for a 31–24 victory to clinch a seventh consecutive playoff berth. Manning completed 29-of-34 passes (85.7%) for 364 yards and three touchdowns. It increased his NFL record streak of seasons with 25 touchdown passes to 11. Manning and the Colts tied an NFL record by winning three", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528045", "text": "two touchdowns while leading five consecutive scoring drives in a 33–27 victory, the third in a row for the Colts. Manning won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season (18th time, career). At San Diego, Manning threw for 255 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, in a 23–20 victory. The interception snapped a career-best streak of 140 pass attempts without an interception. After the Chargers rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the game, Manning led the game-winning drive by completing a 14-yard pass to Marvin Harrison on 4th and inches", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528040", "text": "victory. It was the first time an NFL team had won a game in regulation after trailing by 17 points in the last five minutes. Manning threw a seven-yard touchdown pass on 4th & 6 to rookie tight end Tom Santi to make the deficit 27–17. Houston quarterback Sage Rosenfels, starting for the injured Matt Schaub, then fumbled the ball on a scramble, and it was returned 68 yards for a touchdown by Gary Brackett. After another Rosenfels fumble, Manning threw the 5-yard game-winning touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne. The Colts scored three touchdowns in 2:10. On October 12, Manning", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528034", "text": "to a 13–7 halftime lead, and an early fourth-quarter touchdown upped the lead to 20–10. However, Brady led the Patriots to two late touchdowns, to hand Manning his first loss of the season, 24–20. Manning finished the game with 225 yards passing, including a passing touchdown. He also had a rushing touchdown. Manning did not bounce back from the loss well. Against the San Diego Chargers, he threw for a career-worst and franchise-record six interceptions. Despite this, he was able to rally the Colts from a 23–0 deficit to 23–21, and gave Adam Vinatieri an opportunity to take the lead", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528031", "text": "and no touchdowns, but defeated the Baltimore Ravens, 15–6. In the AFC Championship game against the rival Patriots, the Colts trailed 14–3 when Manning threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown by Asante Samuel to give New England a 21–3 lead. Manning led the Colts to 32 points in the second half for a 38–34 victory, the final score coming late in the fourth quarter as Manning led the Colts on an 80-yard touchdown drive to take the lead for the first time in the game. He finished the game with 349 yards passing and two touchdowns (1", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528016", "text": "season, Manning was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September and was named the AP NFL co-MVP along with Titans quarterback Steve McNair. Manning also received the ESPY Award for Best NFL Player. Manning led the league with 379 pass completions for and threw 29 touchdowns; he was named first-team All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl. He passed for 342 yards and three touchdowns in the Pro Bowl, a 55–52 loss. The 2004 Colts opened the season with a 27–24 loss to the Patriots, after placekicker Mike Vanderjagt missed a game-tying field goal in the closing seconds", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528012", "text": "Week honors. On \"Monday Night Football\", against the defending champion Buccaneers, Manning and the Colts trailed 35–14 in the final five minutes. After one short touchdown drive, the Colts recovered the onside kick. Manning threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Marvin Harrison on 4th & 6 to make it 35–28. With 1:41 remaining, Manning got the ball back and drove the offense 85 yards for the game-tying touchdown. He set up the winning 29-yard field goal in overtime for a 38–35 win. It was the only time in NFL history a team won a game after trailing by 21 points", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528011", "text": "them a 10–6 record and a spot in the playoffs. However, the Colts were pummeled by the New York Jets in the Wild Card Round, 41–0, with Manning passing for only 137 yards. He finished the 2002 season with and and was named to the Pro Bowl team. In the Pro Bowl, Manning completed five of eleven passes for 100 yards and a touchdown. The 2003 Colts began the season 5–0, including a 55–21 blowout of the Saints in which Manning recorded his third perfect passer rating game and threw six touchdown passes, earning him AFC Offensive Player of the", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528009", "text": "game. However, the Colts lost the following week to New England, and continued their slide, losing their following two games. The Colts briefly rebounded, winning two games, but then lost seven of their last nine games. In the stretch, Manning a threw a career-high 86-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Pollard in the 34–20 loss to the New Orleans Saints. After a 40–21 home loss to the 49ers, in which Manning threw a career-high four interceptions in that game, coach Jim Mora uttered his famous \"Playoffs? Don't talk about playoffs,\" press conference. Despite the 6–10 record, Manning finished the season with", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528004", "text": "point. Manning and the Colts opened the 1999 season with a 31–14 victory over Buffalo, but gave up a 28–7 lead the following week against the Patriots and lost 31–28. After defeating San Diego 27–19 in a game in which Manning threw for over 404 yards, scored his first professional rushing touchdown, and was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week, they lost again, to Miami by a score of 34–31. The Colts responded by winning 11 of their remaining 12 games, finishing 13–3 and the AFC East division. In Week 11, against the Philadelphia Eagles, Manning threw a then", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528083", "text": "he finished the 2014 season with 4,727 passing yards, 39 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions. By the end of the regular season, Manning would be selected to his 14th Pro Bowl appearance, tying him with Tom Brady, Tony Gonzalez, Bruce Matthews, and Merlin Olsen for most Pro Bowl selections in a career. The Broncos finished with a 12–4 record and earned a first-round bye. However, his season ended after the Broncos lost in the Divisional Round of the playoffs to his former team, the Colts, 24–13. On the NFL Top 100 Players of 2015 list, he finished as the fifth best", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "7849101", "text": "Cooper Manning Cooper Manning (born March 6, 1974) is the host for the show \"The Manning Hour\" for Fox Sports and Principal and Senior Managing Director of Investor Relations for AJ Capital Partners. He is the oldest son of former professional football quarterback Archie Manning, and the older brother of former professional football quarterback Peyton Manning and current New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Born in 1974, Manning was the first child of Archie Manning and Olivia Manning. He played football for Isidore Newman School as a wide receiver and had a breakout year his senior year of high school", "title": "Cooper Manning" }, { "docid": "11241633", "text": "2010, Peyton joined newly promoted Guiseley, again with teammate Joe O'Neill. In August 2011, Peyton joined Conference North rivals Droylsden. Warren Peyton Warren Peyton (born 13 December 1979) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Rochdale and Bury. Peyton made his debut at Altrincham on 12 November 2005, against Exeter City. Peyton is chiefly a left-side midfielder, although he can also play at left-back. Peyton is also an accomplished bricklayer, helping out in building turnstiles for Altrincham's stadium. As part of cost-cutting measures, Peyton was released from Altrincham on 12 May 2009 along with Chris Lane", "title": "Warren Peyton" }, { "docid": "2528090", "text": "and fumbled once. The Broncos went on to beat the Chargers, 27–20, and secure the AFC West and the top seed in the AFC. Despite the Broncos' 12–4 record (and Manning's 8–2 record in games that he played in), Manning had the worst season statistically of his career, as he threw a career-low nine touchdown passes and 17 interceptions in just 10 games, and posting a quarterback rating of 67.9, the lowest rating of his career, and first time he had a rating below 84 since his rookie season. Manning's 59.8 completion percentage was the second lowest of his career,", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528042", "text": "margin of defeat, 34–14, against the Green Bay Packers the following week. Manning threw two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns (for the second time in his career; the first was on September 30, 2001, against the New England Patriots). The following week the Colts went into Tennessee on Monday Night Football to face the 6–0 Titans. They led 14–6 in the third quarter, but Tennessee scored 25 unanswered for a 31–21 victory and almost assured the Colts they would not win the AFC South division title for the first time in six seasons. At 3–4, the Colts opened up", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2528029", "text": "a 34–31 shootout win. He completed 32-of-39 passes for 345 yards and three touchdowns. Following a second straight season with a win at New England, then a home win against Buffalo, the Colts were the NFL's last unbeaten team at 9–0. Their first loss would come in Dallas. Plagued by a run defense that would allow over 100 yards in every game, the Colts were 11–4 heading into their final game. Against Miami, Manning threw for 282 yards, two touchdowns and rushed for another touchdown. The Colts won 27–22, were AFC South division champions, and clinched the third seed in", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "11241632", "text": "Warren Peyton Warren Peyton (born 13 December 1979) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Rochdale and Bury. Peyton made his debut at Altrincham on 12 November 2005, against Exeter City. Peyton is chiefly a left-side midfielder, although he can also play at left-back. Peyton is also an accomplished bricklayer, helping out in building turnstiles for Altrincham's stadium. As part of cost-cutting measures, Peyton was released from Altrincham on 12 May 2009 along with Chris Lane and Joe O'Neill Peyton then joined Conference North team Stalybridge Celtic along with former Altrincham player Joe O'Neill. In June", "title": "Warren Peyton" }, { "docid": "3034555", "text": "game between Peyton and Eli was the final professional meeting of the two brothers. In Week 15, Manning threw a career-high five interceptions in a 23-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Manning ended the season with a career-high 27 interceptions. The Giants finished the season 7-9, their first losing record since Manning's rookie year. Manning passed Phil Simms to become the franchise's all-time leader in yards passing. Simms, who played 14 seasons with the Giants, finished his career with 33,462 yards in the air. He was ranked 43rd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014.", "title": "Eli Manning" }, { "docid": "17995906", "text": "division rivals from 1970–2001, did not meet in 2002 following the NFL's divisional re-alignment; Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 1 of the season; Manning missed the entire season due to recovery from multiple neck surgeries, as well as the regular-season meeting due to recovery from a torn plantar fascia. Brady led the Colts–Patriots series 8–4 and also led the Broncos–Patriots series 3–2, though Manning's two wins with the Broncos both occurred in the AFC Championships in and . Brady led the series in Foxborough 8–2 (7–2 at Gillette Stadium), while Manning led the series in Indianapolis/Denver 4–3.", "title": "Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry" }, { "docid": "17429908", "text": "Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It is home to the Nicholls State University Colonels football team of the Southland Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision. The stadium is named in honor of former state representative John L. Guidry who was instrumental in the establishment of Francis T. Nicholls Junior College. The playing surface is named Manning Field after the Manning family because Peyton Manning, Eli Manning and Archie Manning hold the Manning Passing Academy football camp at the facility. The current playing surface", "title": "Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium" }, { "docid": "11063495", "text": "Noel Peyton Noel Peyton (born Dublin, Ireland; 4 December 1935) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as an inside left for Shamrock Rovers, Leeds United and York City, and for the Republic of Ireland national football team. An inside left, Peyton made a scoring debut for Shamrock Rovers in October 1953 in a 4–2 win in the League of Ireland Shield. He made two appearances in European competition while at Shamrock Rovers, and in January 1958, moved to Leeds United for a £5,000 fee. Peyton spent five seasons at Leeds, a period when the club was relegated to", "title": "Noel Peyton" }, { "docid": "2528001", "text": "draft selection recalled Manning saying \"I'll leave you with this thought. If you take me, I promise you we will win a championship. If you don't, I promise I'll come back and kick your ass.\" In Manning's rookie season under head coach Jim Mora, he passed for 3,739 yards with 26 touchdowns, set five different NFL rookie records including most touchdown passes in a season, most interceptions (28) in a rookie year, and was named to the NFL All-Rookie First Team. In his NFL debut, Manning was 21-of-37 for 302 passing yards for one touchdown and three interceptions. He threw", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527999", "text": "part of Manning's career, \"his record-breaking stats were written off because of the Colts' postseason failures\"; conversely he posted poor statistics in the 2015 regular season and Super Bowl 50, which would be his final season, but nonetheless won his second Super Bowl thanks to his team's defense. Manning is also the only quarterback in NFL history to make the Super Bowl four times with four head coaches (Dungy, Caldwell, Fox and Kubiak). Despite concerns about his arm strength and mobility, Manning was selected first overall in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. Although many considered Washington State", "title": "Peyton Manning" }, { "docid": "2527995", "text": "settled after the court ruled there was sufficient evidence for it to be heard by a jury. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed due to confidentiality terms. Manning was inducted into the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016. He was also named the 2016 Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Manning was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2017, his first year of eligibility for the honor, and was inducted during a ceremony in December. He will join his father Archie in the hall, making them the first father and", "title": "Peyton Manning" } ]

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[ { "docid": "274505", "text": "He reported to spring training in Sarasota, Florida, and was assigned to the team's minor league system on March 31, 1994. Jordan has stated this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who had always envisioned his son as a Major League Baseball player. The White Sox were another team owned by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who continued to honor Jordan's basketball contract during the years he played baseball. In 1994, Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons, a Double-A minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, batting .202 with three home runs, 51 runs batted", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "5341014", "text": "1994 in baseball As a result of a players' strike, the MLB season ended prematurely on August 11, 1994. No postseason (including the World Series) was played. Minor League Baseball was not affected. During the shortened Major League Baseball season, the league adorned uniforms and stadiums to announce the 125th anniversary of baseball's first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The Yomiuri Giants also celebrated their sixtieth anniversary with their eighteenth championship in the Japan Series. Considered by some to be among history's greatest athletes, Michael Jordan suited up for the Birmingham Barons, the Class AA affiliate of the Chicago", "title": "1994 in baseball" } ]

[ { "docid": "20763491", "text": "draft. Byrne signed with the Reds, and began his professional career with the Daytona Tortugas of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. Michael Byrne (baseball) Michael Byrne (born April 16, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds organization. He played college baseball for the University of Florida. Byrne attended Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida. He played for the school's baseball team as a starting pitcher. Byrne enrolled at the University of Florida to play college baseball for the Florida Gators. He became their closer in 2017, his sophomore year. In 2018, Byrne won the Stopper", "title": "Michael Byrne (baseball)" }, { "docid": "20763490", "text": "Michael Byrne (baseball) Michael Byrne (born April 16, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds organization. He played college baseball for the University of Florida. Byrne attended Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida. He played for the school's baseball team as a starting pitcher. Byrne enrolled at the University of Florida to play college baseball for the Florida Gators. He became their closer in 2017, his sophomore year. In 2018, Byrne won the Stopper of the Year Award. The Cincinnati Reds selected him in the 14th round, with the 409th overall selection, of the 2018 MLB", "title": "Michael Byrne (baseball)" }, { "docid": "8018618", "text": "league season. The following year, he signed with the Miami Marlins, and played in 14 games for the team in 2013; he was released after the season. Brown signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers in February 2014, and spent part of the season with them before being released. Brown signed with the Piratas de Campeche of the Mexican Baseball League for the rest of the 2014 season. Jordan Brown (baseball) Jordan Cassidy Brown (born December 18, 1983) is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Miami Marlins", "title": "Jordan Brown (baseball)" }, { "docid": "16299079", "text": "Michael Roth (baseball) Michael Thomas Roth (born February 15, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Chicago Cubs. Before beginning his professional career, he played college baseball for the South Carolina Gamecocks at the University of South Carolina, where he was named a First Team All-American after the 2011 season. Roth attended Riverside High School in Greer, South Carolina. In addition to playing for the school's baseball team, Roth also played for the basketball team. As a baseball", "title": "Michael Roth (baseball)" }, { "docid": "4318986", "text": "Michael Jordan (footballer) Michael William Jordan (born 7 April 1986) is an English football goalkeeper born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. He made seven appearances in the Football League for Chesterfield, having started his career as a trainee at Arsenal. Jordan signed for Arsenal as a scholar in 2002, turning professional on 1 November 2004 after making impressive performances for the youth team. However, he never played for the Arsenal first team; the closest he came was appearing on the bench for a League Cup match on 9 November 2004 against Everton, a match Arsenal won 3–1. After trials at Doncaster Rovers,", "title": "Michael Jordan (footballer)" }, { "docid": "3729759", "text": "Professional baseball Professional baseball is played in leagues throughout the world. In these leagues and associated farm teams, baseball players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, consists of the National League (founded in 1876) and the American League (1901). Historically, teams in one league never played teams in the other until the World Series, in which the champions of the two leagues played against each other. This changed in 1997 with the advent of interleague play. In addition to the", "title": "Professional baseball" }, { "docid": "3729763", "text": "some ugly incidents, including pitchers who would try to throw directly at an African-American player's head. Now, however, baseball is fully integrated, and there is little to no racial tension between teammates. Between 1943 and 1954, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League fielded teams in several Midwestern towns. Professional baseball Professional baseball is played in leagues throughout the world. In these leagues and associated farm teams, baseball players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, consists of the National League (founded", "title": "Professional baseball" }, { "docid": "3729762", "text": "KBO League. Taiwan has had professional baseball since 1990s. Chinese Professional Baseball League. Other Asian leagues include the China Baseball League and Baseball Philippines. others include the Israel Baseball League. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, African-American players were barred from playing the major leagues, though several did manage to play by claiming to be Cubans or Indians. As a result, a number of parallel Negro Leagues were formed. However, after Jackie Robinson began playing with the major-league Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, the Negro Leagues gradually faded. The process of integration did not go entirely smoothly; there were", "title": "Professional baseball" }, { "docid": "16299088", "text": "2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. Michael Roth (baseball) Michael Thomas Roth (born February 15, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Chicago Cubs. Before beginning his professional career, he played college baseball for the South Carolina Gamecocks at the University of South Carolina, where he was named a First Team All-American after the 2011 season. Roth attended Riverside High School in Greer, South Carolina. In addition to playing for the school's baseball team, Roth also played for the", "title": "Michael Roth (baseball)" }, { "docid": "274530", "text": "his Jordan Brand clothing line and rode motorcycles. Since 2004, Jordan has owned Michael Jordan Motorsports, a professional closed-course motorcycle road racing team that competed with two Suzukis in the premier Superbike championship sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) until the end of the 2013 season. In 2006, Jordan and his wife Juanita pledged $5 million to Chicago's Hales Franciscan High School. The Jordan Brand has made donations to Habitat for Humanity and a Louisiana branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. On June 15, 2006, Jordan bought a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats, becoming the", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "13503491", "text": "Michael Jordan: An American Hero Michael Jordan: An American Hero is an American television film that aired on Fox Family Channel on April 18, 1999. It stars Michael Jace as Michael Jordan. The opening titles of the film shows footage of Jordan preparing for a game with the Chicago Bulls. The film is mostly based on the life of Michael Jordan from his childhood until when he grew up to be an NBA player. It also highlights the moments of when Michael played baseball as both a child and his short-lived minor league baseball career as well as his knack", "title": "Michael Jordan: An American Hero" }, { "docid": "12057225", "text": "Jordan Danks Jordan Cooper Danks (born August 7, 1986) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies. Danks graduated from Round Rock High School in Texas in 2005. He was drafted in the 19th round in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft by White Sox, but chose instead to attend the University of Texas at Austin and play for the Texas Longhorns baseball team. Danks was drafted again by the White Sox in the 2008 MLB Draft, this time in the 7th round. Jordan is", "title": "Jordan Danks" }, { "docid": "12917619", "text": "Tom Jordan (baseball) Thomas Jefferson Jordan (born September 5, 1919) is a retired American professional baseball player, a catcher who appeared in 39 Major League games over three seasons for the Chicago White Sox (; ), Cleveland Indians (), and the St. Louis Browns (). Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, Jordan stood tall and weighed . He threw and batted right-handed. Jordan's professional career took place over a twenty-year period, beginning in the minor leagues in 1938 and ending in 1957 after he was a playing manager for a number of unaffiliated teams in the low minors in the Southwestern United", "title": "Tom Jordan (baseball)" }, { "docid": "12917621", "text": "age , is recognized as the oldest living major league ballplayer. , or Retrosheet Tom Jordan (baseball) Thomas Jefferson Jordan (born September 5, 1919) is a retired American professional baseball player, a catcher who appeared in 39 Major League games over three seasons for the Chicago White Sox (; ), Cleveland Indians (), and the St. Louis Browns (). Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, Jordan stood tall and weighed . He threw and batted right-handed. Jordan's professional career took place over a twenty-year period, beginning in the minor leagues in 1938 and ending in 1957 after he was a playing manager", "title": "Tom Jordan (baseball)" }, { "docid": "274482", "text": "brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and one younger sister, Roslyn. Jordan's brother James retired in 2006 as the Command Sergeant Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army. Jordan attended Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington, where he highlighted his athletic career by playing basketball, baseball, and football. He tried out for the varsity basketball team during his sophomore year, but at 5'11\" (1.80 m), he was deemed too short to play at that level. His taller friend, Harvest Leroy Smith, was the only sophomore", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "15755829", "text": "Team Canada (baseball) Team Canada is a professional independent baseball team representing Canada. They play in the developmental Arizona Winter League and Arizona Summer League, short-season instructional leagues affiliated with the North American League. The team is owned by Diamond Sports & Entertainment and have played their home and away games since 2009 at Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma. They replaced the Sonora Pilots, who did not play in 2009 or 2010, yet the Pilots returned in 2011. Team Canada has played in the AWL's International Division along with the Saskatchewan Silver Sox, Sonora Pilots, Team Mexico and Western Canada", "title": "Team Canada (baseball)" }, { "docid": "20210838", "text": "Michael Brady (baseball) Michael J. Brady (born March 21, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics. Brady attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School and after graduating, attended the University of California, Berkeley, and played for the California Golden Bears baseball team. He was drafted as a shortstop by the Florida Marlins in the 24th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. Brady made his professional debut with the Class A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers and, later, the Rookie league Gulf Coast Marlins in", "title": "Michael Brady (baseball)" }, { "docid": "7196703", "text": "Dominican Professional Baseball League The Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League () or LIDOM by its acronym in Spanish, is a winter professional baseball league consisting of six teams spread across the Dominican Republic; it is the highest level of professional baseball league in the Dominican Republic. The league's players include many prospects that go on to play in Major League Baseball in the United States while also signing many current MLB veterans. The champion of LIDOM advances to play in the yearly Caribbean Series. Each team plays a fifty-game round-robin schedule that begins at the middle of October and runs", "title": "Dominican Professional Baseball League" }, { "docid": "8018616", "text": "Jordan Brown (baseball) Jordan Cassidy Brown (born December 18, 1983) is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Miami Marlins in 2010 and 2013. Brown attended Vacaville High School in Vacaville, California, and played college baseball for the University of Arizona. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the fourth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. Brown was named the Topps Carolina League Player of the Year for 2006. In 2007, Brown was named Eastern League MVP and Rookie of the Year while playing for the Akron", "title": "Jordan Brown (baseball)" }, { "docid": "15864908", "text": "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a women's professional baseball circuit which existed for twelve seasons from through . For the first three seasons the league did not have an official All-Star team. Nevertheless, on July 1, 1943 took effect the first All-Star Game of the league, which coincidentally became the first night game ever played at Wrigley Field. The contest was played under temporary lights between two teams composed of Racine Belles and Kenosha Comets players against South Bend Blue Sox and Rockford Peaches players. At the end of the", "title": "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team" }, { "docid": "16880260", "text": "2013 Korea Professional Baseball season The Korea Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean series. For the 2013 season, due to the admission of the NC Dinos as the KBO's ninth team, each team's schedule was reduced from 133 games to 128 games during the regular season with the new schedule arranging for each team to play every other team 16 times. On 19 July, the best players in the KBO participated in the Korean All-Star game at Pohang Baseball Stadium. The franchises", "title": "2013 Korea Professional Baseball season" }, { "docid": "17386396", "text": "Taylor Jordan Taylor Jordan (born January 17, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He has played for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Jordan was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 18th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft out Merritt Island High School in Merritt Island, Florida, but did not sign. He was then drafted by the Washington Nationals in the ninth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft out of Brevard Community College. He made his professional debut for the Gulf Coast", "title": "Taylor Jordan" }, { "docid": "274547", "text": "last title. Television ratings in particular increased only during his time in the league, and Finals ratings have not returned to the level reached during his last championship-winning season. In August 2009, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, opened a Michael Jordan exhibit that contained items from his college and NBA careers, as well as from the 1992 \"Dream Team\". The exhibit also has a batting glove to signify Jordan's short career in Minor League Baseball. After Jordan received word of his acceptance into the Hall of Fame, he selected Class of 1996 member David Thompson", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "12378661", "text": "Kevin Jordan (baseball) Kevin Wayne Jordan (born October 9, 1969), is a retired American Australian Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1995 to 2001. He also played a substantial part of his career with the Brisbane Bandits in the Australian Baseball League from 1993 through to 1997. While Jordan was playing in Brisbane, he met and married his Australian wife and obtained Australian citizenship, technically meaning he was the seventh \"Australian\" to play in the Major Leagues. He is excluded from the list of 27 Australian MLB players, however, as it is officially only Australian", "title": "Kevin Jordan (baseball)" }, { "docid": "274476", "text": "Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the official NBA website states: \"By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.\" Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. He is currently the principal owner and chairman of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "19215997", "text": "of the nine interested parties visited in 2017. On February 23, 2018, the league announced that one team will be a revival of the New Hampshire Wild, and the sixth team would be the return of the New York Bucks, formerly known as the Watertown Bucks. On May 31, 2018, the league announced the Puerto Rico Islanders will play in Rincon, Puerto Rico, and the Sullivan Explorers will be known as the Aguada Explorers. Empire Professional Baseball League The Empire Professional Baseball League is an independent baseball league that began play in 2016. The Empire League plays a 70-game regular", "title": "Empire Professional Baseball League" }, { "docid": "1310251", "text": "as of 2014 the national team Samurai Japan. The latest series also celebrated the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's professional baseball by holding an exhibition game of a joint team of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants against the MLB All-Stars at the Koshien Stadium on November 11, 2014. Nippon Professional Baseball The new NPB for Japan was formed when that sports organization reorganized in 1950 with creating its two leagues with six teams each of the Central League and the Pacific League with an annual season ending Japan Series championship play-off series of games starting that year for", "title": "Nippon Professional Baseball" }, { "docid": "18172605", "text": "2014 Korea Professional Baseball season The Korea Professional Baseball season is 33rd season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. Starting in season 2013, each team plays 128 games in the regular season, reduced from 133 due to expansion to nine teams. Each team plays every other 16 times. There will be a third change in four seasons to the tie rule in South Korean professional baseball. In South Korean baseball, ties are called after 12 innings in the regular season and 15 innings in the playoffs. In 2008, the league briefly scrapped ties and forced teams to play", "title": "2014 Korea Professional Baseball season" }, { "docid": "7034120", "text": "he was known as Michael Jordan, but since he is not related to the more prominent American basketball player of the same name, and got tired of the constant comparisons, he included his second name to his title, thus he became also referred to as Michael-Hakim Jordan. On July 31, 2012, Michael Jordan was announced as a new men's basketball assistant coach at Colgate University. He assists former college teammate Matt Langel. Michael-Hakim Jordan Michael-Hakim Jordan, also referred to as Mike Jordan (born June 24, 1977), is a former American professional basketball player and current men's basketball assistant coach at", "title": "Michael-Hakim Jordan" }, { "docid": "20320659", "text": "the MLB record for the fastest pitch of 2018 at 105.1 MPH. He continued to garner attention throughout the season as one of the hardest throwing pitchers in MLB. Hicks finished his 2018 rookie campaign with a 3-4 record, a 3.59 ERA, and a 1.34 WHIP, striking out 70 batters in 77.2 relief innings. Jordan Hicks (baseball) Jordan McKinley Hicks (born September 6, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Cardinals in the third round of the 2015 MLB draft, and he made his MLB", "title": "Jordan Hicks (baseball)" }, { "docid": "16038985", "text": "regular season championships. Jordan coached 35 players that were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. Coach Jordan won his 800th game on February 20, 2016 with a 5–4 victory over Virginia Tech. He was the 27th coach to achieve 800 wins at the Division I level. Fred Jordan (baseball coach) Fred Jordan (born c. 1958) is an American baseball coach, who was the 26th head baseball coach of The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team, located in Charleston, South Carolina. He held that position from 1992–2017. Jordan is a 1979 graduate of The Citadel. His career coaching record at The Citadel", "title": "Fred Jordan (baseball coach)" }, { "docid": "7481416", "text": "Official Professional Baseball Rules Book The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book govern all aspects of the game of Major League Baseball beyond what happens in the field of play. There are a number of sources for these rules but they all ultimately are sanctioned by the Commissioner's Office of Major League Baseball. Examples of these rules are the Rule 5 draft and the disabled list. Other examples include: The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book is organized into the following sections: The Major League Rules begin with a note stating that whenever a provision of any of its rules conflicts with", "title": "Official Professional Baseball Rules Book" }, { "docid": "274507", "text": "shell of the championship team of just two years earlier. Struggling at mid-season to ensure a spot in the playoffs, Chicago was 31–31 at one point in mid-March. The team received help, however, when Jordan decided to return to the Bulls. In March 1995, Jordan decided to quit baseball due to the ongoing Major League Baseball strike, as he wanted to avoid becoming a potential replacement player. On March 18, 1995, Jordan announced his return to the NBA through a two-word press release: \"I'm back.\" The next day, Jordan took to the court with the Bulls to face the Indiana", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "274559", "text": "1990, and formerly had a Lincoln–Mercury dealership from 1995 until its closure in June 2009. The company also owned a Nissan franchise in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The restaurant industry is another business interest of Jordan's. His restaurants include a steakhouse in New York City's Grand Central Terminal, among others. Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the official NBA website states: \"By acclamation, Michael Jordan", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "20320655", "text": "Jordan Hicks (baseball) Jordan McKinley Hicks (born September 6, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Cardinals in the third round of the 2015 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut with them on March 29, 2018. He is one of the hardest throwers in the major leagues, and has been clocked as throwing as hard as 105 miles per hour. Hicks attended Klein Oak High School in Klein, Texas, as a freshman, sophomore, and junior before transferring to Cypress Creek High School in", "title": "Jordan Hicks (baseball)" }, { "docid": "20818088", "text": "he made his major league debut the next day against the Baltimore Orioles. He got his first hit, a double, off of Alex Cobb that night. On August 31st, Perez was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring and would not play for the remainder of the season. Perez ended the season slashing .284/.304/.392 with one home run and 11 runs batted in. Michael Pérez (baseball) Michael Pérez (born August 7, 1992) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Pérez attended the Colegio Vocacional Para Adultos", "title": "Michael Pérez (baseball)" }, { "docid": "10662555", "text": "Scott Jordan (baseball) Scott Allan Jordan (last name pronounced Jur-dan, born May 22, 1963) was a Major League Baseball player. In college, he was a standout player for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and still holds the team record for consecutive games on base streak, at 79. He debuted as a late season call up for the Cleveland Indians in September 1988. He had one hit (against Jerry Reuss) and one RBI in his MLB career. After retiring from playing, he became a fixture on the Atlanta baseball card show circuit as a dealer. He had one baseball card, the", "title": "Scott Jordan (baseball)" }, { "docid": "16038984", "text": "Fred Jordan (baseball coach) Fred Jordan (born c. 1958) is an American baseball coach, who was the 26th head baseball coach of The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team, located in Charleston, South Carolina. He held that position from 1992–2017. Jordan is a 1979 graduate of The Citadel. His career coaching record at The Citadel was 831 wins and 706 losses. This ranks him the winningest coach at The Citadel in total wins and 5th at The Citadel in winning percentage. Under Jordan, The Citadel appeared in 7 NCAA Regionals, won 7 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament championships and claimed 5 Southern Conference", "title": "Fred Jordan (baseball coach)" }, { "docid": "18937073", "text": "quietest albums in Michael Gira’s catalog.\" What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "20210842", "text": "the Houston Astros. He was outrighted to Triple-A on November 5, 2017, and then elected to become a free agent. On November 27, 2017, Brady signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. Michael Brady (baseball) Michael J. Brady (born March 21, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics. Brady attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School and after graduating, attended the University of California, Berkeley, and played for the California Golden Bears baseball team. He was drafted as a shortstop by the", "title": "Michael Brady (baseball)" }, { "docid": "19215994", "text": "Empire Professional Baseball League The Empire Professional Baseball League is an independent baseball league that began play in 2016. The Empire League plays a 70-game regular season followed by a five-game post season. The six-team league consists of two teams from Upstate New York, two from Puerto Rico, one from Maine, and one from New Hampshire. League offices are in Tampa, Florida. The Empire League is a replacement of the North Country Baseball League, which folded after one season (and was itself a last-minute replacement for the East Coast Baseball League, which disbanded before the start of the 2015 season).", "title": "Empire Professional Baseball League" }, { "docid": "9627605", "text": "another team. Michael Coleman (baseball) Michael Donnell Coleman (born August 16, 1975 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (, ) and New York Yankees (). He batted and threw right-handed. Coleman was a two-sport star at Stratford High School in Nashville, Tennessee, lettering in both baseball and football. He turned down a football scholarship to the University of Alabama to play baseball professionally. Coleman has a Sports Training Academy in Nashville, Tennessee called M3 Baseball. Coleman was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 18th round", "title": "Michael Coleman (baseball)" }, { "docid": "1310228", "text": "Attendance suffered as teams lost their most marketable players, while TV ratings declined as viewers tuned into broadcasts of Major League games. To discourage players from leaving to play in North America, or to at least compensate teams that lose players, Japanese baseball and MLB agreed on a posting system for players under contract. MLB teams wishing to negotiate with a player submit bids for a \"posting fee\", which the winning MLB team would pay the Japanese team if the player signs with the MLB team. Free agents are not subject to the posting system, however. The first professional baseball", "title": "Nippon Professional Baseball" }, { "docid": "10662556", "text": "1989 Donruss set #609, and he was listed in Beckett Baseball Card Monthly magazine for months, even after he retired. Scott Jordan (baseball) Scott Allan Jordan (last name pronounced Jur-dan, born May 22, 1963) was a Major League Baseball player. In college, he was a standout player for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and still holds the team record for consecutive games on base streak, at 79. He debuted as a late season call up for the Cleveland Indians in September 1988. He had one hit (against Jerry Reuss) and one RBI in his MLB career. After retiring from playing,", "title": "Scott Jordan (baseball)" }, { "docid": "7034118", "text": "Michael-Hakim Jordan Michael-Hakim Jordan, also referred to as Mike Jordan (born June 24, 1977), is a former American professional basketball player and current men's basketball assistant coach at Colgate University. After starring at the Abington Friends School, Jordan moved on to a college basketball career at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the 1999–2000 Ivy League Player of the Year as a senior. The 6'0\" (1.83 m) point guard then went on to try out in semi-professional leagues such as the USBL, the IBL and the NRL. Prior the National Basketball Association's 2000-01 regular season, he tried out with", "title": "Michael-Hakim Jordan" }, { "docid": "7481417", "text": "a provision in the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated with the Major League Baseball Players Association, the provision in the Collective Bargaining Agreement supersedes the Major League Rules. The following are the topics covered by current Major League Rules: This is followed by the \"Acceptance\" of all the Clubs. Then there are the \"Attachments\" to the Rules (numbers refer back to Rule # above): Official Professional Baseball Rules Book The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book govern all aspects of the game of Major League Baseball beyond what happens in the field of play. There are a number of sources for these", "title": "Official Professional Baseball Rules Book" }, { "docid": "4127547", "text": "they have three children (daughters: Shannon and Kayla; and son, Glen). Shannon is a figure skating coach in Florida. Glen started his amateur baseball career as a switch-hitting shortstop when he attended Jacksonville University on a baseball scholarship. In the 2007 draft, Johnson's son Glen was selected by the Mets in the 36th round but did not sign with the team. Glen continued to play professional baseball and most recently has been an infielder for the Newark Bears. Howard Johnson (baseball) Howard Michael Johnson (born November 29, 1960), nicknamed HoJo (the nickname of the otherwise unrelated Howard Johnson's company), is", "title": "Howard Johnson (baseball)" }, { "docid": "16756603", "text": "What Did You Expect? (Michael Cohen album) What Did You Expect? is an album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Cohen which was released on Folkways Records (FS 8582 Folkways Records, 1973). The album was re-released by Smithsonian Folkways Records as a compact disc (FW0852 Smithsonian Folkways Records). It is Cohen's second album, following his self released debut \"Mike Cohen\" (1972). The original LP carried a sticker on the front cover which stated, \"Songs sensitively and honestly dealing with the experiences of being gay, written and sung by this brilliant young artist Solos and group. \"This album, along with Steven Grossman", "title": "What Did You Expect? (Michael Cohen album)" }, { "docid": "18801935", "text": "of coordination. Jordan Montgomery Jordan Blackmon Montgomery (born December 27, 1992), nicknamed \"Gumby\", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017. Before his professional career, Montgomery played college baseball for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Listed at and , Montgomery both throws and bats left-handed. Montgomery attended Sumter High School in Sumter, South Carolina. He played for the school's baseball team, and was named the state's player of the year as a senior. Montgomery enrolled at the University of South Carolina, and played college baseball for", "title": "Jordan Montgomery" }, { "docid": "18801929", "text": "Jordan Montgomery Jordan Blackmon Montgomery (born December 27, 1992), nicknamed \"Gumby\", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017. Before his professional career, Montgomery played college baseball for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Listed at and , Montgomery both throws and bats left-handed. Montgomery attended Sumter High School in Sumter, South Carolina. He played for the school's baseball team, and was named the state's player of the year as a senior. Montgomery enrolled at the University of South Carolina, and played college baseball for the South", "title": "Jordan Montgomery" }, { "docid": "16756604", "text": "(musician)'s \"Caravan Tonight\" (1974) and Chris Robison's \"Chris Robison and His Many Hand Band\" (1973), is one of the first to deal with openly gay themes and issues within the song lyrics. The style of the album is very much within the folk-rock genre and it includes the song \"Bitterfeast\" which adapts a poem by Cohen's namesake and fellow singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. Musicians who played on the album include the drummer Kevin Kelley. What Did You Expect? (Michael Cohen album) What Did You Expect? is an album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Cohen which was released on Folkways Records (FS", "title": "What Did You Expect? (Michael Cohen album)" }, { "docid": "16918773", "text": "Cangrejeros de Santurce in the Puerto Rico Baseball League. Jordan played a major role in the 2015 Pan Am Games Gold Medal win with Team Canada's Men's baseball team. Jordan Lennerton Jordan M. Lennerton (born February 16, 1986) is a Canadian professional baseball first baseman who is currently a free agent. He had been in the Detroit Tigers' organization from the time he was drafted in 2008 until 2015. Lennerton grew up in Langley, British Columbia, where he played Little League Baseball. His team reached the 1998 Little League World Series. Lennerton hit a home run in a game against", "title": "Jordan Lennerton" }, { "docid": "7405973", "text": "Greece national baseball team The Greek national baseball team is the baseball team that represents Greece in international play. The first time that Greece put together a national team that got any recognition in the baseball world was during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Greece, as the host country, was faced with the dilemma that the actual baseball talent pool in the country was very small, and what players were available were amateur. However, as a result of lenient citizenship laws, various minor leaguers from the United States were able to play for the Greeks. Among the better known players", "title": "Greece national baseball team" }, { "docid": "16320112", "text": "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rules of play The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a circuit that began to operate in 1943. Since the only organized ball for women in the United States was softball, the league officials created a hybrid game which included features of both fast-pitch softball and baseball. Compared to softball, the crucial differences were that nine (not ten) players were used, and runners could lead off, slide and steal bases. In its twelve years of history the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League evolved through many stages. These differences varied from the beginning of the league,", "title": "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rules of play" }, { "docid": "3120963", "text": "School). The first organized baseball game was played between this team and the team of the Normal School of the Taiwan Governor-General's National Language School (present-day Taipei Municipal University of Education). From 1906 through the mid 1920s, Taiwan's baseball teams consisted mainly of Japanese players. Taiwanese did not become actively involved in the sport until the formation of the \"Neng-Gao Club\" in the mid 1920s, and the Kano baseball team in the early 1930s. The Chinese Professional Baseball League was founded in 1989 with four teams and grew to seven. As of 2009, however, there were just four teams competing", "title": "Professional baseball in Taiwan" }, { "docid": "18516993", "text": "gas money to travel to games. Only eight games were played during the abbreviated season. Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League The Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League was an independent, professional baseball league located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Operating in cities not served by Major League Baseball or their minor-league affiliates, the MRPBL had six franchise teams spread throughout the states of Washington, Oregon, and Montana. Founded in 2014, the league was divided into an Eastern and Western Division, with each team playing a 68-game regular-season schedule lasting from May through August. Play ceased early on", "title": "Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League" }, { "docid": "18516990", "text": "Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League The Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League was an independent, professional baseball league located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Operating in cities not served by Major League Baseball or their minor-league affiliates, the MRPBL had six franchise teams spread throughout the states of Washington, Oregon, and Montana. Founded in 2014, the league was divided into an Eastern and Western Division, with each team playing a 68-game regular-season schedule lasting from May through August. Play ceased early on in the inaugural, 2015 season because the league was experiencing substantial financial difficulty. Owner and", "title": "Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League" }, { "docid": "20779167", "text": "2018, as well as Bischel repeating as GLIAC Coach of the Year. On June 28, 2018, Bischel was hired as the head coach of the Central Michigan Chippewas baseball program. Jordan Bischel Jordan Bischel is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher and first baseman. Bischel is the head coach of the Central Michigan Chippewas baseball team. Bischel enrolled at the St. Norbert College, to play college baseball for the Green Knights team. Bischel played 4 years for the Green Knights, earning Second Team All-Midwest Conference North Division as a senior in 2003. Bischel began his coaching career in", "title": "Jordan Bischel" }, { "docid": "10694964", "text": "Jordan Hadfield Jordan Michael Hadfield (born 12 August 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Trafford. Hadfield started his football career with Stockport County but was never offered a contract for first team status and was released. After being released he joined Macclesfield, even offering to play for free to show his abilities. After one season playing for nothing, Hadfield had convinced the coaching staff he had what it takes to play football at this level and was offered a three-year contract. Hadfield famously played in Macclesfield Town's 3rd Round FA Cup clash against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in", "title": "Jordan Hadfield" }, { "docid": "16320113", "text": "progressively extending the length of the base paths and pitching distance, while decreasing the size of the ball until the final year of play in 1954. For the first five years the circuit used a fastpitch underhand motion, shifted to sidearm in the 1947 season, and overhand pitching began in 1948. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rules of play The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a circuit that began to operate in 1943. Since the only organized ball for women in the United States was softball, the league officials created a hybrid game which included features of both fast-pitch", "title": "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rules of play" }, { "docid": "18937071", "text": "What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only been made by these two men,", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "6406276", "text": "and in interviews throughout his career, son Michael recounted that it was his father's vision that he become a baseball star. Baseball was in fact the first sport that Jordan Sr. had taught him to play. Michael recounted that this was a major factor in his decision to switch to the sport after his first NBA retirement. On July 23, 1993, while returning home from a funeral, Jordan Sr. pulled over on US Highway 74 just south of Lumberton, North Carolina, to take a nap. Daniel Andre Green and Larry Martin Demery spotted the car Michael had recently purchased for", "title": "James R. Jordan Sr." }, { "docid": "20034840", "text": "Baseball Classic. Jordan Romano Jordan R. Romano (born April 21, 1993) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. Romano attended Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy in his home town of Markham, Ontario. A standout athlete, he lettered in baseball, basketball, soccer, and volleyball. Undrafted out of high school, he then attended Connors State College. In his first season for Connors State, Romano pitched to a 0–1 win–loss record, 8.68 earned run average (ERA), and 14 strikeouts in 9 innings. The following season, Romano made 10 starts and posted a 4–3 record with a 4.74 ERA and", "title": "Jordan Romano" }, { "docid": "16918769", "text": "Jordan Lennerton Jordan M. Lennerton (born February 16, 1986) is a Canadian professional baseball first baseman who is currently a free agent. He had been in the Detroit Tigers' organization from the time he was drafted in 2008 until 2015. Lennerton grew up in Langley, British Columbia, where he played Little League Baseball. His team reached the 1998 Little League World Series. Lennerton hit a home run in a game against a team from Japan. He attended Brookswood Secondary School and also played amateur baseball for the Langley Blaze of the British Columbia Premier Baseball League. Lennerton attended El Paso", "title": "Jordan Lennerton" }, { "docid": "2210562", "text": "man for the inning if that player has been substituted out. Play continues as normal otherwise. If the game remains tied, the process repeats until one team wins. The first use of the rule came on June 2, 2014, in an interleague matchup between the St. Paul Saints and the Quebec Capitales, and the American Association has also adopted the rule. Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball The Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, commonly known as the Can-Am League, is a professional, independent baseball league with teams in the Northeast United States and Eastern Canada, founded in 2005 as", "title": "Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball" }, { "docid": "20779165", "text": "Jordan Bischel Jordan Bischel is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher and first baseman. Bischel is the head coach of the Central Michigan Chippewas baseball team. Bischel enrolled at the St. Norbert College, to play college baseball for the Green Knights team. Bischel played 4 years for the Green Knights, earning Second Team All-Midwest Conference North Division as a senior in 2003. Bischel began his coaching career in 2004 with St. Norbert. Bischel then went on to coach at John Carroll University. He was then named the pitching coach at Northwest Missouri State University. On September 28, 2012,", "title": "Jordan Bischel" }, { "docid": "12378662", "text": "players to debut in the MLB, whereas Jordan was American only at the time of his debut. Jordan is currently the manager of the Brisbane Bandits in the Australian Baseball League. In January 2018, it was announced that Jordan would be serving as a part-time color analyst for Phillies radio broadcasts during the 2018 season. Kevin Jordan (baseball) Kevin Wayne Jordan (born October 9, 1969), is a retired American Australian Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1995 to 2001. He also played a substantial part of his career with the Brisbane Bandits in the Australian", "title": "Kevin Jordan (baseball)" }, { "docid": "1310218", "text": "Nippon Professional Baseball The new NPB for Japan was formed when that sports organization reorganized in 1950 with creating its two leagues with six teams each of the Central League and the Pacific League with an annual season ending Japan Series championship play-off series of games starting that year for the JPB on the lines of the American World Series tournament (since 1903). Nippon Professional Baseball consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League with six teams / franchises each. There are also two secondary-level professional minor leagues, the Eastern League and the Western League, that play", "title": "Nippon Professional Baseball" }, { "docid": "10845419", "text": "system since 1949. Climax Series does not affect the team's standings, nor individual's record in the Regular Season. Central League <nowiki>*</nowiki>indicates league record Pacific League Central League Pacific League Central League Pacific League 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season The 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 58th season since the NPB was reorganized in . Climax Series was firstly introduced in this season. It was inspired by the playoff system introduced by Pacific League between 2004 and 2006, in which the top three teams of the league will play in a stepladder knockout to decide the team to play in", "title": "2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season" }, { "docid": "10845418", "text": "2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season The 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 58th season since the NPB was reorganized in . Climax Series was firstly introduced in this season. It was inspired by the playoff system introduced by Pacific League between 2004 and 2006, in which the top three teams of the league will play in a stepladder knockout to decide the team to play in the Japan Series. The system was a success when Pacific League's teams won all the Japan Series since the introduction of such system. This is also the Central League's first participation in playoff", "title": "2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season" }, { "docid": "5341015", "text": "White Sox. He played in his first game on April 9, going 0-for-3. 1994 in baseball As a result of a players' strike, the MLB season ended prematurely on August 11, 1994. No postseason (including the World Series) was played. Minor League Baseball was not affected. During the shortened Major League Baseball season, the league adorned uniforms and stadiums to announce the 125th anniversary of baseball's first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The Yomiuri Giants also celebrated their sixtieth anniversary with their eighteenth championship in the Japan Series. Considered by some to be among history's greatest athletes, Michael Jordan", "title": "1994 in baseball" }, { "docid": "19087023", "text": "Jordan Patterson Jordan A. Patterson (born February 12, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies. At Baker High School in Mobile County, Alabama, Patterson played four years of baseball, football and basketball. As a senior, he had a 1.63 earned run average and hit .439 with 17 extra-base hits and eight stolen bases. Patterson initially intended to accept a scholarship to play college baseball at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College but changed his commitment to the University of South Alabama", "title": "Jordan Patterson" }, { "docid": "4623088", "text": "an additional sum of money for every home run he hits. Barrett was also a regular guest on FOX Chicago's \"The Final Word\" television show, which is co hosted by Tom Waddle, a former Chicago Bears wide receiver. Michael Barrett (baseball) Michael Patrick Barrett (born October 22, 1976) is an American former professional baseball player and current catching coordinator for the Washington Nationals. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher and started his professional career with the Montreal Expos at age 18. Barrett spent three years playing in Minor League Baseball as a shortstop and catcher. He played", "title": "Michael Barrett (baseball)" }, { "docid": "19284229", "text": "Mike Gerber (baseball) Michael Jeffrey Gerber (born July 8, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Detroit Tigers. Gerber was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 40th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois. He did not sign and attended the Creighton University to play college baseball. Gerber was then drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 15th round of the 2014 MLB Draft. He made his professional debut with the Connecticut Tigers", "title": "Mike Gerber (baseball)" }, { "docid": "11942400", "text": "Retro Productions in New York City at the Spoon Theater. This production was attended and praised by A.R. Gurney and his extended family, and directed by Ric Sechrest. A professional revival was staged in Houston, Texas in 2003, directed by Kelley Williams. The Cast was as follows (2003): Charlie: (In alternating performances): Giddony Sanchez/ Shawn Anthony Anderson; Anna Trumbull: Sarah Douchez; Elsie: Jade Prudent; Grace: Elizabeth Keel; Bonny: Genieva Croley; Ted: John Ruiz. What I Did Last Summer What I Did Last Summer is a play by the American playwright A.R. Gurney. The setting is a well-to-do vacation colony on", "title": "What I Did Last Summer" }, { "docid": "3120965", "text": "with the CPBL in 2003. Taiwan has produced great baseball talent, but its best players usually leave for the higher salaries offered by professional teams in Japan, the United States or Canada. In the 1980s, Taiwanese pitchers Tai-Yuan Kuo and Katsuo Soh (莊勝雄) posted impressive numbers at the Seibu Lions and Chiba Lotte Marines, in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Young stars, such as outfielder Chin-Feng Chen and pitchers Chien-Ming Wang, Chin-Hui Tsao, and Hong-Chih Kuo, became the first group of Taiwanese players to play for teams in North American Major League Baseball. Professional baseball in Taiwan Professional baseball in Taiwan", "title": "Professional baseball in Taiwan" }, { "docid": "5753826", "text": "album, \"Definitive Collection\", which reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart in 2005. Paper Lace included this song on their 1974 album, \"Paper Lace\". I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "5753825", "text": "I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2 UK hit in June 1971, and was also a hit in Ireland, where it also reached number 2. The track later appeared on Christie's compilation", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "20037824", "text": "21 games for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League (ABL) and batted .275 with five home runs and 16 RBI. Reeves appeared in 27 games for Dunedin and seven games for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats in 2017, hitting a combined .192 before announcing his retirement from professional baseball on July 21. On March 2, 2017, it was announced that Reeves would play for Team Canada at the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Mike Reeves (baseball) Michael G. Reeves (born September 16, 1990) is a Canadian former professional baseball catcher. Reeves attended St. Peter Catholic Secondary School in", "title": "Mike Reeves (baseball)" }, { "docid": "4623063", "text": "Michael Barrett (baseball) Michael Patrick Barrett (born October 22, 1976) is an American former professional baseball player and current catching coordinator for the Washington Nationals. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher and started his professional career with the Montreal Expos at age 18. Barrett spent three years playing in Minor League Baseball as a shortstop and catcher. He played with the Honolulu Sharks, West Palm Beach Expos, and Delmarva Shorebirds, and was elected to two Minor League All-Star games. Barrett made his Major League debut in as a third baseman, but was shortly outrighted to the minor", "title": "Michael Barrett (baseball)" }, { "docid": "14345909", "text": "Jordan Smith (baseball) Jordan Smith (born February 4, 1986) is a former relief pitcher. Smith is , 220 pounds and bats and throws right-handed. Smith graduated from Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove, Utah. He spent one season at Salt Lake Community College, playing mostly as catcher. Due to injuries among SLCC's pitching staff, he was moved to mound and started throwing fastballs in the low 90's (mph). He also played for the Community College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas before his professional career began. Smith's brother is Egan Smith, a left-handed pitcher who was drafted by and", "title": "Jordan Smith (baseball)" }, { "docid": "274546", "text": "were growing up. In addition, commentators have dubbed a number of next-generation players \"the next Michael Jordan\" upon their entry to the NBA, including Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Vince Carter, and Dwyane Wade. Although Jordan was a well-rounded player, his \"Air Jordan\" image is also often credited with inadvertently decreasing the jump shooting skills, defense, and fundamentals of young players, a fact Jordan himself has lamented. During his heyday, Jordan did much to increase the status of the game, but the popularity of the NBA in the U.S. appears to have declined since his", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "15755830", "text": "Miners as of 2011. Arizona Winter League: Team Canada was added to the newly expanded four-team ASL along with the Long Beach Armada, Mesa Miners and San Diego Surf Dawgs in 2011. Their first game is set for July 13, 2011 against Long Beach. Arizona Summer League: Team Canada (baseball) Team Canada is a professional independent baseball team representing Canada. They play in the developmental Arizona Winter League and Arizona Summer League, short-season instructional leagues affiliated with the North American League. The team is owned by Diamond Sports & Entertainment and have played their home and away games since 2009", "title": "Team Canada (baseball)" }, { "docid": "20034835", "text": "Jordan Romano Jordan R. Romano (born April 21, 1993) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. Romano attended Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy in his home town of Markham, Ontario. A standout athlete, he lettered in baseball, basketball, soccer, and volleyball. Undrafted out of high school, he then attended Connors State College. In his first season for Connors State, Romano pitched to a 0–1 win–loss record, 8.68 earned run average (ERA), and 14 strikeouts in 9 innings. The following season, Romano made 10 starts and posted a 4–3 record with a 4.74 ERA and 53 strikeouts", "title": "Jordan Romano" }, { "docid": "274514", "text": "fifth time in as many Finals appearances, Jordan received the Finals MVP award. During the 1997 NBA All-Star Game, Jordan posted the first triple double in All-Star Game history in a victorious effort; however, he did not receive the MVP award. Jordan and the Bulls compiled a 62–20 record in the 1997–98 season. Jordan led the league with 28.7 points per game, securing his fifth regular-season MVP award, plus honors for All-NBA First Team, First Defensive Team and the All-Star Game MVP. The Bulls won the Eastern Conference Championship for a third straight season, including surviving a seven-game series with", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "274520", "text": "NBA game, in the summer of 2001 Jordan expressed interest in making another comeback, this time with his new team. Inspired by the NHL comeback of his friend Mario Lemieux the previous winter, Jordan spent much of the spring and summer of 2001 in training, holding several invitation-only camps for NBA players in Chicago. In addition, Jordan hired his old Chicago Bulls head coach, Doug Collins, as Washington's coach for the upcoming season, a decision that many saw as foreshadowing another Jordan return. On September 25, 2001, Jordan announced his return to the NBA to play for the Washington Wizards,", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "1729874", "text": "History of Washington, D.C. professional baseball Washington, DC has been home to over a dozen baseball organizations since 1872 and is currently represented by the Washington Nationals. The first professional baseball teams and leagues formed in the late 19th century and several were based in Washington, D.C. Many early teams used the names \"Nationals\" and \"Senators\" but were otherwise unrelated organizations. Washington was continuously home to a major league baseball team from 1901 until 1971. Two separate franchises alternated between the nicknames \"Senators\" and \"Nationals\" and sometimes used the names interchangeably. Since the expansion franchise began play the year immediately", "title": "History of Washington, D.C. professional baseball" }, { "docid": "1310236", "text": "professional play entirely; the resulting abandonment of baseball by many fans in Japan also led to the sale of the Nishitetsu Lions and the Toei Flyers. From 1973 to 1982, the Pacific League employed a split season with the first-half winner playing against the second-half winner in a mini-playoff to determine its champion. In 1975, the Pacific League adopted the designated hitter rule. After being a second division team for much of the 1960s and 1970s, in 1983 the Seibu Lions began a period of sustained success. The team gained the moniker \"Invincible Seibu\" during the 1980s and 1990s due", "title": "Nippon Professional Baseball" }, { "docid": "4318989", "text": "February, Michael was released from his contract with the Conference club, later joining Southern Premier League team Farnborough. He appeared 64 times in competitive games for them (54 of them in the league), before moving on to join Conference South club Boreham Wood in the summer of 2011. The following summer he was signed by Concord Rangers of Isthmian League Premier Division. He joined Ebbsfleet United as the clubs goalkeeping coach in the summer of 2016, and later registered as a player in case of emergencies. Jordan has represented England at under-17 and under-19 levels. Michael Jordan (footballer) Michael William", "title": "Michael Jordan (footballer)" }, { "docid": "18289353", "text": "Jordan Williams (footballer, born 1995) Michael Jordan Williams (born 6 November 1995) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Rochdale. He can play either central midfield or centre-back. Williams joined Liverpool academy at U14 level, having previously been playing for Wrexham. On 23 September 2014, he made his first-team debut in a League Cup clash against Middlesbrough, coming on as a substitute in 79th minute for Jordan Rossiter. Williams scored in the penalty shootout. He was an unused substitute in the game against AFC Wimbledon in the third round of the FA Cup, and against Blackburn Rovers in a", "title": "Jordan Williams (footballer, born 1995)" }, { "docid": "11588326", "text": "Michael Bowden (baseball) Michael Matthew Bowden (born September 9, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played for the Doosan Bears in the KBO League. He attended high school at Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois. He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. Bowden began his professional career with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox in , and advanced to the Greenville Drive the following season, also playing one game with the Wilmington Blue Rocks. Bowden began the season", "title": "Michael Bowden (baseball)" }, { "docid": "11860595", "text": "2017 World Baseball Classic qualification tournament in Australia in 2016 which did not get past the qualification round for the 2017 tournament. New Zealand national baseball team The New Zealand national baseball team, also known as the Diamondblacks, is the representative team at international level for New Zealand. The team is controlled by Baseball New Zealand, the country's governing body. The team competes in the Oceania Championship, where in 2007 withdrew from play giving Australia an automatic berth into the Final qualification tournament for the 2008 Olympics. The \"Diamondblacks\" nickname is one of many national team nicknames related to the", "title": "New Zealand national baseball team" }, { "docid": "274534", "text": "shortened to 66 games by the lockout, the Bobcats posted a 7–59 record. Their .106 winning percentage was the worst in NBA history. \"I'm not real happy about the record book scenario last year. It's very, very frustrating\", Jordan said later that year. Jordan was a shooting guard who was also capable of playing as a small forward (the position he would primarily play during his second return to professional basketball with the Washington Wizards), and as a point guard. Jordan was known throughout his career for being a strong clutch performer. With the Bulls, he decided 25 games with", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "10238549", "text": "Marcus Jordan Marcus James Jordan (born December 24, 1990) is an American former college basketball player who played for the UCF Knights men's basketball team of Conference USA. He is the son of retired Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan. Jordan was born December 24, 1990, to Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy. He has an older brother, Jeffrey. Marcus along with Jeffrey both played for Loyola Academy (graduated in 2007), and transferred from Illinois to UCF to play his final season of college basketball with Marcus. However, Jeffrey left UCF in January 2012. Marcus Jordan originally played high school", "title": "Marcus Jordan" }, { "docid": "16083441", "text": "Michael Antonini Michael John Antonini (born August 6, 1985) is a professional baseball pitcher for the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played ball at Cardinal O'Hara High School, Georgia College & State University and Gloucester County College. He was originally drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 41st round of the 2006 MLB Draft but did not sign and was then drafted by the New York Mets in the 18th round of the 2007 MLB Draft. Antonini signed with the Mets in 2007 and made his professional debut with their rookie league team, the Kingsport", "title": "Michael Antonini" }, { "docid": "274504", "text": "Girls Club and dedicated it to his father. In his 1998 autobiography \"For the Love of the Game\", Jordan wrote that he had been preparing for retirement as early as the summer of 1992. The added exhaustion due to the Dream Team run in the 1992 Olympics solidified Jordan's feelings about the game and his ever-growing celebrity status. Jordan's announcement sent shock waves throughout the NBA and appeared on the front pages of newspapers around the world. Jordan then further surprised the sports world by signing a Minor League Baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox on February 7, 1994.", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "15864909", "text": "inaugural season the league selected an All-Star team composed of fifteen players. Currently there are no records available to indicate that an All-Star team was recognized during the 1944 and 1945 seasons. Starting in 1946, the team's managers of the league selected a squad of All-Star players as a result of individual achievements and performances during the regular season. In the voting, more than a hundred players received some recognition in nine successive seasons and the All-Star Team would play against the club with the best record in an exhibition game. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team The All-American", "title": "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team" }, { "docid": "15541942", "text": "Jordan Pacheco Jordan Patrick Pacheco (born January 30, 1986) is an American professional baseball infielder and catcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds. Prior to playing professionally, Pacheco attended La Cueva High School and then the University of New Mexico, where he played from 2005 to 2007. In 2005, he hit .408 with 15 home runs and 52 RBI in 52 games, earning 3rd team All-America and first-team All-Mountain West Conference. In 2005, he played with the Northwoods League La Crosse Loggers where he", "title": "Jordan Pacheco" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2799754", "text": "early November) is being observed. In Mexico, the corresponding time zone is known as the \"Zona Noroeste\" (Northwest Zone) and observes the same daylight saving schedule as the U.S. and Canada. The largest city in the Pacific Time Zone is Los Angeles; the city's metropolitan area is the largest in the zone. The zone is two hours ahead of the Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone, one hour ahead of the Alaska Time Zone, one hour behind the Mountain Time Zone, two hours behind the Central Time Zone, three hours behind the Eastern Time Zone, and four hours behind the Atlantic Time Zone.", "title": "Pacific Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2799753", "text": "Pacific Time Zone The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). During daylight saving time, a time offset of is used. In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called the \"Pacific Time Zone\". Specifically, time in this zone is referred to as \"Pacific Standard Time\" (PST) when standard time is being observed (early November to mid-March), and \"Pacific Daylight Time\" (PDT) when daylight saving time (mid-March to", "title": "Pacific Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2799755", "text": "Only one Canadian territory is entirely in the Pacific Time Zone: One Canadian province and one territory are split between the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone: In Mexico, the \"Zona Noroeste\", which corresponds to Pacific Time in the United States and Canada, includes: Two states are fully contained in the Pacific Time Zone: Three states are split between the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone: One state is split between the Pacific Time Zone and the Alaska Time Zone: Through 2006, the local time (PST, UTC−8) changed to daylight time (PDT, UTC−7) at 02:00 LST", "title": "Pacific Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2799757", "text": "In Mexico, beginning in 2010, the portion of the country in this time zone uses the extended dates, as do some other parts. The vast majority of Mexico, however, still uses the old dates. Pacific Time Zone The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). During daylight saving time, a time offset of is used. In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called the \"Pacific Time Zone\".", "title": "Pacific Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2725490", "text": "is generically called Mountain Time (MT). Specifically, it is Mountain Standard Time (MST) when observing standard time, and Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) when observing daylight saving time. The term refers to how the Rocky Mountains, which range from northwestern Canada to the US state of New Mexico, are located almost entirely in the time zone. In Mexico, this time zone is known as the Zona Pacífico (Pacific Zone). In the US and Canada, the Mountain Time Zone is to the east of the Pacific Time Zone and to the west of the Central Time Zone. In some areas, starting in", "title": "Mountain Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2799761", "text": "Alaska Time Zone The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours (). The clock time in this zone is based on mean solar time at the 135th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone includes nearly all of the U.S. state of Alaska and is one hour behind the Pacific Time Zone. The western Aleutian Islands observe Hawaii–Aleutian Time, one hour behind the remainder of the state. Effective from 2007, the local time changes from AKST to AKDT at 02:00 LST", "title": "Alaska Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2725493", "text": "territory are split between the Mountain Time Zone and the Pacific Time Zone: One territory and one province are split between the Mountain Time Zone and the Central Time Zone The following states have the same time as Mountain Time Zone: Five states are fully contained in the Mountain Time Zone: Four states are split between the Mountain Time Zone and the Pacific Time Zone. The following locations observe Mountain Time: Six states are split between the Mountain Time Zone and the Central Time Zone. The following locations observe Mountain Time: Mountain Time Zone The Mountain Time Zone of North", "title": "Mountain Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2799764", "text": "the Pacific Time Zone, while most of the interior was on . Nome and the Aleutians previously observed Bering Standard Time or . In 1975, the Yukon Territory switched to Pacific Standard Time, leaving Yakutat the only land area in the zone. With the reorganization of Alaska's time zones in 1983 to place the entire state in either a zone based on UTC−9 or UTC−10, the Yukon Time Zone based on UTC−9 was renamed the Alaska Time Zone. The Alaska Time Zone applies to the territory of the state of Alaska east of 169°30′ W. Given that the UTC−9 time", "title": "Alaska Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2725350", "text": "sports television) are broadcast live in the Eastern Time Zone. Major professional sports leagues also post all game times in Eastern time, even if both teams are from the same time zone, outside of Eastern Time. For example, a game time between two teams from Pacific Time Zone will still be posted in Eastern time (for example, one may see \"Seattle at Los Angeles\" with \"10:00 p.m.\" posted as the start time for the game, often without even clarifying the time is posted in Eastern time). Most cable television and national broadcast networks advertise airing times in Eastern time. National", "title": "Eastern Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2725351", "text": "broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX, NBC) generally have two primary feeds, an eastern feed for Eastern and Central time zones, and a tape-delayed western feed for the Pacific Time Zone. The prime time is set on Eastern and Pacific at 8:00 p.m., with the Central time zone stations receiving the eastern feed at 7:00 p.m. local time. Mountain Time Zone stations receive a separate feed at 7:00 p.m. local time. As Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, during the summer months, it has its own feed at 7:00 p.m. local time. Cable channels with a separate western", "title": "Eastern Time Zone" } ]

[ { "docid": "12955322", "text": "to the north. The Knott's Berry Farm Resort and E-Zone in Buena Park are not too far north from West Anaheim on Beach Blvd (California Highway 39), and so Beach Blvd. in West Anaheim consists of hotels and motels. Adventure City Amusement Park, which features a lot of hobby stores, is also located on Beach Blvd in West Anaheim. A new West Anaheim police precinct was built in 2005 just a mile north of Adventure City, along with a youth center. Golfer Tiger Woods attended Western High School which is located in West Anaheim on the corner of Western ave.", "title": "West Anaheim" }, { "docid": "7432174", "text": "foreign policy and included samples of contemporary Gulf War dialogue, was not included on the US releases. Unlike previous single releases of \"What Time Is Love?\", no commercial remixes of \"America\" were released, although five edits of different lengths were distributed. Key \"What Time Is Love?\" (live at the Trancentral) by The KLF featuring The Children of the Revolution<br> What Time Is Love? \"What Time Is Love?\" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by the band The KLF. It featured prominently and repeatedly in their output from 1988 to 1992 and, under the moniker", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432153", "text": "What Time Is Love? \"What Time Is Love?\" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by the band The KLF. It featured prominently and repeatedly in their output from 1988 to 1992 and, under the moniker of 2K, in 1997. In its original form, the track was an instrumental techno anthem; subsequent reworkings, with vocals and additional instrumentation, yielded the international hit singles \"What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)\" (1990) and \"America: What Time Is Love?\" (1991), which respectively reached number 5 and number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and introduced The KLF", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432167", "text": "riff from \"What Time Is Love?\". In 1993 \"What Time Is Love?\" was covered by U.K. based American Noise/Art Rock band The God Machine. The track appeared as a B- side on their limited silver vinyl \"Home\" single and a promo CD. In 1997 a trance cover-version was released by German producer Talla 2XLC and in 1998 Choci and Mark Sinclair released their own hard trance reworking entitled \"What is Love?\". Reviewing Drummond's book \"45\" for \"The Observer\" in 2000, Steven Poole labelled \"What Time Is Love?\" an \"epic pop masterpiece\". \"The Observer\" also described the \"Pure Trance Original\" as", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432172", "text": "TVT label, including a live version taken from \"The \"What Time is Love?\" Story\". The KLF's \"Pure Trance\" series was originally envisaged as comprising five \"Original\" 12\" singles and five \"Remix\" 12\"s. The \"Pure Trance Remix\" single of \"What Time Is Love?\" was released on 24 July 1989. KLF 004T was re-released in the UK on 15 July 1991, during the peak of The KLF's chart success, along with both \"Pure Trance\" mixes of \"3 a.m. Eternal\". Key \"What Time Is Love? (Live from Trancentral)\" was released on 30 July 1990, and the single of remixes \"(Remodelled & Remixed)\" followed", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432170", "text": "song on their sixteenth album \"Music for a Big Night Out\". In 2006, English electronic musician Max Tundra released a single as that included a recording from 1989 doing a cover of \"What Time Is Love?\" The three reworkings of the track were written and produced by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty. Cauty also receives credit for playing electric guitar, bass, drums and keyboards on \"America...\", and Drummond for playing Gibson 330 on that version. Additional contributors to \"What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)\" and \"America: What Time Is Love?\" included: As a central track in The KLF's canon,", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432159", "text": "sound-alikes, entitled \"The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story\". \"What Time Is Love?\"'s European acclaim also contributed towards The KLF's change of musical direction following their abortive film project, \"The White Room\". As Drummond had predicted, the \"Pure Trance\" release received little attention from the music press. However, upon the release of \"The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story\", \"Q Magazine\" hailed the track as \"a whirling house stomper ... not so much of a tune but a good beat\". A 1990 version subtitled \"Live at Trancentral\" was the first of The KLF's upbeat \"Stadium House Trilogy\" and the single that introduced", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432157", "text": "original \"What Time Is Love?\" was covered by the Williams Fairey Band, a brass band which under the stewardship of British artist Jeremy Deller pioneered the Acid Brass concept. Inspired by an Acid Brass concert, Drummond and Cauty collaborated with Deller, incorporating an Acid Brass version of \"What Time Is Love?\" into their single \"Fuck the Millennium\". The original 1988 12\" single release launched The KLF's minimalist \"Pure Trance\" series of singles. The \"Pure Trance\" version is a synthesiser composition based around an acid house riff on three low-pitched notes and one minor chord (B minor). The subtle progression of", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "5543670", "text": "What Time Is It? (album) What Time Is It? is a 1982 album by The Time. The album was recorded at Sunset Sound and Prince's home studio in the Minneapolis suburbs. The title of the album comes from an exclamation by Morris Day that became associated with the band's on-stage theatrics, appearing frequently on the band's debut album as well. Showcasing a denser and more inventive Minneapolis sound, \"What Time Is It?\" produced three singles: \"777-9311\", \"The Walk\" and \"Gigolos Get Lonely Too\". The album produced three singles was released before the album, 777-9311, Gigolos Get Lonely Too and The", "title": "What Time Is It? (album)" }, { "docid": "7432155", "text": "for sampling\", and suggested \"We might put out a couple of 12-inch records under the name The K.L.F., these will be rap free just pure dance music, so don't expect to see them reviewed in the music papers.\" The first incarnation of \"What Time Is Love?\" followed. \"What Time Is Love?\" became one of The KLF's central tracks, dubbed their \"three-note warhorse of a signature tune\" by Bill Drummond, in reference to the three-note bassline which, together with a high-pitched refrain on two notes (B bending to F#) characterises the song. The bassline is very similar to the one used", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432173", "text": "on 20 August 1990. The main B-side accompaniment of \"What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)\" was the \"Techno Gate Mix\" of the track, which retained the title track's rhythm and bass as a backdrop to extensive samples of Jimi Hendrix's \"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)\". Another UK 12\" featured instead the \"Wandaful Mix\", which sampled from Wanda Dee's \"To the Bone\". Key \"America: What Time Is Love?\" was released in the US during October 1991, four months before its release in the UK and elsewhere (24 February 1992). The B-side \"America No More\", which featured anti-war sentiments directed at US", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432171", "text": "\"What Time Is Love?\" was given international commercial releases on many occasions and in many forms between 1988 and 1992. The following lists detail most of these, but are not exhaustive. \"What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance Original)\" (catalogue number KLF 004T) was first released on 17 October 1988, and deleted following initially low UK media interest and sales. The reaction from continental Europe's clubbers and DJs led to further European releases in 1989 and 1990. In late 1989, a US edition of \"Pure Trance 1\" (sea-green writing on a black sleeve, and slightly different typography) was issued on the", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432168", "text": "a \"juddering rave anthem\". On 14 July 2002, the \"Pure Trance Original\" was incorporated into DJ John Digweed's set at Fatboy Slim's free Brighton beach show, where it was played to a live audience of approximately 150,000 people and relayed to viewers of television channel E4. Digweed's set showcased the origins of trance music, with \"What Time Is Love?\" used alongside Underworld's \"Dark & Long\" and Paul Oakenfold's \"Perfecto Mix\" of U2's \"Even Better Than the Real Thing\". British band Kaiser Chiefs covered \"What Time Is Love?\" on 14 February 2006 on BBC Radio 1. At the end of the", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432165", "text": "guitars, austere brass and a pipe band, set against the backdrop of artillery noise and the recorded words of US politicians, commentators and evangelists speaking either about or during major 20th century US military conflicts. According to Drummond, it was the final track to be recorded by The KLF. Evangelists feature elsewhere in The KLF's music (\"Chill Out\", \"What Time Is Love? (Remodelled & Remixed)\" and \"Fuck the Millennium\"), as does gunfire (in the three \"Stadium House\" singles). Reviewing \"America: What Time Is Love?\", \"Melody Maker\" found that \"the whole bizarre concoction's brilliantly bonkers\", but questioned The KLF's strategy of", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "8966221", "text": "He then flew over to London and presented them to Richard Branson as the finished new PiL album for Virgin Records: \"Commercial Zone\". For his part, John Lydon decided to completely abandon the tapes and re-record the whole album from scratch with session musicians. This new version of \"Commercial Zone\" became \"This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get\" in 1984. \"The Order of Death\" is a reference to the film \"Copkiller\", also known as \"The Order of Death\". The line \"This is what you want... This is what you get\", which gives title to the album, appears", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "8481490", "text": "Platinum Triangle, Anaheim The Platinum Triangle is a district of Anaheim, California that is undergoing transformation from a low-density commercial and industrial zone into a more urban environment with high-density housing, commercial office towers, and retail space. The area undergoing this large-scale redevelopment includes the city's two major sports venues, the Honda Center and Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The district's boundaries are roughly defined by Interstate 5, the Santa Ana River, and Cerritos Avenue. A small section to the south is part of the city of Orange, and thus is not considered part of the Platinum Triangle. The primary arterial", "title": "Platinum Triangle, Anaheim" }, { "docid": "9561453", "text": "Chamorro Time Zone The Chamorro Time Zone, formerly the Guam Time Zone, is a United States time zone which observes standard time ten hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 150th meridian east of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone includes the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, where the Chamorro people are the original inhabitants. Since Daylight Saving Time (DST) is not observed anywhere in this zone, the time is always known as Chamorro Standard Time (ChST). The zone is two hours", "title": "Chamorro Time Zone" }, { "docid": "8966218", "text": "songs by John Lydon, Keith Levene, and Martin Atkins except * by John Lydon and Martin Atkins Five songs on \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" are re-recordings of tracks which originally appeared on \"Commercial Zone\": \"Bad Life\" (originally titled \"Mad Max\"), \"This Is Not a Love Song\" (originally titled \"Love Song\"), \"Solitaire\" (entitled \"Young Brits\" on the second pressing of \"Commercial Zone\"), \"The Order of Death\" (originally titled \"The Slab\"), and \"Where Are You?\" (originally titled \"Lou Reed Part 2\"). Four songs from \"Commercial Zone\", \"Bad Night\", \"Lou Reed Part 1\", \"Blue Water\" and \"Miller Hi-Life\",", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "7526859", "text": "The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story is a compilation album by British electronic music duo The KLF, comprising six versions of their techno track \"What Time Is Love?\". By 1989 (see 1989 in music), the popularity of the \"Pure Trance Original\" of \"What Time Is Love?\" in European clubs had reportedly spawned eighteen unauthorised cover versions and sound-alikes. In a novel move, some of these were collated by The Orb's Alex Paterson at The KLF's behest, and released as a compilation album entitled \"The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story\", which was sold commercially for", "title": "The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story" }, { "docid": "9561455", "text": "1986, and still remains in the book today despite federal overlap. Chamorro Time Zone The Chamorro Time Zone, formerly the Guam Time Zone, is a United States time zone which observes standard time ten hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 150th meridian east of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone includes the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, where the Chamorro people are the original inhabitants. Since Daylight Saving Time (DST) is not observed anywhere in this zone, the time is always", "title": "Chamorro Time Zone" }, { "docid": "5876127", "text": "Chri$ Ca$h Christopher John Bauman Jr. (July 13, 1982 – August 18, 2005) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chri$ Ca$h. Bauman wrestled in many independent promotions, but is known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling, where he was a former CZW World Tag Team Champion. On August 18, 2005, Bauman was killed in a motorcycle accident. Bauman began working for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in 2001, after being trained at their training academy by Jon Dahmer. He made his debut, as \"Chri$ Ca$h\", at \"September Slam\" on September 8, 2001, in a three-way", "title": "Chri$ Ca$h" }, { "docid": "432529", "text": "for daylight saving in each zone. Interaction with the user normally uses local time, and application software is able to calculate the time in various zones. Terminal Servers allow remote computers to redirect their time zone settings to the Terminal Server so that users see the correct time for their time zone in their desktop/application sessions. Terminal Services uses the server base time on the Terminal Server and the client time zone information to calculate the time in the session. While most application software will use the underlying operating system for timezone information, the Java Platform, from version 1.3.1, has", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "9561327", "text": "Samoa Time Zone The Samoa Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eleven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-11). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 165th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone includes the U.S. territory of American Samoa, as well as the Midway Islands and the uninhabited islands of Jarvis, Palmyra, and Kingman Reef. It also includes the country of Niue. The zone is one hour behind Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone and one hour ahead of the Howland and Baker islands, and 23 hours behind Wake Island Time Zone.", "title": "Samoa Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2725492", "text": "The largest city in the Mountain Time Zone is Phoenix, Arizona. The Phoenix metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the zone; the next largest metropolitan area that observes Mountain Time is Denver, closely followed by the El Paso–Juárez area. TV broadcasting in the Mountain Time Zone is typically tape-delayed one hour, so that shows match the broadcast times of the Central Time Zone (i.e. prime time begins at 7 pm MT following the same order of programming as the Central Time Zone). Only one Canadian province is fully contained in the Mountain Time Zone: One province and one", "title": "Mountain Time Zone" }, { "docid": "432509", "text": "zone designator would be \"\", \"+0100\", or simply \"+01\". This numeric representation of time zones is appended to local times in the same way that alphabetic time zone abbreviations (or \"Z\", as above) are appended. The offset from UTC changes with daylight saving time, e.g. a time offset in Chicago, which is in the North American Central Time Zone, is \"\" for the winter (Central Standard Time) and \"\" for the summer (Central Daylight Time). Time zones are often represented by alphabetic abbreviations such as \"EST\", \"WST\", and \"CST\", but these are not part of the international time and date", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "831952", "text": "Downtown is the administrative heart of the city where you find City Hall, Anaheim West Tower, Anaheim Police Headquarters, the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce and the Main Library. Anaheim Ice (formerly Disney Ice), the Downtown Anaheim Farmer's Market, a food hall in a historic 1919 Sunkist packing house, and the Center Street Promenade are also located in Downtown Anaheim. In late 2007, The Muzeo, the newest major museum in Orange County, opened its doors for the first time and is located next to Anaheim West Tower. Pearson Park is also located in Downtown Anaheim, and is named after Charles Pearson,", "title": "Anaheim, California" }, { "docid": "13543517", "text": "2 minutes 22 seconds long, cutting out roughly 2 minutes of the original track. A1 \"Say Kids What Time Is It?\" B1 untitled B2 untitled B3 untitled B4 untitled A \"Say Kids (What Time Is It?)\" B1 untitled (instrumental cut-up) B2 untitled (instrumental cut-up) B3 untitled (samples for scratching) B4 untitled (samples for scratching) A \"Find a Way\" B1 \"Say Kids\" B2 \"Untitled (Breaks)\" B3 \"Untitled (Breaks)\" Say Kids What Time Is It? \"Say Kids What Time Is It?\" is the debut single of British dance music duo Coldcut. It is renowned as one of the first tracks to be", "title": "Say Kids What Time Is It?" }, { "docid": "7526862", "text": "at the \"Land Of Oz\", the chill-out room of the London nightclub Heaven, where Paterson regularly DJed alongside The KLF co-founder Jimmy Cauty. The track was recorded on 31 July 1989, one week after a single release of further \"What Time Is Love?\" remixes. The date also marked the release of The KLF's pop single \"Kylie Said to Jason\". The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story is a compilation album by British electronic music duo The KLF, comprising six versions of their techno track \"What Time Is Love?\". By 1989 (see 1989 in music), the", "title": "The \"What Time Is Love?\" Story" }, { "docid": "10286121", "text": "What Time Is It? (song) \"What Time Is It?\" is the opening musical number and first single from the Disney Channel Original Movie \"High School Musical 2\". It is featured on the \"High School Musical 2\" soundtrack, and is the first song off the \"High School Musical 2\" soundtrack. The song had its world premiere on Radio Disney on May 25, 2007 as part of its Planet Premiere featurette. On June 8, Disney premiered the video as a sneak peek in multiple nations at close to the same time. The single was released on July 16, 2007 worldwide, and on", "title": "What Time Is It? (song)" }, { "docid": "4779489", "text": "Newfoundland Time Zone The Newfoundland Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) during standard time, resulting in ; or subtracting hours during daylight saving time. The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the meridian 52 degrees and 30 arcminutes west of the Greenwich Observatory. The Newfoundland Time Zone consists only of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Officially, the entire province is in the Newfoundland Time Zone by legislation. In practice, however, Newfoundland Time is observed only on the island of Newfoundland, its", "title": "Newfoundland Time Zone" }, { "docid": "5543671", "text": "Walk. The Time supported the album by touring as one of Prince's opening acts on the 1999 Tour. The album peaked at number 26 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and number two on the Top Soul LPs. It spent a total of 33 weeks on the Billboard 200 and 38 weeks on the R&B Albums chart. The album's peaking was more successful than the group's previous release. The album was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales over 500,000 copies in the United States. What Time Is It? (album) What Time Is It? is a", "title": "What Time Is It? (album)" }, { "docid": "432514", "text": "interrupted by territorial waters adjacent to land, forming gaps: it is a pole-to-pole dashed line. A ship within the territorial waters of any nation would use that nation's standard time, but would revert to nautical standard time upon leaving its territorial waters. The captain is permitted to change the ship's clocks at a time of the captain's choice following the ship's entry into another time zone. The captain often chooses midnight. Ships going in shuttle traffic over a time zone border often keep the same time zone all the time, to avoid confusion about work, meal, and shop opening hours.", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "6041760", "text": "to Paris time. Jean-Pierre Léaud, the lead actor in François Truffaut's \"The 400 Blows\" and actor in many other classic films, has a cameo appearance in this film. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 84% based on 51 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"Though it requires patience to view, \"What Time Is It There?\"s exploration of loneliness is both elegant and haunting.\" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". What Time", "title": "What Time Is It There?" }, { "docid": "9561328", "text": "The nation of Samoa also observed the same time as the Samoa Time Zone until it moved across the International Date Line at the end of 29 December 2011; it is now 24 hours (25 hours in southern hemisphere summer) ahead of American Samoa. Samoa Time Zone The Samoa Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eleven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-11). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 165th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone includes the U.S. territory of American Samoa, as well as the Midway Islands", "title": "Samoa Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2680630", "text": "Central Time Zone The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). During summer most of the zone uses daylight saving time (DST), and changes to Central Daylight Time (CDT) which is behind UTC. The province of Manitoba is the only province or territory in Canada that observes Central Time in all areas. The following Canadian provinces and territories observe Central Time in the areas noted, while their", "title": "Central Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2725489", "text": "Mountain Time Zone The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time (UTC−6). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time at the 105th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. In the United States, the exact specification for the location of time zones and the dividing lines between zones is set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 49 CFR 71. In the United States and Canada, this time zone", "title": "Mountain Time Zone" }, { "docid": "6041759", "text": "What Time Is It There? What Time Is It There? (Chinese:《你那邊幾點》) is a 2001 film directed by Tsai Ming-liang. It stars Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, and Lu Yi-Ching. The film tells two parallel stories, one about the life of a street vendor (Lee) following the death of his father; the other about a woman he meets briefly (Chen) as she heads off on a trip of uncertain duration to Paris. Lee's character, who sells watches on the streets of Taipei, sells his own watch to Chen and then finds himself overcome by a desire to set every clock he sees", "title": "What Time Is It There?" }, { "docid": "3892467", "text": "time. Atlantic Time Zone The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), resulting in . During part of the year, some portions of the zone observe daylight saving time, referred to as Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT), by moving their clocks forward one hour to result in . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 60th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. In Canada, the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island are in", "title": "Atlantic Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2725344", "text": "Eastern Time Zone The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 22 states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands. Places that use Eastern Standard Time (EST) when observing standard time (autumn/winter) are 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (). Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time DST (spring/summer) is 4 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (). In the northern parts of the time zone, on the second Sunday in March,", "title": "Eastern Time Zone" }, { "docid": "3892463", "text": "Atlantic Time Zone The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), resulting in . During part of the year, some portions of the zone observe daylight saving time, referred to as Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT), by moving their clocks forward one hour to result in . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 60th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. In Canada, the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island are in this", "title": "Atlantic Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2680636", "text": "with this change and observes their from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. In December 2009, the Mexican Congress allowed ten border cities, eight of which are in states that observe Central Time, to adopt the U.S. daylight time schedule effective in 2010. Central Time Zone The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). During summer most of the zone uses daylight", "title": "Central Time Zone" }, { "docid": "432512", "text": "offset\" is used here rather than the term \"zone designator\" used by the standard.) The conversion equation can be rearranged to For example, the New York Stock Exchange opens at 09:30 (EST, UTC offset=−05:00). In Los Angeles (PST, UTC offset= −08:00) and Delhi (IST, UTC offset= +05:30), the New York Stock Exchange opens at These calculations become more complicated near a daylight saving boundary (because the UTC offset for zone X is a function of the UTC time). The table \"Time of day by zone\" gives an overview on the time relations between different zones. Since the 1920s a nautical", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "8481494", "text": "the planned California High-Speed Rail system. Additionally, ARTIC would be a transfer point to a planned rapid transit line which would run from ARTIC to the Disneyland Resort. ARTIC is also be a main transfer point to Orange County Transportation Authority bus routes. Planners hope that the robust transportation infrastructure will prevent a severe increase in traffic congestion from the large number of new residents and commuters. Platinum Triangle, Anaheim The Platinum Triangle is a district of Anaheim, California that is undergoing transformation from a low-density commercial and industrial zone into a more urban environment with high-density housing, commercial office", "title": "Platinum Triangle, Anaheim" }, { "docid": "831953", "text": "who was Mayor of Anaheim during the time Walt Disney opened Disneyland in Anaheim. One of the major attractions located in Pearson Park is the Pearson Park Amphitheater. In the Colony Historic District just west of Downtown Anaheim is the Mother Colony House, which was built by George Hanson and was the first house built in Anaheim, the founder of Anaheim. Today, it is Anaheim's and Orange County's oldest extant museum. The Woelke-Stoeffel House is a Victorian mansion located next door to the Mother Colony House. Originally the Victorian Home was occupied by the Stoeffel family, early pioneer residents of", "title": "Anaheim, California" }, { "docid": "5210736", "text": "clocks ahead yet another hour on October 30, 1983 to adopt Alaska Standard Time (the former Yukon Standard Time), effectively changing their standard time zone by two hours. Most of the Aleutian Islands moved from the Bering Time Zone (UTC-11) to the Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone (UTC-10) (until 1983 known as the Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time Zone). Yukon Time Zone The Yukon Time Zone was a time zone that kept standard time; Yukon Standard Time (YST) was obtained by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC−9. Yukon Daylight Time (YDT) when observed was eight hours behind UTC.", "title": "Yukon Time Zone" }, { "docid": "432494", "text": "Time zone A time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries of countries and their subdivisions because it is convenient for areas in close commercial or other communication to keep the same time. Most of the time zones on land are offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by a whole number of hours (UTC−12 to UTC+14), but a few zones are offset by 30 or 45 minutes (e.g. Newfoundland Standard Time is UTC−03:30, Nepal Standard Time is UTC+05:45, and Indian Standard", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "8707835", "text": "Anaheim Fire & Rescue The Anaheim Fire Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Anaheim, California. In 1857 the City of Anaheim was incorporated and the City's volunteer fire system was established. Initially the volunteer department consisted of twenty men. It wasn't until 1915 that the department purchased their first motorized ladder truck. At this time the Anaheim City Council authorized the employment of two full-time firemen. These two men worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and lived at the Anaheim Fire Station. Volunteers continued to provide fire services until 1960,", "title": "Anaheim Fire & Rescue" }, { "docid": "2799763", "text": "to 1967 refer to this zone as Central Alaska Standard Time (CAT) or as Alaska Standard Time (AST). In 1966, the Uniform Time Act renamed the UTC−10 zone to Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time (AHST), effective April 1, 1967. This zone was renamed in 1983 to Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time when the majority of Alaska was moved out of the zone. Prior to 1983, the current Alaska Time Zone (UTC−9) was known as the Yukon Time Zone, observing Yukon Standard Time (YST). This time zone included Canada's Yukon Territory and a small portion of Alaska including Yakutat. The Alaska Panhandle communities were in", "title": "Alaska Time Zone" }, { "docid": "432517", "text": "time zone boundaries far to the west of their meridians. The main reason for this is that similar working day schedules around the world have led to people rising on average at 07:00 clock time and going to bed at 23:00 clock time. Another reason is that it can allow the more efficient use of sunlight. This means that the middle of the period that people are awake (\"\"awake time noon\"\") occurs at 15:00 (= [7 + 23]/2) clock time, whereas - if using as clock time the time of the nautical time zone to which the location concerned geographically", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "432513", "text": "standard time system has been in operation for ships on the high seas. Nautical time zones are an ideal form of the terrestrial time zone system. Under the system, a time change of one hour is required for each change of longitude by 15°. The 15° gore that is offset from GMT or UT1 (not UTC) by twelve hours is bisected by the nautical date line into two 7.5° gores that differ from GMT by ±12 hours. A nautical date line is implied but not explicitly drawn on time zone maps. It follows the 180th meridian except where it is", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "2680632", "text": "are contained entirely in the Central Time Zone: Note: Although all of Alabama is legally on Central Time, Phenix City and the nearby community of Smiths Station unofficially observe Eastern Time, as these areas are part of the metropolitan area of the considerably larger city of Columbus, Georgia in the Eastern Time Zone. Lanett and Valley observe Eastern Time historically because they were textile mill towns and the original home office of their mills was in West Point, Georgia. Six states are split between the Central Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone: Five states are split between the Central", "title": "Central Time Zone" }, { "docid": "5210733", "text": "Yukon Time Zone The Yukon Time Zone was a time zone that kept standard time; Yukon Standard Time (YST) was obtained by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC−9. Yukon Daylight Time (YDT) when observed was eight hours behind UTC. In 1983 the UTC−9-based time zone was restructured and renamed the Alaska Time Zone. When it was created, the Yukon Time Zone included Yukon, and a small region around Yakutat, Alaska (Alaska had been spread across four different time zones at the time). Yukon, which had adopted Yukon Standard Time in 1900, observed a one-hour advance", "title": "Yukon Time Zone" }, { "docid": "5210735", "text": "time zones to two time zones. The areas east of Yakutat set clocks back two hours to change from Pacific Daylight Time to what had been Yukon Standard Time, UTC-9, and the time zone was named Alaska Standard Time at the end of November. Yakutat only set clocks back one hour on that date. Most of the remaining longitudes of Alaska left their clocks unchanged on that date, changing from Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time (UTC-9) to the new Alaska Standard Time (UTC-9). Some areas that had been on Bering Time (UTC-11 in winter, UTC-10 in summer) such as Nome set their", "title": "Yukon Time Zone" }, { "docid": "2799804", "text": "Polynesia uses UTC−10 for its major cities. The Cook Islands also use the same time. These areas do not use DST. \"Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone\" is a U.S. term and for that reason the Polynesian areas are not considered to be a part of the Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone. Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone The Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone observes Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time (HST), by subtracting ten hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 150th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone takes its name from the two areas it", "title": "Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone" }, { "docid": "8966216", "text": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get is a 1984 album by Public Image Ltd. It is the band's fourth official studio album and includes the single \"Bad Life\" and a re-recorded version of a \"This Is Not a Love Song\", which had been a No. 5 UK and international hit when released as a single in 1983. An early version of the album was released in 1983 by founding PiL guitarist Keith Levene as \"Commercial Zone\". The album was then re-recorded after Levene's departure from the", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "4874060", "text": "the ESPN Zone restaurant would increase promotional efforts with the two sports teams. The Lehman Bros. investment bank was hired to sell the two teams, separately or together, in 2002. In May 2003, the company sold the Angels to advertising magnate Arte Moreno. In February 2005, it agreed to sell the Mighty Ducks and the Disney Ice, the team's training facility, to Broadcom co-founder and billionaire Henry Samueli and his wife. The company was later merged out. Anaheim Sports Anaheim Sports, Inc., formerly Disney Sports Enterprises, Inc. (DSE), was a fully owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company based in", "title": "Anaheim Sports" }, { "docid": "2799768", "text": "p.m. The territory of the state of Alaska spans almost as much longitude as the contiguous United States (57.5° vs. 57.6°) so the use of two time zones will inevitably lead to some distortions. Alaska would \"naturally\" fall into four time zones, but political and logistical considerations have led to the use of two, leading to the distortions mentioned above. Alaska Time Zone The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). During daylight saving time its time offset is eight hours (). The clock time in this zone is based on mean", "title": "Alaska Time Zone" }, { "docid": "7432160", "text": "The KLF to an international mainstream audience, reaching No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. It is a pop-house reworking of the Pure Trance Original, adding vocal samples, a new bassline, a new house rhythm and a self-proclaiming rap (performed by Isaac Bello). The \"Trancentral\" in the subtitle refers to The KLF's recording studio. Although crowd noise features on the mix, it is in fact a purely studio-based creation and a characteristic of the \"Stadium House\" recordings. An LP version of this mix appears on the album \"The White Room\". A remix 12\", \"What Time Is Love? (Remodelled & Remixed)\"", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "432515", "text": "Still the time table for port calls must follow the land time zone. Ideal time zones, such as nautical time zones, are based on the mean solar time of a particular meridian located in the middle of that zone with boundaries located 7.5 degrees east and west of the meridian. In practice, zone boundaries are often drawn much farther to the west with often irregular boundaries, and some locations base their time on meridians located far to the east. For example, even though the Prime Meridian (0°) passes through Spain and France, they use the mean solar time of 15", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "13543514", "text": "Say Kids What Time Is It? \"Say Kids What Time Is It?\" is the debut single of British dance music duo Coldcut. It is renowned as one of the first tracks to be built entirely around music sampling. The single was originally released in early 1987 as a white label 12\" single on Ahead of Our Time Records, with only 500 copies pressed for sale. However, as the song started to pick up some popularity, more copies were pressed, again on the 12\" vinyl single. The track was built entirely around various samples. The song started with the sampled line", "title": "Say Kids What Time Is It?" }, { "docid": "2725348", "text": "between time zones is set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations, with the boundary between the Eastern and Central Time Zones being specifically detailed at 49 CFR 71. Seventeen states and Washington, D.C. are located entirely within the Eastern Time Zone. They are: Five states are partly in the Eastern Time Zone, with the remaining portions in the Central Time Zone. They are: Eastern Time is also used somewhat as a \"de facto\" official time for all of the United States because it includes the capital city (Washington D.C.), the most populous city (New York City), and half of", "title": "Eastern Time Zone" }, { "docid": "432519", "text": "of continental Spain never experiences sunset before 18:00 clock time, even in midwinter, despite its lying more than 40 degrees north of the equator. Near the summer solstice, Muxía has sunset times (after 22:00) similar to those of Stockholm, which is in the same time zone and 16 degrees further north. Stockholm has much earlier sunrises, though. A more extreme example is Nome, Alaska, which is at 165°24′W longitude—just west of center of the idealized Samoa Time Zone (165°W). Nevertheless, Nome observes Alaska Time (135°W) with DST so it is slightly more than two hours ahead of the sun in", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "432523", "text": "show times as a local time, perhaps with UTC time in brackets. More internationally oriented websites may show times in UTC only or using an arbitrary time zone. For example, the international English-language version of CNN includes GMT and Hong Kong Time, whereas the US version shows Eastern Time. US Eastern Time and Pacific Time are also used fairly commonly on many US-based English-language websites with global readership. The format is typically based in the W3C Note \"datetime\". Email systems and other messaging systems (IRC chat, etc.) time-stamp messages using UTC, or else include the sender's time zone as part", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "8966219", "text": "were not re-recorded for \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" (although a remixed version of \"Blue Water\" was included as the B-side on the \"This Is Not a Love Song\" 12\" single). Songs on \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" which did not appear in any form on \"Commercial Zone\" are \"Tie Me to the Length of That\", \"The Pardon\" and \"1981\", and are the only songs on the album which do not credit Keith Levene as a co-writer. PiL was supposed to score the soundtrack for the 1983 suspense film \"Copkiller\", starring Harvey", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "432525", "text": "That works when having telephone or internet meetings. It works less well when travelling, because the calendar events are assumed to take place in the time zone the computer or smartphone was on when creating the event. The event can be shown at the wrong time. For example, if a New Yorker plans to meet someone in Los Angeles at 9 AM, and makes a calendar entry at 9 AM (which the computer assumes is New York time), the calendar entry will be at 6 AM if taking the computer's time zone. There is also an option in newer versions", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "432528", "text": "commonly the TZ environment variable. This allows users in multiple timezones to use the same computer, with their respective local times displayed correctly to each user. Time zone information most commonly comes from the IANA time zone database. In fact, many systems, including anything using the GNU C Library, can make use of this database. Windows-based computer systems prior to Windows 2000 used local time, but Windows 2000 and later can use UTC as the basic system time. The system registry contains time zone information that includes the offset from UTC and rules that indicate the start and end dates", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "432535", "text": "have synchronized their sleep/wake cycles with the Martian day, because solar-powered rover activity on the surface was tied to periods of light and dark. The difference in day length caused the sleep/wake cycles to slowly drift with respect to the day/night cycles on Earth, repeating approximately once every 36 days. Time zone A time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries of countries and their subdivisions because it is convenient for areas in close commercial or other communication to keep the", "title": "Time zone" }, { "docid": "7432169", "text": "performance, presenter Jo Whiley said \"The Kaiser Chiefs have now left the building\" in reference to the phrase used more than once by The KLF (and previously in reference to Elvis Presley). German eurodance group Scooter sampled the music of the Trancentral version and the introductory lyrics of \"America: What Time Is Love?\" on their single \"Behind the Cow\", taken from the 2007 album \"The Ultimate Aural Orgasm\". They had previously sampled the Trancentral version in 2001 on the song \"Posse (I Need You on the Floor)\" from the album \"We Bring the Noise!\". In 2012 the group covered the", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432163", "text": "Noise Terror staged in the week prior to \"America\"'s UK release, concluded with the announcement of their departure from the music industry. This was later confirmed by a full-page press announcement that used images from the set of the \"America: What Time Is Love?\" music video. \"America\" has a markedly different tone to previous incarnations of the song: harder, heavier and more guitar-laden (featuring the riff from Motörhead's Ace of Spades). It opens with a protracted narration by The KLF's regular narrator Scott Piering, about The JAMs' odyssey of 992 to discover America. In common with previous single \"It's Grim", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "7432156", "text": "by Anne Clark the electronic musician in her 1984 song \"Our Darkness\" and to the guitar introduction to the song \"Heaven On Their Minds\" from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar In common with the singles \"3 a.m. Eternal\", \"Last Train to Trancentral\" and \"Justified and Ancient\", \"What Time Is Love?\" evolved through substantial reworkings, each new version taking elements of its predecessors and placing them in the context of a different musical genre. There were three main versions, released in 1988, 1990 and 1991, shifting The KLF's sound from acid house through pop into heavy rock-oriented electronica. In 1997, the", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "4779494", "text": "for each time zone (most commonly the CBC's radio and TV networks), Newfoundland uses Atlantic-time broadcasts. References to programs airing at \"6:00, 6:30 in Newfoundland\" are commonly heard across Canada. However, whenever the province's two full-fledged stations, CJON and CBNT (both based in St. John's), originate local programming, they usually refer to it as \"coming up at 6:00, 5:30 in most of Labrador.\" Newfoundland Time Zone The Newfoundland Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) during standard time, resulting in ; or subtracting hours during daylight saving time. The clock", "title": "Newfoundland Time Zone" }, { "docid": "5091885", "text": "A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye Ackomokki or A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye, also known as Old Swan, was the name of three Siksiká chiefs between the late 1700s and 1860. The first Ackomokki (d. January 1795) was known as a peacemaker who was open to trade with Europeans. By the time Ackomokki was chief, the Blackfoot/Plains Confederacy had consolidated power throughout he plains of what is modern-day Montana, Alberta, and western Saskatchewan. Ackomokki's son was known to fur traders as \"Feathers\" (or \"Painted Feathers\"), but after his father's death he took on his father's name, \"Old Swan\" (or \"Ackomokki\" in Blackfoot), although Europeans continued to call him \"Feathers\"", "title": "A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye" }, { "docid": "2725354", "text": "Costa Rica use Central Standard Time year-round. Panama in Central America uses Eastern Standard Time year-round. The state of Acre and the southwest part of the state of Amazonas (both in Brazil), along with Colombia, Ecuador (except for the Galápagos Islands, which uses Central Standard Time), and Peru in South America also use EST year-round. Eastern Time Zone The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 22 states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the", "title": "Eastern Time Zone" }, { "docid": "8257525", "text": "the Time Zone moniker for an album of breakbeats titled \"Everyday People: The Breakbeat Party Album\". In 2015, \"World Destruction\" was featured in the opening credit sequence in the season one finale of the USA Network original series \"Mr. Robot\". Time Zone (band) Time Zone was an electro band headed by Afrika Bambaataa. Bambaataa worked with different musicians for each Time Zone project. The first Time Zone single was the 1983 electro song \"The Wildstyle\" which featured music from a German project called Wunderwerke based in Wächtersbach in Germany. Rusty Egan of Visage came to see them in their studio", "title": "Time Zone (band)" }, { "docid": "9561454", "text": "behind Wake Island Time Zone and 15 hours ahead of North American Eastern Time Zone. Chamorro Standard Time shares the same time as Australian Eastern Standard Time. The Mariana Islands were not part of any time zone legislated by the U.S. Congress until the Chamorro time zone was established by Public Law 106-564 on December 23, 2000. Prior to 2000, Guam's standard time was based on territorial Public Law 5-25 (1959) which designated the time Guam Standard Time. The law (Guam Code Annotated, Title 1, Section 1010) was established long before the Northern Mariana Islands came under U.S. sovereignty in", "title": "Chamorro Time Zone" }, { "docid": "7432162", "text": "be \"extraordinary\". \"It throbs and pulses in a still-riveting manner that transcends the dated beatdrops. Fusing the siren-wailing urgency of rave anthemry with the drunk-on-its-own-riff brilliance of the stupidest, simplest pop music, it's the kind of song that sends electrifying impulses through the drunken brain.\" The single release \"America: What Time Is Love?\" constituted a major reworking of the anthem and was The KLF's final UK commercial musical offering. It was released in February 1992 in the UK, four months after it was first made available in the US. The KLF's notorious BRIT Awards performance, with death metal band Extreme", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "1829643", "text": "Anaheim Amigos The Anaheim Amigos/Los Angeles Stars were a charter member American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Southern California. They were the Amigos during their first season in Anaheim and later moved to Los Angeles to become the Stars. The team existed from 1967 to 1976. In 1970, it moved from southern California to Utah. The Amigos were the first professional team to self-identify as being located in Anaheim; while the Angels played in Anaheim Stadium at the time, they would not use \"Anaheim\" in their name until 1997. With the founding of the ABA on February 2, 1967,", "title": "Anaheim Amigos" }, { "docid": "2799762", "text": "to 03:00 LDT on the second Sunday in March and returns at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on the first Sunday in November. Two time zones have been referred to as the \"Alaska Time Zone\": a zone based on UTC−10 that covered much of Central Alaska in the early 20th century, and a zone based on UTC−9 zone that has covered all of the state except the Aleutian Islands since 1983. The Standard Time Act of 1918 authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to define each time zone. The United States Standard Alaska Time was designated as UTC−10. Some references prior", "title": "Alaska Time Zone" }, { "docid": "13543515", "text": "\"Say kids, what time is it?\" from the theme song to the children's television show \"Howdy Doody\", from which the song took its title. The song sampled many hip hop, funk and soul tracks as well. Coldcut would later gain more popularity in the music scene with their remix of the Eric B. & Rakim song \"Paid in Full\", which also incorporated the use of various samples. It also used the \"Goodnight, kids\" sample originally sampled from \"Howdy Doody\", previously used by Coldcut on \"Say Kids What Time Is It?\" Shortly after the release of sample-built records such as \"Say", "title": "Say Kids What Time Is It?" }, { "docid": "3263021", "text": "Time Zone (video game) Time Zone is a multi-disk graphical adventure game written and directed by Roberta Williams for the Apple II. Developed in 1981 and released in 1982 by On-Line Systems (later Sierra Entertainment), the game was shipped with six double-sided floppy disks and contained 1,500 areas (screens) to explore along with 39 scenarios to solve. Produced at a time when most games rarely took up more than one side of a floppy, \"Time Zone\" is one of the very first games of this magnitude ever released for home computer systems. \"Time Zone\" allows players to travel through time", "title": "Time Zone (video game)" }, { "docid": "13543516", "text": "Kids What Time Is It?\", the popularity of sample-built tracks began to emerge. The tracks \"Pump Up the Volume\" by <nowiki>M|A|R|R|S</nowiki> and \"Theme from S'Express\" by S'Express, which both similarly incorporated the sample style of \"Say Kids What Time Is It?\", both peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart. Coldcut themselves, still incorporating their sampling style, experienced more success with singles such as \"Doctorin' the House\". The song's low-budget music video consisted of low-quality, grainy scenes of people partying and dancing, with various speech bubbles and subtitles added during some shots. The music video was edited to be only", "title": "Say Kids What Time Is It?" }, { "docid": "2799803", "text": "Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone The Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone observes Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time (HST), by subtracting ten hours from Coordinated Universal Time (). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 150th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone takes its name from the two areas it includes: Hawaii and the portion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands west of 169° 30′ W longitude. During daylight saving time, the Alaskan portion observes Hawaii–Aleutian Daylight Time (HDT, ), while Hawaii stays on standard time. From 1900 until 1947, GMT−10:30 was used as standard time in Hawaii. French", "title": "Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone" }, { "docid": "5296754", "text": "Once Upon a Time (The Twilight Zone) \"Once Upon a Time\" is episode 78 of the American television anthology series \"The Twilight Zone\". It originally aired on December 15, 1961. It features early film star Buster Keaton in one of his later roles, as an unlikely time traveler, and the opening and closing scenes pay homage to the silent films for which he was famous. Woodrow Mulligan is a grumpy man in 1890, dissatisfied with what his world has come to: the nation's budget surplus is only 85 million dollars, prices are shockingly high to him, and his once-quiet town", "title": "Once Upon a Time (The Twilight Zone)" }, { "docid": "993619", "text": "What You Need (The Twilight Zone) \"What You Need\" is episode 12 of the American television anthology series \"The Twilight Zone\". It is based on the short story of the same name by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore). Pedott , a peddler, has the curious ability to give people exactly what they need before they need it. He enters a coffee shop where he first gives a woman a vial of cleaner. Then he gives a down-on-his-luck ex-baseball player a bus ticket to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Moments later, the ball player receives a phone call at the cafe", "title": "What You Need (The Twilight Zone)" }, { "docid": "6946798", "text": "Chatham Standard Time Zone The Chatham Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by adding twelve hours and forty-five minutes to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in . The Chatham Standard Time Zone is used exclusively in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, located in the South Pacific Ocean at 43°53′54″S, 176°31′44″W. It is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC, the others being Nepal Time () and the unofficial Australian Central Western Time (). During summer daylight saving time is observed and clocks are advanced one hour. Chatham Daylight Time (CHADT) is", "title": "Chatham Standard Time Zone" }, { "docid": "12489206", "text": "Downtown Anaheim Downtown Anaheim is the administrative and historic center of Anaheim, California. It is also known as Anaheim Colony Historic District and is bordered by East, West, North, and South streets. The historic center of the city is Anaheim Blvd (originally named Los Angeles Street) and Center Street. Unlike most big city downtowns, Downtown Anaheim is not the economic heart and focal point of this city. The economic heart and focal point of Anaheim and Orange County is the adjacent district just south of Downtown Anaheim—the Anaheim Resort District, which includes the Disneyland Resort and the Anaheim Convention Center.", "title": "Downtown Anaheim" }, { "docid": "12680660", "text": "Anaheim Resort The Anaheim Resort district is the area of the city of Anaheim, California that surrounds the Disneyland Resort, Anaheim GardenWalk, and Anaheim Convention Center. In addition to these three venues, the district is home to the Anaheim/Orange County Walk of Stars, hotel and the hospitality industry of Anaheim, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and the Honda Center. In 2013, the City of Garden Grove announced that it would rebrand its stretch of Harbor Boulevard immediately south of Anaheim city limits as Grove District – Anaheim Resort, in partnership with the City of Anaheim to promote the Anaheim Resort District.", "title": "Anaheim Resort" }, { "docid": "8257520", "text": "Time Zone (band) Time Zone was an electro band headed by Afrika Bambaataa. Bambaataa worked with different musicians for each Time Zone project. The first Time Zone single was the 1983 electro song \"The Wildstyle\" which featured music from a German project called Wunderwerke based in Wächtersbach in Germany. Rusty Egan of Visage came to see them in their studio on his way to Zurich to meet YELLO. Co-founder of Do It Records, Ian Tregonning was interested in their track \"Sex Appeal\"; Bambaataa was introduced to their music by Rusty Egan . The music was recorded in one evening as", "title": "Time Zone (band)" }, { "docid": "5091888", "text": "nephew of the younger Ackomokki, assumed leadership of what was called by Europeans \"Old Feathers' Band\" by 1822. He was described in 1858 by Dr. James Hector as one of the principal chiefs of the Blackfoot Confederacy, and, in July 1859, the Palliser Expedition were his guests at his encampment on the Red Deer River. A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye Ackomokki or A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye, also known as Old Swan, was the name of three Siksiká chiefs between the late 1700s and 1860. The first Ackomokki (d. January 1795) was known as a peacemaker who was open to trade with Europeans. By the time Ackomokki was", "title": "A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye" }, { "docid": "6946799", "text": "13 hours 45 minutes ahead of UTC, 45 minutes ahead of New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Currently daylight saving time runs from the last Sunday in September to the first Sunday in April. Chatham Standard Time Zone The Chatham Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by adding twelve hours and forty-five minutes to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in . The Chatham Standard Time Zone is used exclusively in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, located in the South Pacific Ocean at 43°53′54″S, 176°31′44″W. It is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from", "title": "Chatham Standard Time Zone" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2424416", "text": "Decline of the West\". Caesar (title) Caesar (English Caesars; Latin \"Caesares\") is a title of imperial character. It derives from the \"cognomen\" of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator. The change from being a familial name to a title adopted by the Roman Emperors can be dated to about AD 68/69, the so-called \"Year of the Four Emperors\". For political and personal reasons, Octavian chose to emphasize his relationship with Julius Caesar by styling himself simply \"Imperator Caesar\" (whereto the Roman Senate added the honorific \"Augustus\", \"Majestic\" or \"Venerable\", in 27 BC), without any of the other elements of his full", "title": "Caesar (title)" }, { "docid": "2424395", "text": "Caesar (title) Caesar (English Caesars; Latin \"Caesares\") is a title of imperial character. It derives from the \"cognomen\" of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator. The change from being a familial name to a title adopted by the Roman Emperors can be dated to about AD 68/69, the so-called \"Year of the Four Emperors\". For political and personal reasons, Octavian chose to emphasize his relationship with Julius Caesar by styling himself simply \"Imperator Caesar\" (whereto the Roman Senate added the honorific \"Augustus\", \"Majestic\" or \"Venerable\", in 27 BC), without any of the other elements of his full name. His successor as", "title": "Caesar (title)" } ]

[ { "docid": "2824013", "text": "Caesar Augustus Rodney Caesar Augustus Rodney (January 4, 1772 – June 10, 1824) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as well as a U.S. Representative from Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware, U.S. Attorney General, and U.S. Minister to Argentina. Rodney was born in Dover, Delaware, son of Thomas Rodney and Elizabeth Fisher. He was the nephew of Caesar Rodney, the signer of the Declaration of Independence who is depicted on the Delaware state quarter. After graduating from the", "title": "Caesar Augustus Rodney" }, { "docid": "11192494", "text": "U.S. Navy\" is largely based on Buell's fabrications, that does not mean it is entirely undeserved). The list of later biographies that innocently quoted Buell's invented primary source documents would make a substantial Wikipedia article by itself. Buell's diary for 1867-68 still survives, in the Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara Augustus Caesar Buell Augustus Caesar Buell (September 4, 1847 – May 23, 1904) was an American author who wrote several biographies of great Americans, following the success of a book about his experiences in the Civil War. Most material in these biographies that was not plagiarized was (as", "title": "Augustus Caesar Buell" }, { "docid": "19198606", "text": "1860s. It is representative of Burlington's mid-19th century architecture. The house is not clearly defined by any particular architectural style, but the bracketed eaves allow it to be classified as a vernacular form of the Italianate style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Augustus Caesar Dodge House The Augustus Caesar Dodge House is a historic building located in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Augustus C. Dodge came to Burlington as Registrar of the Land Office, a political appointment of President Martin Van Buren. As a Democrat, he went on to serve as the Iowa Territory's", "title": "Augustus Caesar Dodge House" }, { "docid": "2824021", "text": "at the peristyle of the entrance of the cathedral. Elections were held the first Tuesday of October. Members of the General Assembly took office on the first Tuesday of January. State Representatives were elected for one year. U.S. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two-year term. The General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators, who also took office March 4, but for a six-year term. In this case the General Assembly failed to fill the position for nearly a year. Caesar Augustus Rodney Caesar Augustus Rodney (January 4, 1772 – June 10, 1824) was an American lawyer and politician", "title": "Caesar Augustus Rodney" }, { "docid": "11192488", "text": "Augustus Caesar Buell Augustus Caesar Buell (September 4, 1847 – May 23, 1904) was an American author who wrote several biographies of great Americans, following the success of a book about his experiences in the Civil War. Most material in these biographies that was not plagiarized was (as was discovered too late for many subsequent scholars) fabricated. In 1876 he was briefly arrested following an accusation of libel. Buell's own statements about his life and ancestry are not to be trusted. From his claims to have ancestors who were personally acquainted with the subjects of his biographies, down to the", "title": "Augustus Caesar Buell" }, { "docid": "19198605", "text": "Augustus Caesar Dodge House The Augustus Caesar Dodge House is a historic building located in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Augustus C. Dodge came to Burlington as Registrar of the Land Office, a political appointment of President Martin Van Buren. As a Democrat, he went on to serve as the Iowa Territory's Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1840-1846), one of Iowa's first two U.S. Senators (1848-1854), Minister to Spain under Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan (1855-1859), and then Mayor of Burlington (1874-1875). The two-story, brick house follows an L-shaped plan and was built sometime around in the mid-to-late", "title": "Augustus Caesar Dodge House" }, { "docid": "4912697", "text": "Temple of Caesar The Temple of Caesar or Temple of Divus Iulius (; ), also known as Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar, \"delubrum\", \"heroon\" or Temple of the Comet Star, is an ancient structure in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy, located near the \"Regia\" and the Temple of Vesta. The temple was begun by Augustus in 42 BC after the senate deified Julius Caesar posthumously. Augustus dedicated the prostyle temple (it is still unknown whether its order was Ionic, Corinthian or composite) to Caesar, his adoptive father, on 18 August 29 BC, after the Battle of Actium. It", "title": "Temple of Caesar" }, { "docid": "12358529", "text": "obscure honorific with religious associations. One early context (58 BC), associates it with provincial Lares (Roman household gods). In Latin poetry and prose, it signifies the \"elevation\" or \"augmentation\" of what is already sacred or religious. Some Roman sources connected it to augury, and Rome was said to have been founded with the \"august augury\" of Romulus. The first true Roman Emperor known as \"Augustus\" (and first counted as a Roman Emperor) was Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian). He was the adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar, who had been murdered for his seeming aspiration to divine monarchy, then", "title": "Augustus (title)" }, { "docid": "12102233", "text": "Gaius Octavius Thurinus, the young future-emperor was adopted by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, after demonstrating promising wit and skill. After his great-uncle's assassination, Augustus (at this time known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) took vengeance upon Caesar's murderers, and through tactical political moves, became one of Rome's three “Triumvirs\" alongside Marc Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. After defeating the other two triumvirs, and obtaining sole power over the Roman State, Augustus (known as \"Imperator\" Caesar Divi Filius), began taking measures to secure and increase his power. As a result, Augustus gave orders to exterminate Cleopatra's teenaged son, allegedly commenting, \"too", "title": "Augustus (Williams novel)" }, { "docid": "5364", "text": "a leader who was first in charge. \"Princeps\" had also been a title under the Republic for those who had served the state well; for example, Pompey had held the title. Augustus also styled himself as \"Imperator Caesar divi filius\", \"Commander Caesar son of the deified one\". With this title, he boasted his familial link to deified Julius Caesar, and the use of \"Imperator\" signified a permanent link to the Roman tradition of victory. The word \"Caesar\" was merely a cognomen for one branch of the Julian family, yet Augustus transformed \"Caesar\" into a new family line that began with", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "4057042", "text": "heir of Augustus in AD 4. Lucius Caesar Lucius Caesar (Latin: \"Lucius Julius Caesar\"; 17 BC – 20 August AD 2) was the grandson of Augustus. The son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, Augustus' only daughter, Lucius was adopted by his grandfather along with his older brother, Gaius Caesar. As the emperor's adopted sons and joint-heirs to the Roman Empire, Lucius and Gaius had promising political and military careers. However, Lucius died of a sudden illness on 20 August AD 2, in Massilia, Gaul, while traveling to meet the Roman army in Hispania. His brother Gaius also", "title": "Lucius Caesar" }, { "docid": "4912707", "text": "public speech giving an explanation of the appearance of the comet. The speech is partially known since a partial transcription by Pliny the Elder has been handed down. After the public speech Augustus caused a few series of coins devoted to the comet star and to the deified Caesar, \"Divus Iulius\", to be struck and widely distributed, so it is possible to have an idea of the representation of the comet star of the deified Julius Caesar. During his public speech about the appearance of the comet, Augustus specified that he himself, the new ruler of the world, was born", "title": "Temple of Caesar" }, { "docid": "12358535", "text": "29. Under Tetrarchy, the empire was divided into Eastern and Western halves. Each was ruled by a senior emperor, with the rank of \"augustus\", and a junior emperor, who ranked below him as a caesar. The Imperial titles of \"imperator\", \"caesar\", and \"augustus\" were respectively rendered in Greek as \"autokratōr\", \"kaisar\", and \"augoustos\" (or \"sebastos\"). The Greek titles were used in the Byzantine Empire until its extinction in 1453, although \"\"sebastos\"\" lost its imperial exclusivity and \"autokratōr\" became the exclusive title of the Byzantine Emperor. The last Roman Emperor to rule in the West, Romulus Augustus became known as \"Augustulus\"", "title": "Augustus (title)" }, { "docid": "7195348", "text": "Forum of Caesar The Forum of Caesar (), also known as Forum Iulium or Forum Julium, Forum Caesaris, is a forum (or plaza) built by Julius Caesar near the Forum Romanum in Rome in 46 BC. Caesar decided to construct a forum bearing his name in the northeast section of the Forum Romanum, of which he purchased a very expensive, select amount of parcels of land in that area. Forum construction began in 54 BC, and it was dedicated to Caesar and his deeds in 46 BC upon completion. Some scholars, however, believe that Augustus furnished the west side with", "title": "Forum of Caesar" }, { "docid": "7195354", "text": "These surpassed in number the collection of Mithridates dedicated by Caesar's rival Pompey. It is not known where or how Caesar obtained these six collections. Following the reigns of Caesar and Augustus, a total reconstruction of the Forum took place, headed by the Roman Emperor Domitian. Why this reconstruction occurred is not exactly known. Under the reign of Titus, a massive fire ravaged the city in AD 80, including the Forum Romanum. The Forum of Caesar was not rebuilt until AD 95, however, indicating that perhaps Domitian had a personal interest in the reconstruction. This could be seen in the", "title": "Forum of Caesar" }, { "docid": "587570", "text": "\"monoalphabetic substitution\", as opposed to \"polyalphabetic substitution\". The Caesar cipher is named after Julius Caesar, who, according to Suetonius, used it with a shift of three to protect messages of military significance. While Caesar's was the first recorded use of this scheme, other substitution ciphers are known to have been used earlier. His nephew, Augustus, also used the cipher, but with a right shift of one, and it did not wrap around to the beginning of the alphabet: Evidence exists that Julius Caesar also used more complicated systems, and one writer, Aulus Gellius, refers to a (now lost) treatise on", "title": "Caesar cipher" }, { "docid": "209159", "text": "will, naming his grandnephew Gaius Octavius (Octavian, later known as Augustus Caesar) as his principal heir, leaving his vast estate and property including his name. Caesar also wrote that if Octavian died before Caesar did, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus would be the next heir in succession. In his will, he also left a substantial gift to the citizens of Rome. During his early career, Caesar had seen how chaotic and dysfunctional the Roman Republic had become. The republican machinery had broken down under the weight of imperialism, the central government had become powerless, the provinces had been transformed into independent", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "5401", "text": "to Augustus' daughter Julia the Elder. Other historians dispute this due to Augustus' will being read aloud to the Senate while he was seriously ill in 23 BC, instead indicating a preference for Marcus Agrippa, who was Augustus' second in charge and arguably the only one of his associates who could have controlled the legions and held the Empire together. After the death of Marcellus in 23 BC, Augustus married his daughter to Agrippa. This union produced five children, three sons and two daughters: Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar, Vipsania Julia, Agrippina the Elder, and Postumus Agrippa, so named because he", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "7307165", "text": "Julia Minor (sister of Caesar) Julia, also known as Julia Minor and Julia the Younger, (101–51 BC) was the second of two daughters of Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia Cotta. She is best known as the sister of the dictator Gaius Julius Caesar, and the maternal grandmother of Augustus. Julia and her siblings were born and raised at Rome. Because Roman daughters typically received praenomina only if they had several elder sisters, the elder sister came to be known as \"Julia Major\", and the younger as \"Julia Minor\", when it was necessary to distinguish between them. It is not known", "title": "Julia Minor (sister of Caesar)" }, { "docid": "4189258", "text": "Agrippa and Julia the Elder, and grandson of Augustus. As the emperor had no sons, he adopted Lucius and his brother, Gaius, and became \"Lucius Julius Caesar\". He died in AD 2, while still a young man, and in his grandfather's lifetime. Lucius Julius Caesar Lucius Julius Caesar was the name of several men of the \"gens Julia\" at ancient Rome. \"Lucius\" was one of three praenomina used by the Julii Caesares; the others were \"Sextus\" and \"Gaius\", which was the praenomen of the most famous Julius Caesar. The earliest known Lucius Julius Caesar was praetor in Cisalpine Gaul in", "title": "Lucius Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "5391", "text": "crown, consular insignia, and the purple robes of a Triumphant general (\"toga picta\"), which became the imperial insignia well into the Byzantine era. Augustus chose \"Imperator\" (\"victorious commander\") to be his first name, since he wanted to make an emphatically clear connection between himself and the notion of victory, and consequently became known as \"Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus\" By the year 13, Augustus boasted 21 occasions where his troops proclaimed \"imperator\" as his title after a successful battle. Almost the entire fourth chapter in his publicly released memoirs of achievements known as the \"Res Gestae\" was devoted to his", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "4057030", "text": "Lucius Caesar Lucius Caesar (Latin: \"Lucius Julius Caesar\"; 17 BC – 20 August AD 2) was the grandson of Augustus. The son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, Augustus' only daughter, Lucius was adopted by his grandfather along with his older brother, Gaius Caesar. As the emperor's adopted sons and joint-heirs to the Roman Empire, Lucius and Gaius had promising political and military careers. However, Lucius died of a sudden illness on 20 August AD 2, in Massilia, Gaul, while traveling to meet the Roman army in Hispania. His brother Gaius also died at a relatively young age", "title": "Lucius Caesar" }, { "docid": "2424396", "text": "emperor, his stepson Tiberius, also bore the name as a matter of course; born Tiberius Claudius Nero, he was adopted by Caesar Augustus on 26 June 4 AD, as \"Tiberius Julius Caesar\". The precedent was set: the Emperor designated his successor by adopting him and giving him the name \"Caesar\". The fourth Emperor, Claudius, was the first to assume the name \"Caesar\" upon accession, without having been adopted by the previous emperor; however, he was at least a member by blood of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, being the maternal great-nephew of Augustus on his mother's side, the nephew of Tiberius, and", "title": "Caesar (title)" }, { "docid": "1534967", "text": "Gaius Caesar Gaius Caesar (; Latin: \"Gaius Julius Augusti f. Divi n. Caesar\"; 20 BC – 21 February AD 4) was consul in AD 1 and the grandson of Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Although he was born to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, Augustus' only daughter, Gaius and his younger brother, Lucius Caesar were raised by their grandfather as his adopted sons and joint-heirs to the empire. He would experience an accelerated political career befitting a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, with the Roman Senate allowing him to advance his career without first holding", "title": "Gaius Caesar" }, { "docid": "7824653", "text": "and he responded: \"Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's\". The questioners were impressed. states that they \"marveled\" () and being satisfied with the answer, they went away. The text identifies the coin as a , and it is usually thought that the coin was a Roman denarius with the head of Tiberius. The coin is also called the \"tribute penny.\" The inscription reads \"Ti[berivs] Caesar Divi Avg[vsti] F[ilivs] Avgvstvs\" (\"Caesar Augustus Tiberius, son of the Divine Augustus\"). The reverse shows a seated female, usually identified as Livia depicted as", "title": "Render unto Caesar" }, { "docid": "9100843", "text": "Cultural depictions of Augustus Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first and among the most important of the Roman Emperors. Augustus' most visible impact on everyday culture is the eighth month of the year, which was renamed in Augustus' honor in 8 BC because several of the most significant events in his rise to power, culminating in the fall of Alexandria, occurred during this month. Augustus was one of the most widely depicted individuals in ancient times, appearing in coins, sculptures, cameos, plaques, and other media. His dominant portrait type is that of the serene,", "title": "Cultural depictions of Augustus" }, { "docid": "8146060", "text": "Caesar Wright Cecil Augustus Wright (July 2, 1904 - April 24, 1967), often called Caesar Wright, was a famous Canadian jurist, law professor, and a prominent figure in the Canadian legal education reform. He was among the first law professors to import the Harvard case method into Canadian legal education. He was also known for his confrontational and aggressive personality. He was born in London, Ontario. He taught at Osgoode Hall Law School from 1927. During this time he championed many reforms of the legal education system, and in particular favoured a greater role for classroom instruction over the existing", "title": "Caesar Wright" }, { "docid": "9100845", "text": "BCE to coincide with the adoption of the patronymic title Divi Filius; Smith describes it as \"a youthful portrait with thick hair and probably some expression of vigour and energy\". Different scholars have argued whether the Forbes type, \"with distinctive short forehead hair,\" preceded or followed the Prima Porta type. Portrayals of Octavian/Augustus in film: Cultural depictions of Augustus Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first and among the most important of the Roman Emperors. Augustus' most visible impact on everyday culture is the eighth month of the year, which was renamed in Augustus' honor", "title": "Cultural depictions of Augustus" }, { "docid": "8953458", "text": "Augustus of Prima Porta Augustus of Prima Porta () is a 2.03 m high marble statue of Augustus Caesar, the first and one of the most significant emperors of Ancient Rome, which was discovered on April 20, 1863 in the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta, near Rome. Augustus Caesar's wife Livia Drusilla, now known as Julia Augusta, retired to the villa after his death. The sculpture is now displayed in the Braccio Nuovo (New Arm) of the Vatican Museums. The dating of the Prima Porta piece is widely contested because there is a representation on the breast plate signifying", "title": "Augustus of Prima Porta" }, { "docid": "209200", "text": "it. The Roman emperor Augustus began a cult of personality of Caesar, which described Augustus as Caesar's political heir. The modern historiography is influenced by the Octavian traditions, such as when Caesar's epoch is considered a turning point in the history of the Roman Empire. Still, historians try to filter the Octavian bias. Many rulers in history became interested in the historiography of Caesar. Napoleon III wrote the scholarly work \"Histoire de Jules César\", which was not finished. The second volume listed previous rulers interested in the topic. Charles VIII ordered a monk to prepare a translation of the \"Gallic", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "2236219", "text": "His brother-in-law James Clarke served as the third and last Governor of Iowa Territory. Dodge County, Nebraska and Dodge Street in Omaha, Nebraska were named after Augustus Dodge. His home in Burlington, Iowa is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Augustus Caesar Dodge House. Augustus C. Dodge Augustus Caesar Dodge (January 2, 1812November 20, 1883) was one of the first set of United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Dodge, a Democrat, had also represented Iowa Territory in Congress as its delegate", "title": "Augustus C. Dodge" }, { "docid": "8953478", "text": "him as forever young, in line with his propaganda goals. His propaganda goals aim to display the authority of the Roman emperors through conventional styles and stories of the culture. Augustus of Prima Porta Augustus of Prima Porta () is a 2.03 m high marble statue of Augustus Caesar, the first and one of the most significant emperors of Ancient Rome, which was discovered on April 20, 1863 in the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta, near Rome. Augustus Caesar's wife Livia Drusilla, now known as Julia Augusta, retired to the villa after his death. The sculpture is now displayed", "title": "Augustus of Prima Porta" }, { "docid": "2424402", "text": "a matter of months, as in the case of Hostilian. The sole Caesar to successfully obtain the rank of Augustus and rule for some time in his own right was Gordian III, and even he was heavily controlled by his court. On 1 March 293, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus established the Tetrarchy, a system of rule by two senior Emperors and two junior sub-Emperors. The two coequal senior emperors were styled identically to previous Emperors, as \"Imperator Caesar NN. Pius Felix Invictus Augustus\" (Elagabalus had introduced the use of \"Pius Felix\", \"the Pious and Blessed\", while Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus", "title": "Caesar (title)" }, { "docid": "2236213", "text": "Augustus C. Dodge Augustus Caesar Dodge (January 2, 1812November 20, 1883) was one of the first set of United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Dodge, a Democrat, had also represented Iowa Territory in Congress as its delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1840 to 1846. He was born in what is now Ste. Genevieve, Missouri (then in Louisiana Territory). Self-educated, he moved to Illinois in 1827, settled in Galena, and was employed there in various capacities in his father's lead mines. He served", "title": "Augustus C. Dodge" }, { "docid": "7307168", "text": "may have been the emendation of \"Appia\". Sons of the consul in 10 were Appius Junius Silanus, consul in 28, Decimus Junius Silanus, who involved in the disgrace of Julia the Younger, and Marcus Junius Silanus, \"consul suffectus\" in 15. Balbus died in 52 BC and Julia died a year later. At age 12 Octavius, her youngest grandson, the future Emperor Augustus, delivered her funeral oration. Julia Minor (sister of Caesar) Julia, also known as Julia Minor and Julia the Younger, (101–51 BC) was the second of two daughters of Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia Cotta. She is best known", "title": "Julia Minor (sister of Caesar)" }, { "docid": "2424400", "text": "acceded on 28 January 98 as \"Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus\"). After some variation among the earliest emperors, the style of the Emperor-designate on coins was usually \"Nobilissimus Caesar\" \"Most Noble Caesar\" (abbreviated to NOB CAES, N CAES etc.), though \"Caesar\" (CAES) on its own was also used. The popularity of using the title Caesar to designate heirs-apparent increased throughout the third century. Many of the soldier emperors during the Crisis of the Third Century attempted to strengthen their legitimacy by naming heirs, including Maximinus Thrax, Philip the Arab, Decius, Trebonianus Gallus and Gallienus. Some of these were promoted to", "title": "Caesar (title)" }, { "docid": "10703032", "text": "to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. Though modern scholars to avoid confusion commonly refer to him at this point as Octavian, he called himself \"Caesar\", which is the name his contemporaries also used. Rejecting the advice of some army officers to take refuge with his troops in Macedonia, Octavian sailed to Italy to claim his inheritance. Early life of Augustus The early life of the Roman Emperor Augustus began at his birth in Rome on September 23, 63 BC, and is considered to have ended around the assassination of Dictator Julius Caesar, his great-uncle and adoptive father, on March 15, 44", "title": "Early life of Augustus" }, { "docid": "3015828", "text": "Caesar in February AD 4. Gaius, who was the heir of Augustus, had died of illness in Syria. Germanicus was for some time considered a potential heir by Augustus, but Augustus later decided in favor of his stepson Tiberius. As a result, in June AD 4, Augustus adopted Tiberius on the condition that Tiberius first adopt Germanicus. As a corollary to the adoption, Germanicus was wed to his second cousin Agrippina the Elder the following year. In AD 13 his father was appointed commander of the forces on the Rhine, from where he led three campaigns into Germany against the", "title": "Drusus Caesar" }, { "docid": "1534997", "text": "Senate House. The caskets containing their ashes were stored in the Mausoleum of Augustus alongside those of their father Agrippa and other members of the imperial family. Both Tacitus and Cassius Dio suggested foul play may have been involved in the death of Gaius and Lucius and that Gaius's step grandmother Livia may have had a hand in their deaths. Livia's presumed motive may have been to orchestrate the accession of her own son Tiberius as heir to Augustus. Gaius was played by Earl Rhodes in the 1976 TV series \"I, Claudius\". Gaius Caesar Gaius Caesar (; Latin: \"Gaius Julius", "title": "Gaius Caesar" }, { "docid": "5415", "text": "others for additional facts or clues about his personal life. Many consider Augustus to be Rome's greatest emperor; his policies certainly extended the Empire's life span and initiated the celebrated \"Pax Romana\" or \"Pax Augusta\". The Roman Senate wished subsequent emperors to \"be more fortunate than Augustus and better than Trajan\". Augustus was intelligent, decisive, and a shrewd politician, but he was not perhaps as charismatic as Julius Caesar, and was influenced on occasion by his third wife, Livia (sometimes for the worse). Nevertheless, his legacy proved more enduring. The city of Rome was utterly transformed under Augustus, with Rome's", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "5412", "text": "his military merits. Shotter states that Tiberius focused his anger and criticism on Gaius Asinius Gallus (for marrying Vipsania after Augustus forced Tiberius to divorce her), as well as toward the two young Caesars, Gaius and Lucius—instead of Augustus, the real architect of his divorce and imperial demotion. Augustus' reign laid the foundations of a regime that lasted, in one form or another, for nearly fifteen hundred years through the ultimate decline of the Western Roman Empire and until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Both his adoptive surname, Caesar, and his title \"Augustus\" became the permanent titles of the", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "18089712", "text": "Augustus (Massie novel) Augustus is a 1986 historical novel by Scottish writer Allan Massie, the first of a highly regarded series of novels about the movers and makers of Imperial Rome. Massie begins with Augustus, the successor to Julius Caesar, who ruled the Roman Empire for forty one years and oversaw the beginnings of an extended peace,' the Pax Romana '. The novel is in the form of a memoir written by Augustus in old age, in which he looks back over his long reign. Massie uses modern language and phraseology to describe Augustus' ruthlessness and the political intrigue he", "title": "Augustus (Massie novel)" }, { "docid": "4912706", "text": "Lepidus and Mark Antony decreed the building of a temple to Caesar. Some time after the death of Caesar a comet appeared in the sky of Rome and remained clearly visible every day for seven days, starting one hour before sunset. This comet appeared for the first time during the ritual games in front of the Temple of Venus Genetrix, the supposed ancestor of the \"Julii\" family in the Forum of Julius Caesar, and many in Rome thought it was the soul of deified Caesar called to join the other gods. After the appearance of this sign, Augustus delivered a", "title": "Temple of Caesar" }, { "docid": "10703019", "text": "Early life of Augustus The early life of the Roman Emperor Augustus began at his birth in Rome on September 23, 63 BC, and is considered to have ended around the assassination of Dictator Julius Caesar, his great-uncle and adoptive father, on March 15, 44 BC. Augustus was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus in Rome on September 23, 63 BC. He was a member of the respectable, but undistinguished, Octavii family through his father, also named Gaius Octavius, and was the great-nephew of Julius Caesar through his mother Atia Balba Caesonia. The young Octavius had two older siblings: a half sister,", "title": "Early life of Augustus" }, { "docid": "2720504", "text": "Imperator meant Commander and Augustus meant venerable or majestic. The name usually went in two ways, Imperator (Praenomen, Nomen and Cognomen) Caesar Augustus or Imperator Caesar (Praenomen, Nomen and Cognomen) Augustus. Also Imperator became a Praenomen of Roman Emperors, Augustus and Caesar became a cognomen of theirs. Immediately after a new pope is elected, and accepts the election, he is asked by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, \"By what name shall you be called?\" The new pope chooses the name by which he will be known. The senior Cardinal Deacon, or Cardinal Protodeacon, then appears on the balcony", "title": "Regnal name" }, { "docid": "3097173", "text": "Caesar (cocktail) A Caesar (also known as a Bloody Caesar) is a cocktail created and primarily consumed in Canada. It typically contains vodka, a caesar mix (a blend of tomato juice and clam broth), hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce, and is served with ice in a large, celery salt-rimmed glass, typically garnished with a stalk of celery and wedge of lime. What distinguishes it from a Bloody Mary is the inclusion of clam broth. The cocktail may also be contrasted with the Michelada, which has similar flavouring ingredients but uses beer instead of vodka. It was invented in Calgary, Alberta,", "title": "Caesar (cocktail)" }, { "docid": "2424398", "text": "Piso Frugi Licinianus. Galba's reign did not last long and he was soon deposed by Marcus Otho. Otho did not at first use the title \"Caesar\" and occasionally used the title \"Nero\" as emperor, but later adopted the title \"Caesar\" as well. Otho was then defeated by Aulus Vitellius, who acceded with the name \"Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Imperator Augustus\". Vitellius did not adopt the cognomen \"Caesar\" as part of his name and may have intended to replace it with \"Germanicus\" (he bestowed the name \"Germanicus\" upon his own son that year). Nevertheless, Caesar had become such an integral part of", "title": "Caesar (title)" }, { "docid": "3959677", "text": "his great-uncle Tiberius was the second emperor, his brother Gaius (Caligula) was the third emperor, his uncle Claudius was the fourth emperor, and his nephew Lucius Domitius (Nero) was the fifth and final emperor of the dynasty. His father was the adopted son of Tiberius, who was himself the adoptive son of Augustus, whose adoptions were the result of the death of Gaius Caesar in February AD 4. Gaius, who was the heir of Augustus, had died of illness in Syria. Germanicus was for some time considered the new heir by Augustus, but Augustus later decided in favor of his", "title": "Nero Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "5379", "text": "the Roman system for combining the powers of the tribune and the censor into a single position, nor was Augustus ever elected to the office of censor. Julius Caesar had been granted similar powers, wherein he was charged with supervising the morals of the state. However, this position did not extend to the censor's ability to hold a census and determine the Senate's roster. The office of the \"tribunus plebis\" began to lose its prestige due to Augustus' amassing of tribunal powers, so he revived its importance by making it a mandatory appointment for any plebeian desiring the praetorship. Augustus", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "5377", "text": "renewed in 13 BC. During the second settlement, Augustus was also granted the power of a tribune (\"tribunicia potestas\") for life, though not the official title of tribune. For some years, Augustus had been awarded \"tribunicia sacrosanctitas\", the immunity given to a Tribune of the Plebs. Now he decided to assume the full powers of the magistracy, renewed annually, in perpetuity. Legally, it was closed to patricians, a status that Augustus had acquired some years earlier when adopted by Julius Caesar. This power allowed him to convene the Senate and people at will and lay business before them, to veto", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "2926963", "text": "concert sales to her outreach ministries. Recently she`s appointed an executive pastor at her church and he provides weekly sermons to the congregation but Caesar continues to record and perform in concert . She also continues to hold her annual outreach ministries conference now in it`s 46th year. The outreach ministry provides food, clothing, shelter, toys for children and financial assistance to those in need. When asked what would she still like to accomplish ? she says, \"I would like to do more acting \"... Shirley Caesar Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams, known professionally as Shirley Caesar (born October 13, 1938 in", "title": "Shirley Caesar" }, { "docid": "12358532", "text": "its gods, and possibly his own unique, elevated, \"godlike\" nature and talents. His full and official title was \"Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus\". Augustus' religious reforms extended or affirmed \"augusti\" as a near ubiquitous title or honour for various minor local deities, including the \"Lares Augusti\" of local communities, and obscure provincial deities such as the North African \"Marazgu Augustus\". This extension of an Imperial honorific to major and minor deities of Rome and her provinces is considered a ground-level feature of Imperial cult, which continued until the official replacement of Rome's traditional religions by Christianity. The title or name", "title": "Augustus (title)" }, { "docid": "18089713", "text": "mastered and used so capably to keep himself in power for so many years when for most of his rule he was surrounded by powerful enemies and duplicitous allies. Augustus (Massie novel) Augustus is a 1986 historical novel by Scottish writer Allan Massie, the first of a highly regarded series of novels about the movers and makers of Imperial Rome. Massie begins with Augustus, the successor to Julius Caesar, who ruled the Roman Empire for forty one years and oversaw the beginnings of an extended peace,' the Pax Romana '. The novel is in the form of a memoir written", "title": "Augustus (Massie novel)" }, { "docid": "8054536", "text": "Arch of Augustus, Rome The Arch of Augustus () was the triumphal arch of Augustus, located in the Roman Forum. It spanned the road between the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of Caesar, near the Temple of Vesta, closing off the eastern end of the Forum. It can be regarded as the first permanent three-bayed arch ever built in Rome. The archaeological evidence shows the existence of a three-bayed arch measuring 17,75 x 5.25 meters between the Temple of Caesar and the Temple of Castor and Pollux, although only the travertine foundations of the structure remain. Ancient", "title": "Arch of Augustus, Rome" }, { "docid": "3003558", "text": "Drusus Julius Caesar Drusus Julius Caesar (14 BC – 14 September AD 23), was the son of Emperor Tiberius, and heir to the Roman Empire following the death of his adoptive brother Germanicus in AD 19. He was born at Rome to a prominent branch of the \"gens Claudia\", the son of Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. His name at birth was Nero Claudius Drusus after his paternal uncle, Drusus the Elder. In AD 4, he assumed the name \"Julius Caesar\" following his father's adoption into the Julii by Augustus, and became Drusus Julius Caesar. Drusus first entered", "title": "Drusus Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "209197", "text": "the opposition was to accuse a popular political rival as living a Hellenistic lifestyle based on Greek and Eastern culture, where homosexuality and a lavish lifestyle were more acceptable than in Roman tradition. Catullus wrote two poems suggesting that Caesar and his engineer Mamurra were lovers, but later apologised. Mark Antony charged that Octavian had earned his adoption by Caesar through sexual favors. Suetonius described Antony's accusation of an affair with Octavian as political slander. Octavian eventually became the first Roman Emperor as Augustus. During his lifetime, Caesar was regarded as one of the best orators and prose authors in", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "209181", "text": "hours before other officials arrived to remove it. Caesar's body was cremated, and on the site of his cremation, the Temple of Caesar was erected a few years later (at the east side of the main square of the Roman Forum). Only its altar now remains. A life-size wax statue of Caesar was later erected in the forum displaying the 23 stab wounds. A crowd who had gathered there started a fire, which badly damaged the forum and neighbouring buildings. In the ensuing chaos, Mark Antony, Octavian (later Augustus Caesar), and others fought a series of five civil wars, which", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "3392622", "text": "He was the founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of emperors, which endured for more than ninety years. Born \"Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa\" in 20 BC, he was the son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, and grandson of Augustus. As the emperor had no sons, he adopted Gaius, who became Gaius Julius Caesar, and his brother, Lucius, in the hope that they would succeed him. But he died in AD 4, two years after Lucius Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. He succeeded to the empire on the death of Tiberius,", "title": "Gaius Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "8953461", "text": "Parthian king, in the act that is shown in the central scene of the armor, possibly his grandest service to his adoptive father Augustus. With the introduction of Tiberius as the figure responsible for the retrieval of the standards, he associates himself with Augustus, the emperor and the new god, as Augustus himself had done previously with Julius Caesar. Under this hypothesis, the dating of the statue can be placed during the first years of Tiberius' reign as emperor (AD 14 — AD 37). Augustus is shown in this role of \"Imperator\", the commander of the army, as \"thoracatus\" —or", "title": "Augustus of Prima Porta" }, { "docid": "10703029", "text": "when Julius Caesar took Octavian to Spain and Aulus Hirtius was serving there. At the time the future Emperor Augustus was 17 years old. Caesar and Octavius stayed in Hispania until June 45 BC, after which they returned to Rome. Velleius Paterculus reports that Caesar and Octavius shared the same carriage. When back in Rome, Caesar deposited a new will with the Vestal Virgins in which he secretly named Octavius as the prime beneficiary. Upon returning to Rome, Caesar increasingly amassed more authority and control over the Roman state. He was made Consul for 10 years and Dictator for the", "title": "Early life of Augustus" }, { "docid": "6269615", "text": "Caesar Jenkyns Caesar Augustus Llewellyn Jenkyns (24 August 1866 – 23 July 1941) was a Welsh international footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath, Woolwich Arsenal, Newton Heath and Walsall. Born in Builth Wells, Jenkyns played for a number of English clubs, as well as winning eight caps for Wales. After playing for several amateur sides in the Birmingham area, Jenkyns joined Small Heath (later renamed Birmingham) in 1888, and was at the club as they first joined the Football Alliance in 1889 and then became founder members of the Football League Second Division in 1892. By", "title": "Caesar Jenkyns" }, { "docid": "4057031", "text": "on 21 February, AD 4. The untimely loss of both heirs compelled Augustus to redraw the line of succession by adopting Lucius' younger brother, Agrippa Postumus as well as his stepson, Tiberius on 26 June AD 4. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was an early supporter of Augustus (then \"Octavius\") during the Final War of the Roman Republic that ensued as a result of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. His father was a key general in Augustus' armies, commanding troops in pivotal battles against Mark Antony and Sextus Pompeius. From early in the emperor's reign, Agrippa was trusted to", "title": "Lucius Caesar" }, { "docid": "1534969", "text": "not have children. Following the deaths of Gaius and Lucius, Augustus adopted his stepson as well as his sole-surviving grandson – Tiberius and Agrippa Postumus, respectively – in AD 4. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was an early supporter of Augustus (then \"Octavius\") during the Final War of the Roman Republic that ensued as a result of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. His father was a key general in Augustus' armies, commanding troops in pivotal battles against Mark Antony and Sextus Pompeius. From early in the emperor's reign, Agrippa was trusted to handle affairs in the eastern provinces and", "title": "Gaius Caesar" }, { "docid": "3003562", "text": "Marcus Agrippa, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, whom he adopted and made heir. They advanced through their careers at the same pace and were going to rule together; however, they died young, forcing Augustus to draw another line of succession. In AD 4, Augustus adopted Tiberius on condition that Tiberius adopt Germanicus. This made Tiberius the heir of Augustus, and Germanicus the heir of Tiberius. Like the sons of Agrippa, it was the intention of Augustus that Germanicus and Drusus would rule together. Later that year, Drusus was married to his paternal cousin, Livilla, to bring him closer to the Julians.", "title": "Drusus Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "6269618", "text": "Heath (who later became Manchester United). Jenkyns made his debut for the club on 1 September 1896 against Gainsborough Trinity. He spent two seasons with the Manchester club, taking over as captain from James McNaught, helping them to runners-up position in the Second Division in 1897. In November 1897, he left the club for Walsall, where he spent five years before joining Coventry City. After retirement, Jenkyns ran a public house in Moxley , The George Inn, before joining the police force. Caesar Jenkyns Caesar Augustus Llewellyn Jenkyns (24 August 1866 – 23 July 1941) was a Welsh international footballer", "title": "Caesar Jenkyns" }, { "docid": "5368", "text": "as co-consul in 23 BC, after his choice Aulus Terentius Varro Murena (who had fought against Julius Caesar and supported Cassius and Brutus) was executed in consequence of his involvement in the Marcus Primus affair, with an eye to bolstering his support among the Republicans. In the late spring Augustus suffered a severe illness, and on his supposed deathbed made arrangements that would ensure the continuation of the Principate in some form, while allaying senators' suspicions of his anti-republicanism. Augustus prepared to hand down his signet ring to his favored general Agrippa. However, Augustus handed over to his co-consul Piso", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "5628482", "text": "Champagne for Caesar Champagne for Caesar is a 1950 American comedy film about a television quiz show contestant, directed by Richard Whorf and written by Fred Brady and Hans Jacoby. The movie stars Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton and Art Linkletter. The film was produced by Harry M. Popkin for his Cardinal Pictures and released by United Artists. Beauregard Bottomley is a polymath who lives in Los Angeles with his piano-instructor sister Gwenn (Barbara Britton) and an alcohol-guzzling parrot they found named Caesar (voiced by Mel Blanc). Beauregard is knowledgeable on any subject -- except how to", "title": "Champagne for Caesar" }, { "docid": "7353655", "text": "The film was produced by EOS Entertainment and Lux Vide for RAI, Telecinco and ZDF. As Augustus lies on his death bed, he recalls the events that led to the exile of his daughter, Julia. Following an assassination attempt on his life, Marcus Agrippa, Augustus's oldest friend and Julia's husband and father to her children, is called back to Rome for his protection. However, he dies of a fever on his way back to Rome. Upon hearing the news Augustus consoles Julia by recalling his rise to power along with Agrippa. Following their success serving Julius Caesar, Octavius's great-uncle, during", "title": "Imperium: Augustus" }, { "docid": "5422", "text": "ultimate legacy was the peace and prosperity the Empire enjoyed for the next two centuries under the system he initiated. His memory was enshrined in the political ethos of the Imperial age as a paradigm of the good emperor. Every Emperor of Rome adopted his name, Caesar Augustus, which gradually lost its character as a name and eventually became a title. The Augustan era poets Virgil and Horace praised Augustus as a defender of Rome, an upholder of moral justice, and an individual who bore the brunt of responsibility in maintaining the empire. However, for his rule of Rome and", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "11575911", "text": "Cleopatra on the other. This final civil war, culminating in the latter's defeat at Actium, resulted in the final ascendancy of Octavian, who became the first Roman emperor, under the name Caesar Augustus, a name that raised him to the status of a deity. Some forty people joined in the plot, but about half of their names are lost to history and almost nothing is known about some of those whose names have survived. The known members are: Marcus Tullius Cicero was not a member of the conspiracy and was surprised by it, but later wrote to the conspirator Trebonius", "title": "Assassination of Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "5323", "text": "to the new Caesar as \"Octavian\" during the time between his adoption and his assumption of the name Augustus in 27 BC in order to avoid confusing the dead dictator with his heir. Octavian could not rely on his limited funds to make a successful entry into the upper echelons of the Roman political hierarchy. After a warm welcome by Caesar's soldiers at Brundisium, Octavian demanded a portion of the funds that were allotted by Caesar for the intended war against the Parthian Empire in the Middle East. This amounted to 700 million sesterces stored at Brundisium, the staging ground", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "3959676", "text": "Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. Nero's paternal grandparents were Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus the Elder) and Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor. His maternal grandparents were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a close friend of Augustus, and Augustus' daughter Julia the Elder. Nero had seven siblings: four brothers (Tiberius and Gaius Julius, who died young; Drusus Caesar; and Gaius, nicknamed \"Caligula\") and three sisters (Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla, and Julia Livilla). As a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was a close relative of all five Julio-Claudian emperors: his great-grandfather Augustus was the first emperor of the dynasty,", "title": "Nero Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "8953477", "text": "\"not\" barefoot. The small Cupid (son of Venus) at his feet (riding on a dolphin, Venus's patron animal) is a reference to the claim that the Julian family were descended from the goddess Venus, made by both Augustus and by his great uncle Julius Caesar - a way of claiming divine lineage without claiming the full divine status. The Prima Porta-type of statues of Augustus became the prevailing representational style for him, copied full-length and in busts in various versions found throughout the empire up until his death in 14. The copies never showed Augustus looking older, however, but represented", "title": "Augustus of Prima Porta" }, { "docid": "5628491", "text": "scholars were regarded in the 1950s, and in anticipation of the unemployment of information-based, highly educated people in later decades in the information age/\"new economy\". Laham also places \"Champagne for Caesar\" in the historical lineage of screwball comedy, over a decade after that genre had reached its peak before World War II. Champagne for Caesar Champagne for Caesar is a 1950 American comedy film about a television quiz show contestant, directed by Richard Whorf and written by Fred Brady and Hans Jacoby. The movie stars Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton and Art Linkletter. The film was produced", "title": "Champagne for Caesar" }, { "docid": "4057033", "text": "in 18 BC, a power that only the emperor and his immediate heir could hope to attain. The tribunician power allowed him to control the Senate, and it was first given to Julius Caesar. Agrippa acted as tribune in the Senate to pass important legislation and, though he lacked some of the emperor's power and authority, he was approaching the position of co-regent. Lucius was born in Rome in 17 BC to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia. He was part of the imperial family of Augustus, known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty, and was related to all the Julio-Claudian emperors. On", "title": "Lucius Caesar" }, { "docid": "16946538", "text": "wars, and as Oxford historian Craig Walsh notes in his seminal work \"Classics in Room 39\": \"\"Princeps\" was pretty much the same idea as the latin \"Primus Inter pares\"\". On the motion of L. Munatius Plancus, he was also given the honorific cognomen \"Augustus\", which made his full name \"Imperator Caesar divi filius Augustus\". \"Imperator\" stressed military power and victory, emphasising his role as commander-in-chief. \"Divi filius\", translating as ‘\"son\" of the divine’, showed that whilst he himself didn't have a \"god complex\" and wasn't an autocrat, he was on the shoulders of the gods, enhancing his legitimacy. Caesar forged", "title": "Constitutional reforms of Augustus" }, { "docid": "7195384", "text": "Forum of Augustus The Forum of Augustus () is one of the Imperial forums of Rome, Italy, built by Augustus. It includes the Temple of Mars Ultor. The incomplete forum and its temple were inaugurated in 2 BC, 40 years after they were first vowed. The triumvir Octavian vowed to build a temple honoring Mars, the Roman God of War, during the battle of Philippi in 42 BC. After winning the battle, with the help of Mark Antony and Lepidus, Octavian had avenged the assassination of his adoptive father Julius Caesar. He became the Princeps of Rome in 27 BC", "title": "Forum of Augustus" }, { "docid": "587567", "text": "Caesar cipher In cryptography, a Caesar cipher, also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, Caesar's code or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on. The method is named after Julius Caesar, who used it in his private correspondence. The encryption step performed by a Caesar", "title": "Caesar cipher" }, { "docid": "13816795", "text": "the capacity is short of what the NCAA desires for a host site. UCSB hosted a 2015 regional at the Lake Elsinore Diamond in Riverside County, a drive which often takes more than three hours and is routed through Glendale and Pasadena, among other locales. In 2018, lights were added to the stadium. Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Caesar Uyesaka Stadium is a baseball stadium in Santa Barbara, California. It is the home field of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team as well as the Santa Barbara Foresters. The stadium known simply as \"Campus Diamond\" or \"Campus Stadium\" opened in 1964,", "title": "Caesar Uyesaka Stadium" }, { "docid": "209189", "text": "seizures were due to a parasitic infection in the brain by a tapeworm. Caesar had four documented episodes of what may have been complex partial seizures. He may additionally have had absence seizures in his youth. The earliest accounts of these seizures were made by the biographer Suetonius, who was born after Caesar died. The claim of epilepsy is countered among some medical historians by a claim of hypoglycemia, which can cause epileptoid seizures. In 2003, psychiatrist Harbour F. Hodder published what he termed as the \"Caesar Complex\" theory, arguing that Caesar was a sufferer of temporal lobe epilepsy and", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "4912699", "text": "a rostra (\"Rostra ad divi Iuli\") and, like the rostra at the opposite end of the Forum, was decorated with the beaks of ships taken at the battle of Actium. The Temple of Caesar was the only temple to be entirely dedicated to the cult of a comet (referred to as a 'comet star') The comet, appearing some time after Caesar's murder (44 BC), was considered to be the soul of the deified Julius Caesar and the symbol of the \"new birth\" of Augustus as a unique Roman ruler and Emperor. In Greek and Roman culture, \"comet\" is an adjective", "title": "Temple of Caesar" }, { "docid": "14911217", "text": "own Elizabeth Taylor \"Cleopatra\". A Queen for Caesar A Queen for Caesar (, ) is a 1962 Italian-French historical drama film set in Egypt in 48 BC. Unlike other films about Caesar and Cleopatra, this film focuses entirely on the dynastic struggle within Egypt leading up to the arrival of Caesar, and in fact, we only see him in the closing scene of the film when he arrives at The Ptolemaic Palace in Alexandria. This film was directed by Piero Pierotti and Victor Tourjansky. 20th Century Fox bought the rights for the film to keep it out of release lest", "title": "A Queen for Caesar" }, { "docid": "14911216", "text": "A Queen for Caesar A Queen for Caesar (, ) is a 1962 Italian-French historical drama film set in Egypt in 48 BC. Unlike other films about Caesar and Cleopatra, this film focuses entirely on the dynastic struggle within Egypt leading up to the arrival of Caesar, and in fact, we only see him in the closing scene of the film when he arrives at The Ptolemaic Palace in Alexandria. This film was directed by Piero Pierotti and Victor Tourjansky. 20th Century Fox bought the rights for the film to keep it out of release lest it compete with their", "title": "A Queen for Caesar" }, { "docid": "8146061", "text": "apprenticeship model. In 1949, the Law Society of Upper Canada rejected his proposed reforms and Wright left Osgoode to take up the position of Dean at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Together with other professors, including Bora Laskin, he shaped the undergraduate law program into a professional law school. He remained with the university until his death. Caesar Wright Cecil Augustus Wright (July 2, 1904 - April 24, 1967), often called Caesar Wright, was a famous Canadian jurist, law professor, and a prominent figure in the Canadian legal education reform. He was among the first law professors to", "title": "Caesar Wright" }, { "docid": "209186", "text": "Cleopatra, intending to use the fabulously wealthy Egypt as a base to dominate Rome. A third civil war broke out between Octavian on one hand and Antony and Cleopatra on the other. This final civil war, culminating in the latter's defeat at Actium in 31 BC and suicide in Egypt in 30 BC, resulted in the permanent ascendancy of Octavian, who became the first Roman emperor, under the name Caesar Augustus, a name conveying religious, rather than political, authority. Julius Caesar had been preparing to invade Parthia, the Caucasus, and Scythia, and then march back to Germania through Eastern Europe.", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "209173", "text": "Caesar to reward his supporters. Caesar even took steps to transform Italy into a province, and to link more tightly the other provinces of the empire into a single cohesive unit. This addressed the underlying problem that had caused the Social War decades earlier, where persons from outside Rome or Italy did not have citizenship. This process, of fusing the entire Roman Empire into a single unit, rather than maintaining it as a network of unequal principalities, would ultimately be completed by Caesar's successor, the Emperor Augustus. In February 44 BC, one month before his assassination, he was appointed dictator", "title": "Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "3959688", "text": "by his father Tiberius, where he and Gaius Caligula were made joint-heirs. When Caligula assumed power, he made Gemellus his adopted son, but Caligula soon had Gemellus killed for plotting against him. In AD 37, Nero's bones were returned to Rome and interred at the Mausoleum of Augustus by Caligula. Nero Julius Caesar Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus (c. AD 6–31) was the adopted grandson and heir of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, alongside his brother Drusus. Born into the prominent Julio-Claudian dynasty, Nero was the son of Tiberius' general and heir, Germanicus. After the deaths of his father and of Tiberius'", "title": "Nero Julius Caesar" }, { "docid": "16946515", "text": "Constitutional reforms of Augustus The Constitutional reforms of Augustus were a series of laws that were enacted by the Roman Emperor Augustus between 30 BC and 2 BC, which transformed the Constitution of the Roman Republic into the Constitution of the Roman Empire. The era that began when Augustus (then named Imp. Caesar Divi Filius, but often called Octavian by historians) defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the final war of the Roman Republic in 30 BC, and ended when the Roman Senate granted Augustus the title \"\"Pater Patriae\"\" in 2 BC. The constitution of the Roman Republic was a", "title": "Constitutional reforms of Augustus" }, { "docid": "7824654", "text": "Pax. However, it has been suggested that denarii were not in common circulation in Judaea during Jesus' lifetime and that the coin may have instead been an Antiochan tetradrachm bearing the head of Tiberius, with Augustus on the reverse. Another suggestion often made is the denarius of Augustus with Caius and Lucius on the reverse, while coins of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Germanicus are all considered possibilities. Whichever Roman coin it was, the fact that Jesus's interrogators had an idolatrous coin with its \"graven image\" of whomever, and in the Temple precincts no less, immediately convicted them of blasphemy", "title": "Render unto Caesar" }, { "docid": "4912710", "text": "possible to see the statue of the deified \"pontifex maximus\" Julius Caesar from the main square of the Roman Forum. If this is true, the new interpretation about the location of the \"Rostra Diocletiani\" and \"Rostra ad Divi Iuli\" cannot be correct. Augustus used to dedicate the spoils of war in this temple. The altar and the shrine conferred the right of asylum. Every four years a festival was held in front of the \"Rostra ad Divi Iuli\" in honour of Augustus. The \"Rostra\" were used to deliver funeral speeches by succeeding emperors. Drusus and Tiberius delivered a double speech", "title": "Temple of Caesar" }, { "docid": "3015826", "text": "of their third brother, Gaius Caligula, following the death of Tiberius in AD 37. Drusus was born in around AD 8 to Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. Drusus' paternal grandparents were Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus the Elder) and Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor. His maternal grandparents were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a close friend of Augustus, and Augustus' daughter Julia the Elder. Drusus had eight siblings: four brothers (Tiberius and Gaius Julius, who died young; Nero Caesar; and Gaius, nicknamed \"Caligula\"), three sisters (Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla, and Julia Livilla), and a brother or sister of", "title": "Drusus Caesar" }, { "docid": "6710472", "text": "name is Vercingetorix. Caesar asks him why he is willing to die for something that will be destroyed no matter what, and the warrior replies \"because it is mine\". Admiring his strength of will, Caesar lets him go, giving him a horse. However, later on, the same warrior chief summons a huge army to fight Caesar's legions at the Battle of Alesia. Outnumbered and surrounded, Caesar's army nevertheless emerges victorious. Meanwhile, in Rome Julia dies in childbirth, and Pompey begins to turn against Caesar who he fears is becoming too powerful. He allies with Cato to attack Caesar politically. Caesar", "title": "Julius Caesar (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "16806532", "text": "Caesar Hochstetter Caesar Hochstetter (also known by the pen name Caesar Ahrlsteller) was an organist and a composer, arranger and critic of music from a talented Jewish family. Born 12 January 1863 in Ladenburg, a suburb of Mannheim, Germany – his date and place of death are unknown but he is thought to have disappeared during The Holocaust. Caesar Hochstetter was a friend and admirer of the well known composer Max Reger who dedicated Aquarellen Op. 25 and Five pittoresque Pieces for 4-hand Piano, Op. 34 to him. On 13 Feb 1888, Caesar married Blanche Marie Coppex who a short", "title": "Caesar Hochstetter" }, { "docid": "587581", "text": "set of encryption operations under each possible key forms a group under composition. Caesar cipher In cryptography, a Caesar cipher, also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, Caesar's code or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on. The method is named after Julius Caesar, who", "title": "Caesar cipher" }, { "docid": "5366", "text": "statecraft; placing them on Augustus' doorposts was tantamount to declaring his home the capital. However, Augustus renounced flaunting insignia of power such as holding a scepter, wearing a diadem, or wearing the golden crown and purple toga of his predecessor Julius Caesar. If he refused to symbolize his power by donning and bearing these items on his person, the Senate nonetheless awarded him with a golden shield displayed in the meeting hall of the Curia, bearing the inscription \"virtus\", \"pietas\", \"clementia\", \"iustitia\"—\"valor, piety, clemency, and justice.\" By 23 BC, some of the un-Republican implications were becoming apparent concerning the settlement", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "5311", "text": "Augustus Augustus (; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. His status as the founder of the Roman Principate has consolidated an enduring legacy as one of the most effective and controversial leaders in human history. He was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian \"gens\" Octavia. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, and Octavius was named in Caesar's", "title": "Augustus" }, { "docid": "5628488", "text": "and Beauregard and Flame plan to marry. Beauregard and Gwen caution each other that their would-be spouses could just be after the money. They both call and suggest marrying \"before\" the show, but Happy and Flame come up with excuses. On the big night, Happy asks Beauregard what his Social Security number is. He gets it wrong. To the joy of Beauregard and Gwenn, Flame and Happy still want to marry them. Waters shows up at their home, bearing gifts, including champagne. It turns out that Caesar used to be Waters' pet. As Beauregard and Flame drive off to Las", "title": "Champagne for Caesar" }, { "docid": "12095807", "text": "long-time friend Maximian \"Augustus\" of the western half. In doing so, he effectively created what would become the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. On March 1 293, authority was further divided. Each \"Augustus\" took a junior Emperor called a \"Caesar\" to aid him in administrative matters, and to provide a line of succession. Galerius became \"Caesar\" for Diocletian and Constantius Chlorus \"Caesar\" for Maximian. This constituted what is called the Tetrarchy (in Greek: \"leadership of four\") by modern scholars, as each emperor would rule over a quarter-division of the empire. After Rome had been plagued by bloody", "title": "History of the Roman Empire" } ]

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[ { "docid": "817350", "text": "Israeli system of government The Israeli system of government is based on parliamentary democracy. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the Knesset. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The political system of the State of Israel and its main principles are set out in 11 Basic Laws. Israel does not have a written constitution. The President of the State is the \"de jure\" head of state of Israel. The position is largely an apolitical", "title": "Israeli system of government" } ]

[ { "docid": "10676626", "text": "held on 30 July 1951. Second government of Israel The second government of Israel was formed during the first Knesset. David Ben-Gurion made an attempt to form a minority government consisting of Mapai and Sephardim and Oriental Communities on 17 October, but it was not approved by the Knesset. Two days later President Chaim Weizmann asked Progressive Party leader Pinchas Rosen to form a government, but it was Ben-Gurion who finally managed to do so on 1 November 1950. The coalition partners were the same as in the first government: Mapai, the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim", "title": "Second government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10676624", "text": "Second government of Israel The second government of Israel was formed during the first Knesset. David Ben-Gurion made an attempt to form a minority government consisting of Mapai and Sephardim and Oriental Communities on 17 October, but it was not approved by the Knesset. Two days later President Chaim Weizmann asked Progressive Party leader Pinchas Rosen to form a government, but it was Ben-Gurion who finally managed to do so on 1 November 1950. The coalition partners were the same as in the first government: Mapai, the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim and Oriental Communities and the", "title": "Second government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10892848", "text": "Tenth government of Israel The tenth government of Israel was formed on 2 November 1961 following the August elections. Although David Ben-Gurion was appointed Prime Minister, the government was actually formed by Minister of Finance, Levi Eshkol. On 7 September Ben-Gurion had told President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi that he was unable to form a government; on 14 September Ben-Zvi asked Eshkol to form a government, with Eshkol subsequently announcing that he would do so with Ben-Gurion as PM. It turned out to be the last government led by Ben-Gurion. The coalition included Mapai, the National Religious Party, Ahdut HaAvoda, Poalei Agudat", "title": "Tenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10720351", "text": "Ben-Gurion's resignation on 5 July 1959 after Ahdut HaAvoda and Mapam voted against the government during a vote on selling arms to West Germany and then refused to resign from the government. New elections were called in November that year after Ben-Gurion told President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi that he was unable to form a new government. Although Sapir was not an MK during the third Knesset, he was later an MK for Mapai. Eighth government of Israel The eighth government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 7 January 1958, and was the second government of the third Knesset. Ben-Gurion", "title": "Eighth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14488461", "text": "special election for Prime Minister in February 2001, which he lost to Likud leader Ariel Sharon. Sharon went on to form the twenty-ninth government on 7 March. Although Tamir was not a Knesset member at the time, she was later elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party list. Twenty-eighth government of Israel The twenty-eighth government of Israel was formed by Ehud Barak of One Israel on 6 July 1999 after his victory in the May election for Prime Minister. Alongside One Israel (an alliance of the Labor Party, Meimad and Gesher), Barak included Shas, Meretz, Yisrael BaAliyah, the Centre", "title": "Twenty-eighth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10892246", "text": "Lavon Affair. At the end of February Ben-Gurion informed President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi that he could not form a new government, and new elections were called after the Knesset was dissolved in March. Died in office. Ninth government of Israel The ninth government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 17 December 1959 following the November 1959 elections. Ben-Gurion largely kept the same coalition partners as during the previous government (i.e. Mapai, the National Religious Party, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, the Progressive Party and Agriculture and Development), and added the new Israeli Arab parties Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood.", "title": "Ninth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421529", "text": "Twenty-first government of Israel The twenty-first government of Israel was formed by Shimon Peres of the Alignment on 13 September 1984, following the July elections. With both the Alignment and Likud winning over 40 seats each, neither side could form a stand-alone coalition, resulting in a national unity government, together with the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Shas, Morasha, Shinui and Ometz, which together held 97 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. However, in protest at the alliance with Likud, Mapam broke away from the Alignment, as did Yossi Sarid, who joined Ratz. The government was replaced by the", "title": "Twenty-first government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421598", "text": "Twenty-fourth government of Israel The twenty-fourth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 11 June 1990. This followed the failure of Alignment leader Shimon Peres to form a government, after the Alignment had pulled out of the previous national unity coalition, in an incident which became known as the dirty trick. Shamir's coalition included Likud, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael, Degel HaTorah, the New Liberal Party, Tehiya, Tzomet, Moledet, Unity for Peace and Immigration and Geulat Yisrael, and held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. Some authors (including politologist Clive A. Jones", "title": "Twenty-fourth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "18763383", "text": "Thirty-fourth government of Israel The thirty-fourth government of Israel, also known as the \"Fourth Netanyahu Government\", is the current government of Israel, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was formed after the March 2015 Knesset elections. The coalition that makes up the government, consisting of the parties Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Kulanu and the Jewish Home, was submitted to the President of Israel just before the deadline on 6 May 2015. The government ministers were introduced, approved by the Knesset and sworn in on 14 May. The government deputy ministers were sworn in on 19 May. Between them,", "title": "Thirty-fourth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "18763388", "text": "as Minister of the Economy reportedly over an unpopular gas monopoly deal. Netanyahu took over the portfolio and promised to speed up the deal. Netanyahu resigned his post as Minister of Communications following an investigation into his relationship with the media, and was replaced temporarily by Tzachi Hanegbi. The Ministry for Senior Citizens was renamed Ministry for Social Equality in August, 2015. \"See also Security Cabinet of Israel\". Thirty-fourth government of Israel The thirty-fourth government of Israel, also known as the \"Fourth Netanyahu Government\", is the current government of Israel, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was formed after", "title": "Thirty-fourth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10675740", "text": "Provisional government of Israel The provisional government of Israel (, translit. \"HaMemshela HaZmanit\") was the temporary cabinet which governed the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine, and later the newly established State of Israel, until the formation of the first government in March 1949 following the first Knesset elections in January that year. With the British Mandate of Palestine scheduled to come to an end on 15 May 1948, the governing body of the Jewish community, the Jewish National Council (JNC), on 2 March 1948 began work on organization of a Jewish provisional government. On 12 April 1948 it formed the", "title": "Provisional government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10682249", "text": "the two Mizrachi and Hapoel HaMizrachi Deputy Ministerial posts. Ben-Gurion returned to the government in February 1955, replacing Lavon following the former's resignation over the Lavon Affair. The government fell when Sharett resigned on 29 June 1955, when the General Zionists refused to abstain from voting on a motion of no-confidence brought by Herut and Maki over the government's position on the trial of Malkiel Gruenwald, who had accused Israel Kastzner of collaborating with the Nazis. Fifth government of Israel The fifth government of Israel was formed by Moshe Sharett during the second Knesset on 26 January 1954, and was", "title": "Fifth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10675743", "text": "Africa. The United States extended \"de jure\" recognition after the first Israeli election, on 31 January 1949. Provisional government of Israel The provisional government of Israel (, translit. \"HaMemshela HaZmanit\") was the temporary cabinet which governed the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine, and later the newly established State of Israel, until the formation of the first government in March 1949 following the first Knesset elections in January that year. With the British Mandate of Palestine scheduled to come to an end on 15 May 1948, the governing body of the Jewish community, the Jewish National Council (JNC), on 2 March", "title": "Provisional government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10687012", "text": "Sixth government of Israel The sixth government of Israel was formed by Moshe Sharett during the second Knesset on 29 June 1955. Sharett dropped the General Zionists and the Progressive Party from his coalition, which included Mapai, Mizrachi, Hapoel HaMizrachi, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development. The only changes to the cabinet from the previous government were the dropping of General Zionist ministers Yosef Serlin, Israel Rokach and Yosef Sapir; instead of appointing new ministers to the cabinet to replace them, Sharett divided their portfolios out between existing ministers. Although his party departed", "title": "Sixth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10866462", "text": "Fifteenth government of Israel The fifteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 15 December 1969 following the October elections. The government was a continuation of the national unity government formed during the previous Knesset, and consisted of the Alignment, Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals and the Israeli Arab parties Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood. Gahal left the coalition in early August 1970 after the government agreed to accept the Rogers Plan. The government remained in place until 10 March 1974, when the sixteenth government took power following the December 1973 elections. It", "title": "Fifteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14488460", "text": "Twenty-eighth government of Israel The twenty-eighth government of Israel was formed by Ehud Barak of One Israel on 6 July 1999 after his victory in the May election for Prime Minister. Alongside One Israel (an alliance of the Labor Party, Meimad and Gesher), Barak included Shas, Meretz, Yisrael BaAliyah, the Centre Party, the National Religious Party and United Torah Judaism in his coalition. United Torah Judaism left the government in September 1999 due to a dispute over the transport of a turbine on Shabbat. Following the outbreak of the al-Aqsa intifada, the government began to fall apart. Barak called a", "title": "Twenty-eighth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10866463", "text": "is notable for being the first government to last a full four-year Knesset term, and the first to include any non-Jewish members; On 24 May 1971 Meir appointed Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi as Deputy Minister of Health, making him the first Israeli Arab to join the cabinet. In November that year, Druze MK Jabr Muadi also joined the cabinet as Deputy Minister of Communications. Although Barzilai, Shem-Tov, Peled were not MKs at the time all had previously been MKs for Mapam, one of the constituents of the Alignment. Fifteenth government of Israel The fifteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda", "title": "Fifteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10751158", "text": "Hurvitz also left the government following disagreements within Likud; in January 1981 he and two other MKs left Likud and set up Rafi – National List. Hurvitz later defected again to Telem. The government was in office until 5 August 1981 when the nineteenth government took office following the 1981 elections. Although Landau was not an MK during the ninth Knesset, he had previously been an MK for Likud. Eighteenth government of Israel The eighteenth government of Israel was formed by Menachem Begin on 20 June 1977, following the May 1977 elections. It was the first government in Israeli political", "title": "Eighteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10682248", "text": "Fifth government of Israel The fifth government of Israel was formed by Moshe Sharett during the second Knesset on 26 January 1954, and was the first government not led by David Ben-Gurion. Sharett kept the same coalition partners as during the fourth government, i.e. Mapai, the General Zionists, the Progressive Party, Mizrachi, Hapoel HaMizrachi, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development. The only changes to the previous government were Sharett taking over as PM, Pinhas Lavon as Minister of Defense, the addition of Zalman Aran as a Minister without Portfolio and the dropping of", "title": "Fifth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421599", "text": "and historians Avi Shlaim and Benny Morris) later asserted that the 24th government of Israel was the most right-wing government in the country's history. Tehiya, Tzomet and Moledet all left the coalition in late 1991 and early 1992 in protest at Shamir's participation in the Madrid Conference, but the government remained in office until Yitzhak Rabin formed the twenty-fifth government, following the Labor Party's victory in the 1992 elections. Although Ne'eman was not a Knesset member at the time, he was a member of Tehiya. Twenty-fourth government of Israel The twenty-fourth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of", "title": "Twenty-fourth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10720350", "text": "Eighth government of Israel The eighth government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 7 January 1958, and was the second government of the third Knesset. Ben-Gurion kept the same coalition partners as during the previous government, i.e. Mapai, the National Religious Party, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, the Progressive Party, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development. The only change to the cabinet was the addition of Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir as a Deputy Minister. All ministers and deputy ministers from the National Religious Party left the cabinet on 1 July 1958. The government collapsed following", "title": "Eighth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10675742", "text": "proposal for a truce, or declaring independence. The latter option was put to a vote, with six of the ten members present supporting it: On 14 May, the day Israel declared independence, Minhelet HaAm became the Provisional government, whilst Moetzet HaAm became the Provisional State Council. The Provisional government was promptly recognised by the United States as the \"de facto\" authority of Israel, followed by Iran (which had voted against the UN partition plan), Guatemala, Iceland, Nicaragua, Romania, and Uruguay. The Soviet Union granted official recognition to Israel on 17 May 1948, followed by Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Ireland, and South", "title": "Provisional government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14414440", "text": "from Deputy Minister of Agriculture (also replacing Begin, who had held the portfolio before), Mordechai Tzipori losing his Deputy Minister of Defense role, and Yehuda Ben-Meir becoming Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. The government held office until 19 September the following year, when the twenty-first government was formed following the July 1984 elections. Although Arens was not an MK at the time, he had been elected to the Knesset on the Likud list. Twentieth government of Israel The twentieth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 10 October 1983, following the resignation of Prime Minister Menachen", "title": "Twentieth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14414439", "text": "Twentieth government of Israel The twentieth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 10 October 1983, following the resignation of Prime Minister Menachen Begin on 28 August. Shamir kept the same coalition partners as the previous government, i.e. the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Tami and the Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism. The coalition held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. All ministers kept their roles from the previous government, with the only changes being that Shamir replaced Begin as Prime Minister (whilst keeping the Foreign Affairs portfolio), Pesah Grupper being promoted", "title": "Twentieth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14381783", "text": "Fourteenth government of Israel The fourteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 17 March 1969, following the death of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol on 26 February. She kept the same national unity government coalition, including the newly formed Alignment alliance of the Labor Party and Mapam, as well as Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and Development, Cooperation and Brotherhood. The only change to the cabinet was the scrapping of the Minister of Information post, with the previous post-holder Yisrael Galili becoming a Minister without Portfolio instead. The government served until", "title": "Fourteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14520609", "text": "15 January, Olmert became Interim Prime Minister on 16 April, and remained head of the government until he formed the thirty-first government on 4 May 2006, following Kadima's victory in the March elections. Although Sharansky was not an MK at the time of his appointment, he had been elected to the Knesset on the Yisrael BaAliyah list. Thirtieth government of Israel The thirtieth government of Israel was formed by Ariel Sharon on 28 February 2003, following Likud's comprehensive victory in the January elections. His coalition initially included Shinui and the National Union, holding 60 of the 120 seats in the", "title": "Thirtieth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14381784", "text": "the formation of the fifteenth government by Meir on 15 December 1969, following the October elections. Gvati and Carmel had been elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, but resigned their seats in 1966. Fourteenth government of Israel The fourteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 17 March 1969, following the death of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol on 26 February. She kept the same national unity government coalition, including the newly formed Alignment alliance of the Labor Party and Mapam, as well as Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and", "title": "Fourteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14364978", "text": "formed the fourteenth government on 17 March 1969. New posts in the government included the Minister of Immigrant Absorption and the Minister of Information. ¹ Kol was elected to the Knesset on the Independent Liberal list, but resigned his seat after being appointed to the cabinet. Thirteenth government of Israel The thirteenth government of Israel was formed by Levi Eshkol on 12 January 1966, following the November 1965 elections. His coalition included the Alignment (an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda), the National Religious Party, Mapam, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood, and", "title": "Thirteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14364977", "text": "Thirteenth government of Israel The thirteenth government of Israel was formed by Levi Eshkol on 12 January 1966, following the November 1965 elections. His coalition included the Alignment (an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda), the National Religious Party, Mapam, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood, and had eighteen ministers. On 5 June 1967, the first day of the Six-Day War, Gahal and Rafi joined the government, with the number of ministers rising to 21. Eshkol died on 26 February 1969, and the government was temporarily led by Yigal Allon until Golda Meir", "title": "Thirteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "11013134", "text": "HaAvoda. Both joined Ben-Gurion's new party, Rafi in July. The government served until 12 January 1966, when the thirteenth government took power following the November 1965 elections. Although Gvati was not an MK at the time, he later entered the Knesset as a member of the Labour Alignment, an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda. Twelfth government of Israel The twelfth government of Israel was formed by Levi Eshkol on 22 December 1964, towards the end of the fifth Knesset. Eshkol kept the same coalition partners as previously, i.e. Mapai, the National Religious Party, Ahdut HaAvoda, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Cooperation", "title": "Twelfth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10751155", "text": "Eighteenth government of Israel The eighteenth government of Israel was formed by Menachem Begin on 20 June 1977, following the May 1977 elections. It was the first government in Israeli political history led by a right-wing party, with the coalition consisting of Begin's Likud (which included Ariel Sharon's Shlomtzion, which had merged into Likud shortly after the election), the National Religious Party and Agudat Yisrael. Begin's government also contained Moshe Dayan who had been elected to the Knesset on the Alignment's list. Following Dayan's acceptance of a place in the cabinet, he was expelled from the party and sat as", "title": "Eighteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10892245", "text": "Ninth government of Israel The ninth government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 17 December 1959 following the November 1959 elections. Ben-Gurion largely kept the same coalition partners as during the previous government (i.e. Mapai, the National Religious Party, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, the Progressive Party and Agriculture and Development), and added the new Israeli Arab parties Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood. The government collapsed when Ben-Gurion resigned on 31 January 1961, over a motion of no-confidence brought by Herut and the General Zionists following the publication of the findings of the Committee of Seven concerning the", "title": "Ninth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10892849", "text": "Yisrael, Cooperation and Brotherhood and Progress and Development. Deputy Ministers were appointed four days after the cabinet was in place. The government fell on 16 June 1963 when Ben-Gurion resigned \"because of personal needs\". However, in reality he was annoyed at a perceived lack of support from his colleagues. Died in office. Tenth government of Israel The tenth government of Israel was formed on 2 November 1961 following the August elections. Although David Ben-Gurion was appointed Prime Minister, the government was actually formed by Minister of Finance, Levi Eshkol. On 7 September Ben-Gurion had told President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi that he", "title": "Tenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10705647", "text": "Ben-Gurion formed the eighth government a week later. Seventh government of Israel The seventh government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 3 November 1955 following the July 1955 elections. His coalition included Mapai, the National Religious Front, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, and the Israeli Arab parties, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development. On 17 December 1957 Ben-Gurion accused Ahdut HaAvoda ministers of leaking information about IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan's trip to West Germany to the press and demanded their resignation. The government fell after Ben-Gurion resigned on 31 December 1957", "title": "Seventh government of Israel" }, { "docid": "15718143", "text": "Government Press Office (Israel) Government Press Office (abbreviated: GPO; , \"Lishkat Ha-Itonut Ha-Memshaltit\"; abbreviated: לע\"ם, \"La'am\") is responsible – on behalf of the Prime Minister's Office – for coordination between the Government of Israel and the community of journalists and media personnel working in the country. The GPO serves as the central address for foreign press contact with the government and the Israel Defense Forces. The director of the GPO, since August 2012, is Nitzan Chen. Prior to the foundation of the State of Israel, the Jewish Agency leadership understood the need to explain the Zionist idea to the public", "title": "Government Press Office (Israel)" }, { "docid": "10966860", "text": "Eleventh government of Israel The eleventh government of Israel was formed on 26 June 1963, midway through the fifth Knesset. It was the first government formed by Levi Eshkol following the second resignation of David Ben-Gurion. Eshkol kept the same coalition partners as previously, i.e. Mapai, the National Religious Party, Ahdut HaAvoda, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Cooperation and Brotherhood and Progress and Development. There were few changes, with Eshkol replacing Ben-Gurion in the dual role of Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Pinhas Sapir replacing Eshkol as Minister of Finance, and Abba Eban replacing Zalman Aran as Education Minister, as well", "title": "Eleventh government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10676617", "text": "First government of Israel The first government of Israel formed by David Ben-Gurion on 8 March 1949, a month and a half after the elections for the first Knesset. His Mapai party formed a coalition with the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim and Oriental Communities and the Democratic List of Nazareth, and there were 12 ministers. A notable piece of legislation enacted during the term of the first government was an educational law in 1949 which introduced compulsory schooling for all children between the ages of 5 to 14. Ben-Gurion resigned on 15 October 1950 after the", "title": "First government of Israel" }, { "docid": "11013133", "text": "Twelfth government of Israel The twelfth government of Israel was formed by Levi Eshkol on 22 December 1964, towards the end of the fifth Knesset. Eshkol kept the same coalition partners as previously, i.e. Mapai, the National Religious Party, Ahdut HaAvoda, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Cooperation and Brotherhood and Progress and Development. The only change to the cabinet was Akiva Govrin becoming the country's first Minister of Tourism, having been a Minister without Portfolio in the previous government. Yosef Almogi and Shimon Peres resigned from the cabinet in May 1965 due to their opposition of the alliance between Mapai and Ahdut", "title": "Twelfth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14520607", "text": "Thirtieth government of Israel The thirtieth government of Israel was formed by Ariel Sharon on 28 February 2003, following Likud's comprehensive victory in the January elections. His coalition initially included Shinui and the National Union, holding 60 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, whilst the two-seat Yisrael BaAliyah merged into Likud shortly after. The National Religious Party also joined the coalition on 3 March 2003, taking the number of seats it held up to 66. The government became increasingly unstable due to the Gaza disengagement plan, with the National Union leaving the coalition on 6 June 2004, and the", "title": "Thirtieth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14413338", "text": "Peres was unanimously elected to succeed him. As Israeli law prohibited resignation from a caretaker government, Rabin suspended himself from his duties as Prime Minister and Peres took his place as an unofficial acting Prime Minister. Although Rosen, Shem-Tov and Uzan were not members of the Knesset at the time, they had previously been MKs for the Alignment. Seventeenth government of Israel The seventeenth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Rabin on 3 June 1974, following the resignation of Prime Minister Golda Meir on 11 April and Rabin's election as Labor Party leader on 26 April. It was the", "title": "Seventeenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14413335", "text": "Seventeenth government of Israel The seventeenth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Rabin on 3 June 1974, following the resignation of Prime Minister Golda Meir on 11 April and Rabin's election as Labor Party leader on 26 April. It was the first time an Israeli government had been led by a native-born Israeli (although Rabin was born in the British Mandate for Palestine prior to independence). As well as the 54-seat Alignment (of which the Labor Party was the largest faction, alongside Mapam and the two Labor-affiliated Israeli Arab parties, Progress and Development and the Arab List for Bedouin", "title": "Seventeenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10705646", "text": "Seventh government of Israel The seventh government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 3 November 1955 following the July 1955 elections. His coalition included Mapai, the National Religious Front, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, and the Israeli Arab parties, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development. On 17 December 1957 Ben-Gurion accused Ahdut HaAvoda ministers of leaking information about IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan's trip to West Germany to the press and demanded their resignation. The government fell after Ben-Gurion resigned on 31 December 1957 over the issue, but remained in place until", "title": "Seventh government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10687013", "text": "from the coalition, Progressive Party MK Pinchas Rosen remained Minister of Justice. With the exception of Deputy Minister Kalman Kahana who resigned on 15 August, the government remained in place until 3 November 1955, more than three months after the July 1955 elections. Sixth government of Israel The sixth government of Israel was formed by Moshe Sharett during the second Knesset on 29 June 1955. Sharett dropped the General Zionists and the Progressive Party from his coalition, which included Mapai, Mizrachi, Hapoel HaMizrachi, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development. The only changes to", "title": "Sixth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14380677", "text": "Sixteenth government of Israel The sixteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 10 March 1974, following the December 1973 elections. However, following Meir's resignation as Prime Minister on 11 April, it only remained in office until 3 June, and at just 85 days, was the shortest-lived government in Israeli political history. Meir's coalition consisted of only three parties; the Alignment, the National Religious Party and the Independent Liberals, although the two Israeli Arab Alignment-affiliated parties (Progress and Development and the Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers) had merged into the Alignment following the election, and held 68", "title": "Sixteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10676662", "text": "60 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The government resigned on 19 December 1952 due to a dispute with the religious parties over religious education. Two ministers, Eliezer Kaplan and David-Zvi Pinkas died in office. Third government of Israel The third government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 8 October 1951, more than two months after the elections. His Mapai party formed a coalition with Mizrachi, Hapoel HaMizrachi, Agudat Yisrael, Poalei Agudat Yisrael and the three Israeli Arab parties, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development. There were 15 ministers. Agudat", "title": "Third government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10676661", "text": "Third government of Israel The third government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 8 October 1951, more than two months after the elections. His Mapai party formed a coalition with Mizrachi, Hapoel HaMizrachi, Agudat Yisrael, Poalei Agudat Yisrael and the three Israeli Arab parties, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development. There were 15 ministers. Agudat Yisrael and Poalei Agudat Yisrael left the coalition on 23 September 1952 (though Kalman Kahana remained a deputy minister) shortly after disagreements over the conscription of women into the IDF. This left the government with only", "title": "Third government of Israel" }, { "docid": "17156806", "text": "Thirty-third government of Israel The thirty-third government of Israel, also known as the third Netanyahu government, was formed after the 22 January 2013 Knesset elections, took office on 18 March 2013, and served until 14 May 2015. The Prime Minister was Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud; the government was a coalition of Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu, Yesh Atid, The Jewish Home, and Hatnuah. Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu, which had run a common list in the election, were the largest party in the Knesset, with 31 seats, and formed the government. Hatnuah agreed to become part of the government in February. The final", "title": "Thirty-third government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421624", "text": "Shas, the National Religious Party, Yisrael BaAliyah, United Torah Judaism and the Third Way in the government, with the coalition holding 66 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The government was also supported, but not joined, by the two-seat Moledet faction. Gesher left the coalition on 6 January 1998, but the government remained in place until 6 July 1999, when Ehud Barak formed the twenty-eighth government after defeating Netanyahu in the 1999 election for Prime Minister. Died in office. Twenty-seventh government of Israel The twenty-seventh government of Israel was formed by Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud on 18 June 1996.", "title": "Twenty-seventh government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421573", "text": "Twenty-third government of Israel The twenty-third government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 22 December 1988, following the November 1988 elections. The government remained a national unity coalition between Likud and the Alignment, with the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah also being members of the coalition. It was the first government to have a Minister of the Environment. In 1990, after Shamir refused to accept a peace initiative developed by United States Secretary of State James Baker, the Alignment filed a motion of no-confidence in the government. Shamir fired all the Alignment", "title": "Twenty-third government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421571", "text": "Twenty-third government of Israel The twenty-third government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 22 December 1988, following the November 1988 elections. The government remained a national unity coalition between Likud and the Alignment, with the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah also being members of the coalition. It was the first government to have a Minister of the Environment. In 1990, after Shamir refused to accept a peace initiative developed by United States Secretary of State James Baker, the Alignment filed a motion of no-confidence in the government. Shamir fired all the Alignment", "title": "Twenty-third government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14906168", "text": "Mofaz bringing the coalition majority to 94 MKs, the largest in Israeli history. Kadima subsequently left the ruling coalition on 17 July due to a dispute over the Tal Law. A paper presented to the Knesset's approval alongside the Government said that the Government will: The cabinet has 30 members. Thirty-second government of Israel The Thirty-second government of Israel, also known as the Second Netanyahu Government, was the largest cabinet in the country's history, in terms of the number of ministers: initially containing 30 ministers and nine deputy ministers, it later added another deputy prime minister as of May 2012", "title": "Thirty-second government of Israel" }, { "docid": "10676618", "text": "United Religious Front objected to his demands that the Supply and Rationing Ministry be closed and a businessman appointed as Minister for Trade and Industry, as well as issues over education in the new immigrant camps. First government of Israel The first government of Israel formed by David Ben-Gurion on 8 March 1949, a month and a half after the elections for the first Knesset. His Mapai party formed a coalition with the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim and Oriental Communities and the Democratic List of Nazareth, and there were 12 ministers. A notable piece of legislation", "title": "First government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421556", "text": "November 1988 elections. Twenty-second government of Israel The twenty-second government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 20 October 1986. Shamir replaced Shimon Peres of the Alignment as Prime Minister as part of a rotation deal within the national unity coalition between the two parties. The only other change to the coalition was that the one-seat Morasha faction was not included, with the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Shas, Shinui and Ometz remaining part of the government, although Shinui left on 26 May 1987. The government held office until 22 December 1988, when the twenty-third government was", "title": "Twenty-second government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421555", "text": "Twenty-second government of Israel The twenty-second government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 20 October 1986. Shamir replaced Shimon Peres of the Alignment as Prime Minister as part of a rotation deal within the national unity coalition between the two parties. The only other change to the coalition was that the one-seat Morasha faction was not included, with the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Shas, Shinui and Ometz remaining part of the government, although Shinui left on 26 May 1987. The government held office until 22 December 1988, when the twenty-third government was formed, following the", "title": "Twenty-second government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421623", "text": "Twenty-seventh government of Israel The twenty-seventh government of Israel was formed by Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud on 18 June 1996. Although his Likud-Gesher-Tzomet alliance won fewer seats that the Labor Party, Netanyahu formed the government after winning the country's first ever direct election for Prime Minister, narrowly defeating incumbent Shimon Peres. This government was the first formed by an Israeli national born in the state after independence in 1948 (the seventeenth government of 1974–1977 was the first to be formed by a native-born Israeli, although Rabin was born in the territory prior to independence). Together with Likud-Gesher-Tzomet, Netanyahu also included", "title": "Twenty-seventh government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14906166", "text": "Thirty-second government of Israel The Thirty-second government of Israel, also known as the Second Netanyahu Government, was the largest cabinet in the country's history, in terms of the number of ministers: initially containing 30 ministers and nine deputy ministers, it later added another deputy prime minister as of May 2012 until he resigned in July 2012. Following the 2009 Knesset elections, the new government was formed on 31 March 2009. It consisted of a coalition of Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu, Shas, the Labor Party and The Jewish Home. On 1 April 2009, United Torah Judaism joined as well. In January 2011,", "title": "Thirty-second government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421607", "text": "Twenty-fifth government of Israel The twenty-fifth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Rabin of the Labor Party on 13 July 1992, after the party's victory in the June elections. The coalition also contained the new Meretz party (an alliance of Ratz, Mapam and Shinui) and Shas, and held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The government was also supported, but not joined, by Hadash and the Arab Democratic Party, which held an additional five seats between them. Shas left the government on 14 September 1993, but the coalition was joined by the new Yiud faction (a three-member", "title": "Twenty-fifth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "17156810", "text": "(Jewish Home) said that the proposal to annex settled parts of the West Bank was \"the only sane plan.\" He added: \"It’s no secret that for dozens of years there has been a chasmic [sic] disagreement on how to leave the settlements. It hasn’t proven itself.\" Government spokesman Mark Regev declined to comment on the proposal and its opposition. Thirty-third government of Israel The thirty-third government of Israel, also known as the third Netanyahu government, was formed after the 22 January 2013 Knesset elections, took office on 18 March 2013, and served until 14 May 2015. The Prime Minister was", "title": "Thirty-third government of Israel" }, { "docid": "13208819", "text": "The government held office until Benjamin Netanyahu formed the thirty-second government on 31 March 2009, following elections the month before. Peres left office when elected President. Thirty-first government of Israel The thirty-first government of Israel was formed by Ehud Olmert on 4 May 2006, following Kadima's victory in the March elections. His coalition initially included the Labor Party, Shas and Gil, and held 67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The 11-seat Yisrael Beiteinu joined the coalition in November 2006, but left on 16 January 2008 in protest at peace talks with the Palestinian National Authority. With the inclusion", "title": "Thirty-first government of Israel" }, { "docid": "3897394", "text": "Public diplomacy of Israel Public diplomacy in Israel (also hasbara, \"hasbará\", \"explaining\") refers to public-relations efforts to disseminate, abroad, positive information about the State of Israel and its actions. The term is used by the Israeli government and its supporters to describe efforts to explain government policies and promote Israel in the face of negative press, and to counter what they see as attempts at delegitimisation of Israel. \"Hasbara\" means \"explanation\", and is also a euphemism for propaganda. While \"hasbara\" literally means \"explanation\", its exact import in its current usage is debated. Gideon Meir has said that there is no", "title": "Public diplomacy of Israel" }, { "docid": "14537513", "text": "Affairs portfolio, during their absence, Ariel Sharon took over their positions. Twenty-ninth government of Israel The twenty-ninth government of Israel was formed by Ariel Sharon on 7 March 2001, following his victory over Ehud Barak in the special election for Prime Minister in February. It was the first, and to date only time an election for Prime Minister was held without parallel elections for the Knesset, and one of the first acts of the new government was to repeal the law which introduced separate elections. Despite his large margin of victory in the election, because there had been no Knesset", "title": "Twenty-ninth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14537510", "text": "Twenty-ninth government of Israel The twenty-ninth government of Israel was formed by Ariel Sharon on 7 March 2001, following his victory over Ehud Barak in the special election for Prime Minister in February. It was the first, and to date only time an election for Prime Minister was held without parallel elections for the Knesset, and one of the first acts of the new government was to repeal the law which introduced separate elections. Despite his large margin of victory in the election, because there had been no Knesset elections, Sharon's Likud was not the largest party in the Knesset,", "title": "Twenty-ninth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421619", "text": "country's first election for Prime Minister, meaning that the Likud leader formed the twenty-seventh government, which he completed on 18 June. Although Tzur was not a Knesset member at the time, he had previously been elected on the Alignment list, and was a Labor Party member. Twenty-sixth government of Israel The twenty-sixth government of Israel was formed by Shimon Peres of the Labor Party on 22 November 1995, following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin on 4 November. Peres kept the same coalition as previously, namely the Labor Party, Meretz and Yiud, which together held only 58 of the 120 seats", "title": "Twenty-sixth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421618", "text": "Twenty-sixth government of Israel The twenty-sixth government of Israel was formed by Shimon Peres of the Labor Party on 22 November 1995, following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin on 4 November. Peres kept the same coalition as previously, namely the Labor Party, Meretz and Yiud, which together held only 58 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. However, they government was also supported, but not joined, by Hadash and the Arab Democratic Party, which held an additional five seats between them. Although the Labor Party won the May 1996 Knesset elections, Peres was narrowly defeated by Binyamin Netanyahu in the", "title": "Twenty-sixth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421608", "text": "breakaway from Tzomet) on 9 January 1995. Rabin was assassinated on 4 November 1995, with Shimon Peres taking over as Interim Prime Minister until forming the twenty-sixth government on 22 November. Although Tzur was not a Knesset member at the time, he had previously been elected on the Alignment list, and was a Labor Party member. Twenty-fifth government of Israel The twenty-fifth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Rabin of the Labor Party on 13 July 1992, after the party's victory in the June elections. The coalition also contained the new Meretz party (an alliance of Ratz, Mapam and", "title": "Twenty-fifth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "3897409", "text": "of the media guide will include appropriate \"Do's and Don'ts.\" Public diplomacy of Israel Public diplomacy in Israel (also hasbara, \"hasbará\", \"explaining\") refers to public-relations efforts to disseminate, abroad, positive information about the State of Israel and its actions. The term is used by the Israeli government and its supporters to describe efforts to explain government policies and promote Israel in the face of negative press, and to counter what they see as attempts at delegitimisation of Israel. \"Hasbara\" means \"explanation\", and is also a euphemism for propaganda. While \"hasbara\" literally means \"explanation\", its exact import in its current usage", "title": "Public diplomacy of Israel" }, { "docid": "16410747", "text": "The Form of Presbyterial Church Government The Form of Presbyterial Church Government is a document drawn up by the Westminster Assembly dealing with Presbyterian polity. It forms part of the Westminster Standards, and was adopted by the Church of Scotland in 1645. \"The Form of Presbyterial Church Government\" describes four church officers: pastors, teachers/doctors, elders, and deacons. The pastor is a \"minister of the gospel\", while the doctor is a minister who \"doth more excel in exposition of scripture, in teaching sound doctrine and convincing gainsayers than he doth in application\". The doctors are thus essentially theological professors, \"of most", "title": "The Form of Presbyterial Church Government" }, { "docid": "15156163", "text": "more than half of Israelis believe \"the whole world is against us\", and three quarters of Israelis believe \"that no matter what Israel does or how far it goes towards resolving the conflict with the Palestinians, the world will continue to criticize Israel\". As a result, public diplomacy has been an important focus of Israeli governments since Independence. The Israeli Ministry of Public Diplomacy & Diaspora Affairs seeks to explain government policies and promote Israel in the face of what they consider negative press about Israel around the world. The EISCA Report recommends that the British government criminalize certain kinds", "title": "Criticism of the Israeli government" }, { "docid": "10966861", "text": "as becoming the country's second Deputy Prime Minister. Eshkol presented it as a \"government of continuity\". Deputy Ministers were appointed on 1 July. The government resigned following the resignation of Eshkol on 14 December 1964. Eshkol had quit over a dispute with Ben-Gurion concerning the Lavon Affair, which Ben Gurion had demanded that the Supreme Court investigate. The twelfth government was formed a week later. Although Gvati was not an MK at the time, he later entered the Knesset as a member of the Alignment, a merger or Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda. Eleventh government of Israel The eleventh government of", "title": "Eleventh government of Israel" }, { "docid": "13208818", "text": "Thirty-first government of Israel The thirty-first government of Israel was formed by Ehud Olmert on 4 May 2006, following Kadima's victory in the March elections. His coalition initially included the Labor Party, Shas and Gil, and held 67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The 11-seat Yisrael Beiteinu joined the coalition in November 2006, but left on 16 January 2008 in protest at peace talks with the Palestinian National Authority. With the inclusion of the Labor Party's Raleb Majadele as a Minister without Portfolio on 29 January 2007, it became the first Israeli cabinet to have a Muslim minister.", "title": "Thirty-first government of Israel" }, { "docid": "9810784", "text": "municipalities. Instead, the residents' cooperative is recognized by the state of Israel as a local committee. Several such local committees can, for example, form together a regional council, which is one of the three types of local government in Israel. In practice, the regional council often has more impact on the resident's life than the cooperative of their own settlement: It is the regional council which will normally run schools, build roads, collect property taxes, and even run its own screening process. As explained above, what really sets apart a \"community settlement\" from an ordinary village is its ability to", "title": "Community settlement (Israel)" }, { "docid": "18196466", "text": "Israeli government that its conduct and policies are unacceptable and to impose a total arms ban on Israel.\" Norman Finkelstein, writing in 2006, said he supports a \"US academic boycott of Israel\". and an \"economic boycott of Israel\" In February 2012, Finkelstein \"launched a blistering attack\" of the BDS movement during an interview, saying it was a \"hypocritical, dishonest cult\" that tries to cleverly pose as human rights activists while in reality their goal is to destroy Israel. In addition, he said: \"I'm getting a little bit exasperated with what I think is a whole lot of nonsense. I'm not", "title": "Boycotts of Israel" }, { "docid": "15718149", "text": "Forum was established The GPO is responsible for issuing press credentials in Israel. The press card is designed to assist those involved in media work in the country. The GPO press card is issued to Israeli and foreign press according to defined criteria and allows access to government events that are open only to media personnel. Every request is submitted for a security review. In 2012 the GPO began issuing press cards for bloggers. It should be noted that a press card is not a condition for media work; applying for one is not a requirement. Government Press Office (Israel)", "title": "Government Press Office (Israel)" }, { "docid": "16410749", "text": "also argues for a body called the \"presbytery\" or \"classical assembly\". It is to consist of ministers and elders, and is to have oversight of a number of congregations. The third type of assembly is the \"synodical assembly\", which is above the level of the presbytery. The final section describes how ministers are to be ordained by the presbytery. It sets the minimum age for ministers at twenty-four, and includes a comprehensive list of points on which a candidate is to be examined. The Form of Presbyterial Church Government The Form of Presbyterial Church Government is a document drawn up", "title": "The Form of Presbyterial Church Government" }, { "docid": "18763384", "text": "the parties hold 61 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The elections that led to the formation of the government were a result of events on 2 December 2014, when Netanyahu dismissed two of his ministers whose parties' members subsequently resigned from the 33rd government of Israel, dissolving the government ahead of schedule. During the 34th government, several corruption cases arose in regards to Netanyahu. Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked stated that even if indicted, Netanyahu will still be able to continue as Prime Minister. The policy guidelines for the 34th government include but are not limited to: Terms of", "title": "Thirty-fourth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "8966219", "text": "were not re-recorded for \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" (although a remixed version of \"Blue Water\" was included as the B-side on the \"This Is Not a Love Song\" 12\" single). Songs on \"This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get\" which did not appear in any form on \"Commercial Zone\" are \"Tie Me to the Length of That\", \"The Pardon\" and \"1981\", and are the only songs on the album which do not credit Keith Levene as a co-writer. PiL was supposed to score the soundtrack for the 1983 suspense film \"Copkiller\", starring Harvey", "title": "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" }, { "docid": "16186496", "text": "And I don't care what it is \"And I don't care what it is\" is a phrase attributed to U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, and often misquoted. For example, one encyclopedia says: \"Eisenhower once remarked that 'America makes no sense without a deeply held faith in God—and I don't care what it is. Some commentators, such as Will Herberg, argued that Eisenhower favored a generic, watered-down religion, or ridiculed Eisenhower's banality. What Eisenhower actually said, when he was President-elect, was that the American form of government since 1776 was based on Judeo-Christian moral values. Speaking extemporaneously on December 22, 1952, a", "title": "And I don't care what it is" }, { "docid": "14380679", "text": "April 1974 after the Agranat Commission had published its interim report on the Yom Kippur War. The government remained in office whilst the Labor Party (the largest faction within the Alignment) elected a new leader who would attempt to form a new government. On 26 April Yitzhak Rabin, then Minister of Labour, defeated Shimon Peres, the Minister of Information, in the party's leadership contest. Rabin went on to form the seventeenth government on 3 June 1974. Although Gvati, Rosen, Shem-Tov and Uzan were not members of the Knesset at the time, they had previously been MKs for the Alignment. Sixteenth", "title": "Sixteenth government of Israel" }, { "docid": "18196465", "text": "60th anniversary despite a death threat from militant Islamic activist Omar Bakri Muhammad, who said, \"If he values his life Mr McCartney must not come to Israel. He will not be safe there. The sacrifice operatives will be waiting for him.\" Omar Barghouti, one of the founders of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, described the threat as \"deplorable\". McCartney said \"I do what I think and I have many friends who support Israel.\" In 2008 British Member of Parliament Sir Gerald Kaufman claimed, \"It is time for our government to make clear to the", "title": "Boycotts of Israel" }, { "docid": "17156809", "text": "ministers. This did not include Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who had resigned in December 2012 after being charged with fraud. PM Netanyahu served as Foreign Minister until November 2013, when Lieberman was acquitted and returned to office. In 2014, Housing Minister Ariel (Jewish Home) called for the construction of more houses in the West Bank area in response to the Fatah-Hamas national unity government deal. Finance Minister Lapid (Yesh Atid) threatened to bring down the government if any West Bank settlements were unilaterally annexed to Israel. Justice Minister Livni (Hatnuah) also threatened to leave the government. Religious Affairs Minister Bennett", "title": "Thirty-third government of Israel" }, { "docid": "180009", "text": "Shamir successfully formed a national unity coalition with the Labour Alignment. In March 1990, Alignment leader Shimon Peres engineered a defeat of the government in a non-confidence vote and then tried to form a new government. He failed and Shamir became prime minister at the head of a right-wing coalition. In 1990, the Soviet Union finally permitted free emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel. Prior to this, Jews trying to leave the USSR faced persecution; those who succeeded arrived as refugees. Over the next few years some one million Soviet citizens migrated to Israel. Although there was concern that some", "title": "History of Israel" }, { "docid": "14421572", "text": "ministers, but the vote was passed by 60-55, meaning that President Chaim Herzog had to ask one of the party leaders to form a new government. It was the first, and to date, only time which a government was brought down by a no confidence motion. Herzog initially asked Alignment leader Shimon Peres to form a new government, but after Peres was unable to, turned to Shamir, who successfully formed the twenty-fourth government on 11 June. The incident became known as the dirty trick. Although Deri was not a Knesset member at the time, he was a member of Shas.", "title": "Twenty-third government of Israel" }, { "docid": "180044", "text": "centrist Yesh Atid party (19), rightist The Jewish Home (12) and Livni's Hatnuah (6), excluding Haredi parties. Labour came in third with 15 seats. In July 2013, as a \"good will gesture\" to restart peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, Israel agreed to release 104 Palestinian prisoners, most of whom had been in jail since before the 1993 Oslo Accords, including militants who had killed Israeli civilians. In April 2014, Israel suspended peace talks after Hamas and Fatah agreed to form a unity government. Following an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas, Israel started an operation in the Gaza Strip", "title": "History of Israel" }, { "docid": "15718145", "text": "division and the press office were both managed by Moshe Sharett. The news division supplied news items to newspapers in Israel in addition to supplying information from the Jewish world to Jewish newspapers around the world. In 1951 Moshe Perlman was appointed to be the first director of the Israel Government Press Office. Other agencies involved in Israeli public diplomacy field were Keren Hayesod, The Jewish National Fund and the United Jewish Appeal. The GPO works to facilitate media coverage of key elements in Israel, state visits and the visits of other foreign VIPs. The GPO issues press cards for", "title": "Government Press Office (Israel)" }, { "docid": "7432153", "text": "What Time Is Love? \"What Time Is Love?\" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by the band The KLF. It featured prominently and repeatedly in their output from 1988 to 1992 and, under the moniker of 2K, in 1997. In its original form, the track was an instrumental techno anthem; subsequent reworkings, with vocals and additional instrumentation, yielded the international hit singles \"What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)\" (1990) and \"America: What Time Is Love?\" (1991), which respectively reached number 5 and number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and introduced The KLF", "title": "What Time Is Love?" }, { "docid": "10817388", "text": "both Lebanon and by Israel as the international border, and not just as the Armistice Demarcation Line of 1949 (what is commonly called the Green Line) following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. On April 17, 2000, Israel announced that it would withdraw its forces from Lebanon. The Lebanese government refused to take part in marking the border. The UN thus conducted its own survey based on the line for the purpose of Council Resolution 425, which called for \"strict respect for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon within its internationally recognized boundaries\". From May 24 to June 7,", "title": "Borders of Israel" }, { "docid": "16410748", "text": "excellent use in schools and universities\". The elder is distinguished from the minister, and has the role of church governance, while the deacon is \"to take special care in distributing to the necessities of the poor.\" \"The Form of Presbyterial Church Government\" describes how the Church should be divided up in congregations, ordinarily \"by the respective bounds of their dwellings\". There ought to be at least one minister per congregation, along with others to govern. These people are to meet regularly, with the minister acting as the \"moderator\" of the meeting. The document calls this a \"congregational assembly\". \"The Form\"", "title": "The Form of Presbyterial Church Government" }, { "docid": "7728592", "text": "During the verses, Gordon moves to a square, Motown-style beat – or \"rock-steady Northern soul backbeat\" in Leng's words – before returning to the \"galloping rhythm\" of the more open, \"knockout\" choruses, and the song is driven equally by Badfinger drummer Mike Gibbins' powerful tambourine work. On \"What Is Life\", Spector provided what music critic David Fricke terms \"echo-drenched theater\", in the form of reverb-heavy brass, soaring strings (arranged by John Barham) and \"a choir of multitracked Harrisons\". The vocals and Barham's contribution, along with a brief slide-guitar commentary from Harrison over the final verse, were overdubbed at Trident Studios,", "title": "What Is Life" }, { "docid": "12762333", "text": "against international terrorism pursued by the Italian Government (also in the European arena: the decision of Riva del Garda to insert Hamas in the European list of organizations considered as terrorist). It has also been appreciated what the Italian Presidency has done in the framework of the United Nations on the Middle Eastern issues. Israel also welcomed the coherent and firm line of conduct, in contrasting the emergence of antisemitism in every possible form taken by the Italian government. Italian culture enjoys a very high standing among Israelis, who frequently visit Italy for education, work, tourism, and scientific and artistic", "title": "Israel–Italy relations" }, { "docid": "18136423", "text": "confluence of memories and emotions forming a single idea\", that it has \"a power of recreating traditional forms so that they become expressive of an artist's own epoch and yet keep a relationship to the past\". The highest masterpieces are said to be \"illustrations of great themes.\" Clark also implicitly excluded the erotic from considerations of what constituted a masterpiece, based on his perspective that a necessary condition is the balance between sense and form (works that are too sensual are, therefore, unbalanced and not to be categorised at masterpiece level). What is a Masterpiece? What is a Masterpiece? is", "title": "What is a Masterpiece?" }, { "docid": "3017104", "text": "Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared to acknowledge that Israel had nuclear weapons when he stated on German TV that Iran was \"aspiring to have nuclear weapons as America, France, Israel, Russia\". This admission was in contrast to the long-running Israeli government policy of deliberate ambiguity on whether it has nuclear weapons. The policy held that Israel would \"not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons in the Middle East.\" Former International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei regarded Israel as a state possessing nuclear weapons. Much of what is known about Israel's nuclear program comes from revelations in", "title": "Israel and weapons of mass destruction" }, { "docid": "19257694", "text": "Female representation in local government in Israel According to the year 2015, women stand at the head of 7 out of 256 local authorities in Israel. Municipal elections in Israel are elections in which the residents of the cities and local councils in Israel vote for the chairman of the local authority (mayor or municipality chairman), as well as the city councils or the local councils. Since the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948 until 1978, when the municipal elections system has been reformed, residents would use one ballot to elect a political party. Once a coalition is", "title": "Female representation in local government in Israel" }, { "docid": "2714048", "text": "in 2013 was estimated at 1,658,000, representing 21% of the country's population. In Israel's Northern District Arab citizens of Israel form a majority of the population (52%) and about 50% of the Arab population lives in 114 different localities throughout Israel. In total there are 122 primarily if not entirely Arab localities in Israel, 89 of them having populations over two thousand. The seven townships as well as the Abu Basma Regional Council that have been constructed by the government for the Bedouin population of the Negev, are the only Arab localities to have been established since 1948, with the", "title": "Arab citizens of Israel" }, { "docid": "9406944", "text": "\"we really hadn’t decided whether I was just helping Valentino write his own book, or if I was writing a book about him.\" Valentino points out that, \"I thought I might want to write my own book, but I learned that I was not ready to do this. I was still taking classes in basic writing at Georgia Perimeter College.\" Dave Eggers discusses the difficulties in writing a book of this nature: \"For a long while there, we continued doing interviews, and I gathered the material. But all along, I really didn’t know exactly what form it would finally take—whether", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "192847", "text": "was minimal. In the late 1990s, the government of Israel decided to encourage the usage of natural gas because of environmental, cost, and resource diversification reasons. At the time however, there were no domestic sources of natural gas and the expectation was that gas would be supplied from overseas in the form of LNG and by a future pipeline from Egypt (which eventually became the Arish–Ashkelon pipeline). Plans were made for the Israel Electric Corporation to construct several gas-driven power plants, for erecting a national gas distribution grid, and for an LNG import terminal. Soon thereafter, gas began to be", "title": "Economy of Israel" }, { "docid": "10577859", "text": "Local government in Israel The local governments of Israel (; also known as local authorities), are the set of bodies charged with providing services such as urban planning, zoning, and the provision of drinking water and emergency services, as well as education and culture, as per guidelines of the Interior Ministry for communities of all sizes in the country. Almost all local governments take one of three forms: city councils, which governs a large municipality, local councils, which governs a small municipality, and regional councils, which governs a group of communities, often but not necessarily of a rural nature. All", "title": "Local government in Israel" }, { "docid": "10577862", "text": "every area in which it has jurisdiction and has the power to enforce these laws as well as the laws and regulations applicable to its functions. Furthermore local authorities are allowed to levy local taxes and collect various payments for services and concessions. They prepare their own budgets, although these then must be approved by the Ministry of the Interior. Local government in Israel The local governments of Israel (; also known as local authorities), are the set of bodies charged with providing services such as urban planning, zoning, and the provision of drinking water and emergency services, as well", "title": "Local government in Israel" }, { "docid": "179952", "text": "whom 75% live in Morocco and 15% in Tunisia. Between 1948 and 1958, the population of Israel rose from 800,000 to two million. During this period, food, clothes and furniture had to be rationed in what became known as the Austerity Period (\"Tkufat haTsena\"). Immigrants were mostly refugees with no money or possessions and many were housed in temporary camps known as ma'abarot. By 1952, over 200,000 immigrants were living in tents or prefabricated shacks built by the government. Israel received financial aid from private donations from outside the country (mainly the United States). The pressure on the new state's", "title": "History of Israel" }, { "docid": "11125738", "text": "film was the Bazan sale incident, in which the company's stake in the country's largest oil refinery was bought out by Israel's treasury, for what many considered to be an overvalued sum, especially since Israel Corp. was bound by an agreement to return its holding of Bazan to the state without compensation. The company had allegedly blocked the film from being broadcast on any of Israel's commercial TV channels, and it was finally broadcast on Channel One. Israel Corporation Israel Corporation () is Israel’s largest holding company. It was founded in 1968 by the Government of the State of Israel.", "title": "Israel Corporation" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2235370", "text": "championship win, having won their first in 1997. The 2003 World Series featured the New York Yankees in their sixth Series appearance in eight years. Opposing them were the wild card Florida Marlins, appearing in their second World Series in their eleven-year franchise history. The Marlins became the second straight wild card team to win the World Series; the Anaheim Angels won in 2002. The series was, however, somewhat overshadowed by the League Championship Series that year, when the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox, both widely believed to be cursed, went down in dramatic defeats only five outs", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "docid": "14643470", "text": "lost key parts of their second championship team, Ugueth Urbina and Iván Rodríguez left via free agency (signed by the Detroit Tigers). Marlins third base coach Ozzie Guillén also departed to be manager of the Chicago White Sox. The Marlins did get good news though as Dontrelle Willis was named NL Rookie of the Year and Jack McKeon named Manager of the Year. They also signed Mike Lowell to a new four-year contract. After winning the 2003 World Series, the Marlins entered 2004 with high hopes and a retooled roster. Retaining a core of stars from their title team and", "title": "History of the Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "14643468", "text": "Billy Goat\" alive and well. In the 2003 World Series, the Marlins defeated the heavily favored New York Yankees in six games, winning the sixth game in Yankee Stadium. Shortstop Álex González helped the Marlins in Game 4 of the series with a walk off home run in extra innings. Josh Beckett was named the Most Valuable Player for the series after twirling a five-hit complete-game shutout in Game 6. Skipper Jack McKeon became the oldest manager ever to win a World Series title. The Marlins became the first opposing team to win a Series championship on the field at", "title": "History of the Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "2235393", "text": "was the 1959 World Series. The Marlins have not played in a World Series since 2003, but the Yankees have, as the new Yankee Stadium opened in 2009, the year of their 27th World Championship. 2003 World Series (4–2): Florida Marlins (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.) This World Series is notable for being one of the few six-game series in which the winning team was outscored.<br>It happened previously in 1918, 1959, 1977, 1992, and 1996.<br> Seven-game series winners were outscored in 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1991, 1997, and 2002; (equaled in 2016 and 2017). 2003", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "docid": "7251914", "text": "was an early critic of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, warning the Players Union as early as 1998 that drugs were a problem in the sport; he served as a Union Executive Board Member from 1999 to 2007. Helling was a member of two World Series Championship teams: the 1997 World Series Champion Florida Marlins and the 2003 World Series Champion Florida Marlins. Despite being traded to the Texas Rangers earlier in the 1997 season, which meant he did not participate in the Marlins' World Series win that year, he was awarded a World Series ring by his former", "title": "Rick Helling" }, { "docid": "2235369", "text": "2003 World Series The 2003 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2003 season. The 99th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Florida Marlins and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees; the Marlins upset the heavily-favored Yankees, four games to two. The series was played from October 18 to 25, 2003. This is the most recent Series in which the losing team outscored the winning team; the Yankees lost, despite outscoring the Marlins 21–17 in the Series. This was the Marlins' second World Series", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "docid": "143044", "text": "the 2003 season, manager Jeff Torborg was fired after 38 games. The Marlins were in last place in the NL East with a 16–22 record at the time. Torborg's successor, 72-year-old Jack McKeon, led them to the NL wild card berth in the postseason; they defeated the New York Yankees four games to two in the 2003 World Series. Wayne Huizenga, CEO of Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation, was awarded an expansion franchise in the National League (NL) for a $95 million expansion fee and the team began operations in 1993 as the Florida Marlins. The Marlins qualified for the postseason and", "title": "Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "16873897", "text": "double to Gordon in the ninth inning, but he did not score, as Hosmer grounded out to end the game. In this game, the Giants set a Series record for NL teams by getting hits from 11 different players. Of the 16 total hits, 13 were singles. Madison Bumgarner became the first pitcher to record a complete game shutout in a World Series game since Josh Beckett did so for the Florida Marlins in Game 6 of the 2003 World Series, and the first Giants pitcher to accomplish the feat since Jack Sanford in Game 2 of the 1962 World", "title": "2014 World Series" } ]

[ { "docid": "9268157", "text": "Series played in what would have been its second year (1904), and the cancellation of all post-season play as a result of the strike in 1994, it was only the 99th World Series played. Josh Beckett was named the World Series MVP. 2003 Florida Marlins season The 2003 Florida Marlins season was a season in American baseball. The Marlins were the National League Wild Card Winners, the National League Champions, and the World Series Champions. The Marlins became just the second team in baseball history to win a World Series championship despite being 10 or more games below .500 (as", "title": "2003 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10330079", "text": "1998 Florida Marlins season The 1998 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to repeat as World Series Champions, having won the title in 1997. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 54–108, dead last in the NL East. The team is notable for having arguably the biggest fire sale in sports history, auctioning off nearly all of their most notable players. The 1998 Marlins were the first defending World Series champions to finish last in their division. After winning on opening day against the Chicago", "title": "1998 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10330080", "text": "Cubs, the Marlins would lose 11 straight, the most consecutive losses by a reigning champion. The Marlins would finish 0-9 against 3 teams: Cincinnati, San Francisco, and Milwaukee. The 1998 Marlins are the last team in baseball history to finish winless against 3 separate opponents. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" 1998 Florida Marlins season The 1998 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to repeat as World Series Champions, having won the title in 1997. Their manager was", "title": "1998 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "9268150", "text": "2003 Florida Marlins season The 2003 Florida Marlins season was a season in American baseball. The Marlins were the National League Wild Card Winners, the National League Champions, and the World Series Champions. The Marlins became just the second team in baseball history to win a World Series championship despite being 10 or more games below .500 (as low as 19-29) at some point in the season; the other team was the 1914 Boston Braves. The Marlins pulled off some blockbuster deals during the 2003 off season, the most impressive being that of 10-time Gold Glove winning catcher Iván Rodríguez.", "title": "2003 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "2423782", "text": "occurred in the year before. The Blue Jays became the second expansion team to win two World Series championships, following the New York Mets in . The Florida (now Miami) Marlins would win their second title in , and the Kansas City Royals would accomplish the same feat in . With the Montreal Canadiens winning the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals five months earlier, it marked the only time Canadian teams won multiple league championships among the four major North American team sports in a calendar year. Mitch Williams later placed the blame on himself for what happened in the 1993", "title": "1993 World Series" }, { "docid": "14643469", "text": "Yankee Stadium since 1981, when the Los Angeles Dodgers did it. The Marlins are also the last team to win a World Series at the original Yankee Stadium; the Yankees themselves would not participate in another World Series until 2009, when they defeated the then-defending champion Philadelphia Phillies at the new Yankee Stadium. The Marlins won the series despite scoring fewer runs (17) than the Yankees (21). The offseason after their second World Series title, the Marlins made a questionable cost-cutting move as Derrek Lee was traded to Chicago Cubs for Hee-seop Choi and pitcher Mike Nannini. The Marlins also", "title": "History of the Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "10329984", "text": "1999 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 1999 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 64-98, 5th in the NL East. 1999 Marlins win series 5-1 \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs;", "title": "1999 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "2235392", "text": "the NL East title). The Marlins also became the first team since the creation of the Division Series to win the World Series without ever having home-field advantage during their entire post-season. , the Marlins have a 6-0 record in postseason series play; until the Tampa Bay Rays lost the 2008 World Series, they had extended their home state's perfect streak to 8-0. This was the last World Series game held in the original Yankee Stadium before its closure after the 2008 season. The last World Series in which two stadiums hosted their final World Series games until this year", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "docid": "143041", "text": "Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball organization based in Miami, Florida. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. Their home park is Marlins Park. Though one of only two MLB franchises to have never won a division title (the other is the Colorado Rockies), the Marlins have won two World Series championships as a wild card team. The team began play as an expansion team in the 1993 season as the Florida Marlins and played home games from their inaugural season to the 2012 season", "title": "Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "4172074", "text": "their eighth year of existence. Two teams later surpassed that, as the Florida Marlins won the 1997 World Series in their fifth year (also becoming the first wild card team to win a World Series) and the Arizona Diamondbacks won the 2001 World Series in their fourth year of play. This was the first World Series since to have games played in New York that didn't involve the New York Yankees; it was also the first World Series in which neither the New York Giants nor Brooklyn Dodgers (as both teams had moved to California in 1958) represented New York", "title": "1969 World Series" }, { "docid": "2235391", "text": "World Series titles, as the Mets won their second title in their 25th season, and the Blue Jays did it in their 17th (the Royals, joining the group 12 years later, got their second title in their 47th season). The championship was the Marlins' second despite never having won a division title. The Atlanta Braves had won the NL East every year since 1995 going into this World Series, a strike ended the 1994 season without division winners, and the Philadelphia Phillies won the Marlins' division in 1993 (that streak would end in 2006, when the New York Mets claimed", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "docid": "9268156", "text": "the Marlins hope was over. In Game Six, the Cubs enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 lead with one out in the 8th Inning, when it all fell apart, and the Marlins went on to win the game, tying the series. This was the game of the Steve Bartman incident. In Game Seven, Brad Penny drove it home for the Fish, clinching their second pennant in 6 years. In the World Series, the underdog Marlins prevailed over the Yankees, 4 games to 2. This World Series marked the 100th anniversary of the annual event, although because there had not been a World", "title": "2003 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "2828858", "text": "1997 World Series The 1997 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1997 season. The 93rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians and the National League (NL) champion Florida Marlins The Marlins, who were underdogs, defeated the Indians, four games to three, to win their first World Series championship. Game 7 was decided in extra innings on a walk-off single hit by Édgar Rentería. The series began on October 18 and ended on October 26 (after midnight October 27). Marlins pitcher Liván Hernández was", "title": "1997 World Series" }, { "docid": "10329885", "text": "2001 Florida Marlins season The 2001 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 2000. Their managers were John Boles and Tony Pérez. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 76-86, 4th in the National League East. April 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal. The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series.", "title": "2001 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10330690", "text": "1997 Florida Marlins season The 1997 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to improve on their record from 1996. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 92-70, posting the first winning season in franchise history and winning the NL Wild Card. They got through the National League playoffs and won the World Series over the Cleveland Indians. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI", "title": "1997 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10329878", "text": "SO = Strikeouts\" 2002 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2002 season started off with the team trying to improve on their 76-86 season from 2001. Their manager was Jeff Torborg. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79-83, 4th in the NL East. The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Devil Rays won the series 4-2. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits;", "title": "2002 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10329876", "text": "2002 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2002 season started off with the team trying to improve on their 76-86 season from 2001. Their manager was Jeff Torborg. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79-83, 4th in the NL East. The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Devil Rays won the series 4-2. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting", "title": "2002 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "13921847", "text": "2010 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2010 season was the 18th season for the Major League Baseball franchise. The Marlins played their home games at Sun Life Stadium. On June 23, 2010, Fredi González was fired as manager and replaced with Edwin Rodríguez. Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies threw the 20th perfect game in baseball history, and 2nd of the season, at Sun Life Stadium, on May 29, 2010. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs", "title": "2010 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "3939235", "text": "to their first World Series since . The Cardinals made their first appearance in the World Series since . With the New England Patriots winning Super Bowl XXXVIII, the World Series victory made Boston the first city to have Super Bowl and World Series championship teams in the same year (2004) since Pittsburgh in 1979. The Red Sox became the third straight wild card team to win the World Series; the Anaheim Angels won in 2002 and the Florida Marlins won in 2003. The Red Sox had home-field advantage in the World Series by nature of the AL winning the", "title": "2004 World Series" }, { "docid": "11117355", "text": "2008 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2008 season was the 16th season for the Major League Baseball franchise. Fredi González returned for his second season as manager. Despite having the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues, the Marlins finished with a record of 84–77, the 4th best record in franchise history. The season started off well for the Marlins even though they lost the opening series to the New York Mets. They go on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, sweep the Washington Nationals in their series, and take the first game of the series vs. Houston Astros while earning", "title": "2008 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "2828900", "text": "2017 season. It also marked the final game carried by Indians flagship station WKNR (1220); the broadcast rights would be moved to WTAM for the 1998 season. 1997 World Series The 1997 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1997 season. The 93rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians and the National League (NL) champion Florida Marlins The Marlins, who were underdogs, defeated the Indians, four games to three, to win their first World Series championship. Game 7 was decided in extra innings on", "title": "1997 World Series" }, { "docid": "11053155", "text": "Wednesday, October 29. The AL's 4–3 win in the 2008 All-Star Game gave the Rays home field advantage for the series, meaning no more than three games would be played at the Phillies' stadium Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies won their second championship in their 126-year history to bring the city of Philadelphia its first championship in 25 years (since the 1983 NBA Finals). This was the first postseason series lost by an MLB team based in the state of Florida; previously, the Rays and Florida Marlins were 8–0 in post-season series. The Phillies advanced to the World Series after", "title": "2008 World Series" }, { "docid": "14965943", "text": "Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average; \" 2011 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2011 season was the 19th season for the Major League Baseball franchise. This was the final year in which the Marlins played their home games at Sun Life Stadium, as well as the final season for the team under the name \"Florida Marlins\". \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles;", "title": "2011 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "14965942", "text": "2011 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2011 season was the 19th season for the Major League Baseball franchise. This was the final year in which the Marlins played their home games at Sun Life Stadium, as well as the final season for the team under the name \"Florida Marlins\". \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W =", "title": "2011 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "143046", "text": "expansion brethren, the Colorado Rockies, they have never won a division title since their establishment, and are one of only two current MLB teams that have never won their division. The Marlins moved into their new ballpark, Marlins Park in 2012, which coincided with a change in the team colors/uniforms and name to the Miami Marlins. The Marlins are the only team to win a World Series in their first two winning seasons (1997 and 2003); in fact, they are the only team to even make the playoffs in their first two winning seasons. In those two seasons, they managed", "title": "Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "143054", "text": "was only average for the first year, dropping down to second to last by 2013. Opening Day payrolls for 25-man roster (since 1993): The annual financial records of the Marlins according to \"Forbes\" since 2001. Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball organization based in Miami, Florida. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. Their home park is Marlins Park. Though one of only two MLB franchises to have never won a division title (the other is the Colorado Rockies), the Marlins have won two World", "title": "Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "12566500", "text": "grand slam by Hanley Ramírez, and homers by Jorge Cantú and Jeremy Hermida capped a spectacular performance in a 12–6 win over the Washington Nationals. Following an opening series sweep of Washington, the Marlins won two of three games against the New York Mets. Next, Florida had a nine-game road trip, visiting Atlanta, Washington, and Pittsburgh for three games each. The Marlins swept both the Braves and Nationals to earn a franchise-best 11—1 record to open a season. But then they stumbled in Pittsburgh, losing all three games to the Pirates. Then the Marlins returned home to meet the Phillies,", "title": "2009 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "4341599", "text": "history to win 3 games without a loss. Babe Adams did it the year before, but in seven games, and Christy Mathewson accomplished the feat in the 1905 Series. This was the A's first World Series title. 1910 World Series (4–1): Philadelphia Athletics (A.L.) over Chicago Cubs (N.L.) 1910 World Series The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship. Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting. The 2nd greatest Cubs team in history closed out its glory years,", "title": "1910 World Series" }, { "docid": "10329932", "text": "2000 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2000 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 1999. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 79-82, 3rd in the NL East. 2000 Citrus Series split 3-3 \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs;", "title": "2000 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "4200521", "text": "Chicago by virtue of the AL's 7–5 victory over the NL in the 2005 MLB All-Star Game. The Astros were attempting to become the fourth consecutive wild card team to win the Series, following the Anaheim Angels (2002), Florida Marlins (2003) and Boston Red Sox (2004). Both teams were attempting to overcome decades of disappointment, with a combined 132 years between the two teams without a title. The Astros were making their first Series appearance in 44 years of play, while the White Sox had waited exactly twice as long for a title, having last won the Series in 1917,", "title": "2005 World Series" }, { "docid": "7211130", "text": "in the LCS regardless of regular season record. The Athletics were seeking their first AL pennant since 1990, while the Tigers captured the league title for the first time since their win in the 1984 World Series. The series was a rematch of the 1972 American League Championship Series (then a best-of-five series), in which Oakland defeated Detroit in 5 games. Detroit manager Jim Leyland, who led the Florida Marlins to the 1997 World Series title, became the seventh manager in history to win pennants in both leagues. It was the second consecutive ALCS without the Yankees and Red Sox.", "title": "2006 American League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "2828886", "text": "home team of the deciding game (the only exception being 1999 when the New York Yankees chose to celebrate in their locker room). 1997 World Series (4–3): Florida Marlins (N.L.) over Cleveland Indians (A.L.) Liván Hernández was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1997 World Series. Chad Ogea became the first pitcher since Mickey Lolich in 1968 to have at least two hits and two RBIs in a World Series. Soon after Game 7 was complete, rumors on the internet started to spread that the 1989 (four years before the Florida Marlins made their debut) film \"Back to the", "title": "1997 World Series" }, { "docid": "18801355", "text": "Series appearance overall – in 2002, he was bench coach with the Anaheim Angels when they won the World Series in seven games. The Indians made their sixth appearance in the World Series. They won their first two championships in against the Brooklyn Robins and in against the Boston Braves. They lost their three most recent appearances in the Fall Classic, losing to the New York Giants in , the Atlanta Braves in , and the Florida Marlins in . The Indians qualified for the postseason by winning the American League Central, their eighth division title and their first since", "title": "2016 World Series" }, { "docid": "10329887", "text": "run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" 2001 Florida Marlins season The 2001 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 2000. Their managers were John Boles and Tony Pérez. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 76-86, 4th in the National League East. April 9, 2001: John Mabry was sent to the Florida Marlins by the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.", "title": "2001 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "2235390", "text": "Chicago Cubs and most recently the 2017 Houston Astros. They also became the second expansion team in the National League to win two World Series titles, following the New York Mets who achieved this feat in ; the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League, who pulled this off in and , are the third major-league expansion franchise to do so. The Kansas City Royals, also of the American League, became the 4th expansion franchise to win two World Series titles, adding the 2015 title to their 1985 win. The Marlins also became the fastest expansion team to win two", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "docid": "10330714", "text": "1996 Florida Marlins season The 1996 Florida Marlins season began with the team trying to improve on their record from 1995. Their managers were Rene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, and John Boles. They played home games in Miami Gardens, Florida. They finished with a record of 80-82, 3rd in the National League East. The Marlins home ballpark at the time had been known as Joe Robbie Stadium since opening. However in the middle of the 1996 season, the Miami Dolphins, who controlled the stadium, sold naming rights to Pro Player by Fruit of the Loom. Thus, in the middle of the", "title": "1996 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10123509", "text": "1993 Florida Marlins season The 1993 Florida Marlins season was the inaugural year for the team, part of the 1993 Major League Baseball expansion. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished 33 games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies, with a record of 64-98, sixth in the National League East, ahead of only the New York Mets. The 1992 MLB Expansion Draft was held on November 17, 1992. As opposed to previous expansion drafts such as the 1961 draft, players from both leagues were available to the expansion clubs. Each existing club", "title": "1993 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "12566499", "text": "2009 Florida Marlins season The 2009 Florida Marlins season was the 17th season for the Major League Baseball franchise. The Marlins played their home games at Sun Life Stadium. Fredi González returns for his third straight season as manager. At 87-75, 2009 had proved the third best season in Franchise History, the best non-playoff season and their last winning record to the end of 2017. Opening Day showcased the Marlins′ new emphasis on pitching and speed, although several home runs were hit too. New leadoff hitter Emilio Bonifacio had three stolen bases and an inside-the-park home run, going 4-for-5. A", "title": "2009 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "3968551", "text": "win the championship in its first World Series appearance; all teams that have reached their first World Series since have lost—the Houston Astros in , Colorado Rockies in , Tampa Bay Rays in , and Texas Rangers in ). The Giants would return to the postseason the following season, but lost the NLDS to the Florida Marlins while they were en route to a World Series championship. After a second-place finish in 2004, the Giants had losing seasons for the next four years. After losing 90 games in 2008, the Giants won 88 games for a surprising third-place finish in", "title": "2002 World Series" }, { "docid": "12485661", "text": "wins in the series. The Yankees' victory in the ALCS earned them their 40th World Series appearance in franchise history, and their first since losing to the Florida Marlins in . The two teams played a three-game interleague series at Yankee Stadium in May 2009, with the Phillies winning two of the three games. The series included two blown saves by Phillies' closer Brad Lidge in games 2 and 3, although the Phillies came back to win the final game in extra innings. The Yankees had home field advantage for the Series as the American League had won that year's", "title": "2009 World Series" }, { "docid": "10330744", "text": "1995 Florida Marlins season The 1995 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to improve on their record from 1994. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 67–76, fourth in the National League East. The Marlins scored 673 runs and allowed 673 runs to finish with a run differential of zero. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB =", "title": "1995 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "9644320", "text": "2007 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2007 season began with the team with the league's lowest payroll trying to improve on their promising 78-84 record in 2006. Despite the success of the team under manager Joe Girardi, he was fired and replaced with Fredi González. Marlins general manager Larry Beinfest said that the team's goal from the start of the season was to compete in the playoffs. The Marlins had two goals to address during the 2006 offseason: they needed a new closer because '06 closer Joe Borowski signed with the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, and the", "title": "2007 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "9644316", "text": "2007 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2007 season began with the team with the league's lowest payroll trying to improve on their promising 78-84 record in 2006. Despite the success of the team under manager Joe Girardi, he was fired and replaced with Fredi González. Marlins general manager Larry Beinfest said that the team's goal from the start of the season was to compete in the playoffs. The Marlins had two goals to address during the 2006 offseason: they needed a new closer because '06 closer Joe Borowski signed with the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, and the", "title": "2007 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "12566501", "text": "and lost all three games there too. In the final game against Philadelphia, outfielder Cody Ross pitched an inning of relief, becoming the first Marlins position player to pitch since Jason Wood did so in 2007. The Marlins closed April with three straight wins on the road. The Marlins opened the month by losing the final three games of a four-game series at the Chicago Cubs. This was the beginning of one of the worst months in Marlins history going 5—20. Ricky Nolasco never returned to his 2008 form and was sent down to AAA. Worse yet, their number three", "title": "2009 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10330692", "text": "Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" Florida wins the series, 3-0 October 18, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami October 19, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami October 21, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio October 22, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio October 23, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio October 25, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami October 26, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game 1997 Florida Marlins season The 1997 Florida Marlins season started off with the team", "title": "1997 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "9268153", "text": "SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" With a 4–3 win over the New York Mets on September 26, the Marlins clinched their second wildcard in team history, and finishing with an overall record of 91–71. The Marlins won the Division Series over the heavily favored defending National League champion San Francisco Giants. The series ended with a play at the plate with catcher Iván Rodríguez prevailing over Giants first baseman J. T. Snow. Coupled with a perfect throw from Conine and", "title": "2003 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10330779", "text": "1994 Florida Marlins season The 1994 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to improve on their record from 1993. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 51-64, last in the National League East. The season ended early as a result of the 1994 players strike. By Friday, August 12, the Marlins had compiled a 51-64 record through 115 games. They had scored 468 runs (4.07 per game) and allowed 576 runs (5.01 per game). Charlie Hough was 46 when he took the hill on Opening", "title": "1994 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "2235387", "text": "by Juan Encarnación just inches away from a home run and Hideki Matsui on a ground ball to first base to preserve the Marlins win. This would be the seventh and final World Series game at what was then Pro Player Stadium; the Marlins would continue to play at the stadium until the end of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. This was the first of two consecutive games in this World Series to mark the final World Series game in its respective park. This game also marked the first time in MLB history that 1st inning runs had been", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "docid": "19533474", "text": "team to come back twice from three runs down in a World Series game, the other was the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15–14 win during Game 4 of the 1993 World Series. The six game tying home runs in the series to this point is the most for any World Series on record. This World Series set a new record for most players to hit a home run (14 to date in the World Series). With the teams combining to score 25 runs throughout the game, this was the highest scoring World Series game since the Florida Marlins defeated", "title": "2017 World Series" }, { "docid": "14578052", "text": "set a Series record by issuing 41 walks, breaking the previous record held by the Florida Marlins when winning the 1997 World Series after issuing 40. The Cardinals became the first wild card team to win the World Series since the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series (coincidentally, against the Cardinals). 2011 World Series (4–3): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Texas Rangers (A.L.) The series was televised in the United States and Canada by Fox. Joe Buck called play-by-play on his 14th World Series for the network, dating back to , while color analyst Tim McCarver handled his", "title": "2011 World Series" }, { "docid": "7210754", "text": "when he said \"Tigers in \"three\"\". St. Louis' manager Tony La Russa joined his mentor, Sparky Anderson, as only the second manager to win the World Series with teams in both leagues. La Russa won in with the Athletics. Coincidentally, Anderson first accomplished the feat by managing Detroit to their previous championship in 1984. He was chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2. If the Tigers had defeated the Cardinals, Jim Leyland would have joined Anderson for this feat instead of LaRussa as he had already won the 1997 World Series with the Florida Marlins. When", "title": "2006 World Series" }, { "docid": "13921848", "text": "batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; r = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average; \" 2010 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2010 season was the 18th season for the Major League Baseball franchise. The Marlins played their home games at Sun Life Stadium. On June 23, 2010, Fredi González was fired as manager and replaced with Edwin Rodríguez.", "title": "2010 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "1687765", "text": "the Kansas City Royals defeated the Mets to win their first World Series championship since 1985, the same year from which Marty and Doc time traveled in the film. As for the fictional Miami Gators, when the film was made Florida did not yet have a Major League Baseball team, but the state has since gained two franchises: the Florida Marlins (now the Miami Marlins) in 1993 and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (now the Tampa Bay Rays) in 1998. Neither qualified for the postseason in 2015. The film was released to theaters in North America on Wednesday, November 22,", "title": "Back to the Future Part II" }, { "docid": "143052", "text": "2005. In 1989, \"Back to the Future Part II\" had a reference to the Chicago Cubs defeating a baseball team from Miami in the 2015 World Series, ending the longest championship drought in all four of the major North American professional sports leagues. The Marlins were the first team in Major League Baseball to have a dance/cheer team. Debuting in 2003, the \"\"Marlins Mermaids\"\" influenced other MLB teams to develop their own cheer/dance squads; this was inspired in part by similar squads from the NFL and NBA. In 2008, the Florida Marlins debuted \"\"The Marlins Manatees\"\", Major League Baseball's first", "title": "Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "14643445", "text": "early on was the Florida Flamingos. The franchise adopted the nickname \"Marlins\" from previous minor league teams, the Miami Marlins of the International League from 1956 to 1960, and the Miami Marlins (1962–70) and Miami Marlins (1982–88) teams that played in the Florida State League. In November 1991, the Marlins hired Fredi González as the Marlins first Minor League manager. On December 16, 1991, they made their first-ever signing, inking 16-year-old Dominican pitcher Clemente Núñez to a contract. They selected catcher Charles Johnson of the University of Miami with their first-ever first round draft pick in June 1992. Later that", "title": "History of the Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "9268154", "text": "an amazing catch from Rodríguez, Snow was attempting to score by using a football type bulldozing move, but Rodríguez held on and the Marlins won, marking the first time that a post-season series ended with the potential tying run being thrown out at home plate. The 2003 National League Championship Series is arguably one of the most famous (or infamous) post-season series in MLB history. On one side, the Florida Marlins, the miracle who, just a few months before, were at the cellar of the NL. On the other side, the Chicago Cubs, the \"lovable losers\", who, for the first", "title": "2003 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "4169672", "text": "to the Toronto Blue Jays and in 2006 to the Detroit Tigers—and a total of eight times in the postseason (1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013 and 2014) since this Series. At the time of the 1989 World Series, the Oakland franchise had not seen a World Series win since . The Giants, meanwhile, failed to repeat as National League Champions and would not return to the playoffs until 1997, when they were swept by the Florida Marlins in the NLDS. The Giants would not return to the World Series until , when they lost a seven-game series", "title": "1989 World Series" }, { "docid": "15975538", "text": "to win a World Series-clinching game in extra innings and the first to do so since the 1997 Florida (now Miami) Marlins clinched the series in Game 7 in 11 innings. They were the first Giants team to do so since Game 5 of the 1933 World Series against the Washington Senators (now Minnesota Twins) in Washington when the Giants were in New York. After sweeping this series 4-0, Bruce Bochy became the fourth World Series Manager to be on a winning side and losing side of a sweep, having lost in a four-game sweep against the New York Yankees", "title": "2012 World Series" }, { "docid": "10330716", "text": "Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" 1996 Florida Marlins season The 1996 Florida Marlins season began with the team trying to improve on their record from 1995. Their managers were Rene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, and John Boles. They played home games", "title": "1996 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10329985", "text": "RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" 1999 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 1999 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles.", "title": "1999 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10329933", "text": "RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" 2000 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2000 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 1999. Their manager was John Boles.", "title": "2000 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10329321", "text": "G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" 2005 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2005 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 2004. Their manager was Jack McKeon. They played home games at Dolphin", "title": "2005 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "14643463", "text": "but their fifth straight losing season since winning the World Series. The Marlins also turned their first ever triple play in franchise history on July 28, 2002. During the offseason, the Marlins signed free agent catcher Iván Rodríguez – a 10-time Gold Glove Award winner – and acquired speedy outfielder Juan Pierre from the Colorado Rockies hoping to offset the loss of sluggers Cliff Floyd and Preston Wilson. The Marlins did acquire P Mike Hampton but dealt him and his hefty contract to the Braves for P Tim Spooneybarger. The Marlins struggled in the opening stages of the season, going", "title": "History of the Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "10330781", "text": "ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" 1994 Florida Marlins season The 1994 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to improve on their record from 1993. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 51-64, last in the National League", "title": "1994 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "8920752", "text": "= Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" 2006 Florida Marlins season The 2006 Florida Marlins season was the 14th in Marlins franchise history; an American Major League Baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. They finished the season in fourth place in the National League East Division. They are notable for exceeding expectations and remaining close in the Wild Card race until September, despite having the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues and using primarily rookies and low priced veterans. The team hit more home runs than the 2005 Marlins. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats;", "title": "2006 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "8920751", "text": "2006 Florida Marlins season The 2006 Florida Marlins season was the 14th in Marlins franchise history; an American Major League Baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. They finished the season in fourth place in the National League East Division. They are notable for exceeding expectations and remaining close in the Wild Card race until September, despite having the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues and using primarily rookies and low priced veterans. The team hit more home runs than the 2005 Marlins. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR", "title": "2006 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10329365", "text": "runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases\" 2004 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2004 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 2003. Their manager was Jack McKeon. They played most of their home games at Pro Player Stadium. They played two against the Montreal Expos at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field due to Hurricane Ivan. The team started off 8-1, but then came back down to earth and finished with a record of 83-79, 3rd in the NL East. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs;", "title": "2004 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10329364", "text": "2004 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2004 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 2003. Their manager was Jack McKeon. They played most of their home games at Pro Player Stadium. They played two against the Montreal Expos at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field due to Hurricane Ivan. The team started off 8-1, but then came back down to earth and finished with a record of 83-79, 3rd in the NL East. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home", "title": "2004 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "10329320", "text": "2005 Florida Marlins season The Florida Marlins' 2005 season started off with the team trying to improve on their season from 2004. Their manager was Jack McKeon. They played home games at Dolphin Stadium. They finished with a record of 83-79, 3rd in the NL East. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note:", "title": "2005 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "7490814", "text": "Gulf Coast League Marlins The Gulf Coast League Marlins are a Rookie Level minor league affiliate of the Miami Marlins that plays in the Gulf Coast League. The team plays their home games in Jupiter, Florida at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, which is also the spring training home of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins. The Marlins include mostly players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents. The GCL Marlins were based in Kissimmee, Florida in 1992–1993, and Melbourne, Florida 1994–2001. The GCL Marlins threw a combined perfect game", "title": "Gulf Coast League Marlins" }, { "docid": "18845706", "text": "of Miami Law School. Leavy is unmarried and does not have children. He is the owner of Starship Stables and more than 100 Thoroughbreds. Marlins Man Laurence Leavy (born October 13, 1956), better known as Marlins Man, is an American sports fan and lawyer from North Miami Beach, Florida. He gained fame in 2012 for his frequent appearances at major sporting events while wearing orange Miami Marlins apparel. His seating placement in view of broadcast cameras has drawn attention at the World Series, Super Bowl, NBA Finals, Kentucky Derby, College World Series, and other events. Leavy has been described by", "title": "Marlins Man" }, { "docid": "18845699", "text": "Marlins Man Laurence Leavy (born October 13, 1956), better known as Marlins Man, is an American sports fan and lawyer from North Miami Beach, Florida. He gained fame in 2012 for his frequent appearances at major sporting events while wearing orange Miami Marlins apparel. His seating placement in view of broadcast cameras has drawn attention at the World Series, Super Bowl, NBA Finals, Kentucky Derby, College World Series, and other events. Leavy has been described by \"USA Today\" as a \"ubiquitous superfan\". Leavy's presence was first noted while attending a 2012 NBA Playoffs basketball game featuring the Miami Heat, where", "title": "Marlins Man" }, { "docid": "2828179", "text": "\"reversing the curse\". The Cubs won the division that year and then came within five outs of playing in the World Series, but were undone by the Florida Marlins' eight-run rally immediately following the Steve Bartman incident. The Cubs then lost the following game and with it the series. (The Marlins went on to win the World Series against the New York Yankees.) Further salting the wound, the Astros earned their first World Series berth two years later and their crosstown rival the Chicago White Sox won the series. On February 26, 2004, at the Harry Caray Restaurant in downtown", "title": "Curse of the Billy Goat" }, { "docid": "7627848", "text": "1997 National League Championship Series The 1997 National League Championship Series (NLCS) pitted the Florida Marlins against the Atlanta Braves. The Marlins won the series, 4–2, and went on to defeat the Cleveland Indians in the 1997 World Series. Both teams hailed from the NL East division, the 101-win Braves being the division champions while the Marlins made the playoffs courtesy of the wild card. Both the Braves and Marlins swept their opponents during the Division Series. This was the second all-Southern postseason series, the first being in the previous round when Atlanta beat the Houston Astros. However, it was", "title": "1997 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "14643467", "text": "the Marlins play a role in one of baseball's most infamous moments: \"The Inning\" . With 1 one out in the 8th inning and the Cubs 3 runs ahead, Marlins 2nd baseman Luis Castillo hit a pop foul a row into the stands along the third base line. Cubs fan Steve Bartman reached for the ball, preventing Cubs LF Moisés Alou from making the out and setting off an 8-run Marlins rally. The incident with Steve Bartman and a come-from-behind win in Wrigley Field in Game 7 helped the Marlins capture their second NL pennant, keeping the \"Curse of the", "title": "History of the Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "7997568", "text": "Arizona Diamondbacks in the World Series in seven games. They made the World Series again in 2003, but lost to the underdog Florida Marlins. The Yankees did not win another World Series until 2009. The Mariners have not made the MLB postseason since 2001. Their 116 wins in the regular season remain tied (with the 1906 Cubs) for the Major League record. No team has approached 116 since, the closest being the Boston Red Sox in 2018, with 108 wins. 2001 American League Championship Series The 2001 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a rematch of the 2000 ALCS between", "title": "2001 American League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "2828888", "text": "fire sale so infamous that it has come to synonymize the term in the baseball world. World Series MVP hurler Liván Hernández, however, stayed with the team for two more years. The Marlins had a record of 54–108 in 1998, the worst performance ever by a defending World Series champion. As a result, these Marlins are mockingly referred to as the first \"Rent-A-Team\" to win the World Series. Jim Leyland, responding to reports that he would retire if the Marlins won the World Series, told NBC during the celebration, \"My wife doesn't like me that much. I can't retire.\" However,", "title": "1997 World Series" }, { "docid": "12510433", "text": "MLB would come to South Florida, so he wanted the stadium designed to make any necessary renovations for baseball as seamless as possible. The Marlins arrived in 1993 and during their time at the stadium, the Marlins drew more than 3 million people in their inaugural season and also won two World Series titles, in 1997 and 2003. The stadium continues to be home to the Dolphins, and since 2008, the Miami Hurricanes from the University of Miami. Despite such preparation and pockets of success, the stadium was less than adequate as a baseball venue. Although its design was meant", "title": "Marlins Park" }, { "docid": "12566504", "text": "Josh Johnson joined him but was not named a starter. At the All-Star Game, Ramírez went 0 for 3 with 3 ground balls. Johnson did not get the opportunity to pitch. Coming out of the All-Star Break, the Marlins ran in the Philadelphia Phillies with a four-game series. Since the 3rd game got rained out, they only lost all 3 games. No. 5 starter Sean West was sent to the minors and Rick VandenHurk was called up to make his 2009 Marlins debut. Also, their No. 4 starter Andrew Miller was sent down and Gaby Sánchez joined the team. \"Note:", "title": "2009 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "12510444", "text": "acres near what was then Dolphins Stadium and about $50 million for a baseball-only venue in exchange for revenue. But Marlins management was less than enthusiastic about entering another stadium arrangement with Huizenga next to the Dolphins. Selig granted Loria's request to explore cities outside of South Florida as potential homes. Team officials traveled to San Antonio, Texas, in December 2005, to meet with officials who showed them potential stadium locations around the city and discussed plans to finance a ballpark. The Marlins also flirted with interest from Las Vegas, Nevada, and Portland, Oregon in 2006. Although the Marlins did", "title": "Marlins Park" }, { "docid": "13683575", "text": "black. Tenerife Marlins The Marlins Puerto Cruz, also referred to as the Tenerife Marlins, are a baseball team from Tenerife that plays in the top division of Spanish Baseball, the Division de Honor de Beisbol. The Marlins Puerto Cruz were founded in 1997 and have enjoyed considerable success in the Spanish and European baseball circuits. The team won the Copa del Rey every year from 2005–2009 and the CEB Cup in 2004. The Junior Team won the 2010 Junior Championship Series. The team's uniforms and moniker on modeled on those of the Florida Marlins. The team's colors are sky blue", "title": "Tenerife Marlins" }, { "docid": "13683574", "text": "Tenerife Marlins The Marlins Puerto Cruz, also referred to as the Tenerife Marlins, are a baseball team from Tenerife that plays in the top division of Spanish Baseball, the Division de Honor de Beisbol. The Marlins Puerto Cruz were founded in 1997 and have enjoyed considerable success in the Spanish and European baseball circuits. The team won the Copa del Rey every year from 2005–2009 and the CEB Cup in 2004. The Junior Team won the 2010 Junior Championship Series. The team's uniforms and moniker on modeled on those of the Florida Marlins. The team's colors are sky blue and", "title": "Tenerife Marlins" }, { "docid": "2235373", "text": "final three. After going down three games to one to the Cubs in the NLCS, they rallied to win the final three games. In the World Series, the Marlins put up their young roster with a $54 million payroll up against the storied Yankees and their $164 million payroll. By facing the Marlins, the Yankees faced every team in the National League that had won a National League pennant. Since then, the 2005 Houston Astros and the 2007 Colorado Rockies have reached the World Series without facing the Yankees. As of 2017, the Washington Nationals, who were originally the Montreal", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "docid": "19074446", "text": "the main event, Hardy was unable to win the TNA World Title Series tournament and therefore unable to win the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship as the match was ultimately won by Ethan Carter III, who became the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion for a second time. However, three days later at the \"Impact Wrestling\" tapings, Carter lost the title against Hardy in a Last Man Standing match on the January 19, 2016 episode of \"Impact Wrestling\", ending his reign at 14 days. During the match, a double turn took place with Carter turning face for the first time in", "title": "TNA World Title Series" }, { "docid": "12566503", "text": "idol Randy Johnson and the San Francisco Giants with a no-hitter before Édgar Rentería hit a single. and Ricky Nolasco returned from the Minors and was better than ever. Hanley Ramírez started to play like an MVP, by hitting 2 grand slams in one series against the Baltimore Orioles, his second and third of the year, then continued to have RBIs for 10 straight games into July 2 for a Florida Marlins franchise record. In the beginning of July Hanley Ramírez was voted as the starting shortstop for the National League in the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. Teammate and pitcher", "title": "2009 Florida Marlins season" }, { "docid": "12485671", "text": "lost their previous World Series appearance to the Florida Marlins in and had not won since against the New York Mets. This was the fifth Series played between teams from New York and Philadelphia, and was the first Yankees–Phillies matchup since . The series also was the fourth consecutive time that the Phillies would have faced a team from the current AL East in the World Series, while the Yankees had faced a NL East opponent in four of their five most recent World Series appearances. This Series had two unofficial nicknames: \"Turnpike Series\", for the New Jersey Turnpike, which", "title": "2009 World Series" }, { "docid": "19478684", "text": "and Palm Beach Cardinals (1). Two players each from the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, and Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations have won the Pitcher of the Year Award, more than any others, followed by the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Miami Marlins, Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Rays organizations (1). Florida State League Pitcher of the Year Award The Florida State League Pitcher of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best pitcher in minor league baseball's Florida State League. In 2004, Ismael Ramirez", "title": "Florida State League Pitcher of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "12510441", "text": "portion of a new stadium. The Miami Dolphins notified the Marlins in December 2004 that they would terminate its lease at what was then Pro Player Stadium following the 2010 season if no stadium deal appeared imminent. A big step came in February 2005 when Miami-Dade County officials unveiled a financial plan for a budgeted $420 million to $435 million ballpark and parking garage for the Marlins east of the Miami Orange Bowl. The Marlins also attempted to lobby funding from the state of Florida. However, in May 2005, the Marlins' struggles with the Florida Legislature continued, as its requests", "title": "Marlins Park" }, { "docid": "11053160", "text": "the American League Division Series. In the American League Championship Series, Tampa Bay defeated the Boston Red Sox in seven games (4–3), to advance to their first World Series in franchise history. The Rays became the third MLB team in the post-1969 \"Divisional Era\" to make the World Series in their first trip to the playoffs, joining the 1969 New York Mets and the 1997 Florida Marlins. The Philadelphia Phillies (2008 champions of the National League) defeated the Tampa Bay Rays (American League champions) four games to one, played in St. Petersburg and Philadelphia from Wednesday, October 22 to Wednesday,", "title": "2008 World Series" }, { "docid": "7578097", "text": "as Dorry, Bryn McAuley as Joanna, and Dean Stockwell as \"Tramp\". A 1972 UK movie adaptation, \"Katy\", starred Clare Walker, and the 1962 eight-part TV series made in the UK, also called \"Katy\", featured rising star Susan Hampshire in the title role. In 2015, author Jacqueline Wilson wrote her novel \"Katy\", which is a modern retelling of \"What Katy Did\". The August 2016 edition of Storytime featured a new illustrated adaptation with illustrations by Italian artist Marco Guadalupi. \"What Katy Did\" was followed by four sequels: \"What Katy Did at School\" in which Katy and Clover attend the fictional Hillsover", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "8672934", "text": "Richard Blackmore, who acted as a player/coach before moving to Otahuhu, where he coached the Premier team from 2006-2010. The Marlins played four season in the Bartercard cup, making the playoffs just once. They did however win in their first finals appearance, beating the Otahuhu Leopards, before going down against eventual runners up, the Eastern Tornadoes. In 2004 their place was taken by the . Manurewa Marlins The Manurewa Marlins are a rugby league club based in Manurewa, New Zealand. In 2018 the Marlins will compete in Auckland Rugby League's Sharman Cup competition. Between 2000 and 2003 they competed in", "title": "Manurewa Marlins" }, { "docid": "20643105", "text": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (film series) I Know What You Did Last Summer is an American horror film series, based on the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. The series consists of three films. After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. But exactly one year later, the dead man returns from his watery grave and he's looking for more than an apology. The murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie James and", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (film series)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2981597", "text": "during the time they filmed \"Beautiful Girls\" and Angelina Jolie during Jolie's separation from Jonny Lee Miller. In 2000, he married illustrator Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, niece of former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Their son Milo was born in Paris in 2001. In July 2009, \"US Weekly\" reported that Hutton and his second wife, Giscard d'Estaing, had separated. Hutton became a Freemason at Herder Lodge No. 698 in New York City in 2005. Timothy Hutton Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and director. He is the youngest recipient in the Best Supporting Actor Category of", "title": "Timothy Hutton" } ]

[ { "docid": "2981587", "text": "Timothy Hutton Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and director. He is the youngest recipient in the Best Supporting Actor Category of the Academy Awards. He won at the age of 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in \"Ordinary People\" (1980). Hutton has since appeared regularly in feature films and on television, with featured roles in the drama \"Taps\" (1981), the spy film \"The Falcon and the Snowman\" (1985), and the horror film \"The Dark Half\" (1993), among others. Between 2000 and 2002, Hutton starred as Archie Goodwin in the A&E drama series \"A", "title": "Timothy Hutton" }, { "docid": "2981588", "text": "Nero Wolfe Mystery\". Between 2008 and 2012, he starred as Nathan \"Nate\" Ford on the TNT drama series \"Leverage\". Timothy Hutton was born in Malibu, California. His father was actor Jim Hutton; his mother, Maryline Adams (née Poole), was a teacher. His parents divorced when Hutton was three years old, and his mother took him and his older sister, Heidi (born in 1959), with her to Boston. The family returned to California when Hutton was 12. \"A lot of people think that because my father was an actor, I come from this big show-business background,\" Hutton told Bruce Cook of", "title": "Timothy Hutton" }, { "docid": "2981590", "text": "sought out his father and moved in with him in Los Angeles. At Fairfax High School, while playing Nathan Detroit in a school production of \"Guys and Dolls\", he realized he wanted to become an actor. With encouragement from both of his parents, he carefully built himself a career in television. On June 2, 1979, Jim Hutton died in Los Angeles from liver cancer, two days after his 45th birthday. In 1981, Hutton dedicated his Academy Award, which he had won for his role in the movie \"Ordinary People\", to his father. Timothy Hutton's career began with parts in several", "title": "Timothy Hutton" }, { "docid": "5143137", "text": "Mackenzie Phillips). Hutton's final performances included roles in \"Flying High\", \"$weepstake$\", and \"Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color\" (\"The Sky Trap\"). His last television role was in an unsold pilot called \"Butterflies\", based on the BBC2 sitcom of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC in August, 1979 about two months after Hutton had died. Hutton was married to Maryline Adams (née Poole), who was a teacher. They divorced in 1963. They had two children: a daughter, Heidi (born 1959), and a son, Timothy (born 1960). Timothy also became an actor and appeared with his father in a summer", "title": "Jim Hutton" }, { "docid": "2981596", "text": "most famous of which includes the music video for the Cars' hit single \"Drive\" in 1984. In 2010, he directed the music video for \"The House Rules\" by country rocker/Leverage co-star Christian Kane. Hutton starred in a Groupon commercial during the 2011 Super Bowl which drew public ire for the parodying of the Tibetan resistance movement. The commercials were pulled from rotation on February 10 after continued negative response from the public and activist groups. Hutton has married twice. His first marriage (1986–1990) was to actress Debra Winger; they have a son, Noah, born in 1987. Hutton dated Uma Thurman", "title": "Timothy Hutton" }, { "docid": "2981595", "text": "Hutton starred in the television series \"Leverage\" from 2008 to 2012, where he played former insurance investigator Nate Ford who led a group of thieves who acted as modern-day Robin Hoods. In 2014, Hutton was cast opposite Felicity Huffman in John Ridley's ABC crime drama \"American Crime\". Hutton is one of the owners of the New York City restaurant and bar P. J. Clarke's. In 2003 he became president of Players, a New York actors' club, but he resigned in June 2008 due to work keeping him in Los Angeles. He has also made a few forays into directing, the", "title": "Timothy Hutton" }, { "docid": "5143138", "text": "stock production of \"Harvey\". In 1970, he married Lynni Solomon, and they had daughter Punch Hutton (former deputy fashion editor of \"Vanity Fair\"). Hutton also had an intermittent 15-year relationship with actress and model Yvette Vickers. On June 2, 1979, Hutton died of liver cancer, just two days after his 45th birthday. He died four weeks and one day after being diagnosed. Two years later, Hutton's son Timothy dedicated his 1981 Academy Award, which he had won for his role for the film \"Ordinary People\", to his father. Jim Hutton Dana James Hutton (May 31, 1934 – June 2, 1979)", "title": "Jim Hutton" }, { "docid": "13485131", "text": "to pursue her philanthropic work with her non-profit foundation: The Hutton Foundation. Today, the Hutton Foundation has approximately $100,000,000 in endowment and donates millions annually to the arts, health care, education, and civic causes. Mrs. Hutton was a generous benefactor of education and children causes. Chapman University has recognized Hutton's generosity by naming several of their facilities after Hutton, including the Harold Hutton Sports Center and the Betty Hutton Williams Colonnade. The Betty Hutton Williams Medal, established in 1994, is the highest academic honor given to a Chapman University business or economics student. Additionally, Timothy A. Canova is currently Associate", "title": "Hutton Companies" }, { "docid": "5143119", "text": "Jim Hutton Dana James Hutton (May 31, 1934 – June 2, 1979) was an American actor in film and television best remembered for his role as Ellery Queen in the 1970s TV series of the same name and his screen partnership with Paula Prentiss in four films, starting with \"Where the Boys Are\". He is the father of actor Timothy Hutton. Hutton was born in Binghamton, New York, the son of Helen and Thomas R. Hutton, an editor and managing editor of the Binghamton Press. Hutton's parents divorced while he was an infant, and he never knew his father. Hutton", "title": "Jim Hutton" }, { "docid": "9833274", "text": "Worth, Texas. She appeared on such game shows as \"Match Game\", \"Password\", and \"Family Feud\". She had an extramarital relationship with Nat King Cole. Hutton telephoned his wife, Maria Cole, to tell her to divorce him. Maria, in turn, confronted her husband and Cole ended the relationship with Hutton after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. After the death of Cole, Hutton met a Pilot with the United States Air Force, Allan Freeman. They married on January 10, 1970 and remained married until his death on August 30, 2014. They have three children, daughter Amber Vanderbilt, who is the wife", "title": "Gunilla Hutton" }, { "docid": "8784650", "text": "Hutton produced two sons - Ross William (who died of cancer at the age of 40) and Raymond Bruce Hutton. Hutton married Virginia Pearl (Javos) Hutton of Nampa, Alberta. After 25 years of marriage, in 2001 she died of cancer at the age of 51. Hutton and his wife had the following children: Hutton was an engineer by training. He attained Grade 12 Senior Matriculation at Aden Bowman Collegiate, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1963, followed by University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, College of Engineering - first year 1964. He also completed Basic Training with the RCMP in 1967. Hutton jokes that he", "title": "Bruce Hutton" }, { "docid": "12520076", "text": "child, a girl named Mary, who was born September 1, 1869; Mary married James Garrett Biddle. In 1876, Hutton built a house for his family in Bryn Mawr, PA, near those of several of his clients. It still stands at the southwest corner of Montgomery and Morris Avenues. Addison Hutton died on June 26, 1916, and was buried at Short Creek Meeting House, Jefferson Co., Ohio. His granddaughter has written a biography: Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall, \"Addison Hutton: Quaker Architect, 1834–1916\" (Philadelphia: The Art Alliance Press, 1974). Notes Addison Hutton Addison Hutton (1834–1916) was a Philadelphia architect who designed prominent residences", "title": "Addison Hutton" }, { "docid": "5693283", "text": "her home in Coppergate, York, that she had purchased from \"Parcivall Levett of York, merchant.\") The archbishop left several children by the second marriage. Of these, Timothy Hutton, the eldest son, born 1569, was knighted in 1605, the year in which he was high sheriff of Yorkshire, and died in 1629; the second son was Sir Thomas Hutton of Popleton (\"d\". 1620). The archbishop was blamed by some for granting leases of church lands to his children, which apparently considerably enriched them. He was an ancestor of Matthew Hutton (Archbishop of Canterbury) (1693–1758). An original portrait of Hutton is at", "title": "Matthew Hutton (archbishop of York)" }, { "docid": "3844788", "text": "Thomas Jacomb Hutton Sir Thomas Jacomb Hutton, KCB, KCIE, MC & bar (27 March 1890 – 17 January 1981) was a British Army officer who held a variety of vital staff appointments between World War I and World War II, ultimately commanding the \"Burma Army\" during the early stages of the Japanese conquest of Burma in early 1942. Hutton was married to Scottish psychiatrist Isabel Emslie Hutton (1887-1960). Thomas Jacomb Hutton was born on 27 March 1890 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, the eldest son of William Henry Hutton, and was educated at Rossall School and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. On 23", "title": "Thomas Jacomb Hutton" }, { "docid": "3411515", "text": "a respected New York investment banking and stock brokerage firm. She was a niece by marriage of cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, who was for a time (1920–1935) married to E.F. Hutton; thus their daughter, actress-heiress Dina Merrill (born Nedenia Hutton), was a first cousin to Barbara Hutton. Dina Merrill related on A&E's \"Biography of the Woolworths\", that for a time Barbara lived with them following the death of her mother and abandonment by her father. Edna Hutton reportedly died on May 2, 1917, age 33, from suffocation due to mastoiditis, but rumor persists that she committed suicide by poison", "title": "Barbara Hutton" }, { "docid": "3411519", "text": "idea of the psychological problems she lived with that led to a life of victimization and abuse. Popular poet Ogden Nash then took note of Hutton's public private life in the following light verse: Said Aimee McPherson to Barbara Hutton,<br> \"How do you get a marriage to button?\"<br> \"You'll have to ask some other person.\"<br> Said Barbara Hutton to Aimee McPherson Barbara Hutton habitually married: Her first husband, Alexis Mdivani, used her great wealth to his advantage. As a social climber, he and his siblings were part of the \"Marrying Mdivinis\" from Georgia who claimed to be \"princes\" after they", "title": "Barbara Hutton" }, { "docid": "3411526", "text": "1942. The press dubbed the married couple \"Cash and Cary\", though Grant did not need her money nor did he need to benefit from her name, and he appeared to genuinely care for Hutton. Nevertheless, this marriage also failed. Grant did not seek or receive any money from Hutton in their divorce settlement. Hutton left California and moved to Paris, France, before acquiring a palace in Tangier. Hutton then began dating Igor Troubetzkoy, an expatriate Russian prince of very limited means but world renown. In the spring of 1948 in Zurich, Switzerland, she married him. That year, he was the", "title": "Barbara Hutton" }, { "docid": "13020451", "text": "Sir Richard Hutton, the younger Sir Richard Hutton, the younger (1594 – 15 October 1645) was a Yorkshire landowner and Member of Parliament for Knaresborough who lost his life in the English Civil War. Sir Richard Hutton inherited substantial estates at Goldsborough and Flaxby including the Jacobean Goldsborough Hall on the death of his father. He was the second but oldest surviving son of Sir Richard Hutton (1560–1639), the lawyer who had defied Charles I over ship money. He was firstly married to Anne Paulet, then to Margaret Wentworth whose brother was Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, (who was", "title": "Sir Richard Hutton, the younger" }, { "docid": "10438765", "text": "School for high school, where he graduated in 1991. He then walked on and played college football at the University of Tennessee where he was the starting punter for four years. He currently resides in Memphis with his wife, who he married in 1998, and two daughters. Tom Hutton (American football) William Thomas Hutton (born July 8, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former professional American football player who played punter. As an undrafted free agent, Hutton played for four seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League where he averaged 42.4 yards on 349 punts, and had", "title": "Tom Hutton (American football)" }, { "docid": "2981589", "text": "\"American Film\" magazine in 1981. \"But that's not how I grew up at all. My mother took us to Cambridge because she wanted to get her M.A. She wound up teaching in Connecticut, but the way she saw it, after a while, if we all stayed there, my sister and I would just wind up as the proprietors of the local drugstore or something, so that was why she took us to Berkeley – to get us into the world, I guess. Now she's given up teaching and she's into printing miniature books.\" In 1976 when he was 16, Hutton", "title": "Timothy Hutton" }, { "docid": "19326148", "text": "David Graham Hutton David Graham Hutton OBE (13 April 1904 – 14 October 1988), was a British economist, author and Liberal Party politician. Hutton was born the elder son of David and Lavinia Hutton. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, the London School of Economics and at French and German Universities. He married Magdalene Ruth Rudolph, of Zürich. In 1934 the marriage was dissolved. In 1940 he married Joyce Muriel Green. They had three daughters. In 1958 the marriage was dissolved. He then married Marjorie Bremner, of Chicago. In 1945 he was awarded the OBE. In 1971 he was made", "title": "David Graham Hutton" }, { "docid": "2981594", "text": "one of her early standout film roles. Moving on to television, he starred as Nero Wolfe's assistant and leg-man Archie Goodwin in the A&E television series \"A Nero Wolfe Mystery\" (2001–2002); he also served as an executive producer, and also directed several episodes of the series. His other directing credits include the family film \"Digging to China\" (1998). In 2001 Hutton starred in the television miniseries \"WW3\", and in 2006 he had a lead role in the NBC series \"Kidnapped\", playing Conrad Cain, the wealthy father of a kidnapped teenager. He appeared in 13 feature films from 2006 to 2008.", "title": "Timothy Hutton" }, { "docid": "2981591", "text": "television movies, most notably the 1979 ABC TV film \"Friendly Fire\". That year, he also played the son of Donna Reed in the Ross Hunter NBC television film, \"The Best Place to Be\". He then made two CBS made-for TV films in 1980: \"Young Love, First Love\" with Valerie Bertinelli, and \"Father Figure\" with Hal Linden. For his first feature film performance, as Conrad Jarrett in \"Ordinary People\" (1980), Hutton won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. His performance also earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a", "title": "Timothy Hutton" }, { "docid": "2400803", "text": "published by Little, Brown. Hutton married Jane Atkinson, the daughter of a neurosurgeon, in 1978, and lives in London. They have two daughters and a son. His wife was a director of a property development company called First Premise based in Richmond upon Thames, which she founded in 1987. Jane was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in December 2013, and died in February 2016. Hutton calls himself an agnostic. Will Hutton William Nicolas Hutton (born 21 May 1950) is a British political economist, academic administrator, and journalist. He is currently Principal of Hertford College, University of Oxford, and Chair of", "title": "Will Hutton" }, { "docid": "2981593", "text": "1989, he made his Broadway stage debut opposite his \"Ordinary People\" co-star Elizabeth McGovern in the A.R. Gurney play \"Love Letters\". He followed this with another Broadway role in the Craig Lucas hit comedy, \"Prelude to a Kiss\", which also starred Mary-Louise Parker and Barnard Hughes. During the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Hutton began to take large supporting parts in films, most notably in \"Everybody's All-American\" with Jessica Lange and Dennis Quaid and \"French Kiss\" with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. In 1996, he starred in the popular ensemble film, \"Beautiful Girls\", playing opposite 14-year-old Natalie Portman in", "title": "Timothy Hutton" }, { "docid": "11603731", "text": "Catherine Hutton Catherine Hutton (11 February 1756 – 13 March 1846) was an English novelist and letter-writer. Born in Birmingham, the daughter of historian William Hutton, Hutton became a friend of the scientist and discoverer of oxygen Joseph Priestley and the novelist Robert Bage. A keen letter-writer, she corresponded with, among others, Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton and her mathematician cousin Charles Hutton. She built up a collection of over two thousand letters, some of which were published after her death. Hutton published a number of novels including \"The Miser Married: a Novel\" (1813) - itself partly written as a series", "title": "Catherine Hutton" }, { "docid": "17795579", "text": "1960. In 2015 a Serbian postage stamp was released to honour her work during the war. Isabel Emslie Hutton Lady Isabel Galloway Emslie Hutton CBE (née Isabel Galloway Emslie; 1887–11 January 1960) was a Scottish medical doctor who specialised in mental health and social work. She was married to British military officer Lt General Sir Thomas Jacomb Hutton. She was born Isabel Galloway Emslie in Edinburgh in 1887, the eldest daughter of James Emslie, advocate and Deputy Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. She was educated at Edinburgh Ladies' College. She enrolled at the University of Edinburgh and trained", "title": "Isabel Emslie Hutton" }, { "docid": "4504544", "text": "by her husband. She recorded three hit records at Capitol: \"Say You're Mine Again\", \"No Stone Unturned\", and \"For the First Time\". Stordahl died in 1963, and Hutton married actor Kenneth Tobey in 1968. They divorced in 1972. Hutton died in Encino, Los Angeles, on May 2, 1973, at the age of 52. She is buried beside Stordahl at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. General references June Hutton June Hutton \"(née\" June Marvel Cowan; August 11, 1919 – May 2, 1973) was an American actress and vocalist, popular with big bands during the 1940s. She was the younger", "title": "June Hutton" }, { "docid": "20371885", "text": "Deborah Hutton (English editor) Deborah Hutton (7 September 1955 – 15 July 2005) was an English magazine writer who was the health editor for \"Vogue\". After being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2004, which she attributed to smoking as a teenager, she became an anti-smoking activist and wrote a book of advice for companions of people who have cancer, \"What Can I Do To Help?\". Hutton was one of twin sisters and grew up on a farm near Langley, Norfolk. She attended Benenden School and graduated from the University of York with a First in English. She married Charlie", "title": "Deborah Hutton (English editor)" }, { "docid": "18077943", "text": "alumna. The collection includes ten of her notebooks. Hutton married W. Mason Ancker, an advertising and marketing consultant, and appended his name to her own last name. Her brother, Robert Hutton, was a geography teacher for many years in the public school system serving Bloomsburg. She died August 16, 1979 of a heart condition. Ruth Hutton Ancker Ruth Hutton Ancker, (1901–1979, born Ruth Lapet Hutton) was an American sculptor in the mid-20th century. Hutton Ancker's ancestors immigrated to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania in 1810; they were among the first settlers there. Hutton Ancker's grandfather, Daniel Snyder, donated the ten acres on which", "title": "Ruth Hutton Ancker" }, { "docid": "9143810", "text": "years later opened a shop in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. This was not successful and he moved to Birmingham in 1750 and opened a small bookshop. Hutton married Sarah Cock from Aston-on-Trent in 1755 and they had three sons and a daughter, Catherine Hutton (1756–1846), who became a writer. In 1756, Hutton opened a paper warehouse – the first in Birmingham – which became profitable. He built a country house on Bennetts Hill in Washwood Heath, and bought a house in High Street. He published his \"History of Birmingham\" in 1782 and was also elected as Fellow of the Antiquarian Society of", "title": "William Hutton (historian)" }, { "docid": "17795574", "text": "Isabel Emslie Hutton Lady Isabel Galloway Emslie Hutton CBE (née Isabel Galloway Emslie; 1887–11 January 1960) was a Scottish medical doctor who specialised in mental health and social work. She was married to British military officer Lt General Sir Thomas Jacomb Hutton. She was born Isabel Galloway Emslie in Edinburgh in 1887, the eldest daughter of James Emslie, advocate and Deputy Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. She was educated at Edinburgh Ladies' College. She enrolled at the University of Edinburgh and trained in the women's medical school, spending her hospital residence years at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In", "title": "Isabel Emslie Hutton" }, { "docid": "12551588", "text": "at St. Quentin'. He has also co-authored the book 'How to be a minister – a 21st-century guide' with Sir Leigh Lewis. It was published in September 2014. John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness John Matthew Patrick Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, (born 6 May 1955) is a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow and Furness from 1992 to 2010 and served in a number of Cabinet offices, including Defence Secretary and Business Secretary. He is now the Chairman of the Royal United Services Institute. Hutton was born 6 May 1955, in London, though his", "title": "John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness" }, { "docid": "12551580", "text": "John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness John Matthew Patrick Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, (born 6 May 1955) is a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow and Furness from 1992 to 2010 and served in a number of Cabinet offices, including Defence Secretary and Business Secretary. He is now the Chairman of the Royal United Services Institute. Hutton was born 6 May 1955, in London, though his family moved to Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex when he was 8. He was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he joined the Conservative, Liberal", "title": "John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness" }, { "docid": "16683423", "text": "has been married twice. His first marriage was to a woman named Pat, an actress and stand-up comedian. His second was to actress Bridget Hoffman in 2001. It is also reported in 2000 that he was engaged to actress Telma Hopkins. In 1993–94, Hutton had played Hopkins' love interest in a few episodes of her sitcom \"Getting By\". Rif Hutton Rif Hutton (born November 28, 1962) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Dr. John Welch in the comedy-drama series \"Doogie Howser, M.D.\", appearing in that series from 1990 up to its conclusion", "title": "Rif Hutton" }, { "docid": "17657637", "text": "anthropology. He was the last of the distinguished class of civil servants who in their time contributed so greatly to the knowledge of the indigenous peoples of Britain's far-flung empire and in a later phase of their career achieved positions of eminence in academic life.\" Hutton married Stella Eleanora Bishop, a widow, in 1920. The couple had two sons and a daughter. Stella died in 1944 and in 1945 he married Maureen Margaret O'Reilly. Hutton had assisted in quelling a rebellion by the Kuki tribal people between 1917–19 and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire", "title": "John Henry Hutton" }, { "docid": "4932530", "text": "deserted him for Thessalonica, \"having loved this present world\". In sharp contrast to his dispute with Barnabas over Mark (Acts 15:37–40), which resulted in the two parting ways, Paul now considered Mark to be \"profitable to the ministry\" (v. 11). The chapter also features the only Biblical mention of Linus (v. 21), who in Roman Catholic tradition is listed as Peter's immediate successor as Bishop of Rome. Second Epistle to Timothy In the New Testament, the Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to simply as Second Timothy and often written 2 Timothy or II Timothy, is one of", "title": "Second Epistle to Timothy" }, { "docid": "7150822", "text": "actor - \"* \" (1991) ... Doctor Hutton made his cameo appearance in the movie Naked Gun 33 (as a doctor at the very end of the film) while he was collaborating with David Zucker on a screenplay about [Davy Crockett]]. A native German,adopted by an American Air Force couple, he was reared primarily in England, Texas, Taiwan, and Indiana. Hutton married the former Vicki Bauer on July 25, 1972. They were divorced August 1984. He then married Lynn Brittner. They eventually divorced. <br> Currently married to Tracy Cogdill. Dr. Hutton graduated with a B.A. in History from Indiana University,", "title": "Paul Andrew Hutton" }, { "docid": "13020455", "text": "with his father's friend Sir Henry Slingsby and imprisoned in Hull. His daughter Mary married Philip Wharton, son of Sir Thomas Wharton. Their daughter also called Mary married distant cousin Col Robert Byerley of Byerley Turk fame, running the Goldsborough Hall estate together. Sir Richard Hutton, the younger Sir Richard Hutton, the younger (1594 – 15 October 1645) was a Yorkshire landowner and Member of Parliament for Knaresborough who lost his life in the English Civil War. Sir Richard Hutton inherited substantial estates at Goldsborough and Flaxby including the Jacobean Goldsborough Hall on the death of his father. He was", "title": "Sir Richard Hutton, the younger" }, { "docid": "13302122", "text": "1843) and his wife, the former Salome Rich, sister of bibliographer Obadiah Rich and botanist and explorer William Rich. Hutton was the brother of artist, surveyor and civil engineer William Rich Hutton and of artist, cartographer and pioneer photographer James D. Hutton. Hutton married Meta M. Van Ness (1839–1907) daughter of Colonel Eugene Van Ness (1804-1862) of New York. They had one son, Nathaniel Henry Hutton, Jr (1865-1923) and two daughters, Meta Van Ness Hutton (1867-1946) and Julia Van Ness Hutton (1861-1933). Hutton was U. S. Assistant Engineer on explorations for the Pacific Railroad Surveys west of the Missouri River,", "title": "Nathaniel Henry Hutton" }, { "docid": "11316778", "text": "Timothy Krajcir Timothy Wayne Krajcir (pronounced ) (born Timothy Wayne McBride; November 28, 1944) is a convicted American serial killer from West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania who has confessed to killing nine women: five in Missouri and four others in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Krajcir was born Timothy Wayne McBride in West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania to Charles McBride and Fern Yost on November 28, 1944. In 1945, when Timothy was around a year old, Charles abandoned the family, leaving Fern to raise him on her own. In 1949 or 1950 when Timothy was either 5 or 6, Fern met and married Bernie", "title": "Timothy Krajcir" }, { "docid": "12551586", "text": "Dem coalition had asked him to head a commission into public sector pensions. His initial report was published in October 2010. The final report was published in March 2011. On 19 June 2011, Hutton rejected claims by trade unionists and Labour colleagues that he had been used as a 'stooge' by the government and dismissed speculation regarding his motives for accepting the coalition's invitation. Hutton became Chairman of the Nuclear Industry Association in June 2011. John Hutton married Rosemary Caroline Little in 1978 in Oxford. They had three sons, Jack, George and Edward, Author of the NHS's 'Urgent Care: Case", "title": "John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness" }, { "docid": "16120471", "text": "Culshaw and Stephenson, Shakespeare Unlocked (BBC), The Hutton Enquiry (BBC), Wind up TV (BBC), The Clap (Break Thru Film), Mystery Man (ITV), Crime Monthly Casebook (ITV / London Weekend), Londoners (Besta Film), The Exchange (BBC), Blue Peter (BBC), Newsnight(BBC) and The Hanging Tree Channel 4, as well as appearances in television commercials. Speyer lives in South London with his wife, Rachel. Timothy Speyer Timothy Speyer (born 4 May 1968 in Bromley, South East London) is a British actor, most notable for his stage work. He trained at GSA (The Guildford School of Acting) and graduated in 1994 as winner of", "title": "Timothy Speyer" }, { "docid": "6382744", "text": "Hutton (1851–1930). Hutton's younger brother, Franklyn, married Edna Woolworth, the dime store heiress and was the father of Barbara Hutton. As a schoolboy, Hutton attended the New York Latin School before transferring to P.S. 69. During his adolescence, he worked in a gear factory at age fifteen and then two years later in the mailroom of a securities firm. He completed his studies by taking classes at Trinity Chapel High School and Packer's Business College. In 1904, Hutton and his brother Franklyn Laws Hutton founded the American stock brokerage firm E. F. Hutton & Co. Under their leadership, it became", "title": "Edward Francis Hutton" }, { "docid": "5143132", "text": "seen. He was announced for the lead in \"A Guide for the Married Man\" but when the script changed he ended up asking to be released from it. In November 1966 Hutton signed a non-exclusive two-year deal with 20th Century Fox. However he did not appear in any Fox films. In July 1967 Hutton signed to appear in the John Wayne war drama, \"The Green Berets\", in which Hutton played a Special Forces sergeant in a mix of comedy and drama, with a memorable booby trap death scene. Also in 1968, Hutton appeared with John Wayne in \"Hellfighters\", playing the", "title": "Jim Hutton" }, { "docid": "12956898", "text": "Church clergy, the Revd Thomas Harrison, accused Hutton of high treason. He was prosecuted, imprisoned and fined £5,000. There is an account of the trial in Hutton's \"Diary\" and he won £10,000 in damages. Hutton died at Serjeant's Inn in 1639 and was buried, as requested, at St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street, London. Goldsborough Hall and his estates then passed to his son and heir, Sir Richard Hutton, the younger (knighted in 1625). Charles I called him \"his honest judge\". Hutton kept a diary from 1614 until his death in 1639 which was edited by W R Prest. Sir Richard married", "title": "Richard Hutton (judge)" }, { "docid": "4961595", "text": "George Hutton George Hutton (February 4, 1922 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – April 18, 1976) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1966, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Dufferin Roblin. The son of George Harrison Hutton and Anna Marie Isaacson, Hutton was educated at United College in Winnipeg, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked as a farmer before entering politics, and was president of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Association in 1958. In 1949, he married Elizabeth Sarah Briercliffe. He ran for", "title": "George Hutton" }, { "docid": "16948684", "text": "Nairobi. Kenya. As a result, Hutton joined UNEP as Director of its World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) which in recent years has achieved significant acclaim for the authoritative nature and impact of its work on biodiversity analysis and assessment. Since 2016, Hutton has been Director of the Luc Hoffmann Institute. Hutton has received awards in recognition of his contribution to conservation. In 2005 he was elected a member of Hughes Hall at the University of Cambridge and in 2007 he was appointed Honorary Professor of Sustainable Resource Management at the University of Kent. He is married with 3 daughters. Jonathan", "title": "Jonathan Hutton" }, { "docid": "2841973", "text": "hear an argument in the dressing room and he'd throw a bit of wood on the fire to keep it going. He looked after himself, he was very much of a loner.\" Hutton married Dorothy Mary Dennis, the sister of former Yorkshire cricketer Frank Dennis, on 16 September 1939 at Wykeham near Scarborough; they met at an end-of-season dance which Dorothy had attended with her brother. They had two sons: Richard, who later played cricket for Yorkshire and England, in 1942, and John in 1947. During and after the war, Hutton worked for a paper manufacturer, but writing and journalism", "title": "Len Hutton" }, { "docid": "18911635", "text": "Janie Gets Married Janie Gets Married is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Vincent Sherman, and written by Agnes Christine Johnston. The film stars Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Robert Benchley, and Dorothy Malone. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 22, 1946. This is a sequel to 1944's \"Janie\". Hutton, Arnold, Harding, and Benchley reprise their earlier roles, but Leslie replaces actress Joyce Reynolds in the title role. Dick Lawrence returns home from the Army and agrees to marry sweetheart Janie Conway, despite a month-to-month marital contract she has drawn up. Dick is", "title": "Janie Gets Married" }, { "docid": "6239322", "text": "Hutton, Essex Hutton is an area of Brentwood in south Essex. It has good links to Central London (around to the south west) via Shenfield train station which is just from Hutton. Brentwood town centre lies 3 miles to the west. The area can be split between modest housing estates and the largely affluent Hutton Mount. There are two wards named \"Hutton\" both in the Borough of Brentwood. The first police officer of the Essex Constabulary to be killed whilst on active duty was Robert Bambrough, who was drowned in a pond in Hutton by the criminal that he was", "title": "Hutton, Essex" }, { "docid": "10020682", "text": "in 1949. During the 1950s, she returned to the all-girl format for a variety television program, The Ina Ray Hutton Show, which ran from 1951 to 1956 on Paramount Television Network's flagship station KTLA in Los Angeles. She married and divorced: She retired from music in 1968 and died on 19 February 1984 of complications from diabetes, aged 67. Ina Ray Hutton Odessa Cowan, better known by her stage name Ina Ray Hutton (March 13, 1916 – February 19, 1984), was an American vocalist, bandleader, and the sister of June Hutton. Ina Ray Hutton (March 13, 1916 – February 19,", "title": "Ina Ray Hutton" }, { "docid": "6919243", "text": "Shrinks\", \"Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse\", and \"Seven Little Monsters\" when \"Corduroy\" and \"Elliot Moose\" were cancelled from 2000 until 2004. The series premiered on September 30, 2000, and aired its last episode on December 28, 2001. \"Timothy Goes to School\" primarily focuses on a young enthusiastic raccoon named Timothy (voiced by Austin Di Iulio), who attends kindergarten at a fictional place called \"Hilltop School\" along with ten other students (each of which are of different animals), who are mainly friends of Timothy and each other. The kindergarten class is taught by Mrs. Jenkins, a comforting teacher who enjoys educating and", "title": "Timothy Goes to School" }, { "docid": "7221226", "text": "years, Hutton was a lecturer at tertiary institutions in South East Queensland including Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and University of Southern Queensland. Hutton has published books and numerous articles, especially on green philosophy, history and ethics. He brought together the first book on green politics in Australia in 1987 and with his partner Libby Connors wrote \"A History of the Australian Environment Movement\" published by Cambridge University Press in 1999. Hutton and Dr Conners were married in 1986, and have two adult sons. Over the last 29 years Hutton has been a key organiser or spokesperson for campaigns against", "title": "Drew Hutton" }, { "docid": "19960546", "text": "Heather Russell, because she was having a romantic relationship with Mayopoulos, who is separated from his wife, as this represented a conflict of interest. Mayopoulos received a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award as a Highest Rated CEO in 2017. He is married to Amy Lefkof, but they are separated, and have two children. Timothy Mayopoulos Timothy J. Mayopoulos (born 1958/59) is an American businessman and lawyer, who has been president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Fannie Mae since 2012. Timothy J. Mayopoulos is the son of Harry B. Mayopoulos and his wife Eleanor Ida (Raifsnider) Mayopoulos of Charlotte, North Carolina.", "title": "Timothy Mayopoulos" }, { "docid": "18911637", "text": "paper until Elsbeth, of all people, saves the day for her sister. Janie Gets Married Janie Gets Married is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Vincent Sherman, and written by Agnes Christine Johnston. The film stars Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Robert Benchley, and Dorothy Malone. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 22, 1946. This is a sequel to 1944's \"Janie\". Hutton, Arnold, Harding, and Benchley reprise their earlier roles, but Leslie replaces actress Joyce Reynolds in the title role. Dick Lawrence returns home from the Army and agrees to marry sweetheart Janie", "title": "Janie Gets Married" }, { "docid": "4599103", "text": "that beat France at Parc des Princes in September 2007. Hutton won his 50th cap in March 2016, in a 1–0 win against Czech Republic. Scotland manager Gordon Strachan said in November 2016 that Hutton had retired from international football. Alan Hutton Alan Hutton (born 30 November 1984) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Aston Villa. Hutton made 50 appearances for the Scotland national team. After starting his career with Rangers as a teenager, going on to win the league title in 2005, Hutton moved to England to join Tottenham Hotspur and later Aston", "title": "Alan Hutton" }, { "docid": "15923079", "text": "who owned it until the 1950s, when it was sold to the Palmer family who lived there until the late 1970s. Hutton Court then became a hotel, but in the 1990s a new owner returned it to use as a private residence. Hutton Court Hutton Court is a country house at Hutton, Somerset, England, built in the 15th century as a manor house. It is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England. In addition to the main house, the boundary wall, summerhouse and the gates and piers to the hall are all separately Grade II listed. and", "title": "Hutton Court" }, { "docid": "11416184", "text": "in 1855. Among the monuments in the church is one dedicated to Richard Osbaldeston, Bishop of London, who died in 1764. Edward Baines, in his 1823 directory, lists the village as Hutton Bushel and gives the population as 419. The manor of Hutton-Buscel was purchased from the Osbaldeston family in 1839 Marmaduke Langley. By 1848 the population had increased to 506 in the township and 811 in the parish. Hutton Buscel Hutton Buscel is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2011 UK census, Hutton Buscel parish had a population of", "title": "Hutton Buscel" }, { "docid": "19303624", "text": "(now the Vermont Mutual Insurance Group) as director and as vice-president. He was a trustee of Norwich University from 1853 to 1873. Timothy Redfield married Helen W. Grannis in 1840; they had four children; twin boys who died in infancy in 1853, Frederick (1842-1865), who only lived to be 22, and daughter Alice Melinda (1848-1935), who married a musician named Anthony Phillips. Timothy Redfield died in Chicago where Phillips was employed. Timothy Redfield's older brother Isaac (1804-1876) served on the Vermont Supreme Court from 1836 to 1859 and as Chief Judge from 1852 to 1859; he was also a respected", "title": "Timothy P. Redfield" }, { "docid": "17121328", "text": "imprisoned on those grounds. Their petition was again granted. In December, Timothy wrote to Governor William Tryon, requesting compensation for those Stockbridge Native Americans who had fought for the British during the French and American War. Shortly before his death, Timothy was chosen a member of the Governor's Council by mandamus of King George III. However, with his loyalty lying with the colonies in the days preceding the Revolutionary War, he declined. Timothy died on May 10, 1774 and is buried in Stockbridge. Timothy married Abigail Day, a descendant of Robert Day, one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony,", "title": "Timothy Woodbridge" }, { "docid": "18437957", "text": "Hutton was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in an 1894 by-election. In 1903, he married Antonia \"Tony\" D'Alberti. The couple had four children. He was named a knight in the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1924 and was named to the Order of the British Empire in 1938. Hutton died in St. John's at the age of 87. Charles Hutton (politician) Sir Charles Hutton (August 20, 1861 – February 1, 1949) was a musician, educator, business owner and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1894 to 1897 as a", "title": "Charles Hutton (politician)" }, { "docid": "16683422", "text": "raised in East Orange, New Jersey. He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s to pursue an acting career. He went to many auditions in his early years, but soon found himself broke and homeless, getting assistance from friends. Hutton went on to guest star in a number of notable television series including \"The Jeffersons\", \"Night Court\", \"L.A. Law\", \"Married... with Children\", \"Hunter\", \"Wings\", \"Murphy Brown\", \"The Larry Sanders Show\", \"Getting By\", \"\", \"Family Matters\", and \"Cold Case\" among others. Hutton also appeared in stage productions in the Los Angeles area as well as working as a voice actor. Hutton", "title": "Rif Hutton" }, { "docid": "16860365", "text": "star she’s married to instead of the fiancé she thought was her perfect match. I Married Who? I Married Who? (also called Always a Bride) is a 2012 American made-for-television comedy film starred Kellie Martin as Jordan and Ethan Erickson as Matt. Directed by Kevin Connor, it originally aired on Hallmark Channel on October 20, 2012. Straight-laced Jordan is about to marry her perfect match, Peter a clean-cut ambitious attorney. Before she walks down the aisle, Jordan and her best friends, Claire and Jessica, head to Vegas for a bachelorette party. Determined to get Jordan to loosen up, Claire steers", "title": "I Married Who?" }, { "docid": "3216630", "text": "review by Noel Malcolm in \"The Daily Telegraph\" was a little more critical, claiming that whilst Hutton was \"non-sensationalist and scrupulously polite\" about the various Druidic eccentrics, \"occasionally, even-handedness tips over towards relativism – as if there are just different ways of looking at reality, each as good as the other. And that cannot be right.\" Hutton was married to Lisa Radulovic from August 1988 to March 2003, when they divorced. Although he has written much on the subject of Paganism, Hutton insists that his own religious beliefs are a private matter. He has instead stated that \"to some extent", "title": "Ronald Hutton" }, { "docid": "14000749", "text": "its president from 1942 to 1944. In 1912 Hutton married Sibyl, daughter of Sir Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., by whom be had a son and a daughter. Hutton was on the committee of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning from the date of its move to Cambridge at the outbreak of World War II and for 30 years never missed a meeting. For many years he was the honorary secretary and later honorary treasurer and was responsible for most of the work involved when the Society became a registered charity in 1959. From 1933 Hutton went to Germany", "title": "Robert Hutton" }, { "docid": "1982480", "text": "Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton James Brian Edward Hutton, Baron Hutton, PC (born 29 June 1931) is a former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and British Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. Hutton was born in Belfast in 1931, the son of a railways executive, he won a scholarship to Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford (BA jurisprudence, 1953) before returning to Belfast to become a barrister (after study at Queen's University Belfast), being called to the Northern Ireland Bar in 1954. He began working as junior counsel to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland in 1969. He became Queen's Counsel", "title": "Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton" }, { "docid": "19736940", "text": "for 6 months. He did, however, retain his post as physician-general of the Army until 1707. In 1710 he was encouraged by his countrymen to sit in Parliament as the representative for Dumfries, which he did until his death in 1712. He never married. After bequests to Caerlaverock and his family, the remainder of his estate went to his cousin, the keeper of Somerset House in London, who had provided him with lodgings in the house and complied with his request to be buried in the chapel there. John Hutton (physician) John Hutton FRS (died 1712) was a Scottish physician", "title": "John Hutton (physician)" }, { "docid": "7680840", "text": "during this period and he eventually married Marigold in 1963, though he still did work with his former wife subsequently on joint art projects. John and Marigold had one daughter: Katie Hutton. In 1975 he became first Vice President of the newly founded British Guild of Glass Engravers (Laurence Whistler was first President and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was its first Patron). Hutton worked on until 1978 when he finally succumbed to cancer. His ashes were appropriately buried beneath a stone at the foot of his finest work - the screen at Coventry Cathedral. John Hutton is most famous", "title": "John Hutton (artist)" }, { "docid": "4599087", "text": "Alan Hutton Alan Hutton (born 30 November 1984) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Aston Villa. Hutton made 50 appearances for the Scotland national team. After starting his career with Rangers as a teenager, going on to win the league title in 2005, Hutton moved to England to join Tottenham Hotspur and later Aston Villa. He has also played on loan at Sunderland, Mallorca, Nottingham Forest and Bolton Wanderers. Hutton joined Rangers on 4 September 2000. He made his debut against Partick Thistle in a Scottish Premier League match on 22 December 2002. It", "title": "Alan Hutton" }, { "docid": "4504543", "text": "joining the group in May. She performed with the Pied Pipers for six years, recording several hit records including the song \"Dream.\" In 1950, Hutton left the Pied Pipers, going solo on Decca Records. (However, the trade publication Billboard reported in its December 10, 1949, issue that Hutton had already left the Pied Pipers and signed with Decca Records.) Hutton's post-Pipers solo career included her debut in New York at the Copacabana nightclub November 16, 1950. In 1951, Hutton married Axel Stordahl, a musical arranger for Tommy Dorsey. In 1952, she went to Capitol Records, backed by an orchestra led", "title": "June Hutton" }, { "docid": "3411529", "text": "He died in an automobile crash near Cairo, Egypt, in 1976. In Tangier, Hutton met her seventh husband, Prince Pierre Raymond Doan Vinh na Champassak. This marriage, too, was short-lived. Raymond Doan was an adopted member of the former royal family of the Kingdom of Champasak. Hutton lived with Frederick McEvoy, purchasing a chalet at a ski resort in Franconia, New Hampshire, after her marriage to actor Cary Grant. The couple never married and remained friends until McEvoy's death in 1951. Hutton frequently appeared intoxicated in public and was notorious throughout her life for lavish spending. As she aged, the", "title": "Barbara Hutton" }, { "docid": "1982486", "text": "precedents. But few people seriously doubt Hutton's fairness or independence. Though [he is] a dour Presbyterian, there were spectacular acquittals of some very grisly IRA terrorist suspects when he was a judge in the Diplock era.\" Lord Hutton retired as a Law Lord on 11 January 2004. He remained a member of the House of Lords until retiring under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 on 23 April 2018. Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton James Brian Edward Hutton, Baron Hutton, PC (born 29 June 1931) is a former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and British Lord of Appeal in", "title": "Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton" }, { "docid": "9985310", "text": "Fellowship of City and Guilds. Divorced from Alasdair Hutton, former MEP, Hutton has two sons, Thomas and Nicholas Hutton. Her hobbies include gardening and chamber music. Deirdre Hutton Dame Deirdre Mary Hutton (born 15 March 1949), is a British public servant, termed by the British media as \"Queen of the Quangos\" and \"The great quango hopper\". She is currently the Chair of the UK's Civil Aviation Authority. A former anti-apartheid demonstrator who was once arrested in South Africa, after a short private sector career working for Anchor housing association (1973–75), she then became a researcher for Glasgow Chamber of Commerce", "title": "Deirdre Hutton" }, { "docid": "16373146", "text": "Carolina. Historians record that Timothy's husband was accidentally killed in December 1738. Timothy was pregnant with her seventh child (third American) in 1739, but the child was premature and died. She also lost two sons in 1739 to yellow fever. At the time of Timothy's death in 1757 she was survived by her son Peter, who had married Ann Donovan, and by her three daughters: Mary Elizabeth, married to Abraham Bowquin; Catherine, married to Theodore Trezevant; and Louisa, married to James Richards. Timothy was inducted into the South Carolina Press Association Hall of Fame in 1973, and into the South", "title": "Elizabeth Timothy" }, { "docid": "16552821", "text": "Stewart Hutton Stewart Hutton (born 13 November 1969) is a former English cricketer. Hutton was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Hutton made his debut for Durham in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship, playing in three matches in the competition, against Northumberland, Norfolk and Suffolk. He recorded two half centuries in these matches. He was one of the few players retained by Durham who had played minor counties cricket following their elevation to first-class status for the 1992 season. He made his first-class debut midway through that season against Essex in", "title": "Stewart Hutton" }, { "docid": "8160640", "text": "looking down rather than looking up.\" Most of her job is consumed by bureaucracy and data analysis, but immediately following a major earthquake, especially in Southern California, Hutton is sought by the media for her professional commentary. Her local celebrity is such that people take note of her shopping, whether she is replacing glassware or stocking up. Hutton sometimes appears with her United States Geological Survey colleague \"Dr. Lucy\" Jones, who has been appearing on television since the 1980s. According to LA Weekly, \"Hutton strikes just the right balance between calm and caution\" in explaining earthquake science to viewers. Hutton", "title": "Kate Hutton" }, { "docid": "5801092", "text": "to Land’s End, from Loch Ness to The Isle of Skye and from Cardiff to Snowdonia. Timothy has been married twice; first to Susan Boys, with whom he had four sons and two daughters. During the 1978–1980 first run of \"All Creatures Great and Small\", he had an affair with his on-screen wife, Carol Drinkwater. He has been married to Annie Veronica Swatton since 1982, and they have one daughter. Christopher Timothy Christopher Timothy (born 14 October 1940) is a Welsh actor, television director and writer. Timothy is best known for his roles as James Herriot in \"All Creatures Great", "title": "Christopher Timothy" }, { "docid": "16240927", "text": "Negrov's illegitimate daughter Lyubov. In part two Krutsifersky and Lyubov are happily married with a child. Their happiness is destroyed when a rich young landowner named Beltov becomes a friend of the family and begins an illicit relationship with Lyubov. Beltov ends up departing Russia for Europe, leaving the young couple with a broken and hopeless marriage. Part one is a satire of the Russian landed gentry, showing their coarseness and pettiness. Part two introduces the type of the \"superfluous man\" in the person of Beltov. Who is to Blame? Who is to Blame? () is a novel by Alexander", "title": "Who is to Blame?" }, { "docid": "8333814", "text": "tuitelage of head coach Dan Donigan. He is currently pursuing an M.B.A in Finance and is the goalkeeper coach of Saint Louis University men's soccer team, as well as, SLSG Metro of the U.S. Development Academy Program. Martin Hutton Martin Hutton (born January 21, 1982) is an American former soccer player, who last played for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer in 2006. Hutton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was twelve, Hutton's family moved from Louisiana to Spring, Texas where he played club soccer with the Houston Texans. Hutton attended Klein High School where he played soccer", "title": "Martin Hutton" }, { "docid": "6382747", "text": "daughter Adelaide, who had invited Dorothy and her husband to spend a weekend with her and other friends at Hillwood. Dorothy and Homer P. Metzger had one daughter, who became Edward's stepdaughter upon the marriage: Hutton died on July 11, 1962, in Old Westbury, New York. Edward Francis Hutton Edward Francis Hutton (September 7, 1875 – July 11, 1962) was an American financier and co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Co., one of the largest financial firms in the United States. Hutton was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of James Laws Hutton (1847–1885), who left an Ohio", "title": "Edward Francis Hutton" }, { "docid": "19827989", "text": "January 12, 2017, Hutton was elected Deputy Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Hutton is also a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Standing Committee on Rules, Elections and Privileges, the Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments and the Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees. ! align left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 730 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – Don Hutton Don Hutton is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election. He represents the electoral district of Mayo-Tatchun as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party.", "title": "Don Hutton" }, { "docid": "14503197", "text": "in 2012. Timothy Torlot married Bridie Morton in 1986. They have one daughter (Eleanor, born 1990). Their marriage was dissolved in 2011. Tim is now married to author and journalist Jennifer Steil (they married in 2012). They have one daughter (Theadora Celeste Steil Torlot, born 2009). Timothy Torlot Timothy Achille Torlot (born 17 September 1957) is a British diplomat, on secondment since 2012 as head of the European External Action Service delegation to Bolivia. He attended Worcester College, Oxford and gained a BA (Hons) degree in modern languages. Tim Torlot joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1981. Following Arabic", "title": "Timothy Torlot" }, { "docid": "16626911", "text": "children. His widow subsequently married William Hynde, nephew of Hutton's first wife. John Hutton (died 1596) John Hutton (died 9 November 1596), of Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician. He was the son of Thomas Hutton of Dry Drayton. He was a Justice of the Peace for Cambridgeshire from c. 1559 and appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1559–60 and 1574–75. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Cambridgeshire in 1563, 1571 and 1572. He married twice: firstly Sybil, the daughter of Sir John Hynde and widow of Sir John Cutts; and secondly", "title": "John Hutton (died 1596)" }, { "docid": "6736458", "text": "Sand Hutton Sand Hutton is a village and civil parish which forms the larger part of the Claxton and Sand Hutton grouped parish council, in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about north-east of York. The village is mentioned in the \"Domesday Book\" as \"Hottune\" in the \"Bulford hundred\". Before the Norman invasion the manor was shared between \"Sprot\" and \"Gospatric, son of Arnketil\". Afterwards they were split between the Crown and \"Hugh, son Baldric\" who installed \"Wulfbert of Hutton\" as lord of the manor. The latter part of the manor passed eventually to the Mowbray family until 1604", "title": "Sand Hutton" }, { "docid": "3216615", "text": "Ronald Hutton Ronald Hutton (born 1953) is an English historian who specialises in the study of Early Modern Britain, British folklore, pre-Christian religion and contemporary Paganism. A professor in the subject at the University of Bristol, Hutton has published fourteen books and has appeared on British television and radio. He has held a fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford and is a Commissioner of English Heritage. Born in Ootacamund, India into a middle-class English family, Hutton subsequently returned to England, attended a school in Ilford and became particularly interested in archaeology. He took part in a number of excavations until 1976", "title": "Ronald Hutton" }, { "docid": "20160892", "text": "son, William C. Souter, who was also an architect, inherited his father's firm, and died in 2001. Hutton was born in 1881 and died, suddenly, in April 1942. Burlington, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario Oshawa, Ontario Toronto, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Hutton & Souter Hutton & Souter is a Canadian architectural firm established in 1920 by William Russell Souter and Gordon Johnston Hutton. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, the firm is responsible for notable structures in the city and elsewhere, (e.g. McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom and Dominion Public Building). The firm's name was changed to William R. Souter & Associates in 1947 after Hutton's", "title": "Hutton & Souter" }, { "docid": "19827988", "text": "Don Hutton Don Hutton is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election. He represents the electoral district of Mayo-Tatchun as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. Hutton served a 34-year career in forestry as a wildland firefighter and has worked with the federal government as a Resource Management Officer. He also has worked for First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun where he helped establish their Lands and Resources Department and later served as their Director of the Lands and Resources Department. Hutton is the former mayor of Mayo, Yukon. On", "title": "Don Hutton" }, { "docid": "4599094", "text": "31 August 2011, Aston Villa confirmed that they had signed Hutton on a four-year contract in a deal thought to be worth £40,000 a week to Hutton, along with fellow Tottenham player Jermaine Jenas, who arrived on loan. This move reunited Hutton with Alex McLeish, one of his former managers at Rangers. Upon joining Villa, Hutton said that the club was the 'only place he wanted to go'. Hutton made his debut for Aston Villa on 10 September in a 2–2 draw away at Everton. Hutton also took part in Villa's 2–1 defeat to local rivals West Brom, where a", "title": "Alan Hutton" }, { "docid": "3493038", "text": "to the future release of an edition of \"Big\" magazine that was entirely dedicated to Hutton's career and included eight pages of nude photos. Hutton agreed to pose nude for the feature, titled \"Lauren Hutton: The Beautiful Persists\", when she was 61 years old, and explained to \"GMA\": I want them [women] not to be ashamed of who they are when they're in bed. Society has told us to be ashamed ... The really important [thing] is that women understand not to listen to a 2,000-year-old patriarchal society. Hutton, who is supposedly one of four women offered US$1 million by", "title": "Lauren Hutton" }, { "docid": "4932523", "text": "Second Epistle to Timothy In the New Testament, the Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to simply as Second Timothy and often written 2 Timothy or II Timothy, is one of the three Pastoral Epistles traditionally attributed to Saint Paul. The three epistles are called \"pastoral\" because they relate to the conduct of church leaders, thought of as pastors (literally shepherds). It is traditionally considered to be the last epistle he wrote before his death. It is addressed to Timothy, a fellow missionary. The Epistle advocates endurance as the main quality for a preacher of the gospel. As", "title": "Second Epistle to Timothy" }, { "docid": "19278546", "text": "Boggs there. He was the club captain of the Dubai Exiles Rugby Club. He is involved with the charity Finding Your Feet, founded after his sister Corinne developed septicaemia and had a quadruple amputation; her hands and feet. For another charity, Hutton was in the Bill McLaren Foundation team that played against United Arab Emirates in 2013. Scott Hutton Scott Hutton is a Scottish rugby union footballer who played professionally for Glasgow Warriors, and at amateur level for Glasgow High Kelvinside, Glasgow Hawks and Irish side Old Belvedere. His regular playing position is lock. Hutton played for Glasgow High Kelvinside", "title": "Scott Hutton" }, { "docid": "3665961", "text": "is reason to believe, on the evidence of two pay-bills, that for a short time in 1755 and 1756 Hutton worked in the colliery at Old Long Benton. Following Ivison's promotion to a living, Hutton took over the Jesmond school, which, in consequence of his increasing number of pupils, he relocated to nearby Stotes Hall. While he taught during the day at Stotes Hall, which overlooked Jesmond Dene, he studied mathematics in the evening at a school in Newcastle. In 1760 he married, and began teaching on a larger scale in Newcastle, where his pupils included John Scott, later Lord", "title": "Charles Hutton" }, { "docid": "15828031", "text": "on a three-year contract in order to play more one day cricket. Brett Hutton Brett Alan Hutton (born 6 February 1993) is an English cricketer. Hutton is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Doncaster, Yorkshire and attended Worksop College in north Nottinghamshire where he was the recipient of a cricket scholarship. Hutton made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club in the Champion County match at the start of the 2011 season at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. In this match, he was dismissed in Nottinghamshire's first-innings by", "title": "Brett Hutton" }, { "docid": "8333810", "text": "Martin Hutton Martin Hutton (born January 21, 1982) is an American former soccer player, who last played for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer in 2006. Hutton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was twelve, Hutton's family moved from Louisiana to Spring, Texas where he played club soccer with the Houston Texans. Hutton attended Klein High School where he played soccer under coach Allen Baker. He became the only freshman to start in Klein's history and became the only freshman goalkeeper to win a state championship when Klein took the 1997 Texas 5A State Championship. Klein repeated as", "title": "Martin Hutton" }, { "docid": "12551587", "text": "For Change' project, as well as a daughter, before divorcing in 1993. He married civil servant Heather Rogers in 2004. He is a member of Cemetery Cottages Working Men's Club, Barrow. In 2008 John Hutton's first book was published, a non-fiction book with the title \"Kitchener's Men – The King's Own Royal Lancasters on the Western Front 1915–18\". In it, Hutton gives a \"graphic insight into the daily routine and grim reality of warfare on the Western Front for men who were mostly recruited from the Furness area of the North-West. This was followed in 2010 by 'August 1914, Surrender", "title": "John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness" }, { "docid": "14744454", "text": "Brent Hutton Brent Hutton (born 15 April 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). A local from Bassendean, Hutton had his breakthrough season for Swan Districts in 1984 when he was used as a full-forward and kicked 83 goals to win the league's goal-kicking award. He kicked five goals in that year's grand final win over East Fremantle. Hutton spent much of the 1985 season as a defender due to a loss of form but by 1987", "title": "Brent Hutton" }, { "docid": "1412222", "text": "securities. In 1976, Western Union partnered with E. F. Hutton & Co. In 1980, several Hutton branches began writing checks greater than what they had on hand at one bank, then making a deposit in another bank equal to the amount it wrote at the first bank. This strategy, known as \"chaining\", is a form of check kiting. \"Chaining\" gave Hutton the use of money in both accounts until the checks cleared. In effect, Hutton was giving itself a free loan that also did not carry any interest. Thomas Morley, who was in charge of getting the firm to better", "title": "EF Hutton" }, { "docid": "16860363", "text": "I Married Who? I Married Who? (also called Always a Bride) is a 2012 American made-for-television comedy film starred Kellie Martin as Jordan and Ethan Erickson as Matt. Directed by Kevin Connor, it originally aired on Hallmark Channel on October 20, 2012. Straight-laced Jordan is about to marry her perfect match, Peter a clean-cut ambitious attorney. Before she walks down the aisle, Jordan and her best friends, Claire and Jessica, head to Vegas for a bachelorette party. Determined to get Jordan to loosen up, Claire steers the girls to the hottest nightclub for a few drinks and some fun, because", "title": "I Married Who?" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2010233", "text": "the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, second only to Jimi Hendrix. In 2011, he was ranked number 9. His guitar tone (achieved with a Gibson Les Paul and two 50-watt bass Marshall amplifiers) was named one of the greatest of all time by \"Guitar Player\". A sought-after session musician both before and during his tenure with the band, Duane Allman performed with such established stars as King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and Herbie Mann. He also contributed greatly to the 1970 album \"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs\", by Derek and the Dominos. Duane Allman's skills as a", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010236", "text": "the guitar, and the boys would sometimes fight over it, until Duane wrecked the motorbike and traded it for a Silvertone of his own. His mother eventually bought Duane a Gibson Les Paul Junior. It was also in Nashville that the boys became musically inspired by a rhythm and blues concert where they saw blues guitar legend B. B. King perform. Duane told Gregg, \"We got to get into this.\" Duane learned to play very quickly and soon became the better guitarist of the two. The brothers started playing publicly in 1961, joining or forming a number of local groups.", "title": "Duane Allman" } ]

[ { "docid": "2010259", "text": "put it down / But damn I miss Duane Allman / I wish he was still around.\" \"Skydog\", a seven-CD box set tracing the virtuosity of Allman on the guitar, was released in 2013 with the help of his daughter, Galadrielle Allman. A March 16 interview with her on NPR's \"Weekend Edition Saturday\" by Scott Simon runs over eight minutes, includes many details, and is highlighted with clips of his playing, including links to an audio file prepared for the broadcast. Duane Allman Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American guitarist, session musician, and", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "13378149", "text": "to \"God Rest His Soul\" and \"Melissa\" for $600. Duane & Greg Allman Duane & Greg Allman is an album credited to Duane and Gregg Allman, released by Bold Records in May 1972. The release is essentially an album-length demo recording of the 31st of February, a Tallahassee-based folk rock band featuring drummer Butch Trucks, bassist David Brown, and guitarist Scott Boyer. The 31st of February formed in 1965 and released their first, self-titled album in 1968. This second recording, according to Trucks, was intended to be their second album. It features Duane Allman on guitar and Gregg Allman on", "title": "Duane & Greg Allman" }, { "docid": "13378146", "text": "Duane & Greg Allman Duane & Greg Allman is an album credited to Duane and Gregg Allman, released by Bold Records in May 1972. The release is essentially an album-length demo recording of the 31st of February, a Tallahassee-based folk rock band featuring drummer Butch Trucks, bassist David Brown, and guitarist Scott Boyer. The 31st of February formed in 1965 and released their first, self-titled album in 1968. This second recording, according to Trucks, was intended to be their second album. It features Duane Allman on guitar and Gregg Allman on vocals. The two had been performing with the 31st", "title": "Duane & Greg Allman" }, { "docid": "2010232", "text": "Duane Allman Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American guitarist, session musician, and founder and leader of the Allman Brothers Band until his death following a motorcycle crash in 1971, at the age of 24. The Allman Brothers Band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. The band had great success in the early 1970s. Allman is best remembered for his brief but influential tenure in the band and in particular for his expressive slide guitar playing and inventive improvisational skills. In 2003, he was ranked number 2 in \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010235", "text": "retrain as an accountant, Geraldine \"Mama A\" Allman sent Duane and Gregg to Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, Tennessee, which they both disliked intensely. In 1957, the family moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, where the boys attended Seabreeze High School. The boys returned to Nashville to spend summers with their grandmother, and there Gregg learned guitar basics from a neighbor. In 1960, he had saved enough money to buy his first guitar, a Japanese-made Teisco Silvertone, while Duane acquired a Harley 165 motorbike. Despite Duane being left-handed, he played the guitar right-handed. Duane began to take an interest in", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010249", "text": "tell who played what: Eric played the Fender parts and Duane played the Gibson parts. He continued by nonchalantly noting that the Fender had a sparklier sound, while the Gibson produced more of a \"full-tilt screech\". Clapton wrote later in his autobiography that he and Allman were inseparable during the sessions in Florida; he talked about Allman as the \"musical brother I'd never had but wished I did.\" The Allman Brothers went on to record \"At Fillmore East\" in March 1971. Meanwhile, Allman continued contributing session work to other artists' albums whenever he could. According to \"Skydog: The Duane Allman", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "6443415", "text": "way ahead of their times, I realize now,\" Killen says. 'Nobody really understood what Duane and Gregg were all about at the time. Eventually I gave them their release and they went to California, leaving these tapes behind.' Duane and Gregg Allman went on to form Hour Glass and the Allman Brothers Band.\"\" Note: Loudermilk's memory is slightly inaccurate, since Duane did not learn to play slide guitar until his birthday in 1968, a couple of years later. \"Early Allman – Featuring Duane and Gregg Allman\" (compilation album, 1973) The Allman Joys The Allman Joys was an early band with", "title": "The Allman Joys" }, { "docid": "2010257", "text": "what the band calls \"Duane's era\". Shortly after Allman's death, Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd dedicated the song \"Free Bird\" to Allman's memory. Van Zant would sometimes allude to this in concert; in the band's 1976 performance of \"Free Bird\" in Knebworth, England, Van Zant said to pianist Billy Powell, \"Play it for Duane Allman.\" The song was written well before Allman died and was not written with him in mind. (Allen Collins wrote the song after his then girlfriend asked him the question \"if I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?\") In 1973, fans carved the", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010237", "text": "Around this time, Duane left school to focus on his guitar playing. His early band \"The Escorts\" opened for the Beach Boys in 1965 but disbanded, some of its members eventually forming the Allman Joys. After Gregg graduated from Seabreeze High School in 1965, the Allman Joys went on the road, performing throughout the Southeast, and eventually were based in Nashville. The Allman Joys became Hour Glass and moved to Los Angeles in early 1967. There Hour Glass recorded two albums for Liberty Records, but the band was unsatisfied. Liberty tried to market them as a pop band, ignoring the", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "13378148", "text": "countries, including Germany and Japan, and is currently available digitally and on streaming services under the corrected title Duane and Gregg Allman. In 1970, during his stint with the short-lived Derek and the Dominos, Duane Allman re-recorded \"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out\" for their \"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs\" album. Two years later The Allman Brothers Band re-recorded \"Melissa\" for the 1972 album \"Eat a Peach\". According to Gregg Allman's 2013 autobiography \"My Cross to Bear\", Allman wrote \"God Rest His Soul\" as a tribute to Martin Luther King. He sold producer Steve Alaimo the rights", "title": "Duane & Greg Allman" }, { "docid": "2010258", "text": "very large letters \"REMEMBER DUANE ALLMAN\" in a dirt embankment along Interstate Highway 20 near Vicksburg, Mississippi. A photograph was published in \"Rolling Stone\" magazine and in the \"Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll\"; the carving lasted for over 10 years. In 1998 the Georgia State Legislature passed a resolution designating a stretch of State Highway 19, U.S. Route 41, within Macon as Duane Allman Boulevard in his honor. Country singer Travis Tritt, in the song \"Put Some Drive in Your Country\" on his debut album, sings \"Now I still love old country / I ain't tryin' to", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010251", "text": "known as Southern rock, being picked up by other slide guitarists, including his bandmate Dickey Betts (after Allman's death), Rory Gallagher, Derek Trucks and Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd,as well as Joe Walsh who has stated he was taught by Duane in person (and with whom he also shares a November 20 birthday), and redefined in their own styles. A common misconception however is that Allman exclusively played slide guitar, possibly due to his use of heavy fuzz tone and treble, which imbued his solos with a unique soaring, fluid quality. Yet some of his most stunning signature work –", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010234", "text": "guitarist were complemented by personal qualities such as his intensity, drive and ability to draw the best out of others in making music. He is still referred to by his nickname \"Skydog\". Duane Allman was born on November 20, 1946, in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the eldest son of Willis Allman (1918–1949), a World War II non-commissioned officer turned recruiting officer in the United States Army, and Geraldine Allman (née Robbins) (1917–2015). His brother, Gregg, was born on December 8, 1947. On December 26, 1949, when the family was living near Norfolk, Virginia, Willis Allman was murdered. In order to", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "15801683", "text": "cuts, as well as his brief sojourn in Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominos and a few rare solo tracks, along with a number of representative Allman Brothers songs, the double-album \"Anthology\" winds up drawing a complete portrait of Allman.\" An Anthology (Duane Allman album) An Anthology is a compilation of recordings featuring guitarist Duane Allman. The double album consists of a selection of songs by various artists that Allman contributed to as a session musician, along with early recordings by his band The Hourglass and his partial-namesake group, The Allman Brothers Band. The album also features rare solo work", "title": "An Anthology (Duane Allman album)" }, { "docid": "2010238", "text": "band's desire to play more blues-oriented material. Hour Glass broke up in early 1968. Duane and Gregg went back to Florida, where they played on demo sessions with the 31st of February, a folk rock outfit whose drummer was Butch Trucks. Gregg returned to California to fulfill Hour Glass obligations, while Duane jammed around Florida for months but didn't get another band going. Duane learned to play slide guitar on his birthday in 1968. He was recovering from an injury to his left elbow, caused in a fall from a horse. Gregg brought him a birthday present, the debut album", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "15801682", "text": "An Anthology (Duane Allman album) An Anthology is a compilation of recordings featuring guitarist Duane Allman. The double album consists of a selection of songs by various artists that Allman contributed to as a session musician, along with early recordings by his band The Hourglass and his partial-namesake group, The Allman Brothers Band. The album also features rare solo work by the guitarist. Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the compilation four and a half stars out of five in his review for the \"AllMusic\" website, calling it \"an excellent introduction and retrospective.\" He also noted that \"by including session", "title": "An Anthology (Duane Allman album)" }, { "docid": "2010252", "text": "\"Hot 'Lanta,\" \"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,\" \"Whipping Post,\" \"Stormy Monday,\" \"Blue Sky,\" \"Hey Jude\" with Wilson Pickett and \"Why Does Love Got to be So Sad?\" with Derek and the Dominos – were all performed using standard guitar technique rather than slide. Allman was killed in a motorcycle crash shortly after the release and initial success of \"At Fillmore East\". On October 29, 1971, while the band was on a break from touring and recording, Allman was riding his Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle at high speed on Hillcrest Avenue, in the western part of Macon. As he approached Bartlett Street,", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010239", "text": "by Taj Mahal, and a bottle of Coricidin pills. He left them on the front porch and rang the bell, as Duane was angry with him about the injury. \"About two hours after I left, my phone rang,\" Gregg recalled. \"'Baby brother, baby brother, get over here now!'\" Duane had poured the pills out of the Coricidin bottle, washed off the label and was using it as a slide to play along with the album track \"Statesboro Blues\" (on the recording, the slide guitar is played by Jesse Ed Davis). \"Duane had never played slide before,\" said Gregg, \"he just", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "6443412", "text": "The Allman Joys The Allman Joys was an early band with Duane and Gregg Allman fronting. It was originally the Escorts, but it eventually evolved into the Allman Joys. Duane Allman quit high school to spend his days at home practicing guitar. They auditioned for Bob Dylan's producer, Bob Johnston, at Columbia Records, backing a girl trio called The Sandpipers. Eventually, they went on to form the group Hour Glass and then the Allman Brothers Band. From the back of the Early Allman compilation (Allman Joys - Early Allman): \"\"One quiet Nashville evening back in '66, songwriter John D. Loudermilk", "title": "The Allman Joys" }, { "docid": "1320388", "text": "The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (founder, slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny \"Jaimoe\" Johanson (drums). The band incorporated elements of Southern rock, blues, jazz, and country music, and their live shows featured jam band-style improvisation and instrumentals. The group's first two studio releases, \"The Allman Brothers Band\" (1969), and \"Idlewild South\" (1970) (both released by ATCO", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "8690318", "text": "Theatre, Chicago, 9/01/04\". The Allman Brothers Band discography The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny \"Jaimoe\" Johanson (drums). The band incorporated elements of Southern rock, blues, jazz, and country music, and their live shows featured jam band-style improvisation and instrumentals. The group's first two studio releases stalled commercially, but their 1971 live release, \"At Fillmore East\",", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band discography" }, { "docid": "8690313", "text": "The Allman Brothers Band discography The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny \"Jaimoe\" Johanson (drums). The band incorporated elements of Southern rock, blues, jazz, and country music, and their live shows featured jam band-style improvisation and instrumentals. The group's first two studio releases stalled commercially, but their 1971 live release, \"At Fillmore East\", represented an artistic", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band discography" }, { "docid": "2010250", "text": "Story,\" he would spontaneously drop in at recording sessions and contribute to whatever was being taped that day. He received cash payments but no recording credits, making it virtually impossible to compile a complete discography of his works. Allman was well known for his melodic, extended and attention-holding guitar solos. During this period two of his stated influences were Miles Davis and John Coltrane. He said that he had listened intently to Davis's \"Kind of Blue\" for two years. As Allman's distinctive electric bottleneck sound began to mature, it evolved into the musical voice of what would come to be", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010244", "text": "to build a three-piece band around him. Allman and Jaimoe got Chicago-born bassist Berry Oakley to come up from Florida and jam as a trio, but Oakley was committed to his rock band with guitarist Dickey Betts, the Second Coming, and returned south. When asked how the band came together Duane responded with an astounding answer. “Very slowly, I was in Muscle Shoals and I went down to Jacksonville and was jamming with Berry and Dicky. Jaimoe came with me from Muscle Shoals, he’s originally from Macon. Greg was in California and Butch was in Jacksonville where we all got", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "8125888", "text": "first thirty seconds of the song. The Allman Brothers Band song, \"Blue Sky\" featured Duane Allman and Dickey Betts trading off lead guitar playing. \"Hangar 18\" from the album Rust in Peace features trade solos by Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman(starting at 3:38). The song ends with Mustaine's solo. Guitar battle A guitar battle (or \"guitar duel\") is where two or more guitar players take turns soloing, either with or without a rhythm section. The purpose of the guitar battle is to determine who among each of the guitar players present is the most proficient on the instrument. Often, it", "title": "Guitar battle" }, { "docid": "2010240", "text": "picked it up and started burnin'. He was a natural.\" (-quoted from:Muscle Shoals (film)). The song became a part of the Allman Brothers Band's repertoire, and Duane's slide guitar became crucial to their sound. Because of his use of the early-1970s-era Coricidin medicine bottle, which is no longer manufactured, replica Coricidin bottles are now popular with slide guitar players who like its glassy feel and sound. Allman's playing on the two Hour Glass albums and an Hour Glass session in early 1968 at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, caught the ear of Rick Hall, owner of FAME. In November", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "369126", "text": "\"Jumping Jack Flash\", \"Start Me Up\" and \"Brown Sugar\". In 2003, \"Rolling Stone\" magazine ranked him at number eight on their list of the \"100 Greatist Guitarists of All Time\". Duane Allman played a role in bringing slide guitar into Southern rock with the Allman Brothers Band, and with Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominos on the \"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs\" album. Allman, who died in a motorcycle accident at age 24, was referred to by NPR's Nick Morrison as \"the most inventive slide guitarist of his era\". He extended the role of the slide guitar by mimicking", "title": "Slide guitar" }, { "docid": "1320449", "text": "and became one of the most popular (and longest) compositions. Later, Betts generally led the band in a more \"country\" direction following Duane's passing; their only hit single \"Ramblin' Man\" was considered so unusually \"country\" for the group they were initially reluctant to record it. Duane Allman created the idea of having two lead guitarists, which was inspired by Curtis Mayfield; \"[he] wanted the bass, keyboards, and second guitar to form patterns behind the solo rather than just comping,\" said Allman. Their style and incorporation of guitar harmonies was very influential on later musicians. \"The pair also had a wide", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "2747583", "text": "feel like I belonged to something again.\" The Allman Brothers Band moved to Macon, Georgia, and forged a strong brotherhood, spending countless hours rehearsing, consuming psychedelic drugs, and hanging out in Rose Hill Cemetery, where they would write songs and more—\"I'd be lying if I said I didn't have my way with a lady or two down there\", said Allman. In addition to Gregg, the band included Duane and Dickey Betts on guitar, Berry Oakley on bass, and Jaimoe and Butch Trucks on drums. The group remade blues numbers like \"Trouble No More\" and \"One Way Out\", in addition to", "title": "Gregg Allman" }, { "docid": "2010243", "text": "stage. That December, the Allman Brothers Band indeed played the Fillmore. The limits of full-time session playing frustrated Allman. The few months in Muscle Shoals were by no means a waste, however; besides meeting the great artists and other industry professionals with whom he was working, Allman had rented a small, secluded cabin on a lake and spent many solitary hours there refining his playing. Perhaps most significantly, Allman got together with R&B and jazz drummer Jaimoe Johanson, who came to meet Allman at the urging of Otis Redding's manager, Phil Walden, who by then was managing Allman and wanted", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010256", "text": "by the surviving five members of the band. Allman Brothers Band bassist Berry Oakley died less than 13 months later, also at the age of 24, in a similar motorcycle crash with a city bus, three blocks from the site of Allman's fatal accident. Oakley was buried beside Allman in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia. The variety of Allman's session work and Allman Brothers Band bandleading can be heard to good effect on two posthumous Capricorn releases, \"An Anthology\" (1972) and \"An Anthology Volume II\" (1974). There are also several archival releases of live Allman Brothers Band performances from", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "6467928", "text": "was remixed by Tom Dowd, replacing Adrian Barber's original mix. Personnel on original albums, see: Personnel of this compilation: Beginnings (The Allman Brothers Band album) Beginnings is a 1973 reissue of the Allman Brothers Band's first two albums, \"The Allman Brothers Band\" and \"Idlewild South\", made to capitalize on the band's popularity since those records had first come out. \"Beginnings\" also includes extensive liner notes by writer Jean-Charles Costa that gave many fans their first coherent view of the band's history, as well as useful guidelines for how to tell Duane Allman's guitar parts from Dickey Betts'. The front cover", "title": "Beginnings (The Allman Brothers Band album)" }, { "docid": "6467927", "text": "Beginnings (The Allman Brothers Band album) Beginnings is a 1973 reissue of the Allman Brothers Band's first two albums, \"The Allman Brothers Band\" and \"Idlewild South\", made to capitalize on the band's popularity since those records had first come out. \"Beginnings\" also includes extensive liner notes by writer Jean-Charles Costa that gave many fans their first coherent view of the band's history, as well as useful guidelines for how to tell Duane Allman's guitar parts from Dickey Betts'. The front cover depicts them at one of their many famous performances at the Fillmore East. For \"Beginnings\", the band's debut album", "title": "Beginnings (The Allman Brothers Band album)" }, { "docid": "2747569", "text": "his brother, Duane Allman, formed the Allman Brothers Band in 1969, which reached mainstream success with their 1971 live album \"At Fillmore East\". Shortly thereafter, Duane was killed in a motorcycle crash. The band continued, with \"Brothers and Sisters\" (1973) their most successful album. Allman began a solo career with \"Laid Back\" the same year, and was perhaps most famous for his marriage to pop star Cher for the rest of the decade. He had an unexpected late career hit with his cover of the song \"I'm No Angel\" in 1987, and his seventh solo album, \"Low Country Blues\" (2011),", "title": "Gregg Allman" }, { "docid": "1320392", "text": "Gregg Allman died from complications arising from liver cancer on May 27, 2017. The band has been awarded seven gold and four platinum albums, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. \"Rolling Stone\" ranked them 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004. Duane Allman, and his younger brother, Gregg, grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida. Gregg was first to pick up the guitar, but his brother soon surpassed him, dropping out of high school to practice constantly. The duo formed their first band, the Escorts, which evolved", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "2747581", "text": "album, released that October, instead opting to play the blues. Such gigs were sparse, however, as Liberty only allowed one performance per month. After some personnel changes, they recorded their second album, \"Power of Love\", released in March 1968. It contained more original songs by Allman, though they still felt constricted by its process. The band broke up when Duane explicitly told off executives at Liberty. They threatened to freeze the band, so they would be unable to record for any other label for seven years. Allman stayed behind to appease the label, giving them the rights to a solo", "title": "Gregg Allman" }, { "docid": "15512943", "text": "was so impressed he immediately went out and bought the record. Carr also learned from listening to guitarists such as James Burton, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Ted Connors and Chet Atkins. At the age of 15, Carr went to see the Allman Joys play at the Club Martinique in Daytona Beach. Carr, with guitar case in hand, introduced himself when the band took a break and asked Gregg Allman to show him some guitar lines. Gregg replied, \"That's my brother, Duane's, department.\" At that point Carr introduced himself to Duane Allman. That meeting began a friendship which lasted", "title": "Pete Carr" }, { "docid": "2010255", "text": "a Peach\" for Allman's response to an interviewer's question: \"How are you helping the revolution?\" Allman replied, \"I'm hitting a lick for peace, and every time I'm in Georgia I eat a peach for peace. But you can't help the revolution, because there's just evolution. I'm a player. And players don't give a damn for nothing but playing...\" Released as a double album in February 1972, it contains a side of live and studio tracks with Allman, two sides of \"Mountain Jam\", recorded with Allman at the same time as \"At Fillmore East\" in March, and a side of tracks", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010248", "text": "He never left the Allman Brothers Band, though, despite being offered a permanent position with Clapton. Allman never toured with Derek and the Dominos, but he did make at least two appearances with them, on December 1, 1970, at the Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa (\"Soulmates\" LP), and on the following day at Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse, New York. It is unclear whether he also appeared with them on November 20, 1970, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, in Santa Monica, California, when guitarist Delaney Bramlett performed with the band. In an interview, Allman told listeners how to", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "15963930", "text": "to their first two studio albums and toured with them. In 2013, Allman launched his solo career as the Devon Allman Band, and has since released three albums. His latest tour, branded as the Devon Allman Project, features special guest Duane Betts. Allman is the son of Gregg Allman (of The Allman Brothers Band) and Shelley Kay Jefts. His parents divorced when he was an infant, and he grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, as well as Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, raised by his mother. Allman began playing music as a teen, but was not influenced by his father.", "title": "Devon Allman" }, { "docid": "10758927", "text": "console and microphones, Allman recorded a demo by himself on acoustic guitar. Unable to find the band members, he enlisted friend Twiggs Lyndon to perform bass guitar on a rough demo, though Lyndon did not know how to play the instrument. Allman instructed him to play the bassline he had envisioned and Lyndon practiced it multiple times to prepare. He later found Allman Brothers drummer Jaimoe and had him perform congas on the demo. In the final studio recording, Duane Allman plays acoustic guitar, as he had enough studio experience to produce a nice acoustic sound. Gregg Allman called it", "title": "Midnight Rider" }, { "docid": "4325904", "text": "Quinn Allman Quinn Allman (born January 18, 1982) is an American musician and producer, best known as the founding member, guitarist and backing vocalist in the rock band The Used. Allman grew up in Springville, Utah, and later moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah. He grew up watching his father play in numerous bands as a drummer, originally picking up the drums at age 5. Allman picked up the guitar at age 14, and started playing in bands at 15. Allman is influenced by bands such as Face to Face, Goldfinger, Thursday, Kenna, Weezer, Jimmy Eat World and The New Transit", "title": "Quinn Allman" }, { "docid": "2010241", "text": "1968 Hall hired Allman to play on an album with Wilson Pickett. Allman's work on that album, \"Hey Jude\" (1968), got him hired as a full-time session musician at Muscle Shoals and brought him to the attention of other musicians, notably Eric Clapton, who later said, \"I remember hearing Wilson Pickett's 'Hey Jude' and just being astounded by the lead break at the end. I had to know who that was immediately – right now.\" Allman's performance on \"Hey Jude\" impressed Atlantic Records producer and executive Jerry Wexler when Hall played it over the phone for him. Wexler immediately bought", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2747571", "text": "placed him in 70th place in the \"Rolling Stone\" list of the \"100 Greatest Singers of All Time\". Gregory LeNoir Allman was born at Saint Thomas Hospital on December 8, 1947 in Nashville, Tennessee, to Willis Turner Allman (1918–1949) and Geraldine Robbins Allman (1917–2015). The couple had met during World War II in Raleigh, North Carolina, when Allman was on leave from the U.S. Army, and were later married. Their first child, Duane Allman, was born in Nashville in 1946. On December 26, 1949, Willis offered a hitchhiker a ride home and was subsequently shot and killed in Norfolk, Virginia.", "title": "Gregg Allman" }, { "docid": "4066684", "text": "Jeff Linsky (b. 1952), freely improvises polyphonically while employing a classical guitar technique. Earl Klugh (b. 1953) and Tuck Andress have also performed fingerstyle jazz on the solo guitar. Briton Martin Taylor (b. 1956), a former Stephane Grappelli sideman, switched to fingerstyle on relaunching his career as a soloist. His predecessor in Grappelli's band, John Etheridge (b. 1948) is also an occasional fingerstyle player. The solid-body electric guitar is rarely played fingerstyle, although it presents no major technical challenges. Slide guitarists often employ fingerstyle, which applies equally to the electric guitar, for instance Duane Allman and Ry Cooder. Blues guitarists", "title": "Fingerstyle guitar" }, { "docid": "2747577", "text": "top 40 and R&B music at clubs around town. Duane, who took the lead vocal role on early demos, encouraged his younger brother to sing instead. He and Duane often spent all of their money on records, as they attempted to learn songs from them. The group performed constantly as music became their entire focus; Allman missed his high school graduation because he was performing that evening. In his autobiography, Allman recalls listening to Nashville R&B station WLAC at night and discovering artists such as Muddy Waters, who later became central to his musical evolution. He avoided being drafted into", "title": "Gregg Allman" }, { "docid": "1320412", "text": "landed on Allman and skidded another 90 feet with Allman pinned underneath, crushing his internal organs. Though he was alive when he arrived at the hospital, despite immediate emergency surgery, he died several hours later from massive internal injuries. After Duane's death, the band held a meeting on their future; clearly all wanted to continue, and after a short period, the band returned to the road. \"We all had this thing in us and Duane put it there. He was the teacher and he gave something to us—his disciples—that we had to play out,\" said drummer Butch Trucks. The band", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "149898", "text": "and country music. Some slide players use a so-called Dobro guitar. Some performers who have become famous for playing slide are Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Ry Cooder, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Duane Allman, Muddy Waters, Rory Gallagher, and George Thorogood. A \"guitar pick\" or \"plectrum\" is a small piece of hard material generally held between the thumb and first finger of the picking hand and is used to \"pick\" the strings. Though most classical players pick with a combination of fingernails and fleshy fingertips, the pick is most often used for electric and steel-string acoustic guitars.", "title": "Guitar" }, { "docid": "2010247", "text": "the band's second album, \"Idlewild South.\" Produced mostly by Tom Dowd, \"Idlewild South\" was released in August 1970 and broke new ground for them by getting into the \"Billboard\" charts. After a concert in Miami, in August, watched by Eric Clapton, the band went back to Criteria studios in Miami, with Clapton and the Derek and the Dominos band who were recording \"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs\" there. Allman and Clapton jammed all night, finding they had a deep and instinctive rapport. Allman participated in the recording of most of the album's tracks, contributing some of his best-known work.", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010245", "text": "together and jammed for a couple of months putting together songs and stuff. After that we went up to New York and recorded there. We never played a gig before we cut our first album.” While living in Macon, Allman met Donna Roosman, who bore his second child, Galadrielle. The couple's relationship soon ended. He had an earlier relationship with Patti Chandlee which resulted in the birth of a daughter who was born deaf. The Allman Brothers Band went on to become one of the most influential rock groups of the 1970s. George Kimball, writing in \"Rolling Stone\" in 1971,", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010242", "text": "Allman's recording contract from Hall and wanted to use him on sessions with Atlantic R&B artists. While at Muscle Shoals, Allman played on recordings by numerous artists, including Clarence Carter, King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Laura Nyro, Wilson Pickett, Otis Rush, Percy Sledge, Johnny Jenkins, Boz Scaggs, Delaney & Bonnie, Doris Duke and jazz flautist Herbie Mann. For his first sessions with Franklin, Allman traveled to New York where, in January 1969, he went as an audience member to the Fillmore East to see Johnny Winter and told Muscle Shoals guitarist Jimmy Johnson that in a year he'd be on that", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "1320455", "text": "their launching pad to national fame.\" Official sponsors of the marker included the Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association, The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House, and \"Hittin' the Note\". In 2003, the band released a recording of their festival opening and closing performances, \"\". The Allman Brothers Band placed more emphasis on their live performances rather than albums. \"We get kind of frustrated doing the [studio] records,\" said Duane Allman in 1970. Consequently, this listing includes all studio albums and major live releases (several other live releases have been issued retrospectively). The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "12151520", "text": "The Gregg Allman Tour The Gregg Allman Tour is the first live album by Gregg Allman, released in 1974. It was recorded at Carnegie Hall and Capitol Theatre. It peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts in 1974. It was originally released as a double LP. For this concert, Allman was backed by the band Cowboy, who played two of their own songs. Cowboy was a Capricorn Records label-mate and was Duane Allman's favorite band. Several of its members had already backed Gregg Allman on his debut album the previous year. \"The Gregg Allman Tour\" was re-mastered", "title": "The Gregg Allman Tour" }, { "docid": "3997950", "text": "his favorite tracks\". Beck recalled performing a live version with Hendrix on lead guitar, but a recording has not been forthcoming. According to Paul Hornsby, who played with Duane Allman in Hour Glass in 1967–1968 before the Allman Brothers Band, \"Beck's Bolero\" inspired Allman to take up slide guitar. After hearing Beck's record, Allman \"loved that slide part and told me he was going to learn to play it\", Hornsby recalled. In 1970, Joe Walsh adapted the slide-guitar section of \"Beck's Bolero\" for a James Gang song. Titled \"The Bomber\", the multi-part suite also includes a rendition of Ravel's \"Boléro\"", "title": "Beck's Bolero" }, { "docid": "369107", "text": "was by Sylvester Weaver in 1923. Since the 1930s, performers including Robert Nighthawk, Earl Hooker, Elmore James and Muddy Waters popularized slide guitar in the electric blues genre and influenced later slide guitarists in the rock genre including the Rolling Stones, Duane Allman and Ry Cooder. Lap slide guitar pioneers include Oscar \"Buddy\" Woods, \"Black Ace\" Turner and Freddie Roulette. The technique of using a hard object against a plucked string goes back to the \"diddley bow\" derived from a one-stringed African instrument. The \"diddley bow\" is believed to be one of the ancestors of the bottleneck style. When sailors", "title": "Slide guitar" }, { "docid": "2747613", "text": "and \"hundreds of fans, many wearing Allman Brothers shirts and listening to the band's music, lined the route along the funeral procession.\" He was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, beside his brother Duane, and fellow band member Berry Oakley. Before his death, Allman recorded his last album, \"Southern Blood\", with producer Don Was at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The album was recorded with his then-current backing band. The album was released on September 8, 2017, and received critical acclaim. In \"My Cross to Bear\", Allman reflected on his life and career: Allman's style was rooted in", "title": "Gregg Allman" }, { "docid": "15963933", "text": "undeniable, and it obviously soaked into the other players on the record. My uncle Duane just sounds like a bird on it as well! It has so much raw energy and passion that it sounds ultra fresh every time I put it on. Front to back, one of the few records that can bring me to tears if I let it.\" In the early 1990's Devon Allman headed up a band in St. Louis called \"The Dark Horses\". Allman formed Honeytribe in 1999. In 2001, the band broke up so Allman could spend time with his newly born son. They", "title": "Devon Allman" }, { "docid": "12151521", "text": "and re-released on CD in 2001 by Polydor. At the beginning of the album, Gregg Allman is introduced by Martin Mull. The Gregg Allman Tour The Gregg Allman Tour is the first live album by Gregg Allman, released in 1974. It was recorded at Carnegie Hall and Capitol Theatre. It peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts in 1974. It was originally released as a double LP. For this concert, Allman was backed by the band Cowboy, who played two of their own songs. Cowboy was a Capricorn Records label-mate and was Duane Allman's favorite band. Several", "title": "The Gregg Allman Tour" }, { "docid": "5720042", "text": "American blues band, a bold, powerful, hard-edged, soulful essay in electric blues with a native Southern ambience.\" All songs written by Gregg Allman, except where noted. All credits adapted from liner notes. The Allman Brothers Band (album) The Allman Brothers Band is the debut studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. It was released in the United States by Atco Records and Capricorn Records on November 4, 1969 and produced by Adrian Barber. Formed in 1969, the Allman Brothers Band came together following various musical pursuits by each individual member. Following session work, Duane Allman moved to", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band (album)" }, { "docid": "1320447", "text": "Chuck Berry, while Trucks was largely into groups such as the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. Duane and Gregg Allman grew infatuated with rhythm and blues in their teens, collecting records by James Brown, B.B. King, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Howlin' Wolf. The brothers were also heavily influenced by guitarist Taj Mahal and his 1968 eponymous debut album. It was this influence that led both to their discovery of their now famous slide guitar style. Drummer Jai Johanny \"Jaimoe\" Johanson largely introduced the group to jazz. While Betts commented that he was interested in artists such as Howard Roberts", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "5720009", "text": "The Allman Brothers Band (album) The Allman Brothers Band is the debut studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. It was released in the United States by Atco Records and Capricorn Records on November 4, 1969 and produced by Adrian Barber. Formed in 1969, the Allman Brothers Band came together following various musical pursuits by each individual member. Following session work, Duane Allman moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he led large jam sessions with his new band, one he had envisioned as having two guitarists and two drummers. After rounding out the lineup with the addition of", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band (album)" }, { "docid": "7930871", "text": "guitars playing rhythm figures in the background. Throughout, percussionists Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny Johanson play in unison, laying what has been described as \"a thick bed of ride-snare rhythm for the soloists to luxuriate upon.\" Duane Allman then starts quietly rephrasing the first theme, gradually building to a high-pitched climax, Berry Oakley's bass guitar playing a strong counterpoint against the band's trademark percussion. Allman cools into a reverie, then starts again, finding an even more furious peak. Parts of this solo would draw comparison to John Coltrane and his sheets of sound, other parts to Miles Davis' classic \"Kind", "title": "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" }, { "docid": "6443414", "text": "the Allman Joys. Allman was the surname of the two blond brothers, Duane and Gregg, who led the band. Although he'd never produced before, Loudermilk decided to take the group into the studio and cut some sides on them.\" <BR> \"One of the Allman Joys' sides, \"Spoonful,\" was released locally and sold well. But Loudermilk had already decided to concentrate on song writing, so he brought the group to Buddy Killen, head of Dial Records. Killen thought the group was quite good, so he had John Hurley take them into the studio to record more tunes.\" <BR> \"'They were really", "title": "The Allman Joys" }, { "docid": "1320394", "text": "31st of February, a group that included drummer Butch Trucks. At FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Duane Allman became the primary session guitarist, recording with artists such as Aretha Franklin and King Curtis. Duane suggested to Wilson Pickett they record a cover of \"Hey Jude\" by the Beatles; the single went to number 23 on the national charts. FAME signed Duane to a five-year recording contract, and he put together a group, including Johnny Sandlin and Paul Hornsby. Duane recruited Jai Johanny Johanson (Jaimoe) after hearing his drumming on a songwriting demo of Jackie Avery, and the two moved into", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "15963932", "text": "rock music, and has specifically mentioned Santana, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and The Allman Brothers Band as influences. When asked if there was one record that he could cite as the definitive recording that has influenced and inspired him, Allman responded with Layla, by Derek and The Dominos. He explained, \"Although it's not straight blues, it's obviously dripping with soulful blues guitar. Layla has always appealed to me because you can really really ‘feel’ what Clapton was going through. That man was straight up in love. It brought out a burning passion in his throat and fingers that is", "title": "Devon Allman" }, { "docid": "5336223", "text": "Ruf Records signed the Royal Southern Brotherhood an all-star band which featured the Grammy Award winning Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooton and Yonrico Scott. The band was based from New Orleans and released their first recording \"Royal Southern Brotherhood\" in the summer of 2012. John Wirt of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana newspaper \"The Advocate\" wrote \"Zito and Allman also play twin guitar leads that recall, of course, the dual guitar leads played by his uncle, Duane, and Dickey Betts in the Allman Brothers Band.\" In March 2014, Albert Castiglia signed a recording contract with Ruf. In 2017,", "title": "Ruf Records" }, { "docid": "11266828", "text": "Duane Swierczynski Duane Louis Swierczynski (born February 22, 1972) is an American crime writer known for his work in non-fiction books, novels and comic books. Duane Swierczynski was born and raised in Frankford, a neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. After leaving in the late 1990s and making several stops elsewhere, he moved to another neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia from 2002 until 2016. He currently resides with his family in the Los Angeles area. Swierczynski's surname loosely translates as \"dweller near a fir tree.\" He and his brother Gregg were named after the Allman Brothers. Swierczynski has written", "title": "Duane Swierczynski" }, { "docid": "1320411", "text": "1971, Duane Allman, then 24, was killed in a motorcycle accident one day after returning to Macon. Allman was riding his motorcycle at a high speed at the intersection of Hillcrest Avenue and Bartlett Street as a flatbed truck carrying a lumber crane approached. The truck stopped suddenly in the intersection, forcing Allman to swerve his Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle sharply to the left to avoid a collision. As he was doing so, he struck either the back of the truck or the ball on the lumber crane and was immediately thrown from the motorcycle. The motorcycle bounced into the air,", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "8531772", "text": "Next Tribe). Raagnagrok is a contemporary duo using electric sitar and electronic. Tom Petty features electric sitar on \"Don't Come Around Here No More\". Vinnie Bell used the instrument on several songs, including \"Green Tambourine\" by The Lemon Pipers, \"Band of Gold\" by Freda Payne, and \"She's a Heartbreaker\" by Gene Pitney. On his award-winning 1969 instrumental rendition of the Joe South tune \"Games People Play\" saxophonist King Curtis teamed with guitarist Duane Allman on the electric sitar (he also played slide guitar). This can be found on the Duane Allman album \"An Anthology\". The 1971 album \"Somethin' Else\" recorded", "title": "Electric sitar" }, { "docid": "1320396", "text": "Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records, who purchased them for $10,000. Walden intended the upcoming group to be the centerpiece of his new Atlantic-distributed label, Capricorn. Duane and Jaimoe moved to Jacksonville in early March 1969, as Duane had become frustrated with being a \"robot\" of those at FAME. He invited anyone who wanted to join to the jam sessions that birthed the Allman Brothers Band. Dickey Betts, leader of Oakley's previous band, the Second Coming, became the group's second lead guitarist, while Butch Trucks, with whom Duane and Gregg had cut a demo less than a year prior, became the", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "8690317", "text": "recently recorded and often contained new material not on any studio album, or significantly lengthened or revamped versions of studio material. An integral part of the contemporaneous evolution of the band, such live albums are included in this section. \"Retrospective\" live albums are various recorded, unreleased, archived concerts during the early years of The Allman Brothers Band. Most were recorded before the death of lead guitarist Duane Allman. \"Instant Live\" releases are albums offered at the end of various Allman concerts, recording the majority of the concert, and making an album from the sound board recording. An example is \"Rosemont", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band discography" }, { "docid": "13335258", "text": "also composed by Gregg Allman while living there. After the deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, the band fell apart and in January 1973 Linda Oakley was evicted from the Big House. Kirk and Kristen West bought the house in the summer of 1993 with intentions to open it as a bed and breakfast; however, the needed renovations were too extensive. The house was left in the hands of the Big House Foundation, a non-profit organization established to turn the Big House into an interactive museum. The Big House contains the world's largest collection of The Allman Brothers Band", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band Museum" }, { "docid": "13335257", "text": "Records, which was The Allman Brothers recording studio. Also near the house is H&H Restaurant, where the musicians were fed by Mama Louise when they could not afford to pay for food. The first tenants of the 18-room, home were Berry Oakley, his wife Linda, their daughter Brittany, Berry Oakley's sister Candy Oakley, Duane Allman, his wife Donna, their daughter Galadrielle, and Gregg Allman. Dickey Betts wrote \"Blue Sky\" in the living room and \"Ramblin' Man\" in the kitchen of the Big House. \"Please Call Home\", \"Ain't Wastin' Time No More\", \"Leave My Blues at Home\" and \"Midnight Rider\" were", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band Museum" }, { "docid": "6644691", "text": "touring, Leavell found himself playing with Dr. John. Leavell claims this was his \"college education.\" While playing with Dr. John, Leavell caught the attention of Gregg Allman, who tapped him to play on his first solo album, the Johnny Sandlin-produced \"Laid Back\". Allman and Sandlin introduced the rest of the Allman Brothers Band to Leavell, and Leavell joined the band in September 1972, when they decided not to recreate their dual lead guitar sound after the death of Duane Allman, who had died the previous October, but rather to use a different instrument as the second lead. Leavell's work was", "title": "Chuck Leavell" }, { "docid": "2010254", "text": "the chapel, packed with family and friends, many of the musicians who had been part of Allman's life were in attendance to mourn his death. Record producer Jerry Wexler gave the eulogy. Wexler praised Allman's musical achievements, his uncompromising dedication to Southern gospel, country and blues music, and the place he attained alongside the great black musicians and blues singers from the South. After Allman's funeral and some weeks of mourning, the five surviving members of the Allman Brothers Band carried on, resuming live performances and finishing the recording work interrupted by Allman's death. They named their next album \"Eat", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "2010246", "text": "described the group as \"the best damn rock and roll band this country has produced in the past five years.\" After months of nonstop rehearsing and gigging, including free shows in Central City Park in Macon and Piedmont Park in Atlanta, the group settled on the name of the band and was ready to record. Their debut album, \"The Allman Brothers Band\", was recorded in New York in September 1969 and released a few months later. In the midst of intense touring, work began in Macon and Miami (at Atlantic South–Criteria Studios), and a little bit in New York, on", "title": "Duane Allman" }, { "docid": "10744020", "text": "part, after which vocalist Gregg Allman narrates the drama of the song. Betts takes a solo, Gregg instructs the audience \"Ahh, put your hands together,\" and Duane Allman and Betts trade guitar licks. Duane Allman then takes the solo. Bassist Berry Oakley actually comes in a beat early after the guitar trade, but the band recovers quickly, and then drops out as Gregg carries the vocal a cappella, after which the band returns for the \"Big Ending\". The recording of the song from \"Eat a Peach\" became popular on progressive rock and album-oriented rock radio formats, especially as it was", "title": "One Way Out (song)" }, { "docid": "1427226", "text": "Eddy was the first rock and roll guitarist to have a signature model guitar. In 1961 Guild Guitars introduced the Duane Eddy Models DE-400 and the deluxe DE-500. A limited edition of the DE-500 model was reissued briefly in 1983 to mark Eddy's 25th anniversary in the recording industry. In 1997 Gretsch Guitars started production of the Duane Eddy Signature Model, the Gretsch 6120-DE. In 2004, the Gibson Custom Art and Historic Division introduced the new Duane Eddy Signature Gibson guitar. A new Gretsch G6120DE Duane Eddy Signature model was released in spring 2011. Duane Eddy Duane Eddy (born April", "title": "Duane Eddy" }, { "docid": "4469926", "text": "\"Not Fade Away\" on November 6, 1970, at Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York. 33:41 in length in its March 1971 \"Eat a Peach\" performance, the song is instrumental and features solos from all of the band members. Duane Allman starts with a guitar solo, after which Gregg Allman solos on Hammond organ, followed by a guitar solo by Dickey Betts. Midway through the song there is a drum duet by Butch Trucks and Jaimoe, later joined by a bass guitar solo by Berry Oakley. Then Duane comes back in for the slide guitar climax, and produces some of", "title": "Mountain Jam" }, { "docid": "1320440", "text": "is the greatest one since Duane and Berry, and why shouldn't it be?\" said Jaimoe. The band released their final studio recording, \"Hittin' the Note\" (2003), to critical acclaim. The record was the first to feature Derek Trucks and the only Allman Brothers album to not feature Betts. The band continued to tour throughout the 2000s, remaining a top touring act, regularly attracting more than 20,000 fans. The decade closed with a successful run at the Beacon Theatre, in celebration of the band's fortieth anniversary. \"That [2009 run] was the most fun I've ever had in that building,\" said Allman,", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "1320423", "text": "Walden first approached Betts with the idea of a reunion. Their first public appearance together came at a Great Southern show in New York's Central Park that summer, when Allman, Trucks, and Jaimoe joined the band for a few songs. Williams and Leavell declined to leave Sea Level, so the Allman Brothers Band hired guitarist Dan Toler and bassist David Goldflies from Great Southern. The band reunited with Tom Dowd at Criteria Studios in Miami to cut their reunion album, which was released in February 1979 as \"Enlightened Rogues\", a term Duane had used to describe the band. While the", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "9465587", "text": "Ton-Ton Macoute! Ton-Ton Macoute! is the 1970 album by Johnny Jenkins, a former bandleader who first hired Otis Redding in his band, The Pinetoppers, as a singer. \"Ton-Ton Macoute!\" was originally intended as a Duane Allman solo album, before he departed to form The Allman Brothers. Most of the guitar tracks were played by Allman, and Jenkins later supplied the vocal tracks. The album is a blend of Southern Blues/Rock/Country/Soul. Guest musicians include future Allman Brothers Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Jaimoe, and Butch Trucks. The standout tracks are Dr. John's \"I Walk on Gilded Splinters\", Bob Dylan's \"Down Along the", "title": "Ton-Ton Macoute!" }, { "docid": "1320407", "text": "staples of the band's repertoire—and eventually of rock radio.\" Shortly after completing recording, Dowd put Duane in contact with guitarist Eric Clapton, who invited him to contribute to his new project, Derek and the Dominos. Allman was a huge fan of Clapton's work with Cream, and Clapton had been blown away by Allman's session work on Wilson Pickett's \"Hey Jude\" some years prior. They met after a show one night in Miami and jammed together until the next afternoon, with the two guitarists regarding one another as \"instant soulmates\". Clapton invited Duane to join Derek and the Dominos, and by", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band" }, { "docid": "4386093", "text": "Little Martha \"Little Martha\" was the only Allman Brothers Band track written solely by group leader and partial namesake Duane Allman. The tune first appeared on the final studio track on the Allman Brothers Band's fourth album, \"Eat a Peach\", released in 1972. The track was recorded in October 1971, a few weeks before Duane Allman's death in a motorcycle accident. Allman's original recording of the song is a bouncy fingerstyle acoustic guitar instrumental duet with minimal accompaniment. Allman and bandmate Dickey Betts played the tune on 6-string guitars using open Eb tuning. The song's simple melody and rhythmic counterpoint", "title": "Little Martha" }, { "docid": "5720034", "text": "On the writing of the record, Allman wrote in his memoir \"My Cross to Bear\", \"I wrote most of that whole first record in that one week. I had total peace of mind. L.A. and all its changes didn’t even cross my mind. I felt like I was starting all over, which I was.\" Most of the songs on the album were written at Rose Hill Cemetery. The cover for the album was taken by photographer Stephen Paley. Paley had gotten to know Duane Allman during photo shoots for Atlantic. Paley stayed for \"about a week\" in Macon with the", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band (album)" }, { "docid": "5720012", "text": "to the band's dislike of Barber's original mix, their debut album was remixed by Tom Dowd. In 1973, \"Beginnings\" was certified gold for sales of 500,000 copies, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. In 2016 a Deluxe version of the album was released by Mercury Records that contained the \"Original Stereo Mix by Adrian Barber\" from 1969 and the “Beginnings” Stereo Mix by Tom Dowd from 1973. The Allman Brothers Band was formed in March 1969, during large jam sessions with various musicians in Jacksonville, Florida. Duane Allman and Jai Johanny Johanson (Jaimoe) had recently moved from Muscle", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band (album)" }, { "docid": "2747570", "text": "saw the highest chart positions of his career. Throughout his life, Allman struggled with alcohol and substance abuse, which formed the basis of his memoir \"My Cross to Bear\" (2012). His final album, \"Southern Blood\", was released posthumously on September 8, 2017. Allman performed with a Hammond organ and guitar, and was recognized for his soulful voice. For his work in music, Allman was referred to as a Southern rock pioneer and received numerous awards, including one Grammy Award; he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. His distinctive voice", "title": "Gregg Allman" }, { "docid": "15963931", "text": "He did not meet his father until he was in his teens, but they then bonded instantly. For several years in the 1990s he performed around the growing St. Louis blues and rock music scene, while also managing a suburban Guitar Center store where he met his future Royal Southern Brotherhood bandmate, Mike Zito. In his twenties, Allman tried various musical styles and sounds to distance himself from his father's sound and avoid obvious comparisons, though his father did not meddle in Allman's career. In his thirties, Allman embraced the blues and rock genres. Allman grew up on classic, blues-inspired", "title": "Devon Allman" }, { "docid": "16163190", "text": "talk about the new album. One of the tracks premiered was \"Play the Guitar\", B.o.B’s ode to his instrument of choice. He describes the song as one that expresses his \"love for music and love for the guitar\". The song features André 3000, who rarely does guest appearances for other artists. Of the song, B.o.B says: \"I feel like it shows people that we are two different artists and we actually do sound different and have our own styles. Not to say that I wasn’t influenced by Outkast and Andre, but I feel like it’s a ‘pass-the-torch’ type of moment.", "title": "Play the Guitar" }, { "docid": "13378147", "text": "of February for several months. It was recorded at TK Studios in the Miami suburb of Hialeah, Florida in September 1968. Steve Alaimo engineered the sessions and later claimed producer's credit. The album is notable for the first recording of \"Melissa\", which was later re-recorded with the Allman Brothers Band. Bold Records released the opening track \"Morning Dew\" as a single in 1972, backed with \"I'll Change for You\". Neither the single nor the album made it into the record charts. The album was re-released several times after 1972 on various record companies and with varying cover art in various", "title": "Duane & Greg Allman" }, { "docid": "6572545", "text": "clapping.\" The Gregg Allman-penned \"Don't Keep Me Wonderin'\" follows, featuring Duane on slide guitar and Oakley's friend Thom Doucette on harmonica. \"Midnight Rider\" developed quickly and featured lyrics contributed by roadie Robert Payne, who threw out a suggestion to Gregg Allman while together at their equipment warehouse. Unable to gain a key to the nearby Capricorn Sound Studios, the duo broke in and recorded a quick demo with Twiggs Lyndon on bass and Johanson on congas. Duane eventually laid down acoustic guitar tracks for both \"Revival\" and \"Midnight Rider\", as he was quicker to record and more technically savvy due", "title": "Idlewild South" }, { "docid": "1614807", "text": "Betts trade solos, as does Gregg Allman on the organ as the tempo shifts into a \"swinging\" beat. \"You Don't Love Me\" kicks off the first of the jazz-inspired jams and features a solo from Duane Allman in which the entire group stops, leaving it just him and his guitar. The song's conclusion also contains elements of \"Joy to the World.\" \"Hot 'Lanta\" is an instrumental, which has elements in common with jazz rock and progressive rock, and is a showcase for Berry Oakley's bass-playing. \"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed\", with its harmonized melody, Latin feel, and burning drive invited", "title": "At Fillmore East" }, { "docid": "128610", "text": "later, drummer Jim Gordon played the piano part for the melody, which he claimed to have written (though Bobby Whitlock stated that Rita Coolidge wrote it). The \"Layla\" LP was actually recorded by a five-piece version of the group, thanks to the unforeseen inclusion of guitarist Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band. A few days into the Layla sessions, Dowd—who was also producing the Allmans—invited Clapton to an Allman Brothers outdoor concert in Miami. The two guitarists met first on stage, then played all night in the studio, and became friends. Duane first added his slide guitar to \"Tell", "title": "Eric Clapton" }, { "docid": "5720024", "text": "of their element in New York, hustled by a chap with an English accent,\" said Dowd of Barber. He spoke of Barber's direction as \"perhaps intimidating, or push-push, shove-shove. 'Do what the guy says and let’s get out of here.'\" \"Dreams\", which later gained regard among band members as the high point of the record, was the only song in which the group got stuck, due to Duane Allman's displeasure with his guitar solo. The performance captured on record came when Duane instructed the other members to turn off all the lights in the studio after the day's session, and", "title": "The Allman Brothers Band (album)" }, { "docid": "19095972", "text": "to attack the cast and crew, along with himself. The cast fends off the kids, and its down to the boyfriend and Days. An audience member throws Dave his guitar. Dave blocks a hit from a sword the boyfriend is carrying, and knocks him to the ground by hitting him with the head of the guitar while doing a guitar flip. He then takes the sword he had and puts it to his neck while he is on the ground. The audience then claps, and Days and Lynn hug and wave to the crowd. What Does It Take (Dave Days", "title": "What Does It Take (Dave Days song)" }, { "docid": "9965681", "text": "Hot 'Lanta \"Hot 'Lanta\" is an instrumental piece performed by the Allman Brothers Band. It debuted on their live album \"At Fillmore East\", released in July 1971, the fifth track on the album. \"Hotlanta\" is a nickname for Atlanta, Georgia and is a portmanteau of the words \"hot\" and \"Atlanta\". The piece appears only on live albums. It evolved out of a jam session when Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts got the idea for the melody line. The song begins with a statement of the theme, followed by solos from Gregg Allman (organ), Duane Allman (guitar), and Dickey Betts (guitar).", "title": "Hot 'Lanta" }, { "docid": "2747582", "text": "album. The rest of the band mocked Allman, viewing him as too scared to leave and return to the South. Meanwhile, Duane began doing session work at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he began putting together a new band. He phoned his brother with the proposition of joining the new band—which would have two guitarists and two drummers. With his deal at Liberty fulfilled, he drove to Jacksonville, Florida, in March 1969 to jam with the new band. He called the birth of the group \"one of the finer days in my life ... I was starting to", "title": "Gregg Allman" }, { "docid": "12300133", "text": "at the Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, with Jim Gordon (drums), Carl Radle (bass), Bobby Whitlock (organ), and Duane Allman (slide guitar). As Whitlock recalled, Sam Samudio, who was also recording at Criteria, suggested that they record the song. Allman had recorded \"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out\" earlier with his brother Gregg and used similar guitar lines for the Derek and the Dominos recording. Whitlock also noted that Clapton played through a Fender Champ guitar amplifier (a five-watt practice amp), while Allman used a Fender Twin. Shortly after the studio recording, the song became part of the", "title": "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" } ]

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[ { "docid": "14416409", "text": "I Have a Dream (oratorio) I Have a Dream is an oratorio by James Furman written in tribute to the composer's friend, Martin Luther King, Jr., to whose memory it is dedicated. The title of the work is derived from the \"I Have a Dream\" speech that Martin Luther King, Jr. made in Washington, D.C. during the August 1963 civil rights march, and the libretto is based on statements and writings by King. Furman described \"I Have a Dream\" as \"an oratorio in symphonic form which conveys some of the basic concerns of today's world. These concerns are dramatized within", "title": "I Have a Dream (oratorio)" }, { "docid": "12357680", "text": "\"one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free\". Toward the end of the speech, King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised peroration on the theme \"I have a dream\", prompted by Mahalia Jackson's cry: \"Tell them about the dream, Martin!\" In this part of the speech, which most excited the listeners and has now become its most famous, King described his dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred. Jon Meacham writes that, \"With a single phrase, Martin Luther King Jr. joined Jefferson and Lincoln in the ranks of men", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "12357684", "text": "1962 speech was presented to the public by the English department of North Carolina State University. Martin Luther King had also delivered a \"dream\" speech in Detroit, in June 1963, when he marched on Woodward Avenue with Walter Reuther and the Reverend C. L. Franklin, and had rehearsed other parts. Mahalia Jackson, who sang \"How I Got Over\", just before the speech in Washington, knew about King's Detroit speech. The March on Washington Speech, known as \"I Have a Dream Speech\", has been shown to have had several versions, written at several different times. It has no single version draft,", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "12357710", "text": "audience, he handed George Raveling the original typewritten \"I Have a Dream\" speech. Raveling, a star Villanova Wildcats college basketball player, had volunteered as a security guard for the event and was on the podium with King at that moment. In 2013, Raveling still had custody of the original copy, for which he had been offered $3,000,000, but he has said he does not intend to sell it. I Have a Dream \"I Have a Dream\" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "12357685", "text": "but is an amalgamation of several drafts, and was originally called \"Normalcy, Never Again\". Little of this, and another \"Normalcy Speech\", ended up in the final draft. A draft of \"Normalcy, Never Again\" is housed in the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center and Morehouse College. The focus on \"I have a dream\" comes through the speech's delivery. Toward the end of its delivery, noted African American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson shouted to King from the crowd, \"Tell them about the dream, Martin.\" King departed from his prepared remarks and", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "12357679", "text": "I Have a Dream \"I Have a Dream\" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was a defining moment of the civil rights movement. Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed millions of slaves in 1863, King said", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "16976101", "text": "I Have a Dream/Bellissima \"I Have a Dream/Bellissima\" is a song by German-Turkish DJ and music producer DJ Quicksilver. The songs were released in November 1996 as a single from his 1997 album \"Quicksilver\". The double single \"I Have a Dream\"/\"Bellissima\" was a massive hit all over Europe and DJ Quicksilver's biggest chart success and produced by Tommaso De Donatis and Orhan Terzi, i.e. DJ Quicksilver himself. It was certified gold both in Germany and in UK. The song \"I Have a Dream\" samples on the famous \"I Have a Dream\" speech by Martin Luther King and uses excerpts from", "title": "I Have a Dream/Bellissima" }, { "docid": "12357704", "text": "the United States National Recording Registry. In 2003, the National Park Service dedicated an inscribed marble pedestal to commemorate the location of King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was dedicated in 2011. The centerpiece for the memorial is based on a line from King's \"I Have A Dream\" speech: \"Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope.\" A -high relief of King named the \"Stone of Hope\" stands past two other pieces of granite that symbolize the \"mountain of despair.\" In August 2012, the Dutch DJ and producer Bakermat released the single", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "12357703", "text": "awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The full speech did not appear in writing until August 1983, some 15 years after King's death, when a transcript was published in \"The Washington Post\". In 1990, the Australian alternative comedy rock band Doug Anthony All Stars released an album called \"Icon\". One song from \"Icon\", \"Shang-a-lang\", sampled the end of the speech. In 1992, the band Moodswings, incorporated excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech in their song \"Spiritual High, Part III\" on the album \"Moodfood\". In 2002, the Library of Congress honored the speech by adding it to", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "6875764", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's \"I Have A Dream\" speech: \"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.\" The memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising, and construction. This", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "12357686", "text": "started \"preaching\" improvisationally, punctuating his points with \"I have a dream.\" The speech was drafted with the assistance of Stanley Levison and Clarence Benjamin Jones in Riverdale, New York City. Jones has said that \"the logistical preparations for the march were so burdensome that the speech was not a priority for us\" and that, \"on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 27, [12 hours before the march] Martin still didn't know what he was going to say\". Leading up to the speech's rendition at the Great March on Washington, King had delivered its \"I have a dream\" refrains in his speech", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "2045320", "text": "Estate reached a settlement before proceeding further in the courts. Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. (194 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 1999)) is a United States court case that involved a longstanding dispute about the public domain copyright status of the text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech, known by the key phrase \"I Have a Dream\", originally delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. The court ruled that King's delivery of the speech was a \"performance\",", "title": "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc." }, { "docid": "2045312", "text": "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. (194 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 1999)) is a United States court case that involved a longstanding dispute about the public domain copyright status of the text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech, known by the key phrase \"I Have a Dream\", originally delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. The court ruled that King's delivery of the speech was a \"performance\", rather than a \"general publication\", of its text, and therefore", "title": "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc." }, { "docid": "271158", "text": "would be redesigned to depict various historical events that had occurred at the Lincoln Memorial. Among the planned designs are images from King's \"I Have a Dream\" speech and the 1939 concert by opera singer Marian Anderson. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "14416414", "text": "sings the opening lines of \"America\", and at one point a solo violin plays a square dance theme. The final sub-section, with the theme \"Free at Last!\", integrates gospel, full orchestra, and motifs from the opening Africa-themed section, as well as combining Igbo with English. The celesta accompanies the final words, \"We are free at last!\", and the work ends with orchestral bells and gently plucked violins. I Have a Dream (oratorio) I Have a Dream is an oratorio by James Furman written in tribute to the composer's friend, Martin Luther King, Jr., to whose memory it is dedicated. The", "title": "I Have a Dream (oratorio)" }, { "docid": "9824062", "text": "corridor and bedrooms before stylized images of the Civil Rights Movement. Television footage of the \"I Have a Dream\" speech is exposed on guide throughout the video. The imagery is destined to increase the song's messages of determination in the face of discrimination, and ambition for a more racially world. A Dream (Common song) \"A Dream\" is a single by rapper Common from the soundtrack to \"Freedom Writers\". It is produced by will.i.am, who also sings the song's chorus. The song heavily samples Martin Luther King Jr.'s historical \"I Have a Dream\" speech, which relates to the song's lyrics about", "title": "A Dream (Common song)" }, { "docid": "6875765", "text": "national memorial is the 395th unit in the United States National Park Service. The monumental memorial is located at the northwest corner of the Tidal Basin near the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, on a sightline linking the Lincoln Memorial to the northwest and the Jefferson Memorial to the southeast. The official address of the monument, 1964 Independence Avenue, S.W., commemorates the year the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law. A ceremony dedicating the memorial was scheduled for Sunday, August 28, 2011, the 48th anniversary of the \"I Have a Dream\" speech that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered from the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "12679647", "text": "Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., comprise an extensive catalog of American writing and oratory – some of which are internationally well-known, while others remain unheralded, and some await re-discovery. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent African-American clergyman, a civil rights leader, and a Nobel laureate. King himself observed, \"In the quiet recesses of my heart, I am fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher.\" The famous \"I Have a Dream\" address was delivered in August 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Less well-remembered", "title": "Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "18621277", "text": "The Dream (sculpture) The Dream, also known as the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Sculpture, is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by Michael Florin Dente, located outside the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. The memorial statue was dedicated on August 28, 1998, the 35th anniversary of King's \"I Have a Dream\" speech. It depicts King plus three allegorical sculptures: a man who symbolizes the American worker, a woman who represents immigration, and a young girl shown releasing King's coattail, who represents, according to Dente, the \"letting go\" that occurs when people sacrifice their time", "title": "The Dream (sculpture)" }, { "docid": "12357693", "text": "African American church in Terrell County, Georgia, in September 1962, in which she used the repeated phrase \"I have a dream\". The church burned down after it was used for voter registration meetings. The speech also alludes to in the second stanza of the speech. Additionally, King quotes from (\"I have a dream that every valley shall be exalted ...\") and (\"But let justice roll down like water ...\"). He also alludes to the opening lines of Shakespeare's \"Richard III\" (\"Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer ...\") when he remarks that \"this sweltering summer of", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "9824061", "text": "A Dream (Common song) \"A Dream\" is a single by rapper Common from the soundtrack to \"Freedom Writers\". It is produced by will.i.am, who also sings the song's chorus. The song heavily samples Martin Luther King Jr.'s historical \"I Have a Dream\" speech, which relates to the song's lyrics about racism. The single release of \"A Dream\" includes two will.i.am tracks, \"Colors\" and \"Bus Ride.\" The video for the single contains images from the \"Freedom Writers\" movie (many of which feature Hilary Swank, its lead actress), mixed with animated series with will.i.am singing on a platform and Common rapping in", "title": "A Dream (Common song)" }, { "docid": "12357683", "text": "of the Civil Rights Movement and student activists' \"dream\" of equality—\"the American Dream ... a dream as yet unfulfilled\"—in several national speeches and statements, and took \"the dream\" as the centerpiece for these speeches. On November 27, 1962, King gave a speech at Booker T. Washington High School in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. That speech was longer than the version which he would eventually deliver from the Lincoln Memorial. And while parts of the text had been moved around, large portions were identical, including the \"I have a dream\" refrain. After being rediscovered, the restored and digitized recording of the", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "5509459", "text": "speech, King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised peroration on the theme of \"I have a dream\", possibly prompted by Mahalia Jackson's repeated cry, \"Tell them about the dream, Martin!\" In September 1962, SNCC activist Prathia Hall had spoken at a service commemorating Mount Olive Baptist Church in Terrell County, Georgia, which had been burned to the ground by the Ku Klux Klan. The service was attended by King and SCLCs strategist James Bevel. As Hall prayed, according to Bevel, \"she spontaneously uttered and rhythmically repeated an inspiring phrase that captured her vision for the future-'I have", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues" }, { "docid": "18621283", "text": "delegation wrote appeals to large companies, requesting their support at the breakfast. Within six months of the campaign's re-launch, $300,000 was raised, enough to create the sculpture. \"The Dream\" was dedicated by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue Foundation on August 28, 1998, the 35th anniversary of King's \"I Have a Dream\" speech. It was also dedicated by Harry Belafonte and much of the Congressional delegation. John Jenkins, chairman of the foundation, said in a statement announcing the statue and its dedication: Our dream began in the hearts of the students at Martin Luther King, Jr., Elementary School nearly ten", "title": "The Dream (sculpture)" }, { "docid": "12357700", "text": "King delivered \"I Have a Dream\", Agent William C. Sullivan, the head of COINTELPRO, wrote a memo about King's growing influence: In the light of King's powerful demagogic speech yesterday he stands head and shoulders above all other Negro leaders put together when it comes to influencing great masses of Negroes. We must mark him now, if we have not done so before, as the most dangerous Negro of the future in this Nation from the standpoint of communism, the Negro and national security. The speech was a success for the Kennedy administration and for the liberal civil rights coalition", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "12357688", "text": "articulated in the Emancipation Proclamation, King says: \"It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.\" Anaphora (i.e., the repetition of a phrase at the beginning of sentences) is employed throughout the speech. Early in his speech, King urges his audience to seize the moment; \"Now is the time\" is repeated three times in the sixth paragraph. The most widely cited example of anaphora is found in the often quoted phrase \"I have a dream\", which is repeated eight times as King paints a picture of an integrated and unified America for his audience. Other", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "12357689", "text": "occasions include \"One hundred years later\", \"We can never be satisfied\", \"With this faith\", \"Let freedom ring\", and \"free at last\". King was the sixteenth out of eighteen people to speak that day, according to the official program. Among the most quoted lines of the speech are \"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!\" According to U.S. Representative John Lewis, who also spoke that day as the", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "11718470", "text": "of MSNBC referred to the speech as \"what many of us think is one of the great speeches in American history, and we watch a lot of them.\" Independent Women's Forum CEO and MSNBC political analyst Michelle Bernard said it was \"the best speech and most important speech on race that we have heard as a nation since Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech.\" Jonathan Alter of \"Newsweek\" said that \"Barack Obama didn't simply touch the touchiest subject in America, he grabbed it and turned it over and examined it from several different angles and made it personal.", "title": "A More Perfect Union (speech)" }, { "docid": "2882134", "text": "are emphasized in California, although neither are required. Declamation, or memorized speech, is the high-school interpretation and presentation of a non-original speech. Speeches may be historical (such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech) or adapted from magazine articles, commencement addresses, or other adaptations of non-original material (including forensics speeches from previous years). Declamations are generally persuasive, and the competition is similar to Original Oratory. Like Oratory, speeches are about eight minutes long. Rhetorical criticism, or communication analysis, is an individual collegiate event in which the speaker has ten minutes to present a speech. The speech usually", "title": "Individual events (speech)" }, { "docid": "17185816", "text": "Birmingham Jail\" (1963); the composition ends with King's \"I Have a Dream\" speech. \"The Passion of Martin Luther King\" was composed in 1968 following King's assassination. \"The Passion\" was first recorded in London in 1969, with Ezio Flagello, the composer's brother, as the bass baritone soloist. This performance was eventually released by Naxos American Classics in 2012. DePreist conducted the National Symphony Orchestra's first performance of the work at the Kennedy Center on February 19, 1974. Music critics drew comparisons to Johann Sebastian Bach's \"Passions\", which recounts Jesus' death. The Oregon Symphony album was the first published recording of the", "title": "Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World; Nicolas Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King" }, { "docid": "6875774", "text": "borders the Tidal Basin, southwest of the National Mall. The memorial is near the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and is intended to create a visual \"line of leadership\" from the Lincoln Memorial, on whose steps King gave his \"I Have a Dream\" speech at the March on Washington, to the Jefferson Memorial. The centerpiece for the memorial is based on a line from King's \"I Have A Dream\" speech: \"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.\" A -high relief of King named the \"Stone of Hope\" stands past two other pieces of granite that symbolize the \"mountain", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "6875796", "text": "not the proper depiction of a man famous for a speech like \"I Have a Dream\" or the Nobel Peace Prize: We don’t even see his feet. He is embedded in the rock like something not yet fully born, suited and stern, rising from its roughly chiseled surface. His face is uncompromising, determined, his eyes fixed in the distance, not far from where Jefferson stands across the water. But kitsch here strains at the limits of resemblance: Is this the Dr. King of the \"I Have a Dream\" speech? Or the writer of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech?", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "2547880", "text": "Galleries in Los Angeles Superior Court for the document's return. The King family additionally sued the auction house for punitive damages. In 1994, \"USA Today\" paid the family $10,000 in attorney's fees and court costs and also a $1,700 licensing fee for using the \"I Have a Dream\" speech without permission from them. CBS was sued by the King estate for copyright infringement in November 1996. The network marketed a tape containing excerpts of the \"I Have a Dream\" speech. CBS had filmed the speech when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered it in 1963 and did not pay the family", "title": "Coretta Scott King" }, { "docid": "271076", "text": "D.C., then governed by congressional committee. Despite tensions, the march was a resounding success. More than a quarter of a million people of diverse ethnicities attended the event, sprawling from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial onto the National Mall and around the reflecting pool. At the time, it was the largest gathering of protesters in Washington, D.C.'s history. King delivered a 17-minute speech, later known as \"I Have a Dream\". In the speech's most famous passage—in which he departed from his prepared text, possibly at the prompting of Mahalia Jackson, who shouted behind him, \"Tell them about the dream!\"—King", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "12357702", "text": "together with their oppressor in lily pad pools, with gospels and guitars and 'I have a dream' speeches?\" The March on Washington put pressure on the Kennedy administration to advance its civil rights legislation in Congress. The diaries of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., published posthumously in 2007, suggest that President Kennedy was concerned that if the march failed to attract large numbers of demonstrators, it might undermine his civil rights efforts. In the wake of the speech and march, King was named Man of the Year by \"TIME\" magazine for 1963, and in 1964, he was the youngest person ever", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "2547863", "text": "part in observances of the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King's \"I Have a Dream\" speech. It was the first time that an LGBT rights group had been invited to a major event of the African American community. Established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King, The King Center is the official memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy and ideas of Martin Luther King Jr., leader of a nonviolent movement for justice, equality, and peace. Two days after her husband's funeral, King began planning $15 million for funding the memorial. She handed the reins", "title": "Coretta Scott King" }, { "docid": "16386707", "text": "what they believed were injustices concerning Florida's stand your ground law. The six-day walk was called the \"Walk for Dignity\", and ended with a community forum being held and a dedication of the Trayvon Martin memorial at the Goldsboro Westside Historical Museum, in Sanford. In Los Angeles, California an area of a garden at Crenshaw High School was dedicated to Martin in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. A march was also held at the dedication to teach students how to express their First Amendment rights while standing their ground for", "title": "Trayvon Martin" }, { "docid": "4478847", "text": "redesignated as a National Historical Park on January 8, 2018. In total, the buildings included in the site make up 35 acres (0.14 km²). The visitor center contains a museum that chronicles the American Civil Rights Movement and the path of Martin Luther King Jr. An 1894 firehouse (Fire Station No. 6) served the Sweet Auburn community until 1991, and now contains a gift shop and an exhibit on desegregation in the Atlanta Fire Department. The \"I Have a Dream\" International World Peace Rose Garden, and a memorial tribute to Mohandas K. Gandhi are part of the site, as is", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "14213423", "text": "America, including Marilyn Monroe's world-famous \"Happy Birthday, Mr. President\" at Madison Square Garden and Martin Luther King's \"I Have A Dream\" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. The film is designed primarily to remind, focusing on the characters and events that build up to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King as their apparent determination to shy away from war, discrimination and hatred became ever more publicized. The film is classified as being \"In Production\" on Amazon's Internet Movie Database.", "title": "King Kennedy" }, { "docid": "6875781", "text": "includes an additional statement attributed to King. The first, from the \"I Have a Dream\" speech, is \"Out of the Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope\" – the quotation that serves as the basis for the monument's design. The words on the other side of the stone used to read, \"I Was a Drum Major for Justice, Peace, and Righteousness\", which is a paraphrased version of a longer quote by King: \"If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "17173911", "text": "students at Public School No. 121 in East Harlem, New York City a school he had attended 50 years earlier. In 2003, Scott and Mary Gilmour start the first \"I Have a Dream\" project outside of the U.S. Scott learned about IHAD while living in Portland, Oregon, for 15 years in the 1980s and 1990s, and carried the dream when he returned home. The IHAD Charitable Trust began with a Year 4 class at Wesley Primary School, a Decile 1 school in Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand. I Have A Dream Foundation The I Have a Dream Foundation (IHAD) is", "title": "I Have A Dream Foundation" }, { "docid": "6875767", "text": "leader in the Civil Rights Movement, was an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, and advocated for using nonviolent resistance, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. Although during his life he was monitored by the FBI for presumed communist sympathies, King is now presented as a heroic leader in the history of modern American liberalism. At the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, King imagined an end to racial inequality in his \"I Have a Dream\" speech. This speech has been canonized as one of the greatest pieces of American", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "12357694", "text": "the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn ...\" The \"I Have a Dream\" speech can be dissected by using three rhetorical lenses: voice merging, prophetic voice, and dynamic spectacle. Voice merging is the combining of one's own voice with religious predecessors. Prophetic voice is using rhetoric to speak for a population. A dynamic spectacle has origins from the Aristotelian definition as \"a weak hybrid form of drama, a theatrical concoction that relied upon external factors (shock, sensation, and passionate release) such as televised rituals of conflict and social control.\" Voice merging is a common", "title": "I Have a Dream" } ]

[ { "docid": "12357682", "text": "of the Emancipation Proclamation. King had been preaching about dreams since 1960, when he gave a speech to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) called \"The Negro and the American Dream\". This speech discusses the gap between the American dream and reality, saying that overt white supremacists have violated the dream, and that \"our federal government has also scarred the dream through its apathy and hypocrisy, its betrayal of the cause of justice\". King suggests that \"It may well be that the Negro is God's instrument to save the soul of America.\" In 1961, he spoke", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "12357709", "text": "publication\", King retained common law copyright. This led to a lawsuit, \"Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc.\", which established that the King estate does hold copyright over the speech and had standing to sue; the parties then settled. Unlicensed use of the speech or a part of it can still be lawful in some circumstances, especially in jurisdictions under doctrines such as fair use or fair dealing. Under the applicable copyright laws, the speech will remain under copyright in the United States until 70 years after King's death, until 2038. As King waved goodbye to the", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "11184494", "text": "speech, and was what prompted Scarborough into entering into public service. Journalist Joe Klein has called it \"politics in its grandest form and highest purpose\" and said that it \"marked the end of an era\" before American political life was taken over by consultants and pollsters. It is also recounted in the prologue of his book, \"Politics Lost\". The \"Landmark for Peace Memorial\", installed in 1995 in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park near the site where the speech took place in Indianapolis, includes sculptures of King and Kennedy. \"A Ripple of Hope\", a documentary on the speech and", "title": "Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "12357681", "text": "who've shaped modern America\". The speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century in a 1999 poll of scholars of public address. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was partly intended to demonstrate mass support for the civil rights legislation proposed by President Kennedy in June. Martin Luther King and other leaders therefore agreed to keep their speeches calm, also, to avoid provoking the civil disobedience which had become the hallmark of the Civil Rights Movement. King originally designed his speech as a homage to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, timed to correspond with the centennial", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "4771773", "text": "Martin Luther King III Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights advocate and community activist. He is the oldest son and oldest living child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Martin Luther King III was born on October 23, 1957, to civil rights advocates Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His mother had reservations about naming him after his famous father, \"realizing the burdens it can create for the child,\" but King Jr. always wanted to name his son Martin Luther III. King's birth occurred as", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "11184483", "text": "Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York delivered an improvised speech several hours after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.. Kennedy, who was campaigning to earn the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, made his remarks while in Indianapolis, Indiana, after speaking at two Indiana universities earlier in the day. Before boarding a plane to attend campaign rallies in Indianapolis, he learned that King had been shot in Memphis, Tennessee. Upon arrival, Kennedy was informed that King had died. \"Oh God,\" Kennedy said, hands buried", "title": "Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "4771788", "text": "system, and that \"we all have to roll up our sleeves and do work to ensure that the dream that he shared can be fulfilled.\" On January 19, 2009, the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, King joined Obama in painting and refurbishing the Sasha Bruce Youthwork shelter for homeless teens in Northeast Washington for the nationwide day of community service. Martin Luther King III gave a tribute at Michael Jackson's memorial service on July 7, 2009, and spoke at Jackson's funeral at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, alongside his sister, Bernice. He also spoke as a campus", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "11184495", "text": "the events surrounding it, was produced by Covenant Productions at Anderson University and released in 2008. It includes interviews with associates of Kennedy and members of the audience. The speech was performed verbatim by Linus Roache in the 2002 film \"RFK\". Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York delivered an improvised speech several hours after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.. Kennedy, who was campaigning to earn the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, made his remarks while in Indianapolis, Indiana, after speaking at two", "title": "Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "12357698", "text": "Reston also noted that the event \"was better covered by television and the press than any event here since President Kennedy's inauguration\", and opined that \"it will be a long time before [Washington] forgets the melodious and melancholy voice of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. crying out his dreams to the multitude.\" An article in \"The Boston Globe\" by Mary McGrory reported that King's speech \"caught the mood\" and \"moved the crowd\" of the day \"as no other\" speaker in the event. Marquis Childs of \"The Washington Post\" wrote that King's speech \"rose above mere oratory\". An article", "title": "I Have a Dream" }, { "docid": "11184486", "text": "the speech to come later that night after the horrific events of the day. The student asked, \"Your speech implies that you are placing a great deal of faith in white America. Is that faith justified?\" Kennedy answered \"Yes\" and added that \"faith in black America is justified, too\" although he said there \"are extremists on both sides.\" Before boarding a plane to fly to Indianapolis, Kennedy learned that Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot. On the plane, Kennedy told a reporter \"You know, it grieves me. . . that I just told that kid this and then walk", "title": "Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "1477793", "text": "have been those who thought they could kill the dream by slaying the dreamer, but – as the example of King's life shows – such people are always wrong. Every year, since 1986, the Dr. Martin Luther King Tribute and Dinner is held in Wassenaar, The Netherlands. The Tribute includes young people and veterans of the Civil Rights Movement as well as music. it always ends with everyone holding hands in a circle and singing \"We Shall Overcome.\" The Tribute is held on the last Sunday in January and bridges Dr. King's birthday and Black History Month. 1985–2100 Martin Luther", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "21007524", "text": "Dr King.\" The HSCA's Chief Counsel, Robert Blakey, said that if the CIA or FBI had been involved, all incriminating documents would have been destroyed long before 1979. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories The conspiracy theories relating to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement, relate to different accounts of the assassination that took place on April 4, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee. King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, one day after giving his final speech: \"I've Been to the Mountaintop.\" Claims soon arose over suspect aspects", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "4771793", "text": "joint statement, announcing the re-election of Martin Luther King III as President and CEO of The King Center. \"It's the right time, and Martin is in the right place to take this great organization forward,\" Dexter King said in a statement. Bernice King said she is \"proud that my brothers and I are speaking with one voice to communicate our parents' legacy to the world.\" Martin King added, \"We are definitely working together. My brother and sister and I are constantly in communication...It's a great time for us.\" As president of The King Center, King has been credited with spearheading", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "12531231", "text": "Clarence B. Jones Clarence Benjamin Jones (born January 8, 1931) is the former personal counsel, advisor, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. He is a Scholar in Residence at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute at Stanford University. He is the author of \"What Would Martin Say?\" (HarperCollins, 2008) and \"Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation\" (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011) In 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter recommending his lawyer and advisor, Clarence B. Jones, to the New York State Bar, stating: “Ever since I have known Mr. Jones,", "title": "Clarence B. Jones" }, { "docid": "18828109", "text": "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story is a 16-page comic book about Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott published in 1957 by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR USA). It advocates the principles of nonviolence and provides a primer on nonviolent resistance. Although ignored by the mainstream comics industry, \"The Montgomery Story\" was widely distributed among civil rights groups, churches, and schools. It helped inspire nonviolent protest movements around the Southern United States, and later in Latin America, South Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Over 50 years", "title": "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story" }, { "docid": "4771792", "text": "demonstrates Dexter King's misuse of power and his history of making poor decisions involving the Center without seeking proper input from his siblings. In October 2008, Martin Luther King III had not seen his brother since June, and Dexter had yet to meet his niece, Yolanda. Martin, Bernice, and Dexter have each expressed love for each other and hope that they will reconcile once their legal matters have been resolved. In October 2009, Martin and his siblings settled the lawsuit out of court. On April 6, 2010, Martin Luther King III, brother Dexter King, and sister Bernice King issued a", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "14760013", "text": "finale for, perhaps, the greatest standing ovation the show will ever receive.\" Nominated in 10 categories for Atlanta's 2009-2010 Suzi Bass Award, I Dream won in the \"Outstanding World Premiere\" (Play or Musical) category. A Concept Album of \"I Dream\" entitled I Dream (The Concept Recording) was recorded in 2015, featuring Quentin Darrington as 'Martin' and Avery Sunshine as 'Coretta' - released for digital download and streaming, including on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify I Dream (opera) I Dream is a fully through-composed Opera by Douglas Tappin (librettist, lyricist, composer), based on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.. The", "title": "I Dream (opera)" }, { "docid": "4771789", "text": "guest speaker at SUNY Canton on February 23, 2010, at the College Union Board's invitation. In July 2008, Martin Luther King III & Bernice King filed a lawsuit against his brother, Dexter King, accusing him of improperly taking money from the estate of their late mother and transferring it to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc., where Dexter King serves as president. According to the suit, Dexter failed to keep Martin and Bernice informed about the company's financial affairs. It alleged the company's assets were being \"misapplied or wasted,\" and demanded that Dexter produce documents pertaining to the", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "6875797", "text": "The way King is depicted with his arms crossed contributed to criticism that he appears stern. On the other hand, King's son, Martin Luther King III, was quoted as being pleased with the sternness of the depiction, saying that \"Well if my father was not confrontational, given what he was facing at the time, what else could he be?\" One of the two quotes appearing on the \"Stone of Hope\" and attributed to King, \"I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness\", is a paraphrased version of King's actual words, which were: \"If you want to say that", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "17533164", "text": "who opened the new organization in 2015 have been relieved of their duties since the new Caucasian CNO Susie Reinsvold and many have been replaced with non African American leaders . The hospital on the site of the former Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center, originally named the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, known as King/Drew. The adjacent Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center opened in a new building in 2014. The closure of Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (King/Drew) in 2007, due to revocation of federal", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital" }, { "docid": "271156", "text": "Medal of Freedom was posthumously awarded to King by President Jimmy Carter. The citation read: Martin Luther King Jr. was the conscience of his generation. He gazed upon the great wall of segregation and saw that the power of love could bring it down. From the pain and exhaustion of his fight to fulfill the promises of our founding fathers for our humblest citizens, he wrung his eloquent statement of his dream for America. He made our nation stronger because he made it better. His dream sustains us yet. King and his wife were also awarded the Congressional Gold Medal", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "16534179", "text": "Martin Luther King Bridge (Toledo, Ohio) The Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge (formerly Cherry Street Bridge) is a double-leaf bascule bridge adjacent to downtown Toledo, Ohio, where Cherry Street crosses the Maumee River to become Main Street on the east side of the city. The structure opened to traffic in 1914. In 2001 the bridge started what was to have been a $31 million USD refurbishment. This refurbishment widened the bridge's four lanes and added pedestrian walkways. The bridge's original control towers were replaced with new towers, modeled after the originals. When originally built, the streetcars operated by the Toledo", "title": "Martin Luther King Bridge (Toledo, Ohio)" }, { "docid": "1477777", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around King's birthday, January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "8833272", "text": "with six out-patient surgeries and a dental clinic, with an estimated total cost of more than $350 million. King Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, is located adjacent to the hospital in Willowbrook. It is a Los Angeles Unified School District magnet school affiliated with the MLK Jr. hospital Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center The Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center (MLK OC), formerly known as Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK–MACC), Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center (King/Drew) and later Martin Luther King Jr.–Harbor Hospital (MLK–Harbor or King–Harbor),was a public urgent care center", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "8957252", "text": "certain inalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness', but after trampling over 'sixteen million of your brothers. You have deprived them of the basic good of life. You have treated them as if they were things rather than persons.' He ends the article with a prayer hoping for the 'high and noble good' and wishing America back home. Selected quotes From \"What is Man?\" Martin Luther King jr. \"The Measure of a Man\" Fortress Press; Philadelphia 1959 What Is Man? (King essay) \"What is man?\" is a 1959 essay from the book, \"The Measure of", "title": "What Is Man? (King essay)" }, { "docid": "15417669", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (also known as MLK Ave) is a major street in the District of Columbia traversing through both the Southwest and Southeast quadrants. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW begins at the southwestern tip of the District of Columbia near the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Headed north, the avenue overlaps with South Capitol Street from 2nd St SW to Halley Place SE, where it turns northeast, becoming Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE. As it crosses through the Congress Heights neighborhood, MLK Ave changes from a primarily residential neighborhood", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue" }, { "docid": "271036", "text": "cities and states beginning in 1971; the holiday was enacted at the federal level by legislation signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Hundreds of streets in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor, and a county in Washington State was also rededicated for him. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 2011. King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King's legal name at birth was Michael King, and his father was also born Michael King,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "20823494", "text": "Martin Luther King Memorial Prize The Martin Luther King Memorial Prize was instituted by novelist John Brunner and his wife and was awarded annually to a literary work published in the US or Britain that was deemed to improve interrracial understanding, \"reflecting the ideals to which Dr. Martin Luther King dedicated his life\". The author of the winning work was awarded £100. Winners of the prize have included \"Because They're Black\" (1972) by Derek Humphry and Gus John, \" Black and White: The Negro and English Society\" (1975) by James Walvin, \"A Dry White Season\" (1980) by André Brink, \"In", "title": "Martin Luther King Memorial Prize" }, { "docid": "4435327", "text": "Martin Luther King Sr. Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899November 11, 1984) was an American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was the father of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. King was born Michael King in Stockbridge, Georgia, the son of Delia (née Linsey; 1875–1924) and James Albert King (1864–1933). He led the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, as the head of the NAACP chapter in Atlanta and of the Civic and Political League. He encouraged his", "title": "Martin Luther King Sr." }, { "docid": "12937189", "text": "disagrees with William F. Pepper's claims that the government killed King. He is supported by author Gerald Posner. Posner wrote \"Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.\" (1998), concluding that Ray killed King, acting alone, likely for the hope of collecting a racist bounty for the murder. On the other hand, conspiracy theorists bristled at \"Killing the Dream\", criticizing Posner for in part basing it on \"a psychological evaluation of James Earl Ray, which he [Posner] is not qualified to give, and he dismisses evidence of conspiracy in King's murder as cynical attempts", "title": "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "4771786", "text": "legacy that should go to the King Center. On April 4, 2008, the fortieth anniversary of his father's death, King and Al Sharpton led a march around Memphis, Tennessee. There, he visited the Lorraine Hotel for the first time since his father's death and placed a wreath where he stood before being shot. As he spoke to those who participated in the march, King called for them to continue his father's fight and promoted Realizing the Dream, which he said sought to eliminate poverty. Martin Luther King III spoke on behalf of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nominee, Senator Barack", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "21007509", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories The conspiracy theories relating to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement, relate to different accounts of the assassination that took place on April 4, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee. King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, one day after giving his final speech: \"I've Been to the Mountaintop.\" Claims soon arose over suspect aspects of King's assassination and the role of the alleged assassin, James Earl Ray. Since MLK's assassin, James Earl Ray, pled guilty early on, there was no trial. Suspicions", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "4771795", "text": "its 30-year history. Along with Reverend Al Sharpton and a number of other civil rights leaders, on August 28, 2010, King took part in the 'Reclaim the Dream' commemorative march, marking the 47th anniversary of the historic Great March on Washington. They spoke at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. followed by a reassemblage at the site of the future Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial location in the center of the National Mall. The event coincided with Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally planned for the same day on the eastern part of the Mall. King wrote a \"Washington Post\"", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "8833239", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center The Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center (MLK OC), formerly known as Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK–MACC), Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center (King/Drew) and later Martin Luther King Jr.–Harbor Hospital (MLK–Harbor or King–Harbor),was a public urgent care center and outpatient clinic and former hospital in Willowbrook, an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, California, north of the city of Compton and south of the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Founded as a major public hospital, it was shut down in August 2007 because of its poor record of patient", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "18761614", "text": "Collaborative's Executive Director, Detria Russell is located throughout the Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative's three floors. Because the Collaborative is located in the \"National Historic King District,\" The National Park Service administers the Collaborative's parking lot and surrounding land, which includes the old Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church building, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and gravesite, as well as, a community playground. Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative The Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative named after the late Reverend turned community activist Martin Luther King Sr., held its official dedication ceremony, November 4, 2012.", "title": "Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative" }, { "docid": "10091036", "text": "Martin Luther King High School (Detroit) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School is located at 3200 East Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan; the building is operated by the Detroit Board of Education. King's district encompasses Downtown and Midtown Detroit; it also includes Lafayette Park, the Martin Luther King Apartments and Riverfront Condominiums. The Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects were zoned to MLK prior to their demolition. In addition it includes the three Wayne State University housing complexes that permit families with children (Chatsworth Tower, DeRoy, and University Tower). The facility that came to be known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Detroit)" }, { "docid": "13417137", "text": "honored at the same event included Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Reverend Claude Black of San Antonio and democracy-activist Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma. The previous year, Martin Luther King III and Realizing the Dream presented former President Bill Clinton with the 'Realizing the Dream Award' for his continued humanitarian work around the world. Realizing the Dream Realizing the Dream, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2006 by Martin Luther King III to carry on the legacy of his parents, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the organization carries out", "title": "Realizing the Dream" }, { "docid": "16869225", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act The Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act, or MLK Records Act, is proposed legislation that would release United States government records pertaining to the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr. Versions of the law have been proposed on multiple occasions, and a complete version was brought to both houses of the United States Congress in 2005–2006. In the years after King was assassinated, reports emerged that the government was destroying sensitive documents related to the murder case. The FBI was criticized for appearing unusually reluctant to release records pertaining to", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "18828121", "text": "Lewis' own story would make strong material for comic book treatment: Aydin repeatedly suggested that Lewis himself write a comic book, and eventually Lewis decided to commit to the project, on the condition that Aydin write it with him. The award-winning \"March\" trilogy, written by Lewis & Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell, and published beginning in 2013 by Top Shelf Productions, is the result. Top Shelf's authorized re-issue of \"Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story\" won the 2014 Glyph Comics Award for Best Reprint Publication. Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story", "title": "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story" }, { "docid": "6875803", "text": "new finish for the side of the artwork. Sculptor Lei Yixin carved grooves over the former words to match existing horizontal \"striation\" marks in the memorial and deepened all the memorial's grooves so that they match. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "16869230", "text": "Archive, and would charge the Archivist of the United States to maintain all disclosed records. The law would also create a Review Board to oversee the proper disclosure of records. Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act The Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act, or MLK Records Act, is proposed legislation that would release United States government records pertaining to the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr. Versions of the law have been proposed on multiple occasions, and a complete version was brought to both houses of the United States Congress in 2005–2006. In the years after", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "13696183", "text": "Martin Luther King Drive station The Martin Luther King Drive station of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (West Side Branch) is located adjacent to the Hub in the Jackson Hill neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened on April 22, 2000, with a memorial to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. at its entrance. and other related public art throughout the station. The original cut of the Newark and New York Railroad Branch of Central Railroad of New Jersey excavated through Bergen Hill in 1869 with service running until 1946. The unrenovated former CNJ train station was", "title": "Martin Luther King Drive station" }, { "docid": "15417674", "text": "W3, 90, 92, and 93 serve MLK Ave, with many others crossing the street. \"For more information, see List of Metrobus routes\" Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (also known as MLK Ave) is a major street in the District of Columbia traversing through both the Southwest and Southeast quadrants. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW begins at the southwestern tip of the District of Columbia near the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Headed north, the avenue overlaps with South Capitol Street from 2nd St SW to Halley Place SE, where it turns northeast, becoming", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue" }, { "docid": "271131", "text": "to a Native American congregation, and then went on to give another speech at the University of Arizona. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would continue to attract the attention of Native Americans throughout the civil rights movement. During the 1963 March on Washington there was a sizable Native American contingent, including many from South Dakota, and many from the Navajo nation. Native Americans were also active participants in the Poor People's Campaign in 1968. Dr. King was a major inspiration along with the civil rights movement which inspired the Native American rights movement of the 1960s and many of its", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "4478859", "text": "in 2018. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park consists of several buildings in Atlanta, Georgia, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s boyhood home and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King was baptized and both his father Martin Luther King Sr. and he were pastors. These places, critical to the interpretation of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy as a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, were included in the park when it was established on October 10, 1980. Formerly a National Historic Site, the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "4478846", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park consists of several buildings in Atlanta, Georgia, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s boyhood home and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King was baptized and both his father Martin Luther King Sr. and he were pastors. These places, critical to the interpretation of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy as a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, were included in the park when it was established on October 10, 1980. Formerly a National Historic Site, the unit was", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "18291430", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth) The Martin Luther King Freeway is a stretch of U.S. Route 58 (US 58) in the state of Virginia that connects State Route 164 (SR 164, Western Freeway) and the Midtown Tunnel complex with midtown Portsmouth at London Boulevard (which continues on and carries the US 58 designation to points west), continuing past High Street near US 17 and ending at Interstate 264 (I-264) in a full interchange that opened on November 30, 2016. The freeway effectively begins at the Pinners Point Interchange where the West Norfolk Bridge carries the Western Freeway across the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth)" }, { "docid": "6037387", "text": "Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis) The Martin Luther King Bridge (formerly known as the Veterans Bridge) in St. Louis, Missouri, is a cantilever truss bridge of about in total length across the Mississippi River, connecting St. Louis with East St. Louis, Illinois. Opened in 1951, the bridge serves as traffic relief connecting the concurrent freeways of Interstate 55, Interstate 64, and U.S. Route 40 with the downtown streets of St. Louis. It was renamed for King in 1968 after the national civil rights leader was assassinated that year. The bridge was built across the Mississippi River in 1951 as", "title": "Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis)" }, { "docid": "14760006", "text": "I Dream (opera) I Dream is a fully through-composed Opera by Douglas Tappin (librettist, lyricist, composer), based on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.. The world premiere of this \"Rhythm and Blues Opera\" opened in July 2010 on the Alliance Stage of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia. ACT 1 On the morning of April 3, 1968, a young preacher from Atlanta prepares for a journey to Memphis, Tennessee to join striking sanitation workers. During the night he has experienced a recurring dream – one that is a disconcerting mix of reminiscence and premonition. Always, at the center", "title": "I Dream (opera)" }, { "docid": "18828115", "text": "for social change. \"Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story\" became a major attraction on his website, and the next \"Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide\" listed the book for the first time. By 2006, there were only a handful of copies of \"Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story\" left in existence. That year, cartoonist/archivist Ethan Persoff scanned an original copy of the comic and posted it on his blog for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. In 2008, Persoff reported that the Cairo director of the American Islamic Congress (AIC) had translated the scanned comic into Arabic and Persian. The", "title": "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story" }, { "docid": "4435341", "text": "and the disenfranchisement of blacks throughout the South to the era of prohibition and war time. Over this background, there are two more stories — that of Daddy King and the story of Daddy’s influence on Martin Jr. Part one of \"In the Hour of Chaos\" aired on public television in early 2016 and the full film was released online July 1, 2016. Martin Luther King Sr. Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899November 11, 1984) was an American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was the father of civil", "title": "Martin Luther King Sr." }, { "docid": "271032", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi helped inspire. King led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and in 1957 became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). With the SCLC, he led an unsuccessful 1962", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "21007522", "text": "know what happened, but the truth of what happened to Dr. King should be made available for history's sake.\" Andrew Young, the former U.N. ambassador and Atlanta mayor who was at the Lorraine Motel with King when he was assassinated, shares that sentiment: \"I would not accept the fact that James Earl Ray pulled the trigger, and that's all that matters.\" James Lawson was a pastor in Memphis one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s mentors. He began visiting Ray in 1969. \"There were things in Memphis that were suspicious and raised questions in my mind,\" he said regarding the assassination.", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "4771779", "text": "he owed the federal government more than $200,000 in back taxes and fines. Also in 1993, King helped found the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc., the company that manages the license of Martin Luther King Jr.'s image and intellectual property. King remains a commissioner in the company as of 2008. During his service as a commissioner in Fulton County, King expressed appreciation to an officer who potentially saved his mother from harm from a crazed man. In February 2009, King and his wife traveled to India, fifty years after his father and mother made the trip. During his", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "271116", "text": "to honor King. Observed for the first time on January 20, 1986, it is called Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Following President George H. W. Bush's 1992 proclamation, the holiday is observed on the third Monday of January each year, near the time of King's birthday. On January 17, 2000, for the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all fifty U.S. states. Arizona (1992), New Hampshire (1999) and Utah (2000) were the last three states to recognize the holiday. Utah previously celebrated the holiday at the same time but under the name Human Rights Day.", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "17114001", "text": "four children and Christine King Farris. Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture) Martin Luther King Jr. is a public sculpture by American artist John Woodrow Wilson located at the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., United States. The bust depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a contemplative and peaceful mood, looking slightly downward, patinated to match the black marble base. John Woodrow Wilson, born in 1922 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Tufts University in 1947. He was professor of art at Boston University from 1964 to 1986. The bust was unveiled in the Rotunda, on January 16,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture)" }, { "docid": "17114000", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture) Martin Luther King Jr. is a public sculpture by American artist John Woodrow Wilson located at the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., United States. The bust depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a contemplative and peaceful mood, looking slightly downward, patinated to match the black marble base. John Woodrow Wilson, born in 1922 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Tufts University in 1947. He was professor of art at Boston University from 1964 to 1986. The bust was unveiled in the Rotunda, on January 16, 1986, by Coretta Scott King, their", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7850969", "text": "Philadelphia Eagles. Baskett completed his rookie season with the Eagles with 22 receptions for an average of 20.1 yards per catch and two touchdowns. In 2009, Baskett joined the Indianapolis Colts. He returned to the Eagles in 2010, but was released and signed with the Vikings. Baskett married Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson in 2009. Wilkinson and Baskett were co-stars on \"Kendra\", a reality TV series following Wilkinson's life from 2009 to 2011. They have co-starred on another show, \"Kendra on Top\", since June 2012. Baskett was born in Clovis, New Mexico. Baskett's parents are Henry Randall \"Hank\" Baskett, Jr., who", "title": "Hank Baskett" }, { "docid": "7850968", "text": "Hank Baskett Henry Randall Baskett III (born September 4, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles and Indianapolis Colts. A native of Clovis, New Mexico, Baskett played college football for the University of New Mexico. As a college football player, Baskett was a leading wide receiver and earned all-academic honors all his years at New Mexico and All-Mountain West Conference honors in his senior season. In 2006, Baskett signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a rookie undrafted free agent and was traded that season to the", "title": "Hank Baskett" }, { "docid": "7850977", "text": "number 84 jersey as a present. Over the 2006-07 season, Baskett became Peoples's favorite player and, for Christmas, he received an autographed picture of Baskett. Hank Baskett Henry Randall Baskett III (born September 4, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles and Indianapolis Colts. A native of Clovis, New Mexico, Baskett played college football for the University of New Mexico. As a college football player, Baskett was a leading wide receiver and earned all-academic honors all his years at New Mexico and All-Mountain West Conference honors", "title": "Hank Baskett" }, { "docid": "7850972", "text": "In 2008, he started another six games, playing in 16 to record 33 receptions, 440 yards, and three touchdowns for a 13.3-yard average. He headed into the 2009 offseason as a restricted free agent. He was tendered a one-year contract on February 23. Because the Eagles had been carrying seven wide receivers, he was made expendable and released on September 15, 2009, to make room for Michael Vick on the 53-man roster. On September 17, 2009, Baskett signed a one-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts after Anthony Gonzalez suffered a knee injury. On February 7, 2010, during Super Bowl XLIV", "title": "Hank Baskett" } ]

[ { "docid": "7850976", "text": "Mansion. The couple have a son together, Henry Randall \"Hank\" Baskett IV (born December 11, 2009) and live in Los Angeles. In October 2013, the couple announced they were expecting their second child; in December of same year, they announced it will be a girl. Kendra gave birth to a baby girl who they named Alijah Mary Baskett on May 16, 2014. On April 3, 2018, Kendra filed to divorce Baskett. Baskett has been a resident of Voorhees Township, New Jersey. In the novel, \"The Silver Linings Playbook\" by Matthew Quick, central character Pat Peoples was given Baskett's Philadelphia Eagles", "title": "Hank Baskett" }, { "docid": "7850973", "text": "versus the New Orleans Saints, Baskett failed to recover an onside kick at the start of the second half, which led to a Saints touchdown. New Orleans won the game, 31–17. The next day, February 8, 2010, Baskett was released by the Colts. On March 12, 2010, Baskett signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles for $800,000. He was released on September 21, 2010. On September 22, 2010, Baskett re-signed with the Minnesota Vikings. He played in eight games in 2010, mostly on special teams, with one reception. On March 3, 2011, he was not extended a tender by", "title": "Hank Baskett" }, { "docid": "7850971", "text": "a degree in General Management. Baskett originally signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a rookie undrafted free agent in 2006 and was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for wide receiver Billy McMullen. Baskett had 112 receiving yards and one touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys and 177 receiving yards and one touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons. For his performance in these games, Baskett was awarded rookie of the week honors. He completed his rookie season with 22 receptions for 464 yards (21.1 yards per catch) and two touchdowns. He was named the 2007 special teams Most Valuable Player (MVP).", "title": "Hank Baskett" }, { "docid": "7850975", "text": "8, 2010. The show was renewed once more, and the third season began airing in November 2010. The fourth season of the show premiered September 2011. The show has ended its run on E! and has now become \"Kendra on Top\" which began airing on WE tv on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Season 2 ran from September to November 2013 and season 3 ran from October to November 2014. Baskett proposed to his girlfriend, \"Playboy\" model Kendra Wilkinson, on top of the Space Needle after six months of knowing each other. They married on June 27, 2009, at the Playboy", "title": "Hank Baskett" }, { "docid": "7850970", "text": "worked for the Air Force before becoming director of a social service program, and Judy Baskett, who works as a financial officer at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis. He attended Clovis High School. When Baskett attended the University of New Mexico, he was its football team's leading receiver in 2004 and 2005, earning him the Reese Leroy Hill Memorial Award as the team's Offensive Player of the Year during those years. Additionally, he earned All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) honors as a senior, posting 67 receptions for 1,071 yards and nine touchdowns. A four-time all-academic MWC honoree, he graduated with", "title": "Hank Baskett" }, { "docid": "7850974", "text": "the Vikings, making him an unrestricted free agent, but effectively ending his NFL career. Source: Baskett co-stars in a spinoff of \"The Girls Next Door\", titled \"Kendra\", which focuses on his wife Kendra Wilkinson's life after leaving the Playboy Mansion. \"The Girls Next Door\" executive producer Kevin Burns serves in the same capacity on the series. The show premiered on June 7, 2009, and had record-breaking numbers for E! with 2.6 million viewers, the highest-rated reality debut for the network since 2002's premiere of \"The Anna Nicole Show\". E! ordered eight episodes. Season 2 ran from March 14 until June", "title": "Hank Baskett" }, { "docid": "13144242", "text": "Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass and country guitarist Roy Clark that was released in 1994. Producer Ralph Jungheim came up with the idea of putting Clark and Pass in the studio together. He first approached Clark, who readily agreed, calling Pass \"my idol.\" Pass agreed for what would turn out to be his last session. The St. Clair label released a 10-track version in 1995 with only Clark and Hank Williams pictured on the cover. It does not include \"I Can't", "title": "Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams" }, { "docid": "16663175", "text": "What Does the Bee Do? \"What Does the Bee Do?\" is the fourth episode of the second season of the HBO television series \"Boardwalk Empire\", and 16th episode overall. First aired on October 16, 2011, it was written by executive story editor Steve Kornacki and directed by Ed Bianchi. Nucky looks to Rothstein for a port to receive alcohol, since the Coast Guard is blockading Atlantic City. Rothstein instructs Lansky and Luciano to oversee the Philadelphia delivery. Nucky also sends Owen Sleater to bomb Doyle's still. Margaret asks for 'money for the children' from Nucky, which she proceeds to hide", "title": "What Does the Bee Do?" }, { "docid": "15933522", "text": "2011 All-Australian team The 2011 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2011 season. It was announced on 19 September 2011, as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players and a coach. The team is honorary and does not actually play any games. The selection panel for the 2011 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Leigh Matthews and Mark Ricciuto. An initial squad of 40 players was previously announced on 6 September 2011. Adelaide: Scott Thompson Carlton: Eddie Betts, Marc Murphy,", "title": "2011 All-Australian team" }, { "docid": "711099", "text": "as the main animated protagonist, Brer Rabbit, in one sequence. This was one of the first Hollywood portrayals of a black actor as a non-comic character in a leading role in a film meant for general audiences. Baskett was not allowed to attend the film's premiere in Atlanta, Georgia because Atlanta was racially segregated by law. Although Baskett was occasionally criticized for accepting such a \"demeaning\" role, his acting was almost universally praised, and columnist Hedda Hopper was one of the many journalists who declared that he should receive an Academy Award for his work. On March 20, 1948, Baskett", "title": "James Baskett" }, { "docid": "13810778", "text": "week.\" VanDerWerff of the \"LA Times\", Ryan of the \"Chicago Tribune\", Sepinwall of \"The Star-Ledger\", Jensen of \"Entertainment Weekly\" and Mark Medley of the \"National Post\" also found the episode to contain humorous lines. This episode was watched by 11 million American viewers and 1.57 million Canadian viewers. What Kate Does \"What Kate Does\" is the 106th television episode of the American Broadcasting Company's \"Lost\" and third episode of the sixth season. It was written by executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed in September 2009 by Paul Edwards. \"What Kate Does\" was first aired February 9, 2010,", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "13810760", "text": "What Kate Does \"What Kate Does\" is the 106th television episode of the American Broadcasting Company's \"Lost\" and third episode of the sixth season. It was written by executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed in September 2009 by Paul Edwards. \"What Kate Does\" was first aired February 9, 2010, on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada. Kate Austen is the character on whom the episode is centered. In December 2007, Kate Austen chases after James \"Sawyer\" Ford (Josh Holloway), who escapes from the Others' captivity in the island's temple and is grieving over", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "711096", "text": "James Baskett James Baskett (February 16, 1904 – July 9, 1948) was an American actor known for his portrayal of Uncle Remus, singing the song \"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah\" in the 1946 Disney feature film \"Song of the South\". In recognition of his warm portrayal of the famous black storyteller he was given an Honorary Academy Award, making him the first black male performer to receive an Oscar. After abandoning his plans to study pharmacology for financial reasons, James Baskett supported himself as an actor, moving from his home town of Indianapolis, Indiana to New York City, New York and joining the company", "title": "James Baskett" }, { "docid": "8724226", "text": "on the Eagles' first play of their next possession with an 89-yard touchdown pass to Hank Baskett, who ran a perfect route and escaped the Atlanta secondary on his way to the long score. Schaub got the Falcons in Eagles' territory twice late in the game, but the Philadelphia reserve defense, playing for pride, held them out of the end zone, preserving the 24–17 win. Feeley came off the bench to pass for 322 yards and three touchdowns, while Baskett had a breakout game with 177 receiving yards and a score. The win allowed the Eagles to finish their improbable", "title": "2006 Philadelphia Eagles season" }, { "docid": "711100", "text": "received an Honorary Academy Award for his performance as Uncle Remus. He was the first African-American male actor to win an Academy Award. Baskett had been in poor health around 1946 during the filming of \"Song of the South\" due to diabetes and suffered a heart attack. His health continued to decline, and he was often unable to attend the \"Amos and Andy\" show he was in. On July 9, 1948 during the show's summer hiatus, Baskett died of heart failure resulting from the diabetes at age 44. He is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. James Baskett James", "title": "James Baskett" }, { "docid": "15825594", "text": "who calls Baskett ‘one of the greatest monopolists of bibles who ever lived,’ describes at length his Scotch lawsuits, commencing in 1715. In a vigorous pamphlet (‘A Previous View of the Case between John Baskett, Esq., one of his Majesty's Printers, Plaintiff, and Henry Parson, Stationer, Defendant,’ Edinburgh, printed by James Watson, one of his majesty's printers, 1720, 4to), probably written by Watson himself, it was contended that, as king's printer for Scotland, he had the right, under the Act of Union, of printing the Bible and of selling it anywhere in the United Kingdom. Baskett claimed the privilege of", "title": "John Baskett" }, { "docid": "15825588", "text": "John Baskett John Baskett (1664/5 – 1742), was the king's printer. His sons, Thomas and Robert, and grandson by the latter, Mark, were also engaged in the press. Baskett is believed to have been the person of that name who addressed a petition to the treasury praying that since he was ‘the first that undertook to serve his Majtie with parchment cartridges for his Majties fleet, by which meanes he saved his Majtie severall thousand pounds,’ he might be appointed ‘one of the Comrs, Comptroller or Receiver,’ being ‘places to be disposed of by the late duty upon paper, &c.’.", "title": "John Baskett" }, { "docid": "8724603", "text": "completing an 89-yard touchdown pass to WR Hank Baskett. With the loss, the Falcons ended their season at 7–9. In the aftermath, Jim Mora, Jr. ended up getting fired on New Year's Day, ending his three-year tenure as head coach. 2006 Atlanta Falcons season The 2006 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 41st in the National Football League (NFL). The team attempted to improve on their 8–8 record in 2005. Falcons quarterback Michael Vick became the first quarterback in modern NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards, with 1,039. Running back Warrick Dunn rushed for 1,140 yards, making the", "title": "2006 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "15200999", "text": "a meeting for 16 May. Villacorta mentioned that they have not talked about the economical part because the rest of the members have been out of the country and because the financial structure of the federation does not allow them to. These players have been capped during the 2011 season (listed alphabetically): El Salvador national football team season 2011 The 2011 season is the 90th season in El Salvador's history, their 73rd in FIFA and 49th in CONCACAF. The team was managed by José Luis Rugamas from January 2010. Rubén Israel took over as manager in April 2011. Most of", "title": "El Salvador national football team season 2011" }, { "docid": "13144243", "text": "Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)\" or \"There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight\". Production Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass and country guitarist Roy Clark that was released in 1994. Producer Ralph Jungheim came up with the idea of putting Clark and Pass in the studio together. He first approached Clark, who readily agreed, calling Pass \"my idol.\" Pass agreed for what would turn out to be his last session. The St. Clair label released a 10-track version in 1995", "title": "Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams" }, { "docid": "13810767", "text": "reviews\"; however, this was down significantly from the previous episode's 89 and Bonnie Covel of About.com noted that \" 'What Kate Does' brought us a bit of negativity. In general, fans just didn't like the episode\". \"What Kate Does\" was largely considered to be a step down from the season premiere in pacing, revelations and writing; Mike Hale of \"The New York Times\" described the episode as \"contemplative\", \"anticlimactic\" and \"subdued\" and the flash sideways as \"kind of boring and seemingly pointless.\" Chris Carabott of IGN, who gave the episode a score of 7.3 summed up that \" 'What Kate", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "19980606", "text": "What Does the K Stand For? What Does the K Stand For? is a BBC Radio Four sitcom series based on the experiences of comedian Stephen K. Amos growing up as a teenager in south London in the 1980s. The broadcast of the first series began in November 2013; the third series commenced in January 2017. Reviewing Series 1, Episode 1 for \"Radio Times\", Tristram Fane Saunders found the show suited Amos \"down to the ground; there's a touch of \"Seinfeld\" about \"What Does the K Stand for?\" in the way it flows from stand up into a deliciously awkward", "title": "What Does the K Stand For?" }, { "docid": "15227045", "text": "2011 Team RadioShack season The 2011 season for began in January at the Tour Down Under and ended in October with Robbie McEwen's participation in the Noosa Grand Prix. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. The team merged with for the 2012 season, with the resultant team based in Luxembourg, meaning this formation is considered defunct after the 2011 season. While the team had 28 wins in 2011, and showed well enough to briefly be the leading team in the UCI World Tour rankings,", "title": "2011 Team RadioShack season" }, { "docid": "8724233", "text": "the right end for a 4-yard touchdown, and a 13–7 New Orleans lead. Garcia responded with big completions to Reggie Brown and Hank Baskett that got the Eagles in position for Brian Westbrook to dive over the pile from a yard out. A \"Hail Mary pass\" by Saints quarterback Drew Brees narrowly missed and the teams went to the locker room with Philadelphia leading 14–13. On the Eagles' third play of their opening drive of the third quarter, Westbrook broke through and outran the New Orleans secondary, scoring a 62-yard touchdown, the longest playoff rushing touchdown in team history. The", "title": "2006 Philadelphia Eagles season" }, { "docid": "15229273", "text": "2011 Team Europcar season The 2011 season for the cycling team began in January with La Tropicale Amissa Bongo and ended in October with Yukiya Arashiro's performance in the Japan Cup. It was the team's twelfth season as a professional cycling team, although its second as a UCI Professional Continental team. Unlike fellow former UCI ProTeams , , and , they did not seek the status for 2011, thus in order to compete in any UCI World Tour event, the team had to be invited in advance, by race organizers. The season was one of the best in the team's", "title": "2011 Team Europcar season" }, { "docid": "19980608", "text": "feel less like real people than excuses to weave in a few good dad jokes\". Overall, Elan found, \"What lifts the show are the elements of diaspora life weaved throughout, as when Aunty Princess visits from Nigeria and accuses Virginia [Stephen's mother] of cultural betrayal ('You have adopted too many fine and fancy British ways'). Stephen defends the family by suggesting she should 'go back home', prompting him to reflect that he has turned into his own racist enemy. It's unexpectedly thoughtful stuff, suggesting the third series may be even better.\" What Does the K Stand For? What Does the", "title": "What Does the K Stand For?" }, { "docid": "15229310", "text": "Bernaudeau sent the team's dossier to the Union Cycliste Internationale on 4 October, requesting Professional Continental status for another year; this status was granted in November. 2011 Team Europcar season The 2011 season for the cycling team began in January with La Tropicale Amissa Bongo and ended in October with Yukiya Arashiro's performance in the Japan Cup. It was the team's twelfth season as a professional cycling team, although its second as a UCI Professional Continental team. Unlike fellow former UCI ProTeams , , and , they did not seek the status for 2011, thus in order to compete in", "title": "2011 Team Europcar season" }, { "docid": "15825596", "text": "was in partnership with William Ged for carrying into operation stereotype printing invented by the latter. Ged describes at length the intrigues of the king's printer (Baskett) with his own partners, with a view to damage the success of the innovation. Baskett shortly afterwards became bankrupt, and in 1732 his assignees filed a bill in chancery against W. Fenner and the university of Cambridge for printing bibles and prayer-books. The case came on again in August 1742, and was ultimately decided in the court of King's Bench, 24 November 1758, in favour of the university. About the year 1738 Baskett's", "title": "John Baskett" }, { "docid": "15825595", "text": "printing bibles and of selling them in Scotland, while he prosecuted Henry Parson, Watson's agent, for selling in England bibles produced in Edinburgh. The litigation continued until it was settled by a judgment of Lord Mansfield in favour of Baskett. The imprint of James Watson may be seen in bibles printed at Edinburgh during 1715, 1716, 1719, and 1722. In 1726 the name of John Baskett appears on an Edinburgh edition. In 1731 the press syndics of the University of Cambridge leased their privilege of printing bibles and prayer-books for eleven years to W. Fenner, who, with the brothers James,", "title": "John Baskett" }, { "docid": "15229213", "text": "2011 Movistar Team season The 2011 season for began in January at the Tour de San Luis and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. With twenty victories to their credit, the team had a reasonably successful 2011 season competitively, but the year was very tumultuous for reasons outside competition. After a successful early season, including the overall crown at the Vuelta a Castilla y León, team rider Xavier Tondó was killed in a freak accident at", "title": "2011 Movistar Team season" }, { "docid": "14964727", "text": "Russell Martin would later tie this record in 2015. The 2011 MLB draft was held on June 7–9. <nowiki>*</nowiki> According to \"Baseball America\" Top 100 Prospects <nowiki>*</nowiki> According to \"Scouting Book\" Top Minor League Prospects <nowiki>*</nowiki> Top 10 Blue Jays prospects via Baseball America All-Star Game Home Run Derby Player of the Week Player of the Month Pitcher of the Month Hank Aaron Award Silver Slugger 2011 Toronto Blue Jays season The 2011 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 35th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 22nd full season of play (23rd overall) at the", "title": "2011 Toronto Blue Jays season" }, { "docid": "15660599", "text": "2011 Segunda División play-offs The 2011 Segunda División play-offs took place in June 2011. This was \"Segunda\"'s first season with purely promotion play-offs since 1986–87 and the first time play offs had been used for movement between the first and second tier since 1998-99. This new promotion phase (known as ) was introduced to determine the third team which promoted to 2011–12 La Liga. Teams placed between 3rd and 6th position, excluding reserve teams, took part in the promotion play-offs. Fifth placed faced against the fourth, while the sixth positioned team faced against the third. In case of a tied", "title": "2011 Segunda División play-offs" }, { "docid": "14694287", "text": "bulk of Shreiber's major league experience came with the 1919 Cincinnati Reds, where he substituted for an injured Heinie Groh at third base for most of the month of September. The Reds would win the World Series that year (over the Chicago White Sox), but Shreiber did not appear in any World Series games. Hank Schreiber Henry \"Hank\" Walter Shreiber (July 12, 1891 – February 23, 1968) was a Major League Baseball infielder. He was the only major league player to play for five major league teams in five non-consecutive years, never playing on more than one team per season,", "title": "Hank Schreiber" }, { "docid": "14694286", "text": "Hank Schreiber Henry \"Hank\" Walter Shreiber (July 12, 1891 – February 23, 1968) was a Major League Baseball infielder. He was the only major league player to play for five major league teams in five non-consecutive years, never playing on more than one team per season, and never at any point appearing in the majors in two consecutive seasons. He also established the record for being the player who appeared for the most major league teams without ever accumulating enough career at-bats to officially qualify as a rookie. This record was later tied by Jermaine Clark and Gustavo Molina. The", "title": "Hank Schreiber" }, { "docid": "15825590", "text": "from 1709, or January 1739. Baskett bought from Tooke and Barber their reversionary interest, and obtained a renewal of sixty years, the latter thirty of which were subsequently conveyed by the representatives of the Baskett family to Charles Eyre and his heirs for 10,000l. A new patent was granted in 1799 to George Eyre, Andrew Strahan, and John Reeves; it has been renewed, and has come in course of time into the hands of its present possessors, Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode. The first Bible printed by ‘the assigns of Newcomb and Hills’ appeared in 1710, and the name of John", "title": "John Baskett" }, { "docid": "15825589", "text": "The petition was not dated; but it must have been written about 1694, as the act for duties on vellum, paper, &c., was passed 5 William & Mary, c. 21. The origin of the bible-patent dates from Christopher and Robert Barker, in whose family it remained down to 1709. The patent was then held by Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, from whose executors John Baskett and some others purchased the remainder of their term. In 1713, Benjamin Tooke and John Barber were constituted Queen's Printers, to commence after the expiration of the term purchased by Baskett, that is, thirty years", "title": "John Baskett" }, { "docid": "11381864", "text": "The Bengals added another field goal early in the third quarter to take a 13–3 lead. Hank Baskett came up with a 57-yard completion, followed by a 4-yard touchdown reception by L.J. Smith to make it 13–10. In the fourth quarter, Philadelphia tied the game on a field goal after a 13-play drive. The offenses struggled throughout the rest of regulation and the game went to overtime. The Eagles won the toss, but the Bengals had the field position advantage throughout most of overtime. Nevertheless, neither team could score. The Bengals had a chance to win on 47-yard field goal", "title": "2008 Philadelphia Eagles season" }, { "docid": "6051178", "text": "for the San Francisco Giants game on the June 14, 2015 broadcast on KNBR. Hank Greenwald Howard \"Hank\" Greenwald (June 26, 1935 — October 22, 2018) was a Major League Baseball announcer, known best for being a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. Greenwald changed his name from Howard to Hank to honor Detroit Tigers Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg. He began his broadcasting career calling football games for his alma mater Syracuse University. He was also a broadcaster for the former NBA team, the Syracuse Nationals. In the 1960s, he broadcast Hawaii Islanders baseball in the Pacific Coast", "title": "Hank Greenwald" }, { "docid": "6051173", "text": "Hank Greenwald Howard \"Hank\" Greenwald (June 26, 1935 — October 22, 2018) was a Major League Baseball announcer, known best for being a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. Greenwald changed his name from Howard to Hank to honor Detroit Tigers Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg. He began his broadcasting career calling football games for his alma mater Syracuse University. He was also a broadcaster for the former NBA team, the Syracuse Nationals. In the 1960s, he broadcast Hawaii Islanders baseball in the Pacific Coast League. Greenwald began calling games for the Giants in 1979, but ended this stint", "title": "Hank Greenwald" }, { "docid": "15226859", "text": "2011 Team Katusha season The 2011 season for began in January at the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. Just days before the competitive season began, the team signed former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca, who had recently regained eligibility following a doping ban. He rode in 2011 for no salary. The team made history by sending an all-Russian selection to the Tour de France, spearheaded by third-year pro and minor", "title": "2011 Team Katusha season" }, { "docid": "16060173", "text": "style=| NCAA Tournament <nowiki>*</nowiki>AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings 2011–12 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team The 2011–12 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Marquette was coached by Buzz Williams and played their home games at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Golden Eagles were members of the Big East Conference. The Golden Eagles finished the season 26–7, 14–4 in Big East play to finish in second place. (Syracuse, the winner of the Big East regular season, was forced to vacate its wins from the season", "title": "2011–12 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "15251525", "text": "2011 Team Sky season The 2011 season for the cycling team began in January at the Bay Classic Series and ended in October at the Noosa Grand Prix. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. Improving upon 20 victories in the 2010 season, Team Sky managed 28 victories during the season, including four Grand Tour stage wins, two each at the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. Also at the Vuelta, the team achieved their best Grand Tour showing to date with Chris", "title": "2011 Team Sky season" }, { "docid": "17544505", "text": "\"YouTube Rewind: What Does 2013 Say?\", a homage paid by YouTube to the year's top videos. The song has been featured for multiple times on television. It was used in an advertisement for the Fox Network featuring clips of FOX programs and actors singing the song. On 28 October, four contestants on the seventeenth season of \"Dancing with the Stars\" performed the song for the \"Team Dance\" week under the team name \"Foxing Awesome\", scoring a perfect 30. NBC's \"Saturday Night Live\" cast-member Jay Pharoah and host Kerry Washington appeared in a parody video of the song titled \"My Girl\"", "title": "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" }, { "docid": "13810761", "text": "the death of his love Juliet Burke (Elizabeth Mitchell) just hours earlier. In flash sideways to September 22, 2004, Kate assists a pregnant Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) while on the run as a fugitive. The title alludes to the second season episode \"What Kate Did\". \"What Kate Does\" was watched by eleven million Americans and received mixed reviews by audiences and critics alike. In flash sideways, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) flees LAX in a taxicab she has hijacked, in which a pregnant Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) is a passenger. The cab driver (David H. Lawrence XVII) bails and", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "15593242", "text": "2011 TSFL Season The 2011 TSFA season was the 13th regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League (TSFL). 2011 saw a veteran team return, another change ownership and name and then another leave. The TSFA continued league play at River City Christian School. The Rhinos returned and join the Longhorns as the most tenured teams with their eleventh years of competition. The Bucs played for their tenth season. The Wrecking Crew returned for their seventh season. The Phoenix returned for their fifth seasons. The Outlawz entered their third season of play and the Tigers competed in their second. The", "title": "2011 TSFL Season" }, { "docid": "15227065", "text": "de Romandie, the Tour de Luxembourg, the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de Pologne, but did not achieve a stage win, classification win, or podium finish in any of them. 2011 Team RadioShack season The 2011 season for began in January at the Tour Down Under and ended in October with Robbie McEwen's participation in the Noosa Grand Prix. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. The team merged with for the 2012 season, with the resultant team based in Luxembourg, meaning this formation", "title": "2011 Team RadioShack season" }, { "docid": "8201094", "text": "focus of habitat and wildlife preservation, no hunting or fishing is allowed. Recently, the refuge has increased efforts to restore and expand riparian, wet prairie, upland prairie and oak savanna habitats. The oak savanna habitat on the Refuge supports the largest surviving population of the endangered Fender's blue butterfly which feeds upon the threatened Kincaid's lupine plant. The Refuge was named for George J. Baskett, an early Willamette Valley settler, who was a thoroughbred horse breeder. Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwestern Oregon, 10 miles (16 km) west of Salem in Polk", "title": "Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge" }, { "docid": "15825597", "text": "printing-office was burnt; and, as was the custom on such occasions, he was helped through his losses by gifts from his brethren of presses and money. The name of John Baskett is last seen on a 12mo New Testament of 1742. He died on 22 June of that year. His sons Thomas and Robert printed the Old Testament in 1743. The name of Thomas alone appears on bibles after 1744, and the imprint so continued down to 1769. He issued editions of the Prayer Book between 1746 and 1757. We find that 'Mark Baskett and the assigns of Robert Barker'", "title": "John Baskett" }, { "docid": "15825591", "text": "Baskett was first added to theirs upon a New Testament in 1712. Baskett began to print the Book of Common Prayer in the following year, when he brought out editions in quarto, octavo, and 12mo. He was made master of the Company of Stationers in 1714 and again in 1715. Four editions of the Bible (folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo) appeared with his imprint in 1715. His next publication was an edition in two volumes, imperial folio, printed at Oxford (the Old Testament in 1717 and New Testament in 1716), a work of great typographical beauty, styled by Dibdin ‘the", "title": "John Baskett" }, { "docid": "15224711", "text": "ninth on stage 10 (a more traditional field sprint ). Tschopp finished the best of the team's six riders to reach the finish, finishing 16th overall. The team also shared the Fair Play award with five other teams, avoiding penalty points for minor technical infringements. The Tour de France was the main focal point of the season for BMC's leader Evans, and perhaps the team itself. He had ridden two Grand Tours each of the past two seasons, and in three of the past four, but in 2011 he focused solely on the Tour. He rode a different race program", "title": "2011 BMC Racing Team season" }, { "docid": "6733018", "text": "Ann Baskett Ann Baskett, actress, born 1928, RADA scholar, starred in the 1952 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen opposite Peter Cushing. This was a 5-part mini-series and was transmitted live, requiring theatre-like timing and TV production techniques which were the most advanced of the time, as the players followed their cues to appear in up to five theatre sets in succession. After having a family, Ann took up painting and has exhibited at the Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors and Gravers. She also worked as a theatre critic using her married name, Ann St Clair-Stannard.", "title": "Ann Baskett" }, { "docid": "6733017", "text": "Ann Baskett Ann Baskett, actress, born 1928, RADA scholar, starred in the 1952 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen opposite Peter Cushing. This was a 5-part mini-series and was transmitted live, requiring theatre-like timing and TV production techniques which were the most advanced of the time, as the players followed their cues to appear in up to five theatre sets in succession. After having a family, Ann took up painting and has exhibited at the Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors and Gravers. She also worked as a theatre critic using her married name, Ann St Clair-Stannard.", "title": "Ann Baskett" }, { "docid": "15897468", "text": "Tournament !colspan=9 style=|NCAA Tournament <nowiki>*</nowiki>AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings Source 2011–12 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team The 2011–12 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans' head coach was Tom Izzo, who was in his 17th year at Michigan State. The team played its home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan, and were members of the Big Ten Conference. MSU finished with a record of 29–8, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for first place. The", "title": "2011–12 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "10945153", "text": "What She Does Best What She Does Best is a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1988. It was her only album with Mercury records. Notable due to featuring her last charting single, \"What She Does Best\" did not chart and was commercially unsuccessful. It would be her last album for four years, as Anderson went into a brief retirement and officially retired from releasing singles. The singles from this disc were \"Under the Boardwalk\" (a cover version of The Drifters' hit), \"What He Does Best\", and \"How Many Hearts\". \"Under the Boardwalk\" reached No. 24; the", "title": "What She Does Best" }, { "docid": "15718793", "text": "in the Primera B. 2011 Categoría Primera B season The 2011 Categoría Primera B season is the 22nd season since its founding and is officially called the 2011 Torneo Postobón for sponsorship reasons. As the second worst team in the relegation table, América had to play a two-legged tie against Patriotas, the 2011 Categoría Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, América will play the second leg at home. The winner will be determined by points, followed by goal difference, then a penalty shootout. The winner will be promoted/remain in the Primera A for the 2012 season, while the", "title": "2011 Categoría Primera B season" }, { "docid": "16462473", "text": "with George Dunham providing play-by-play action and Hank Dickenson providing analysis. Mean Green Radio Network coverage was carried on KNTU 88.1 FM in Denton and on KHYI 95.3 FM in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. 2012 was the first year KHYI provided Mean Green football coverage. Both stations also streamed live online. The first game for the Mean Green's season was scheduled against the LSU Tigers football team, who had last played in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game against the 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team at the end of the 2011 season, losing 21–0. In the week before the", "title": "2012 North Texas Mean Green football team" }, { "docid": "15329964", "text": "2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team The 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dan Mullen, who was in his third season with Mississippi State. The Bulldogs played their home games at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in Starkville, Mississippi and compete in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They finished the 2011 season with a 7–6 overall play, 2–6 in SEC play, placing fifth in West Division, and were invited for Music City Bowl, where they defeated Wake Forest.", "title": "2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team" }, { "docid": "15278625", "text": "2011 Savannah State Tigers football team The 2011 Savannah State Tigers football team represented Savannah State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers are a first year member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). This was the first season under the guidance of head coach Steve Davenport and played their home games at Ted Wright Stadium. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. Radio flagship: WHCJ Broadcasters: Steve Richards (play-by-play), Curtis Foster (analyst) The Tigers lost the season opener, 37-34, as the Golden Rams' quarterback", "title": "2011 Savannah State Tigers football team" }, { "docid": "15718792", "text": "2011 Categoría Primera B season The 2011 Categoría Primera B season is the 22nd season since its founding and is officially called the 2011 Torneo Postobón for sponsorship reasons. As the second worst team in the relegation table, América had to play a two-legged tie against Patriotas, the 2011 Categoría Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, América will play the second leg at home. The winner will be determined by points, followed by goal difference, then a penalty shootout. The winner will be promoted/remain in the Primera A for the 2012 season, while the loser will be relegated/remain", "title": "2011 Categoría Primera B season" }, { "docid": "15509064", "text": "the win, Baylor had their first 10-win season since 1980. 2011 Baylor Bears football team The 2011 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Art Briles and played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They are members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–3 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place with Oklahoma (whom they defeated during the season). The ten wins tied a school record for wins in a season while the", "title": "2011 Baylor Bears football team" }, { "docid": "16663178", "text": "the bomb that Slater set explodes, badly burning one of them. \"What Does The Bee Do?\" is a children's poem from the late 1800s by Christina Rossetti. Margaret Schroeder's daughter recites it in the episode. \"IGN\" gave the episode a score of 8.5 out of 10, saying that it \"effortlessly hits that sweet spot between advancing the plot while developing characters, much in the same way that the Season 2 premiere did.\" \"The A.V. Club\" rated the episode an \"A-\". The episode was watched by 2.546 million viewers. It fell two tenths, to 1.0 million adults 18-49 rating. What Does", "title": "What Does the Bee Do?" }, { "docid": "15226873", "text": "Eneco Tour, the Tour du Poitou Charentes, the Tour de Wallonie-Picarde and the Herald Sun Tour, but did not achieve a stage win, classification win, or podium finish in any of them. 2011 Team Katusha season The 2011 season for began in January at the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. Just days before the competitive season began, the team signed former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca, who had recently regained", "title": "2011 Team Katusha season" }, { "docid": "15538376", "text": "was announced that Cleveland, Ohio beat out Columbus, Ohio for the newest franchise. In the 2011–12 season, the Cleveland Crush began play at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland. On December 8, 2010, it was announced that a Las Vegas expansion side, to be known as the Las Vegas Sin, would begin play for the 2011–12 season. On January 25, 2011, the league announced an expansion team would be awarded to Green Bay, Wisconsin in the fall of 2011. They would be known as the Green Bay Chill and play home games at Resch Center. On March 17, 2011, the", "title": "2011–12 LFL season" }, { "docid": "15659392", "text": "All-Stars Second Team All-Stars The postseason was held at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. All teams played in a round robin to determine the contestants in the Clarkson Cup finals. 2011–12 CWHL season The 2011–12 CWHL season was the fifth in league history. Regular season play begun on October 22, 2011, as the defending champion Montreal Stars host the Brampton Thunder. The league expanded from five teams to six as Team Alberta (CWHL) joined the league for competitive play. The 2012 Clarkson Cup in Niagara Falls was also contested between the Stars and Thunder, with Montreal winning its", "title": "2011–12 CWHL season" }, { "docid": "15559197", "text": "post season play. They finished the season 5–6, with a 3-5 record against members of the CAA. They did not occupy a spot in the CAA standings due to their transition to the FBS. 2 days after the final game of the season, head coach Kevin Morris was fired. Highlights of the 2011 schedule, which was the final FCS schedule for the Minutemen, included: 2011 UMass Minutemen football team The 2011 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. The team", "title": "2011 UMass Minutemen football team" }, { "docid": "9611009", "text": "a touchdown on the third play of the game. The Eagles responded with a 14-play drive, capped by a one-yard diving touchdown by Brian Westbrook. Tom Brady finally got a chance late in the first quarter, and marched New England down the field before Heath Evans took it in from a yard out to make it 14–7 Patriots. However, Feeley answered back with a 28-yard touchdown to third receiver Greg Lewis. Andy Reid then tried an onside kick. Hank Baskett recovered the ball, but the Eagles were forced to punt. In a ten-play drive of all pass attempts, the Patriots", "title": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season" }, { "docid": "15271868", "text": "2011 Houston Cougars football team The 2011 Houston Cougars football team (also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH) represented the University of Houston in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 66th year of season play for Houston. The program was a member of Conference USA in its West Division. The team was coached by fourth-year head football coach Kevin Sumlin, and played its home games at Robertson Stadium—a 32,000-seat stadium on campus in Houston. After missing a majority of the 2010 season due to injury, starting quarterback Case Keenum had returned for 2011.", "title": "2011 Houston Cougars football team" }, { "docid": "15509057", "text": "2011 Baylor Bears football team The 2011 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Art Briles and played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They are members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–3 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place with Oklahoma (whom they defeated during the season). The ten wins tied a school record for wins in a season while the 6–3 conference record is its best since joining the Big", "title": "2011 Baylor Bears football team" }, { "docid": "15154555", "text": "2011 Missouri Tigers football team The 2011 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned for his 11th season, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. It was the Tigers' final season in the Big 12 Conference as they departed for the Southeastern Conference in 2012. They finished the season 8–5, 5–4 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the Independence Bowl where they defeated North Carolina 41–24. The NCAA has", "title": "2011 Missouri Tigers football team" }, { "docid": "16133482", "text": "play, the team ended their season with an overtime loss to UTEP in the Conference USA tournament. !colspan=9| Exhibition !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2012 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament 2011–12 Houston Cougars men's basketball team The 2011–12 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2011–12 season. It was their 67th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was James Dickey, who was serving in his 2nd year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston and was a member of Conference USA. The", "title": "2011–12 Houston Cougars men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "15899458", "text": "in the VHL would take place on 12 December 2011 at home ice. Players between 17 and 22 years old under contract to KHL and VHL teams were made available for Lokomotiv to build a roster. The team will play 22 games in the VHL, playing each team once. Its participation in the playoffs will be dependent on its winning percentage compared to other teams at the end of the season. 2011–12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl season The 2011–12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl season was the franchise's 52nd season of play in professional ice hockey in Russia. It was supposed to be its fourth", "title": "2011–12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl season" }, { "docid": "14490574", "text": "begins using the pseudonym \"Heisenberg\". His signature \"blue meth\" soon gets the DEA's attention, and Hank begins investigating Heisenberg, completely unaware that he is actually searching for his own brother-in-law. He does discover that the equipment used to manufacture the meth came from a classroom at the high school where Walt teaches, but wrongly arrests the school's janitor. In the first few episodes of the season, Hank frequently dominates and pokes fun at Walt. When Walt tells the family that he is suffering from inoperable lung cancer, however, Hank promises to be there for him, and to take care of", "title": "Hank Schrader" }, { "docid": "15814249", "text": "2011 Saginaw Sting season The 2011 Saginaw Sting season was the 3rd season for the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) franchise. After not faring well during their only season in the IFL, the Sting For the 2011 season, the team was purchased by San Diego-based business man, Mike Esposito. Esposito announced that the team would play in the newly formed Ultimate Indoor Football League, which Esposito was also the league's commissioner. He hired Stuart Schweigert as the Sting's Director of Player Development. After a 2-1 start, John Mize was fired for failing to submit a game roster before the Wednesday", "title": "2011 Saginaw Sting season" }, { "docid": "16133481", "text": "2011–12 Houston Cougars men's basketball team The 2011–12 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2011–12 season. It was their 67th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was James Dickey, who was serving in his 2nd year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston and was a member of Conference USA. The Cougars improved from the season prior by ending the season with a 0.500 record at 15–15, but only managed 7–9 in conference play. In a season marked by inconsistent", "title": "2011–12 Houston Cougars men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "15251575", "text": "victory at the end of the final stage, a processional affair until hitting the streets of Madrid, with Froome finishing just in front on the stage results. Cobo's winning margin of 13 seconds over Froome was tied for the third-closest in Vuelta history, while Wiggins completed the podium in third place, 1' 39\" down on Cobo. 2011 Team Sky season The 2011 season for the cycling team began in January at the Bay Classic Series and ended in October at the Noosa Grand Prix. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every", "title": "2011 Team Sky season" }, { "docid": "15560934", "text": "2011 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season The 2011 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season is made up of 10 college athletic programs that compete in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) under the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for the 2011 college football season. The season began play on August 27 when the Sterling Warriors played William Jewell, followed by the Victory Sports Network College Fanz First Down Classic. The regular season ended play on November 12, 2011 with every team in the conference playing a game against another conference team. The final game of any team in", "title": "2011 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season" }, { "docid": "15208761", "text": "2011 Arizona Wildcats football team The 2011 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This was the first year for Arizona in the newly reconfigured Pac-12 Conference; they played in the Pac-12 South Division. They finished the season 4–8, 2–7 in Pac-12 play. The team was coached by interim head coach Tim Kish for the last six games of the season after eighth-year head coach Mike Stoops was fired as head coach on October 10 after starting", "title": "2011 Arizona Wildcats football team" }, { "docid": "15659390", "text": "2011–12 CWHL season The 2011–12 CWHL season was the fifth in league history. Regular season play begun on October 22, 2011, as the defending champion Montreal Stars host the Brampton Thunder. The league expanded from five teams to six as Team Alberta (CWHL) joined the league for competitive play. The 2012 Clarkson Cup in Niagara Falls was also contested between the Stars and Thunder, with Montreal winning its second consecutive title. The following are the first ten overall picks in the CWHL Draft. For further detail, please see 2011 CWHL Draft Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L", "title": "2011–12 CWHL season" }, { "docid": "15305503", "text": "the Heisman Trophy. Dismissed from team Quit team during spring Current roster Transfers 2011 Auburn Tigers football team The 2011 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gene Chizik, who was in his third season with Auburn. The Tigers played their home games at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama, and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Tigers entered the 2011 season after winning the 2011 BCS National Championship. Auburn finished the year 8–5 overall and 4–4 in SEC play to place", "title": "2011 Auburn Tigers football team" }, { "docid": "15134083", "text": "in passing the season before. 2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team The 2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season in the new Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. The 2011 season was the first for new head coach Kevin Wilson, formerly the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in Big Ten play to place last in the Leaders Division. The Hoosiers entered the season with a new outlook on the football program, after", "title": "2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team" }, { "docid": "13810777", "text": "that it by no means compared to \"LA X\", but stated that it \"contain[ed] scenes of incredible beauty, based on character work and stakes earned over five seasons [that] made it a fine, if imperfect, hour.\" McGee also commented that the scene in which Claire arrives at the hospital and is helped by Ethan as \"freakin' outstanding\" and called \"What Kate Does\" \"one of the funniest in the show's history. Aldo, Hurley, and Miles all got off plenty of zingers, which will be necessary in a season in which both mythological and dramatic stakes are raising higher and higher each", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "10945154", "text": "other singles charted far outside the Top 40. \"How Many Hearts\" was the last single Anderson released, and it peaked at No. 69 on the country charts in 1989. The album's cover shows Anderson leaning on a fancy sports car, wearing a classic 1980s outfit. What She Does Best What She Does Best is a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1988. It was her only album with Mercury records. Notable due to featuring her last charting single, \"What She Does Best\" did not chart and was commercially unsuccessful. It would be her last album for four", "title": "What She Does Best" }, { "docid": "13654699", "text": "2011 Kentucky Wildcats football team The 2011 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the college football season of 2011–2012. The team, led by second-year head coach Joker Phillips, played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium, now known as Kroger Field, in Lexington, Kentucky, and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). While the Wildcats ended the season at 5–7 and missed out what would have been their sixth consecutive bowl appearance, they finished on a high. The Wildcats' season-ending 10–7 victory over Tennessee, their first over the Volunteers since 1984, ended what was", "title": "2011 Kentucky Wildcats football team" }, { "docid": "15671790", "text": "even if they could not finish the play-offs at top two places. The third team qualifies for 2012–13 UEFA Europa League (UEL). Second team who qualifies for UEL is determined by another play-off which is played by the teams who finished the normal season at 5th through 8th places. Bottom three teams relegate to 2012–13 TFF Second League. The start date of the league is 10 September 2011 and end date of normal season is 8 April 2012. Mersin İdmanyurdu finished 2011–12 Süper Lig season at 14th place and did not participate in play-offs but remained in the league. Mersin", "title": "2011–12 Mersin İdmanyurdu season" }, { "docid": "15622905", "text": "United improved after the interval, with Jake Robinson striking the crossbar with a 20-yard shot. 2011 Football League Two play-off Final The 2011 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match contested by Stevenage and Torquay United on 28 May 2011 at Old Trafford in Manchester to decide the fourth team to be promoted from League Two to League One for the 2011–12 season. Under League Two play-off rules, the final is contested by the two teams which secured an aggregate victory over two-legged semi-finals, with the team that finished seventh in the league table (Torquay United) having played", "title": "2011 Football League Two play-off Final" }, { "docid": "15622899", "text": "2011 Football League Two play-off Final The 2011 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match contested by Stevenage and Torquay United on 28 May 2011 at Old Trafford in Manchester to decide the fourth team to be promoted from League Two to League One for the 2011–12 season. Under League Two play-off rules, the final is contested by the two teams which secured an aggregate victory over two-legged semi-finals, with the team that finished seventh in the league table (Torquay United) having played fourth (Shrewsbury Town), and sixth (Stevenage) having played fifth (Accrington Stanley). The format of the", "title": "2011 Football League Two play-off Final" }, { "docid": "15621838", "text": "2011 Football League One play-off Final The 2011 Football League One play-off Final was a football match contested by Huddersfield Town and Peterborough United on 29 May 2011 at Old Trafford to decide the third team to be promoted from League One to the Championship for the 2011–12 season. Under League One play-off rules, the final is contested by the two teams which secured an aggregate victory over two-legged semi-finals, with the team that finished sixth in the league table (Bournemouth) having played third (Huddersfield Town), and fifth (Milton Keynes Dons) having played fourth (Peterborough United). Peterborough United won the", "title": "2011 Football League One play-off Final" }, { "docid": "15400643", "text": "2011 Football League Championship play-off Final The 2011 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested by Reading and Swansea City on 30 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium to decide the third team to be promoted from the Championship to the Premier League for the 2011–12 season. Under Championship play-off rules, the final is contested by the two teams which secured an aggregate victory over two-legged semi-finals, with the team that finished sixth in the league table (Nottingham Forest) having played third (Swansea City), and fifth (Reading) having played fourth (Cardiff City). Swansea City won the final by", "title": "2011 Football League Championship play-off Final" }, { "docid": "15229222", "text": "Asturias, the Circuit de Lorraine, the Critérium du Dauphiné, the Brixia Tour, the Tour de Pologne, the Eneco Tour, the Tour du Poitou-Charentes and the Tour of Beijing, but did not achieve a stage win, classification win, or podium finish in any of them. 2011 Movistar Team season The 2011 season for began in January at the Tour de San Luis and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. With twenty victories to their credit, the team", "title": "2011 Movistar Team season" }, { "docid": "15063480", "text": "traded: 2012 SuperDraft Round 3 pick traded to Chicago Fire. 2011 Seattle Sounders FC season The 2011 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's third season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. It was the Sounders FC organization's third year of existence; including all previous clubs, it was the 31st season of a soccer team bearing the Sounders name. The 2011 season is the third season for Seattle Sounders FC who began play in 2009 as the league's 15th team. In their inaugural season, Sounders FC became the second MLS expansion team in league history", "title": "2011 Seattle Sounders FC season" }, { "docid": "15063473", "text": "2011 Seattle Sounders FC season The 2011 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's third season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. It was the Sounders FC organization's third year of existence; including all previous clubs, it was the 31st season of a soccer team bearing the Sounders name. The 2011 season is the third season for Seattle Sounders FC who began play in 2009 as the league's 15th team. In their inaugural season, Sounders FC became the second MLS expansion team in league history (Chicago was first) to win the U.S. Open Cup tournament", "title": "2011 Seattle Sounders FC season" }, { "docid": "15703994", "text": "2011–12 CE Sabadell FC season The 2011–12 Spanish football season was the first for CE Sabadell in the second level since 1993, when the team was relegated for not paying its players. After a stunning season in Segunda División B, the team promoted via play-off and was runner-up in the overall season, being surpassed only by Real Murcia (also promoted), who won on penalties in the play-off final matches (agg. 1–1 a.e.t, 8–9 p.s.o). During early June, Joan Soteras confirmed that the team manager, Lluís Carreras renewed for this season after the rumors emerged in April that linked him with", "title": "2011–12 CE Sabadell FC season" }, { "docid": "15388791", "text": "2011–12 Dallas Stars season The 2011–12 Dallas Stars season is the 45th season (44th of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 19th season (18th of play) since the franchise relocated to Dallas to start the 1993–94 NHL season. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth year in a row. This was the second consecutive season that the Stars finished with a winning record but did not qualify for the playoffs. On June 17, 2011, the Stars officially announced the hiring of Glen Gulutzan to be their new", "title": "2011–12 Dallas Stars season" }, { "docid": "15134081", "text": "2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team The 2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season in the new Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. The 2011 season was the first for new head coach Kevin Wilson, formerly the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in Big Ten play to place last in the Leaders Division. The Hoosiers entered the season with a new outlook on the football program, after athletic director Fred Glass fired", "title": "2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team" }, { "docid": "15102088", "text": "announced that they would be resuming play for 2011. However, on January 12, 2011, seven former AMNRL teams announced they were withdrawing from the competition to form the new USA Rugby League. The AMNRL added a sixth team, the Delaware Vipers, ostensibly based in Delaware, who had such a shaky season that they were dubbed the \"Vapours\" by some in the league. 2011 AMNRL season The 2011 AMNRL season was the fourteenth season of the American National Rugby League. The Jacksonville Axemen are the reigning champions. Prior to the season seven AMNRL teams withdrew from the league to form the", "title": "2011 AMNRL season" }, { "docid": "9611002", "text": "Romo got his third touchdown on a 20-yard pass to tight end Jason Witten. McNabb finished the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Hank Baskett. McNabb passed for a touchdown and 264 yards, but also two interceptions. Westbrook racked up 156 all-purpose yards in another strong showing. Owens burned the Eagles’ defense for 174 receiving yards. Philadelphia fell to 3–5 and the team was largely uncompetitive against the Dallas squad. The team rallied for a win over the Washington Redskins at FedExField in week 10. Penalties on Washington's defense helped allow a short McNabb to Brian Westbrook touchdown pass", "title": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season" } ]

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[ { "docid": "17114001", "text": "four children and Christine King Farris. Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture) Martin Luther King Jr. is a public sculpture by American artist John Woodrow Wilson located at the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., United States. The bust depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a contemplative and peaceful mood, looking slightly downward, patinated to match the black marble base. John Woodrow Wilson, born in 1922 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Tufts University in 1947. He was professor of art at Boston University from 1964 to 1986. The bust was unveiled in the Rotunda, on January 16,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture)" }, { "docid": "17114000", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture) Martin Luther King Jr. is a public sculpture by American artist John Woodrow Wilson located at the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., United States. The bust depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a contemplative and peaceful mood, looking slightly downward, patinated to match the black marble base. John Woodrow Wilson, born in 1922 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Tufts University in 1947. He was professor of art at Boston University from 1964 to 1986. The bust was unveiled in the Rotunda, on January 16, 1986, by Coretta Scott King, their", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture)" }, { "docid": "5509462", "text": "skill. Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues Authorship issues concerning Martin Luther King Jr. fall into two general categories: King's academic research papers (including his doctoral dissertation) and his use of borrowed phrases in speeches. Regarding his PhD dissertation, written at Boston University, an academic inquiry concluded in October 1991 that portions of his dissertation had been plagiarized and that he had acted improperly. However, \"[d]espite its finding, the committee said that 'no thought should be given to the revocation of Dr. King's doctoral degree,' an action that the panel said would serve no purpose.\" The committee also concluded that", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues" }, { "docid": "5509449", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues Authorship issues concerning Martin Luther King Jr. fall into two general categories: King's academic research papers (including his doctoral dissertation) and his use of borrowed phrases in speeches. Regarding his PhD dissertation, written at Boston University, an academic inquiry concluded in October 1991 that portions of his dissertation had been plagiarized and that he had acted improperly. However, \"[d]espite its finding, the committee said that 'no thought should be given to the revocation of Dr. King's doctoral degree,' an action that the panel said would serve no purpose.\" The committee also concluded that the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues" }, { "docid": "15866536", "text": "Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. The first memorial service following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, took place the following day at the R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis, Tennessee. This was followed by two funeral services on April 9, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia, the first held for family and close friends at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King and his father had both served as senior pastors, followed by a three-mile procession to Morehouse College, King's alma mater, for a public service. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a national day of mourning for the", "title": "Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "5509454", "text": "dissertation in the university library, noting that numerous passages were included without the appropriate quotations and citations of sources. Ralph Luker has questioned whether King's professors at the Crozer Theological Seminary held him to lower standards because he was an African-American, citing as evidence the fact that King received lower marks (a C+ average) at the historically black Morehouse College than at Crozer, where he was a minority being graded mostly by white teachers and received an A− average. Boston University has denied that King received any special treatment. The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project addresses authorship issues on", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues" } ]

[ { "docid": "18233753", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School is a high school in Buffalo, New York. It is located at 487 High Street and serves Grades 9 through 12. The first school building built on High Street was constructed in 1885, with a two-story brick addition constructed four years later. The current building structure was completed in 1926 and would be renovated and renamed the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Institute in 1968, then renovated again in 2006. During that renovation, the MLK School was housed at the", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School" }, { "docid": "18233754", "text": "former Follow Through Magnet School #8. In 2014, the Dr. Martin Luther King Multicultural Institute was closed to place the new high school. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School is a high school in Buffalo, New York. It is located at 487 High Street and serves Grades 9 through 12. The first school building built on High Street was constructed in 1885, with a two-story brick addition constructed four years later. The current building structure was completed in 1926 and would be renovated and renamed the Dr.", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus High School" }, { "docid": "6266748", "text": "focus,\" causing its renaming. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School, or King Arts, is a K-8 magnet school located in Evanston, Illinois. The school was formed in 1967 by combining Skiles Middle School, which had taught grades 6-8 and sat on the site of the current King Arts School and the original Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School, which had taught grades K-5 and was housed in the building of the old Foster School at Foster and Dewey. Foster School was a de facto segregated school", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School" }, { "docid": "6266744", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School, or King Arts, is a K-8 magnet school located in Evanston, Illinois. The school was formed in 1967 by combining Skiles Middle School, which had taught grades 6-8 and sat on the site of the current King Arts School and the original Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School, which had taught grades K-5 and was housed in the building of the old Foster School at Foster and Dewey. Foster School was a de facto segregated school in Evanston, Illinois named", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School" }, { "docid": "19104147", "text": "vandalized with red paint. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dwight sculpture) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is an outdoor 2007 bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by American artist Ed Dwight, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The sculpture was vandalized with white paint in August 2017. John D. Harden, Margaret Kadifa, Mike Morris, and Brooke A. Lewis of the \"Houston Chronicle\" noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dwight sculpture)" }, { "docid": "19104146", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dwight sculpture) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is an outdoor 2007 bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by American artist Ed Dwight, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The sculpture was vandalized with white paint in August 2017. John D. Harden, Margaret Kadifa, Mike Morris, and Brooke A. Lewis of the \"Houston Chronicle\" noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue of Christopher Columbus was", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Dwight sculpture)" }, { "docid": "4519275", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (also known locally as the MLK Library) is a 136-foot (41 m) tall public library in downtown San Jose, California, which had its grand opening on August 16, 2003. , it is the largest library building in the western United States built in a single construction project, with over 475,000 square feet (44,000 m²) of space on eight floors and approximately 1.6 million volumes. The King Library is a collaboration between the City of San José and San José State University: it is the main library for", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library" }, { "docid": "4519282", "text": "stations can be operated with print cards. Cash-only copiers are available on most floors. The Library is a major nexus point for student life at SJSU. Students often arrive with their laptops and engage in study groups both at tables and in study rooms. After the Library is closed for the day to the public, it remains open for \"extended study hours\" to SJSU students, staff and faculty and to students from other approved local institutions. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (also known locally as the MLK Library) is a 136-foot (41", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library" }, { "docid": "10091036", "text": "Martin Luther King High School (Detroit) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School is located at 3200 East Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan; the building is operated by the Detroit Board of Education. King's district encompasses Downtown and Midtown Detroit; it also includes Lafayette Park, the Martin Luther King Apartments and Riverfront Condominiums. The Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects were zoned to MLK prior to their demolition. In addition it includes the three Wayne State University housing complexes that permit families with children (Chatsworth Tower, DeRoy, and University Tower). The facility that came to be known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Detroit)" }, { "docid": "10091040", "text": "program was the MLK Project. At a cost of $46.4 million, the redeveloped Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School re-opened in September 2011. The school emphasizes a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Curriculum. In 2012 Kettering High School closed, and some students were rezoned to King. In 2017, King was marked for closure by the State of Michigan due to its poor academic performance from 2014 to 2016. A later agreement between the state and the Detroit Board of Education saved the school from closure. Martin Luther King High School (Detroit) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Detroit)" }, { "docid": "8833272", "text": "with six out-patient surgeries and a dental clinic, with an estimated total cost of more than $350 million. King Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, is located adjacent to the hospital in Willowbrook. It is a Los Angeles Unified School District magnet school affiliated with the MLK Jr. hospital Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center The Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center (MLK OC), formerly known as Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK–MACC), Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center (King/Drew) and later Martin Luther King Jr.–Harbor Hospital (MLK–Harbor or King–Harbor),was a public urgent care center", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "8584775", "text": "located in it: Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Cleveland) Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school nickname is King. The school was built in 1973. Like many schools that opened in the 10 years after his 1968 assassination, the school was named after Martin Luther King, Jr.. This school is a big help for those students who are interested in the medical and law industry. The classes are hands on experiences which will prepare teens for college. The school has", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Cleveland)" }, { "docid": "8584774", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Cleveland) Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school nickname is King. The school was built in 1973. Like many schools that opened in the 10 years after his 1968 assassination, the school was named after Martin Luther King, Jr.. This school is a big help for those students who are interested in the medical and law industry. The classes are hands on experiences which will prepare teens for college. The school has two \"Small Schools\"", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Cleveland)" }, { "docid": "8848131", "text": "MLK. Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Lithonia, Georgia) Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in Lithonia, Georgia, United States. It opened in August 2001 as the newest high school in the DeKalb County School System, and was named after the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The school was opened to alleviate overcrowding in surrounding middle schools. It originally included only grades 6-7 and 9-10. Tenth grade students came from Lithonia and Southwest DeKalb High Schools to relieve crowding and also due to the rezoning of DeKalb County. The following year,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Lithonia, Georgia)" }, { "docid": "8848127", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Lithonia, Georgia) Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in Lithonia, Georgia, United States. It opened in August 2001 as the newest high school in the DeKalb County School System, and was named after the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The school was opened to alleviate overcrowding in surrounding middle schools. It originally included only grades 6-7 and 9-10. Tenth grade students came from Lithonia and Southwest DeKalb High Schools to relieve crowding and also due to the rezoning of DeKalb County. The following year, after", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Lithonia, Georgia)" }, { "docid": "15417669", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (also known as MLK Ave) is a major street in the District of Columbia traversing through both the Southwest and Southeast quadrants. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW begins at the southwestern tip of the District of Columbia near the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Headed north, the avenue overlaps with South Capitol Street from 2nd St SW to Halley Place SE, where it turns northeast, becoming Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE. As it crosses through the Congress Heights neighborhood, MLK Ave changes from a primarily residential neighborhood", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue" }, { "docid": "4478859", "text": "in 2018. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park consists of several buildings in Atlanta, Georgia, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s boyhood home and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King was baptized and both his father Martin Luther King Sr. and he were pastors. These places, critical to the interpretation of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy as a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, were included in the park when it was established on October 10, 1980. Formerly a National Historic Site, the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "4478846", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park consists of several buildings in Atlanta, Georgia, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s boyhood home and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King was baptized and both his father Martin Luther King Sr. and he were pastors. These places, critical to the interpretation of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy as a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, were included in the park when it was established on October 10, 1980. Formerly a National Historic Site, the unit was", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "16696000", "text": "with New Orleans Public Schools, making it the first to return to the district's authority since Katrina. As of 2011 the school had 782 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Dr. King Charter School Dr. King Charter School, also known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology, is a K–12 charter school, in the Lower 9th Ward, in the 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The school was named after Martin Luther King Jr. In the 2006–2007 school year King students attended the former Harney School, as King had been damaged by Hurricane Katrina", "title": "Dr. King Charter School" }, { "docid": "16695997", "text": "Dr. King Charter School Dr. King Charter School, also known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology, is a K–12 charter school, in the Lower 9th Ward, in the 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The school was named after Martin Luther King Jr. In the 2006–2007 school year King students attended the former Harney School, as King had been damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. At that time, over half of the 450 students attending Harney had attended King pre-Katrina. King, which re-opened in 2007, was the first Lower 9th Ward school to", "title": "Dr. King Charter School" }, { "docid": "15417674", "text": "W3, 90, 92, and 93 serve MLK Ave, with many others crossing the street. \"For more information, see List of Metrobus routes\" Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (also known as MLK Ave) is a major street in the District of Columbia traversing through both the Southwest and Southeast quadrants. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW begins at the southwestern tip of the District of Columbia near the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Headed north, the avenue overlaps with South Capitol Street from 2nd St SW to Halley Place SE, where it turns northeast, becoming", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue" }, { "docid": "1477777", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around King's birthday, January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "8833239", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center The Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center (MLK OC), formerly known as Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK–MACC), Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center (King/Drew) and later Martin Luther King Jr.–Harbor Hospital (MLK–Harbor or King–Harbor),was a public urgent care center and outpatient clinic and former hospital in Willowbrook, an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, California, north of the city of Compton and south of the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Founded as a major public hospital, it was shut down in August 2007 because of its poor record of patient", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "11237396", "text": "There was considerable controversy when the school was named after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with parents expressing their concern that their children would face discrimination from college admission officers. Enrollment at King High School has dramatically increased in the past several years as the population of Riverside has grown: During the 2006-2007 school year, total student enrollment reached 3,028. In 2009 enrollment stood at 3,055. Ninety-nine percent of Martin Luther King High School students live either in the communities of Orangecrest or Woodcrest. Ray Plutko served as the first principal of the school. In 2004, Karen Stevensen took Plutko's", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Riverside, California)" }, { "docid": "17533164", "text": "who opened the new organization in 2015 have been relieved of their duties since the new Caucasian CNO Susie Reinsvold and many have been replaced with non African American leaders . The hospital on the site of the former Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center, originally named the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, known as King/Drew. The adjacent Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center opened in a new building in 2014. The closure of Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (King/Drew) in 2007, due to revocation of federal", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital" }, { "docid": "4519279", "text": "Chin; the title of the series is \"Recolecciones\" (Spanish for \"recollections\"). Special collections within the library include, all on the 5th floor, the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, a California History Room, the SJSU Special Collections & Archive. There is also the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Collection on the 3rd floor. The library provides public computers and an online reservation system to reserve time on them. Students can also reserve study rooms through a similar online system. The computers are configured with Traditional Chinese input methods and", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library" }, { "docid": "16869229", "text": "it to the Senate in 2006, with Hillary Clinton as a co-signer. It was proposed anew by Senator Kerry and Representative John Lewis in 2010. Supporters of the bill have called for the release of records on other potentially racial violence. McKinney also proposed the Tupac Amaru Shakur Records Collection Act in 2005. The text of the Act states that \"all Government records concerning the life and assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should carry a presumption of immediate disclosure\". It calls for the creation of a \"Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection\" at the National", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "21007524", "text": "Dr King.\" The HSCA's Chief Counsel, Robert Blakey, said that if the CIA or FBI had been involved, all incriminating documents would have been destroyed long before 1979. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories The conspiracy theories relating to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement, relate to different accounts of the assassination that took place on April 4, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee. King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, one day after giving his final speech: \"I've Been to the Mountaintop.\" Claims soon arose over suspect aspects", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "6266746", "text": "of the Color Curtain Processing Project. In 1967, Foster School transitioned into the Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School in which 25% of the school's student body was African American during the first year of enrollment. The school moved from the Foster School building into the Skiles Middle School building in 1976. By contrast with contemporaneous forced bussing of African-American students to historically white schools, King Lab as a magnet school brought voluntarily bussed white, Asian and Latino students to attend school on the site of Evanston's historically African-American school (Foster School) in its predominantly African-American neighborhood. This project integrated", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School" }, { "docid": "6875803", "text": "new finish for the side of the artwork. Sculptor Lei Yixin carved grooves over the former words to match existing horizontal \"striation\" marks in the memorial and deepened all the memorial's grooves so that they match. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "6875764", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's \"I Have A Dream\" speech: \"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.\" The memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising, and construction. This", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial" }, { "docid": "271131", "text": "to a Native American congregation, and then went on to give another speech at the University of Arizona. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would continue to attract the attention of Native Americans throughout the civil rights movement. During the 1963 March on Washington there was a sizable Native American contingent, including many from South Dakota, and many from the Navajo nation. Native Americans were also active participants in the Poor People's Campaign in 1968. Dr. King was a major inspiration along with the civil rights movement which inspired the Native American rights movement of the 1960s and many of its", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "7595071", "text": "route after him, and the change was effected on January 15, 2001, the 72nd anniversary of the slain leader's birth. Jacksonville was one of the last major cities in the country to rename a road for Dr. King; by choosing this route, the city was able to pay homage and yet because the entire route is without any addresses, either residential or business, the council was able to avoid irritating constituents, as often happens with such name changes. For the same reason, the frontage roads are still named Haines Street. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville) The Martin Luther King", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville)" }, { "docid": "271032", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi helped inspire. King led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and in 1957 became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). With the SCLC, he led an unsuccessful 1962", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "271116", "text": "to honor King. Observed for the first time on January 20, 1986, it is called Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Following President George H. W. Bush's 1992 proclamation, the holiday is observed on the third Monday of January each year, near the time of King's birthday. On January 17, 2000, for the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all fifty U.S. states. Arizona (1992), New Hampshire (1999) and Utah (2000) were the last three states to recognize the holiday. Utah previously celebrated the holiday at the same time but under the name Human Rights Day.", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "271126", "text": "with the phenomenon of self-defense in the movement. He publicly discouraged it as a widespread practice, but acknowledged that it was sometimes necessary. Throughout his career King was frequently protected by other civil rights activists who carried arms, such as Colonel Stone Johnson, Robert Hayling, and the Deacons for Defense and Justice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an avid supporter of Native American rights. Native Americans were also active supporters of Dr. King's Civil Rights Movement which included the active participation of Native Americans. In fact, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) was patterned after the NAACP’s Legal Defense", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "271158", "text": "would be redesigned to depict various historical events that had occurred at the Lincoln Memorial. Among the planned designs are images from King's \"I Have a Dream\" speech and the 1939 concert by opera singer Marian Anderson. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "4771773", "text": "Martin Luther King III Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights advocate and community activist. He is the oldest son and oldest living child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Martin Luther King III was born on October 23, 1957, to civil rights advocates Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His mother had reservations about naming him after his famous father, \"realizing the burdens it can create for the child,\" but King Jr. always wanted to name his son Martin Luther III. King's birth occurred as", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "1477790", "text": "Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service, the largest event in the nation honoring King. Several other universities and organizations around the U.S., such as Arizona State University, Greater DC Cares and City Year, participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. In honor of MLK, hundreds of Volunteer Centers, and volunteers across the country donate their time to make a difference on this day. The only other official national day of service in the U.S., as designated by the government, is September 11 National Day of Service (9/11 Day). One place outside the U.S. where Martin Luther King", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "9312066", "text": "the inner side windowless. The school is across West 65th Street from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. The building was formerly the location of Martin Luther King Jr. High School, which opened in 1975. According to \"The New York Times\", the school had been troubled throughout its history, gaining a bad reputation for its construction delay, planned curriculum restructurings, low student enrollment, and abysmal academic performance: It has a history of violence, including the shooting of two tenth grade students inside the school on January 15, 2002, the birthday of Martin Luther King", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus" }, { "docid": "7834329", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Toledo) Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (formerly Central Union Terminal and Central Union Plaza) is the main passenger rail and intercity bus station of Toledo, Ohio. Toledo is served by two Amtrak routes: the \"Capitol Limited,\" which operates daily between Chicago and Washington D.C, and the Lake Shore Limited, which operates daily between Chicago and (via two sections east of Albany,) Boston or New York City In addition it is also served by Greyhound Lines and Barons Bus Lines. Named for Martin Luther King Jr., the building is constructed in a Streamline Moderne style designed", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Toledo)" }, { "docid": "10724471", "text": "is also used by some Westmoreland Transit routes, which run further into the Pittsburgh suburbs, ending in the cities of Greensburg and Latrobe in Westmoreland County. As of October 2018, the Port Authority bus routes that use the East Busway are as follows: Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway The Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway is a two-lane bus-only highway serving the city of Pittsburgh and many of its eastern neighborhoods and suburbs. It was named after Martin Luther King Jr. in recognition of the eastern portion of the route's serving many predominantly African-American neighborhoods, such as Wilkinsburg and", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway" }, { "docid": "10724467", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway The Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway is a two-lane bus-only highway serving the city of Pittsburgh and many of its eastern neighborhoods and suburbs. It was named after Martin Luther King Jr. in recognition of the eastern portion of the route's serving many predominantly African-American neighborhoods, such as Wilkinsburg and East Liberty. It is owned and maintained by the Port Authority of Allegheny County. Originally occupied by a railroad line, planning for the East Busway began shortly after the Port Authority of Allegheny County purchased the Pittsburgh Railways Company in 1964. The original", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway" }, { "docid": "271036", "text": "cities and states beginning in 1971; the holiday was enacted at the federal level by legislation signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Hundreds of streets in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor, and a county in Washington State was also rededicated for him. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 2011. King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King's legal name at birth was Michael King, and his father was also born Michael King,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "10091038", "text": "(1959–62). In September 1967, Eastern High School relocated to 3200 East Lafayette Boulevard; bordering historic Elmwood Cemetery, within walking distance of Detroit's central business district. In September 1968, Eastern was renamed as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior High School; the official school colors were changed from orange and black, to gold and black; the school logo/mascot was changed from an American Indian, to the Crusaders. The Crusader women's basketball program has enjoyed tremendous success. Over the past twenty-six seasons, King High School – coached by William Winfield – has appeared in eleven Michigan High School Athletic Association championship finals", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Detroit)" }, { "docid": "9312068", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus The Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus is a five-story public school facility at 122 Amsterdam Avenue between West 65th and 66th Streets in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, near Lincoln Center. The campus is faced on Amsterdam Avenue by a wide elevated plaza which features a self-weathering steel memorial sculpture by William Tarr. The same steel, called Mayari R, was used by architect Frost Associates in the curtain wall of the building, the interior of which has an arrangement of perimeter corridors with floor-to-ceiling windows, leaving many classrooms on", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus" }, { "docid": "9312065", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus The Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus is a five-story public school facility at 122 Amsterdam Avenue between West 65th and 66th Streets in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, near Lincoln Center. The campus is faced on Amsterdam Avenue by a wide elevated plaza which features a self-weathering steel memorial sculpture by William Tarr. The same steel, called Mayari R, was used by architect Frost Associates in the curtain wall of the building, the interior of which has an arrangement of perimeter corridors with floor-to-ceiling windows, leaving many classrooms on", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus" }, { "docid": "16869225", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act The Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act, or MLK Records Act, is proposed legislation that would release United States government records pertaining to the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr. Versions of the law have been proposed on multiple occasions, and a complete version was brought to both houses of the United States Congress in 2005–2006. In the years after King was assassinated, reports emerged that the government was destroying sensitive documents related to the murder case. The FBI was criticized for appearing unusually reluctant to release records pertaining to", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "16869230", "text": "Archive, and would charge the Archivist of the United States to maintain all disclosed records. The law would also create a Review Board to oversee the proper disclosure of records. Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act The Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act, or MLK Records Act, is proposed legislation that would release United States government records pertaining to the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr. Versions of the law have been proposed on multiple occasions, and a complete version was brought to both houses of the United States Congress in 2005–2006. In the years after", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "1477791", "text": "Jr. Day is observed in the Japanese city of Hiroshima under mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, who holds a special banquet at the mayor's office as an act of unifying his city's call for peace with King's message of human rights. The City of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada, is another city that has officially recognized Martin Luther King Jr. Day, although not as a paid holiday: all government services and businesses remain open. In 1984, during a visit by the U.S. Sixth Fleet, Navy chaplain Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff conducted the first Israeli presidential ceremony in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "18761614", "text": "Collaborative's Executive Director, Detria Russell is located throughout the Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative's three floors. Because the Collaborative is located in the \"National Historic King District,\" The National Park Service administers the Collaborative's parking lot and surrounding land, which includes the old Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church building, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and gravesite, as well as, a community playground. Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative The Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative named after the late Reverend turned community activist Martin Luther King Sr., held its official dedication ceremony, November 4, 2012.", "title": "Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative" }, { "docid": "13643455", "text": "(ca. 1926). The park was designed in 1874 by Frederick Law Olmsted and originally connected to Delaware Park via the Humboldt Parkway. That connection was lost in the early 1960s with the construction of the Kensington Expressway. The park originally contained a large wooden refectory, designed by Calvert Vaux; it was destroyed by fire in 1877. In July 2009, a neatly manicured, tree-and flower-filled pedestrian pathway was unveiled by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. Martin Luther King Jr. Park Martin Luther King Jr. Park, originally The Parade and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located in Buffalo in", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Park" }, { "docid": "13643454", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Park Martin Luther King Jr. Park, originally The Parade and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located in Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The park is located in east Buffalo and bisected by Fillmore Avenue. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The park is on a , slightly \"L\"-shaped site and was originally conceived as a place for military displays and active children's sports. It contains four contributing structures: The brick Shelter House (1904), Buffalo Museum of Science building (1926), Greenhouse (1907), and Humboldt Park Casino", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Park" }, { "docid": "12937193", "text": "was with King when he was assassinated, noted: According to biographer Taylor Branch, King's friend and colleague James Bevel put it more bluntly: \"There is no way a ten-cent white boy could develop a plan to kill a million-dollar black man.\" Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST. He was a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and a Nobel Peace", "title": "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "12679647", "text": "Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., comprise an extensive catalog of American writing and oratory – some of which are internationally well-known, while others remain unheralded, and some await re-discovery. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent African-American clergyman, a civil rights leader, and a Nobel laureate. King himself observed, \"In the quiet recesses of my heart, I am fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher.\" The famous \"I Have a Dream\" address was delivered in August 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Less well-remembered", "title": "Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "18291430", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth) The Martin Luther King Freeway is a stretch of U.S. Route 58 (US 58) in the state of Virginia that connects State Route 164 (SR 164, Western Freeway) and the Midtown Tunnel complex with midtown Portsmouth at London Boulevard (which continues on and carries the US 58 designation to points west), continuing past High Street near US 17 and ending at Interstate 264 (I-264) in a full interchange that opened on November 30, 2016. The freeway effectively begins at the Pinners Point Interchange where the West Norfolk Bridge carries the Western Freeway across the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth)" }, { "docid": "15866545", "text": "trip to the South View Cemetery, a burial place predominantly reserved for African Americans. His remains were exhumed in 1977 and reburied at their current location at the plaza between the King Center and Ebenezer, and his widow Coretta was buried next to him in 2006. Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. The first memorial service following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, took place the following day at the R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis, Tennessee. This was followed by two funeral services on April 9, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia, the first held for", "title": "Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "12937152", "text": "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST. He was a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged", "title": "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "17391018", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building The Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building (shorter form King Federal Building) is a building in Atlanta, Georgia. It was completed in 1933 in Modernist style for the United States Postal Service, and is now used as office accommodation by the United States Federal Government. It is included in the National Register of Historic Places. The building was constructed by the Work Projects Administration, a New Deal agency, reflecting the expansion of Federal activity at that time. It was located adjacent to Terminal Station in Spring Street, and mail was transferred via tunnels from", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building" }, { "docid": "17391019", "text": "the railroad network, which then handled most long-distance mail. Later the building became a Federal office building, receiving its present name in 1988. The General Services Administration (GSA) undertook renovation in 2012, as far as possible in line with current \"green building\" criteria. Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building The Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building (shorter form King Federal Building) is a building in Atlanta, Georgia. It was completed in 1933 in Modernist style for the United States Postal Service, and is now used as office accommodation by the United States Federal Government. It is included in the National", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building" }, { "docid": "19962680", "text": "bust of King. A second cast of Alston's bust of King was donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in January 2016. Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. (Alston) A bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. was made by African-American artist Charles Alston in 1970, two years after King was assassinated. Alston received a commission from the Reverend Donald S. Harrington, of the Community Church of New York, to create a bust of King for $5,000. Five bronze busts were cast in 1970, each approximately high. One cast was acquired in 1974 for the collection", "title": "Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. (Alston)" }, { "docid": "7834335", "text": "uses the two tracks nearest the station while freight trains roll on bypass tracks at the south edge of the railyard. The plaza is also served by Greyhound routes connecting to Chicago; Cleveland; Charleston, West Virginia; Detroit; New York City; and Washington, D.C. The plaza also serves Barons Bus Lines routes to destinations around Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. The bus berths face the Emerald Avenue façade of the building. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Toledo) Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (formerly Central Union Terminal and Central Union Plaza) is the main passenger rail and intercity bus station of Toledo, Ohio.", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Toledo)" }, { "docid": "7595068", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville) The Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway is a long expressway running along the eastern and northern edges of Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. It carries U.S. Route 1 Alternate (US 1 Alternate) from near its southern terminus to an interchange with US 1/US 17 (Main Street). US 1 follows the expressway to its northern terminus, an intersection with US 23. Despite its name, it is not a parkway in the conventional sense, as it has no limits on truck use and is not located near parks or other beautified areas. The parkway begins just east of", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville)" }, { "docid": "6090473", "text": "community organizations without permanent offices to use wireless Internet, DVD players, projectors, and Smart Boards. The Center for Accessibility in room 215 has Braille magazines and specialists in adaptive technologies to assist disabled people. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (MLKML) is the central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the 400,000 square foot (37,000 m²) steel, brick, and glass structure, and it is a rare example of modern architecture in Washington, D.C. This library was Mies's last building, his only public library, and", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library" }, { "docid": "6090471", "text": "the building's lobby includes a large mural of Martin Luther King, Jr. by artist Don Miller. Prior to 1972, Washington's central library was a 1903 Andrew Carnegie-funded building located in Mount Vernon Square. That building was used by the University of the District of Columbia, and is currently occupied by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library houses several of the library system's special collections. The Washingtoniana collection includes books, newspaper archives, maps, census records, and oral histories related to the city's history with 1.3 million photographs from the \"Washington Star\" newspaper and the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library" }, { "docid": "8833244", "text": "was broken on the hospital in April 1968. It was originally named the Los Angeles County Southeast General Hospital but was soon renamed Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital, days after the namesake's assassination. After a dedication in February, it opened on March 27, 1972 as a full-service medical center. The facility changed its name again, to Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, when it became the teaching hospital of the adjacent Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. In 1981 the hospital expanded into psychiatric care by opening the Augustus F. Hawkins Mental Health Center. In 1998 it", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "17533167", "text": "provides general acute care, basic emergency services, labor and delivery services, health education and outreach programs, along with other services typically provided by community hospitals, including radiology, laboratory and blood bank services. In August 2012, MLK-LA's Board appointed Elaine Batchlor, a physician and former Chief Medical Officer for L.A. Care Health Plan, as the hospital's first Chief Executive Officer. The hospital has walking distance access to the Metro Blue Line and Metro Green Line stations, as well as Gardena Transit and LADOT DASH buses. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital or by the abbreviation", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital" }, { "docid": "17533163", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital or by the abbreviation MLK-LA, is a 131-bed public community hospital in the Willowbrook neighborhood of southern Los Angeles County, California. It was planned and designed to especially serve the surrounding South Los Angeles communities' needs, including those of underinsured or uninsured patients. It is jointly operated by UCLA. The new hospital opened on 7 July 2015, in a new building. The hospital has recently had multiple reports and even a recent protest for its “endemic racism” towards Black nurses and leaders. Most of the African American leaders", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital" }, { "docid": "6090468", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (MLKML) is the central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the 400,000 square foot (37,000 m²) steel, brick, and glass structure, and it is a rare example of modern architecture in Washington, D.C. This library was Mies's last building, his only public library, and his only building constructed in Washington, D.C. The building was completed in 1972 at a cost of $18 million. Maintenance was then somewhat neglected and there were problems with the HVAC system. DCPL has", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library" }, { "docid": "19962678", "text": "Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. (Alston) A bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. was made by African-American artist Charles Alston in 1970, two years after King was assassinated. Alston received a commission from the Reverend Donald S. Harrington, of the Community Church of New York, to create a bust of King for $5,000. Five bronze busts were cast in 1970, each approximately high. One cast was acquired in 1974 for the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, but has been on long-term loan to the White House since 2000, under the administration of", "title": "Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. (Alston)" }, { "docid": "4771789", "text": "guest speaker at SUNY Canton on February 23, 2010, at the College Union Board's invitation. In July 2008, Martin Luther King III & Bernice King filed a lawsuit against his brother, Dexter King, accusing him of improperly taking money from the estate of their late mother and transferring it to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc., where Dexter King serves as president. According to the suit, Dexter failed to keep Martin and Bernice informed about the company's financial affairs. It alleged the company's assets were being \"misapplied or wasted,\" and demanded that Dexter produce documents pertaining to the", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "21007509", "text": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories The conspiracy theories relating to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement, relate to different accounts of the assassination that took place on April 4, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee. King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, one day after giving his final speech: \"I've Been to the Mountaintop.\" Claims soon arose over suspect aspects of King's assassination and the role of the alleged assassin, James Earl Ray. Since MLK's assassin, James Earl Ray, pled guilty early on, there was no trial. Suspicions", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "8833249", "text": "trauma center) formed, led by U.S. Representative Maxine Waters and joined by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, actress Angela Bassett and children of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In December, 2004, CMS declared King/Drew patients were in \"immediate jeopardy\" for a third time. This time it cited the staff's heavy reliance on Los Angeles County Police personnel to deploy Tasers to subdue combative and violent psychiatric patients. Federal funds were again threatened, but as in previous times, action was not taken. Despite protests, negative media and the near-unanimous opposition of city political leaders,", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center" }, { "docid": "1477793", "text": "have been those who thought they could kill the dream by slaying the dreamer, but – as the example of King's life shows – such people are always wrong. Every year, since 1986, the Dr. Martin Luther King Tribute and Dinner is held in Wassenaar, The Netherlands. The Tribute includes young people and veterans of the Civil Rights Movement as well as music. it always ends with everyone holding hands in a circle and singing \"We Shall Overcome.\" The Tribute is held on the last Sunday in January and bridges Dr. King's birthday and Black History Month. 1985–2100 Martin Luther", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "docid": "7736828", "text": "Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet for Health Sciences and Engineering at Pearl High School (or simply MLK Magnet) is a public magnet high school located in Nashville, Tennessee. MLK includes grades 7–12, and students enter through a lottery process similar to the other magnet schools in Nashville. The school building that houses MLK was built in 1937 to house Pearl High School, an African-American school. The building was commissioned in 1936 by the Public Works Administration (PWA) and was designed by McKissack and McKissack, a prominent African-American architectural firm. The building", "title": "Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School" }, { "docid": "7736834", "text": "and 2009, a state runner-up in boys' track in 2004, and a state championship in doubles tennis in 2007. Recently, the MLK Girls' Track Team has won TSSAA State Track Meet for three years straight, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Varsity Sports: Junior Varsity Sports: Freshmen Sports: Middle School Sports: MLK Magnet's sports and academic rival is Hume-Fogg High School located less than 2 miles from the school. Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet for Health Sciences and Engineering at Pearl High School (or simply MLK Magnet) is a public magnet high school", "title": "Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School" }, { "docid": "12937192", "text": "assassination. King had been targeted by COINTELPRO and had also been under surveillance by military intelligence agencies during the period leading up to his assassination under the code name Operation Lantern Spike. A church minister, Ronald Denton Wilson, claimed his father, Henry Clay Wilson, assassinated Martin Luther King Jr., not James Earl Ray. He stated, \"It wasn't a racist thing; he thought Martin Luther King was connected with communism, and he wanted to get him out of the way.\" But Wilson had reportedly previously admitted his father was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. In 2004, Jesse Jackson, who", "title": "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "271037", "text": "but, after a period of gradual transition on the elder King's part, he changed both his and his son's names in 1934. The elder King would later state that \"Michael\" was a mistake by the attending physician to his son's birth, and the younger King's birth certificate was altered to read \"Martin Luther King Jr.\" in 1957. King's parents were both African-American, and he also had Irish ancestry through his paternal great-grandfather. King was a middle child, between older sister Christine King Farris and younger brother A.D. King. King sang with his church choir at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "21007522", "text": "know what happened, but the truth of what happened to Dr. King should be made available for history's sake.\" Andrew Young, the former U.N. ambassador and Atlanta mayor who was at the Lorraine Motel with King when he was assassinated, shares that sentiment: \"I would not accept the fact that James Earl Ray pulled the trigger, and that's all that matters.\" James Lawson was a pastor in Memphis one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s mentors. He began visiting Ray in 1969. \"There were things in Memphis that were suspicious and raised questions in my mind,\" he said regarding the assassination.", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "2045320", "text": "Estate reached a settlement before proceeding further in the courts. Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. (194 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 1999)) is a United States court case that involved a longstanding dispute about the public domain copyright status of the text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech, known by the key phrase \"I Have a Dream\", originally delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. The court ruled that King's delivery of the speech was a \"performance\",", "title": "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc." }, { "docid": "2045312", "text": "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. (194 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 1999)) is a United States court case that involved a longstanding dispute about the public domain copyright status of the text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech, known by the key phrase \"I Have a Dream\", originally delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. The court ruled that King's delivery of the speech was a \"performance\", rather than a \"general publication\", of its text, and therefore", "title": "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc." }, { "docid": "6266747", "text": "its schools while improving educational opportunities for Evanston's African-American children. As the declining student population was causing a number of Evanston's elementary schools to close (including Foster School), the King Lab project survived by combining with Skiles Middle School, first in 1976 as a transitional grade 5-8 program called Ski-Lab on the site of Skiles Middle School and then moving grades K-4 to the site in 1978 to form a K-8 program under the name Martin Luther King Junior Laboratory School. In 2011, following the school district's strategic planning initiative, the school took on a new \"literary and fine arts", "title": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School" }, { "docid": "4478848", "text": "the \"International Civil Rights Walk of Fame\" which commemorates some of the courageous pioneers who worked for social justice. Annual events celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January typically draw large crowds. Speakers have included Presidents of the United States, national and local politicians, and civil rights leaders. Remembrances are also held during Black History Month (February), and on the anniversary of King's April 4, 1968, assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. The Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District, an area bounded roughly by Irwin, Randolph, Edgewood, Jackson, and Auburn avenues, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park" }, { "docid": "18291436", "text": "to be tolled $1.00 for non-tunnel users and $.50 for users who also travel through the tunnel. However, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced on July 10, 2015, that $78 million of construction money originally designated for the now defunct Route 460 project (which was another PPP approved by his predecessor, Bob McDonnell) would be reallocated to buy out the MLK Freeway tolls for the remainder of the concession period. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth) The Martin Luther King Freeway is a stretch of U.S. Route 58 (US 58) in the state of Virginia that connects State Route 164 (SR", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (Portsmouth)" }, { "docid": "11237400", "text": "in 2000, has garnered accolades in recent years. In 2008, King HS was named a National Project Lead the Way Model School. In 2009, King HS was named a Riverside County Model School of Excellence for its engineering program. In 2009, Martin Luther King High School's Academic Performance Index score rose to 817 . In 2013, Martin Luther King High School attained an Academic Performance Index score of 825, scoring the highest in its school district. King is host to many Advanced Placement (AP) classes. King is supports and host many different sports and activities. Martin Luther King High School", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Riverside, California)" }, { "docid": "4435327", "text": "Martin Luther King Sr. Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899November 11, 1984) was an American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was the father of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. King was born Michael King in Stockbridge, Georgia, the son of Delia (née Linsey; 1875–1924) and James Albert King (1864–1933). He led the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, as the head of the NAACP chapter in Atlanta and of the Civic and Political League. He encouraged his", "title": "Martin Luther King Sr." }, { "docid": "11237394", "text": "Martin Luther King High School (Riverside, California) Martin Luther King High School (or King) is a comprehensive public high school in Riverside, California. It is a two-time California Distinguished School and currently a part of the Big VIII League and ranks amongst the best schools in the area and the nation. Martin Luther King High School has served 15 years as host for \"King High Remembers\" a program created by Mr. John Corona of the Social Science Department to honor the veterans. In addition, the high school provides programs like Project Lead the Way (PLTW), Distributive Education Clubs of America", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Riverside, California)" }, { "docid": "271156", "text": "Medal of Freedom was posthumously awarded to King by President Jimmy Carter. The citation read: Martin Luther King Jr. was the conscience of his generation. He gazed upon the great wall of segregation and saw that the power of love could bring it down. From the pain and exhaustion of his fight to fulfill the promises of our founding fathers for our humblest citizens, he wrung his eloquent statement of his dream for America. He made our nation stronger because he made it better. His dream sustains us yet. King and his wife were also awarded the Congressional Gold Medal", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "271138", "text": "of the common law regarding settlement of unpaid labor, but clarified that he felt that the money should not be spent exclusively on blacks. He stated, \"It should benefit the disadvantaged of \"all\" races.\" On being awarded the Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Margaret Sanger Award on May 5, 1966, King said: FBI director J. Edgar Hoover personally ordered surveillance of King, with the intent to undermine his power as a civil rights leader. According to the Church Committee, a 1975 investigation by the U.S. Congress, \"From December 1963 until his death in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was the", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "16869227", "text": "of the Martin Luther King assassination investigation) and information about how the FBI, through COINTELPRO, targeted King while he was alive. Due to known FBI policies, many of its records may be destroyed before that date, thus leaving many questions about the King assassination unresolved. Describing her reasons for drafting the bill, McKinney has stated: \"The truth of the MLK assassination has never been totally revealed. The FBI program COINTELPRO, the CIA project Operation CHAOS, and the Army Intelligence operation Lantern Spike all worked together to prevent the rise of a 'black messiah' and replace Martin Luther King Jr. with", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act" }, { "docid": "4771779", "text": "he owed the federal government more than $200,000 in back taxes and fines. Also in 1993, King helped found the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc., the company that manages the license of Martin Luther King Jr.'s image and intellectual property. King remains a commissioner in the company as of 2008. During his service as a commissioner in Fulton County, King expressed appreciation to an officer who potentially saved his mother from harm from a crazed man. In February 2009, King and his wife traveled to India, fifty years after his father and mother made the trip. During his", "title": "Martin Luther King III" }, { "docid": "271035", "text": "followed by riots in many U.S. cities. Allegations that James Earl Ray, the man convicted and imprisoned of killing King, had been framed or acted in concert with government agents persisted for decades after the shooting. Sentenced to 99 years in prison for King's murder, effectively a life sentence as Ray was 41 at the time of conviction, Ray served 29 years of his sentence and died from hepatitis in 1998 while in prison. King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a holiday in numerous", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr." }, { "docid": "11237395", "text": "(DECA), Game Design, Science Olympiad, Robotics, and a selection of Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Martin Luther King High School, commonly referred to as \"King High School,\" opened in 1999 and was the first high school to be built in Riverside, California since 1973. The first year enrollment was 858 students in grades 9 and 10. Martin Luther King High School added grade 11 in 2000 and grade 12 in 2001. Its first class graduated in 2002. Its first four-year class (students who attended Martin Luther King High School for all four years of their high school career) graduated in 2003.", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Riverside, California)" }, { "docid": "11237397", "text": "place as principal. She was followed by Dan Brooks in 2006, who held the position until June 2011. Darel Hansen was principal from July 2011 to June 2015. Michael West became principal in August 2015. In November 2002, Martin Luther King High School was one of twelve schools honored by the Siemens Foundation for having one of the most extensive, rigorous and promising Advanced Placement math, science, and computer science course offerings in the region. Martin Luther King High School was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2005 and 2009. Martin Luther King High School also has an excellent", "title": "Martin Luther King High School (Riverside, California)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "13790368", "text": "The 13-year Hawke-Keating Government saw the longest period in office for the Australian Labor Party in its century of existence. Keating Government The Keating Government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Paul Keating of the Australian Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. The Government followed on from the Hawke Government after Paul Keating replaced Bob Hawke as Labor leader in an internal party leadership challenge in 1991. Together, these two governments are often collectively described as the Hawke-Keating Government. The Keating Government was defeated in the 1996 federal election and was succeeded by the Howard", "title": "Keating Government" }, { "docid": "13790329", "text": "Keating Government The Keating Government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Paul Keating of the Australian Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. The Government followed on from the Hawke Government after Paul Keating replaced Bob Hawke as Labor leader in an internal party leadership challenge in 1991. Together, these two governments are often collectively described as the Hawke-Keating Government. The Keating Government was defeated in the 1996 federal election and was succeeded by the Howard Coalition government. Keating entered parliament in 1969, aged just 25, when he won the seat of Blaxland for the Australian", "title": "Keating Government" }, { "docid": "12261524", "text": "with Australia's neighbours, in particular with Indonesia, and took an active role in the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC), initiating the annual leaders' meeting. The Keating Government was defeated by the Liberal-National Coalition led by John Howard at the Australian federal election, 1996. Hawke–Keating Government The Hawke–Keating Government refers to the Federal Government of Australia from 11 March 1983 to 11 March 1996. The government was formed by the Australian Labor Party, and was led first by Bob Hawke as Prime Minister and then by Paul Keating. The Hawke–Keating Government began after the Fraser Government was defeated", "title": "Hawke–Keating Government" }, { "docid": "12261492", "text": "Hawke–Keating Government The Hawke–Keating Government refers to the Federal Government of Australia from 11 March 1983 to 11 March 1996. The government was formed by the Australian Labor Party, and was led first by Bob Hawke as Prime Minister and then by Paul Keating. The Hawke–Keating Government began after the Fraser Government was defeated at the 1983 election, and ended with defeat at the 1996 election, which ushered in the Howard Government. The inaugural days of the Hawke government were distinctly different from those of the Whitlam era. Rather than immediately initiating extensive reform programmes, Hawke announced that the pre-election", "title": "Hawke–Keating Government" }, { "docid": "13790332", "text": "1991 Australia was in deep recession. Keating famously argued that the downturn was a necessary correction: \"the recession we had to have\". By then the successful Hawke-Keating political partnership had fractured. On 3 June, Keating challenged Hawke for the leadership, lost the party ballot and went to the backbench. Six months later he again challenged Hawke, this time winning the leadership of the Labor Party and becoming the 24th Prime Minister of Australia. Following his victory in the Australian Labor Party leadership spill of December 1991, Keating went on to lead the Labor Party to the 1993 federal election. Labor", "title": "Keating Government" } ]

[ { "docid": "327231", "text": "Paul Keating Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) is a former Australian politician who served as the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1991 to 1996 as leader of the Labor Party. He had earlier served as Treasurer in the Hawke Government from 1983 to 1991. Keating was born in Sydney, and left school at the age of 14. He joined the Labor Party at a young age, serving a term as state president of Young Labor and working as a research assistant for a trade union. Keating was elected to the House of Representatives at the", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327280", "text": "career, premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It went on to run until 2010, winning a number of awards and eventually being broadcast on ABC2. Paul Keating Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) is a former Australian politician who served as the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1991 to 1996 as leader of the Labor Party. He had earlier served as Treasurer in the Hawke Government from 1983 to 1991. Keating was born in Sydney, and left school at the age of 14. He joined the Labor Party at a young age, serving a term", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327277", "text": "Biography\". In it, Day claimed that Keating was an undiagnosed dyslexic, and that this fact had negatively affected his political career. Keating subsequently sued for defamation. Day and his publisher, HarperCollins Australia, issued a retraction and apologised to Keating, and were additionally ordered to \"meet his legal costs, destroy remaining stocks of the hardcover's 8000-copy print run, and substantially amend any future editions, should it be reprinted\". In 2016, Troy Bramston, a journalist for \"The Australian\" with an interest in labour history, produced an authorised biography titled \"Paul Keating: The Big Picture Leader\". It was described as \"the first [biography]", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327269", "text": "\"doesn't have the capacity to put things behind him\" and that he “genuinely feel(s) sorry for Paul, (sic) he should be a happy, happy man and he's not.\" Soon after leaving parliament, Keating became a director of various companies and a senior adviser to Lazard, an investment banking firm. In 1997, Keating declined appointment as a Companion of the Order of Australia, an honour which has been offered to all former Prime Ministers since the modern Australian Honours System was introduced in 1975. Keating also sits on an advisory council for a Chinese government development bank. In 2000, he published", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "12515118", "text": "at The Attitude awards by Attitude (magazine). Paul Keating (actor) Paul Keating (born in 1976) is an English actor. He has been nominated twice for an Olivier Award for his performances on the West End stage. He began acting at the age of 12, appearing as Gavroche in Les Misérables at The Palace Theatre for 10 months. Keating, a native of London, won the title role in the West End production of Pete Townshend's musical Tommy after 12 auditions in 1996 from open auditions, spanning 6 months, around the world. He was subsequently nominated for an Olivier Award for Best", "title": "Paul Keating (actor)" }, { "docid": "12515111", "text": "Paul Keating (actor) Paul Keating (born in 1976) is an English actor. He has been nominated twice for an Olivier Award for his performances on the West End stage. He began acting at the age of 12, appearing as Gavroche in Les Misérables at The Palace Theatre for 10 months. Keating, a native of London, won the title role in the West End production of Pete Townshend's musical Tommy after 12 auditions in 1996 from open auditions, spanning 6 months, around the world. He was subsequently nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for this performance.", "title": "Paul Keating (actor)" }, { "docid": "327276", "text": "Energy replacing his mentor Rex Connor in the dying days of the Whitlam government, period in opposition and years as Treasurer, and his term as Prime Minister, canvassing his academic, musical and artistic interests, economic and cultural vision for Australia, and commitment to Australia's integration into Asia. O'Brien used these conversations as the basis for a 2014 book \"Keating: The Interviews\". Keating repeatedly declared he would not write a memoir, so his cooperation with O'Brien was perceived as the closest he would come to producing an autobiography. Historian David Day produced an unauthorised biography in 2015, titled \"Paul Keating: The", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327250", "text": "by Paul Kelly as \"perhaps the most stupid remark of Keating's career, and it nearly cost him the Prime Ministership.\" Kelly did also concede that, \"... however, it is largely true that the boom begat the recession.\" During the subsequent Howard government, Keating would often criticise Howard for taking credit for the good economic conditions Australia experienced without acknowledging that it had been the early 1990s recession that had ended the inflation problem. Hawke led Labor to a third consecutive victory in the 1987 election, but by his fifth anniversary as prime minister a year later, he had begun to", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327239", "text": "Lang re-admitted to the Labor Party. Keating gained the Labor endorsement for the seat of Blaxland in the western suburbs of Sydney, and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1969 when he was 25 years old. Keating was a backbencher for most of the Whitlam government, although he was appointed Minister for Northern Australia in October 1975, serving until the government was controversially dismissed by Governor-General John Kerr the following month. After Labor's defeat in the December 1975 election, Keating was added to the Opposition frontbench. His portfolios included agriculture (January – March 1976), Minerals and Energy (March", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327263", "text": "rights activists supportive of East Timorese independence, and by Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta, who would later go on to become East Timor's president and prime minister. The Keating government's cooperation with the Indonesian military, and the signing of the Timor Gap Treaty, were also strongly criticised by these same groups. It was alleged that Keating was overlooking alleged human rights abuses by the Indonesian government as part of his effort to dramatically increase Australia's cultural, diplomatic and economic ties with Asia. Like Hawke before him, Keating benefited while prime minister from a split Liberal Party. Shortly after the", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327249", "text": "It is often said that the Bank was too slow in easing monetary policy, and that this ultimately led to a recession. In private, Keating had argued for rates to rise earlier than they did, and fall sooner, although his view was at odds with the Reserve Bank and his Treasury colleagues. Publicly, Hawke and Keating had said there would be no recession – or that there would be a \"soft landing\" – but this changed when Keating announced the country was indeed in recession in 1990. Claiming that the recession was something Australia \"had to have\" was referred to", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327261", "text": "as providing a source of inspiration for the party faithful. Having secured a mandate in his own right as prime minister, Keating immediately set about implementing as much of his \"big picture\" as possible, leading the consultation and introducing legislation that would eventually lead to a 1999 referendum on Australia becoming a republic. Keating also continued to pursue improved relations with countries throughout Asia, in particular Indo-China. In December 1993, he became involved in a diplomatic incident with Malaysia when he described Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as \"recalcitrant\". The incident occurred after Mahathir refused to attend the 1993 APEC summit.", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327238", "text": "as a pay clerk at the Sydney County Council (the city's electricity distributer). He then worked as research assistant for a trade union, having joined the Labor Party as soon as he was eligible. In 1966, he became president of NSW Young Labor. In the 1960s, Keating also managed a rock band, \"The Ramrods\". Through his contacts in the unions and the NSW Young Labor Council, Keating met future senior Labor figures such as Laurie Brereton, Graham Richardson and Bob Carr. He also developed a friendship with former New South Wales Premier Jack Lang. In 1971, he succeeded in having", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327279", "text": "November 1998. While they did not formally divorce until 2008, Annita had resumed her maiden name long before then. Since 1998, Keating's partner has been actress Julieanne Newbould. Keating's daughter, Katherine Keating, is a former adviser to former New South Wales minister Craig Knowles as well as former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr. Keating's interests include the music of Gustav Mahler and collecting French antique clocks. He currently resides in Potts Point, in inner-city Sydney and has a holiday home on the Hawkesbury River on Sydney's Upper North Shore. In 2005, \"Keating!\", a musical based on Keating's life and", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "13790365", "text": "have been expected due to controversy over the Royal Commission into the Easton affair. Following the 1993 election loss, the Liberal Opposition initially retained John Hewson as leader, but in 1994 elected the younger Alexander Downer as leader. Downer failed to make inroads against Keating and in 1995 the party turned to John Howard a former opposition leader, who had also been Treasurer in the Fraser Government which had been defeated by the Hawke-Keating Labor ticket in 1983. The veteran leader restored the Liberal's electoral fortunes and led the Coalition to defeat Paul Keating at the 1996 federal election. By", "title": "Keating Government" }, { "docid": "7347814", "text": "What Kate Did \"What Kate Did\" is the 34th episode of \"Lost\". It is the ninth episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Paul Edwards, and written by Steven Maeda and Craig Wright. It first aired on November 30, 2005, on ABC. The character of Kate Austen is featured in the episode's flashbacks. Kate Austen kills her alcoholic stepfather, Wayne Jansen, by blowing up his house. Kate confronts her mother, Diane Austen. Kate reveals that she took out an insurance policy under Diane's name. Later, Kate attempts to buy a ticket to Tallahassee, when she is arrested", "title": "What Kate Did" }, { "docid": "327251", "text": "suffer from poor opinion polling. It was at this time that Keating privately began to put pressure on Hawke to stand down in his favour as soon as possible. The two men eventually met at Kirribilli House later that year to discuss the handover of the leadership to Keating. Eventually, Hawke agreed in front of two witnesses that he would resign in Keating's favour a short time after the 1990 election, which he convinced Keating he could win. Hawke subsequently won that election, and appointed Keating his Deputy Prime Minister to replace the retiring Lionel Bowen, in theory preparing Keating", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327252", "text": "to assume the leadership. However, Keating quickly became dissatisfied with the lack of any indication from Hawke as to when he might stand down, and subsequently made a number of provocative speeches questioning the direction of the government. This caused tensions between the two men to grow very quickly, and Hawke told Keating that he would renege on the deal on the basis that Keating had been publicly disloyal. Keating eventually resigned from the Cabinet and challenged Hawke for the leadership in June 1991. Hawke won the ballot by 66 votes to 44, and in a press statement afterwards Keating", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327257", "text": "national savings. This built on policies that Keating had introduced whilst Treasurer, and was aimed at ensuring that most Australians would have enough money to retire. Keating also moved to introduce mandatory detention for asylum seekers. On 10 December 1992, Keating delivered the Redfern Speech on Aboriginal reconciliation, a speech which has regularly been cited as among the greatest in Australian political history. As Prime Minister, Keating maintained his aggressive debating style. When asked by Opposition Leader John Hewson why he would not call an early election after he had become prime minister, Keating replied, \"because I want to do", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327258", "text": "you slowly.\" He referred to the Liberal Party as \"a motley, dishonest crew\", and the National Party as \"dummies and dimwits; desperadoes\". During an opposition debate that sought to censure Keating, he described being attacked by Peter Costello as \"like being flogged with warm lettuce\". Despite a very busy legislative agenda, many commentators predicted that the upcoming 1993 election was \"unwinnable\" for Labor. The government had been in power for the previous decade, and the pace of economic recovery from the early 1990s recession was slow. Such was the expectation that Labor would lose, many senior Labor figures openly told", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327262", "text": "Keating said, \"\"APEC is bigger than all of us – Australia, the U.S. and Malaysia, and Dr. Mahathir and any other recalcitrants.\"\" Mahathir demanded an apology from Keating, and threatened to reduce diplomatic ties and trade drastically with Australia, which became an enormous concern to Australian exporters. Some Malaysian officials talked of launching a \"Buy Australian Last\" campaign; Keating subsequently apologised to Mahathir over the remark. Keating dismantled the century-old protectionism that had been present in Australia, fuelling a productivity drive in the free market and increasing Australian living standards. Keating's friendship with Indonesian President Suharto was criticised by human", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327278", "text": "by an individual not from inside the Keating bunker, and it is the first with which Keating has co-operated, even if not fully\". In 2017 Keating spoke out against the passing of a Euthanasia bill to the upper house saying \"the passage of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill through the Victorian lower house is truly a sad moment for the whole country.\" In 1976, Keating married Annita van Iersel, a Dutch-born flight attendant for Alitalia. They had four children, who spent some of their teenage years in The Lodge, the Prime Minister's official residence in Canberra. The couple separated in", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327270", "text": "his first book since leaving office, \"Engagement: Australia Faces the Asia-Pacific\", which focused on foreign policy during his term as prime minister. In 2002, Keating's former speechwriter and adviser, Don Watson, published \"\". The book first drew criticism from Keating's estranged wife, Annita Keating, who said that it understated her contribution, a complaint Watson rejected. Keating himself was so unhappy with the book that it brought the two men's friendship to an abrupt end. Keating's primary complaint was about Watson's claim that he had written the Redfern Speech, something Keating strenuously denied. During John Howard's time as prime minister, Keating", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "17338140", "text": "What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included three previously unreleased songs written by Stansfield, Devaney and Morris: \"My Apple Heart,\" \"Lay Me Down\" and \"Something's Happenin'.\" \"What Did I Do to You?\" was remixed by Mark Saunders and", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "327274", "text": "of unreality about Canberra. If Parliament sat in Sydney, they would have a better understanding of the problems being faced by their constituents. These real things are camouflaged from Canberra.\" In February 2008, Keating joined former prime ministers Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, and Bob Hawke in Parliament House to witness Kevin Rudd deliver the apology to the Stolen Generations. In August 2008, he spoke at the book launch of \"Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's Interrupted Revolution\", authored by economist David Love. Among the topics discussed during the launch were the need to increase compulsory superannuation contributions, as well as to restore", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "12369764", "text": "but was re-elected at the 1944 general election. He stood as an independent candidate at the 1948 general election but did not retain his seat. He was born at Sarshill, Kilmore in County Wexford, Ireland on 2 August 1869, the second son of Nicholas Keating and Maria Codd Keating. He died on 8 July 1956 and is buried in Grahormick Cemetery, County Wexford. John Keating (Irish politician) John Keating (2 August 1869 – 8 July 1956) was an Irish politician and farmer. Keating was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a National League Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford", "title": "John Keating (Irish politician)" }, { "docid": "12515116", "text": "York season at the Duchess Theatre. 2011 saw Paul recreating the role of the Scarecrow in the new West End production of \"The Wizard of Oz\" at the London Palladium. His other role in this musical is Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmhand, Hunk, who is the Scarecrow's Kansas counterpart. In 2015 Paul starred as Elliot Garfield in the first London production of the original Broadway version of the Marvin Hamlisch and Neil Simon musical The Goodbye Girl. The production was directed by Adam Lenson and ran for four weeks Upstairs at The Gatehouse. In 2016 Keating enjoyed critical acclaim", "title": "Paul Keating (actor)" }, { "docid": "18755111", "text": "Le Mans. Again co-driving with Miller, Keating and Bleekemolen did everything they could to gain a great result, starting from the pole and winning what would be the final race for a Viper in IMSA GTD competition. Although the championship-winning Ferrari team build a big enough cushion to win the championship despite the No. 33 team’s strong finish at Road Atlanta, Keating and company finished second in the team and driver GTD standings with 303 points, second only to the Ferrari’s 330 points. Now set to race a Mercedes-AMG GT3 in 2017, Keating brought a successful three-year run in the", "title": "Ben Keating" }, { "docid": "10066196", "text": "Keating! Keating! is a sung-through musical which portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Keating was Prime Minister between 1991 and 1996; the musical follows him from his ascent to the leadership through to his eventual electoral defeat by John Howard. It was written by Casey Bennetto, who was inspired to write the show by his disappointment at the results of the 2004 federal election, which saw Howard's Coalition government returned for a fourth term. The musical takes a humorous, satirical tone and presents a positive image of Keating while frequently criticising the Howard government. Bennetto", "title": "Keating!" }, { "docid": "10066219", "text": "CD had sold over 5,000 copies. Also that year, a live recording of the extended version was performed at Sydney’s Seymour Centre. Among the audience members who attended the recording, the real-life Keating and Cheryl Kernot made an appearance. The recording is currently available on DVD. Keating! Keating! is a sung-through musical which portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Keating was Prime Minister between 1991 and 1996; the musical follows him from his ascent to the leadership through to his eventual electoral defeat by John Howard. It was written by Casey Bennetto, who was inspired", "title": "Keating!" }, { "docid": "13675535", "text": "of the fan base. One deranged fanboy in particular, Jerome T. Kornacker, is so outraged that his favorite superheroine is being \"perverted,\" that he takes radical steps to stop the change. \"What They Did to Princess Paragon\" is a tongue-in-cheek look at the comic book industry, the artists who create comics, the corporations that publish and sell them, and the fans who support and consume the books. The story is also an exploration of 1990s lesbian feminist thought. What They Did to Princess Paragon What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the", "title": "What They Did to Princess Paragon" }, { "docid": "327244", "text": "the Prices and Incomes Accord, an agreement between the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and the government to negotiate wages. His management of the Accord, and close working relationship with ACTU President Bill Kelty, became a source of tremendous political power for Keating. Through the power given to him, Keating was often able to bypass the Cabinet altogether, notably in exercising monetary policy, and he was regularly referred to as \"the most powerful Treasurer in modern times\". In 1985, Keating argued within the Cabinet for the introduction of a broad-based consumption tax, similar in nature to the goods and", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327259", "text": "Keating that his job was to save as many seats as possible, so that their time in opposition would be short. Despite the overwhelming predictions that Labor would lose, Keating succeeded in winning over the electorate with a strong campaign opposing 'Fightback!' and a focus on creating jobs to reduce unemployment. In particular, Keating focused a great deal of his campaign on attacking the proposed goods and services tax, arguing that it would make unemployment worse and would prove \"a dead weight\" on the economy. He was helped in this by his opponent, Hewson, struggling towards the end of the", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "17338142", "text": "1989–2003\" box set (2014), including previously unreleased Red Zone Mix by David Morales. European/UK 7\" single European/UK/Japanese CD single UK 10\" single European/UK 12\" single UK 12\" promotional single Other remixes What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "327243", "text": "the hidden deficit, he had in fact argued unsuccessfully against Fraser that the revised figures should be disclosed before the election. Keating was one of the major driving forces behind the various extensive macro- and microeconomic reforms of the Hawke government. As Treasurer, Keating pursued economic policies such as floating the Australian dollar in 1983, reducing tariffs on imports, completely reforming the tax system, moving from centralised wage-fixing to enterprise bargaining, privatising publicly owned companies such as Qantas, CSL Limited and the Commonwealth Bank, and deregulating large parts of the banking system. Keating was also instrumental in the introduction of", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327237", "text": "father's side, he was descended from Irish immigrants born in Galway, Roscommon, and Tipperary. On his mother's side, he was of mixed English and Irish descent. His maternal grandfather Fred Chapman was the son of two convicts, John Chapman and Sarah Gallagher, who had been transported for theft in the 1830s. Keating grew up in Bankstown, a working-class suburb in western Sydney. His siblings include Anne Keating, a company director and businesswoman. Leaving De La Salle College—now known as LaSalle Catholic College—at the age of 14, Keating left high school and decided not to pursue higher education, and instead worked", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327236", "text": "in retirement has remained active as a political commentator, defending his government's legacy. Since leaving office, Keating has received consistent praise for his role in modernising the economy, particularly during his period as Treasurer. Evaluations of his overall prime ministership have been more mixed. Keating was born at St Margaret's Hospital in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, on 18 January 1944. He was the first of four children born to Minnie (née Chapman) and Matthew John Keating. His father worked as a boilermaker for the New South Wales Government Railways. All of Keating's grandparents were born in Australia. On his", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327265", "text": "by-election. Later in 1995, the Queensland Labor Party barely held onto its majority at the state election, before losing it altogether in a 1996 by-election. That by-election took place a week after Keating had called the 1996 election; the very public defeat severely hampered the launch of the Labor campaign, and the campaign was never able to regain momentum. Howard, determined to avoid a repeat of the 1993 election, adopted a \"small target\" strategy, publicly committing to keep Labor reforms such as Medicare, and defusing the republic issue by promising to hold a constitutional convention. Howard was therefore successfully able", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327266", "text": "to focus the campaign on the longevity of the Labor government, which by 1996 had been in power for 13 years. The narrative of \"time for a change\" proved impossible to defend against, and on 2 March 1996 the Keating government was swept from power, suffering a five percent two party preferred swing. Normally, this would not be large enough in and of itself to bring about a change of government. However, the count turned into a rout when Labor lost 13 seats in New South Wales and 11 in Queensland. All told, Labor lost 29 seats–in terms of seats", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327268", "text": "daughters finished secondary schooling. Howard accepted this request, and Keating tendered his resignation nine days after losing the election. Concurrently, the Keatings had purchased and were renovating the up-market ‘St Kevin’s’ mansion in the affluent eastern Sydney suburb of Woollahra for $2.2 million in 1995. While vacating the Prime Minister’s office at Parliament House, Labor journalist Bob Ellis observed that: “With the power drained from him, (Keating) appeared two inches shorter, a sallow, strangely grinning, dull-eyed, not wholly trustworthy man, who had seemed but days before an immortal\". Bob Hawke, whom he had rolled as leader, later remarked that Keating", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "12515112", "text": "Keating has appeared in Lost in Yonkers (1992/3) at the Novello Theatre and as The Balladeer in Stephen Sondheim's Assassins at the New End Theatre. In 1999 he appeared in Escape from Pterodactyl Island at the Pleasance Theatre and as Agon in La Cava (2000) at the Piccadilly Theatre and Victoria Palace Theatre. Keating played the lead role, Straight Dave, in the 2001 world premiere production of Closer to Heaven, a musical by Pet Shop Boys and Jonathan Harvey. Keating was nominated for his second Olivier award for his performance. Keating performed on the soundtrack album \"Closer to Heaven (Original", "title": "Paul Keating (actor)" }, { "docid": "13675534", "text": "What They Did to Princess Paragon What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the story of what happens when a venerable comic book superheroine is retconned as a lesbian. Gay comic book creator Brian Parrish is hired by Bang Comics to take over \"Princess Paragon\", a superhero comic book that's been around since the 1940s, but whose sales are slumping badly by the 1990s. Parrish decides to reimagine Princess Paragon as a lesbian, a move which causes quite a bit of excitement and publicity for Bang, but also causes consternation among some", "title": "What They Did to Princess Paragon" }, { "docid": "10066207", "text": "the show and commented afterwards that he enjoys satire and thought \"\"Keating!\" the musical was far better than Keating the prime minister.\" The following summary refers to the extended, two-act version of the musical. The show begins with Bob Hawke introducing the political situation of 1990 and the contrasting personalities of Hawke—with his enthusiasm for \"footy\" and cricket—and his deputy, Paul Keating, who is fond of \"the works of Mahler\" (\"My Right Hand Man\"). While Hawke admires Keating's economic prowess, he is perplexed by the other man's \"un-Australian\" interests. Keating emerges and shares some of his life story and his", "title": "Keating!" }, { "docid": "13987368", "text": "later. Much of the material for the album was written or co-written by the band members themselves. In 1998, Ronan Keating was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for \"Picture of You\", which was featured as the main theme song from the film \"Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie\". \"Where We Belong\" album was released on 25 May 1998 in the United Kingdom by Polydor Records. It topped the UK Albums Chart on the week of 6 June 1998. Five singles were released from the album: \"Picture of You\", \"Baby Can I Hold You\", \"All That I Need\", \"No Matter What\" and", "title": "Where We Belong (album)" }, { "docid": "14682618", "text": "Robert Keating Robert Keating was an Irish politician from Cashel in County Tipperary. He was elected at the 1847 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for County Waterford, as a Repeal Association candidate. The Times newspaper of London reported that at the time of his election he was employed by the Board of Works a rate of 7s/6d per day, claiming that this proved \"beyond a shadow of a doubt\" that he was unqualified to be an MP. He did not defend the seat at the 1852 general election, but stood instead as an Irish Liberal Party candidate", "title": "Robert Keating" }, { "docid": "9014257", "text": "Larry Keating Lawrence Keating (June 13, 1899 – August 26, 1963) was an American actor best known for his roles as Harry Morton on \"The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show\", which he played from 1953 to 1958, and next-door neighbor Roger Addison on \"Mister Ed\", which he played from 1961 until his death in 1963. Keating was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the late 1930s, Keating created \"Professor Puzzlewit\", a quiz program on KMJ radio in Fresno, California. He also was the program's quizmaster. Keating was an announcer for NBC in the 1940s, an announcer for ABC radio's", "title": "Larry Keating" }, { "docid": "12539421", "text": "been violated. Much of the press attention to the Keating Five focused on the relationships of each of the senators to Keating. Cranston had received $39,000 from Keating and his associates for his 1986 Senate re-election campaign. Furthermore, Keating had donated some $850,000 to assorted groups founded by Cranston or controlled by him, and another $85,000 to the California Democratic Party. Cranston considered Keating a constituent because Lincoln was based in California. DeConcini had received about $48,000 from Keating and his associates for his 1988 Senate re-election campaign. In September 1989, after the government sued Keating and American Continental for", "title": "Keating Five" }, { "docid": "12539442", "text": "made those leaks.\" Vice chair Rudman stated in his 1996 autobiography that McCain and his staff were responsible for some of the leaks, but later repudiated the assertion. Keating and Lincoln Savings became convenient symbols for arguments about what had gone wrong in America's financial system and society, and were featured in popular culture references. The senators did not escape infamy either. By spring 1992, a deck of playing cards was being marketed, called \"The Savings and Loan Scandal\", that featured on their face Charles Keating holding up his hand, with images of the five senators portrayed as puppets on", "title": "Keating Five" }, { "docid": "17338141", "text": "by the Grammy Award-winning American house music DJ and producer, David Morales. The Philip Richardson-directed music video was also released. The single became a top forty hit in the European countries reaching number seven in Italy, number eighteen in Finland, number twenty in Ireland and number twenty-five in the United Kingdom. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was also released in Japan. In 2014, the remixes of \"What Did I Do to You?\" were included on the deluxe 2CD + DVD re-release of \"Affection\" and on \"People Hold On ... The Remix Anthology\". They were also featured on \"The Collection", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "12515115", "text": "to the Duke of York's Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre. The show was nominated for best Musical at the 2008 Olivier awards. In December 2007 Keating played Buttons in the first production of Stephen Fry's Cinderella at the Old Vic Theatre. From 23 October to 29 November 2008, Keating played Jamie in the Leicester Square Theatre's production of Matthew Todd's Blowing Whistles, alongside Stuart Laing and newcomer Daniel Finn. In May 2009, Keating returned to the stage in the first West End production of Tick, Tick... Boom! playing the role of John. The production was part of the Notes From New", "title": "Paul Keating (actor)" }, { "docid": "17872646", "text": "Michael Keating (public servant) Michael Stockton \"Mike\" Keating (born 25 January 1940) is a retired Australian senior public servant. Michael Keating was born in 1940. Keating graduated from the University of Melbourne with a first class honours degree in economics. He then studied at the Australian National University, attaining his PhD in 1967. Keating was appointed Secretary of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations in May 1983. In 1986 Keating shifted to head the Department of Finance. In 1991, Prime Minister Paul Keating (no relation, by the way) recommended that Michael Keating be appointed as Secretary to the Department", "title": "Michael Keating (public servant)" }, { "docid": "12452015", "text": "Yearning to Belong Yearning to Belong is a documentary about the Abayudaya Jews in Uganda and their struggle to be recognized by the international Jewish community. The Abayudaya’s conviction to Jewish faith goes back almost 90 years. By 1919, Kakungulu (a Christian preacher until an epiphany led him to embrace Judaism) had convinced 3,000 of his community to follow the ancient example of Abraham and receive circumcisions. And while he did his best to ensure that other Jewish rites were adhered to, the community’s remote location made proper rabbinic access impossible. In early 2002, however, five Conservative rabbis agreed to", "title": "Yearning to Belong" }, { "docid": "2655553", "text": "will also financially help a number of cancer charities with their ongoing quest for prevention, early detection and hopefully an ultimate cure. It was set up by her mother, TV presenter Gloria Hunniford, and her two brothers Michael and Paul Keating. Caron Keating Caron Louisa Keating (5 October 1962 – 13 April 2004) was a Northern Irish television presenter in Great Britain. Keating was born in Fulham, west London, to parents from Northern Ireland. When she was three months old her family returned to Ulster where she was raised. Her parents were the television presenter Gloria Hunniford and the BBC", "title": "Caron Keating" }, { "docid": "13790342", "text": "Keating included creating an Australian republic, reconciliation with Australia's indigenous population, and furthering economic and cultural ties with Asia. Keating and his supporters styled his approach to social policy as \"Big Picture\" politics. Keating embarked on a legislative program included establishing the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA), the establishment of the Creative Nation scheme (which significantly increased funding for the arts), a review of the Sex Discrimination Act, and native title rights of Australia's indigenous peoples following the \"Mabo\" High Court decision. In February 1992, Paul Keating announced that he wanted Australia to change its national flag because it contained", "title": "Keating Government" }, { "docid": "2238813", "text": "and the media's coverage often highlighted Keating's role as part of what became a feeding frenzy. Keating and Lincoln Savings became convenient symbols for arguments about what had gone wrong in America's financial system and society, as well as for 1980s greed in general, and were featured in popular culture references. A deck of playing cards would be marketed, called \"The Savings and Loan Scandal\", that featured on their face Charles Keating holding up his hand, with images of the Keating Five senators portrayed as puppets on his fingers. Keating blamed government regulators for the failure of Lincoln Savings and", "title": "Charles Keating" }, { "docid": "10066200", "text": "the show in eight weeks, drawing on Keating biography \"Recollections of a Bleeding Heart\" by Don Watson. He describes it as a \"ridiculously pro-Paul Keating\" piece which ultimately aims to be funny and entertaining. Originally performed by musical group the Drowsy Drivers, \"Keating!\" premiered at the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival as a low-budget, single-act show in a 100-seat venue at the Melbourne Trades Hall. Mike McLeish played the lead role, with Bennetto as \"the three Hs – Hawke, Hewson and Howard\", Enio Pozzebon as Gareth Evans and Cam Rogers as Alexander Downer. Despite the musical's success in Melbourne, Bennetto", "title": "Keating!" }, { "docid": "327254", "text": "actively undermined the government, and, perhaps more significantly, Liberal Leader John Hewson introduced 'Fightback!', an economic policy package which, according to Keating's biographer, \"appeared to astonish and stun Hawke's Cabinet\". According to Edwards, \"Hawke was unprepared to attack it and responded with windy rhetoric\". Following Hawke's lacklustre response to 'Fightback!', many began to openly speculate that nearly nine years as prime minister had left Hawke \"tired\", and he began to lose the confidence of many in the Labor caucus. Keating was viewed as the only viable replacement for Hawke, and on 19 December 1991, Keating challenged Hawke for a second", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327253", "text": "declared that he had fired his \"one shot\". Publicly, at least, this seemed to spell the end of his leadership ambitions. Having failed to defeat Hawke, Keating realised that events would have to move very much in his favour for a second challenge to be even possible, and he strongly considered retiring from politics altogether. Several factors over the coming months enabled Keating to mount a second challenge to Hawke. Over the remainder of 1991, the economy showed no signs of recovery from the recession, and unemployment continued to rise. Opinion polling for Labor was poor, some of Keating's supporters", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327267", "text": "lost, the second-worst defeat ever of a sitting government in Australian history. With the scale of the defeat beyond doubt, Keating resigned as Labor leader on election night. He tendered his resignation as prime minister on 11 March, 13 years to the day after Bob Hawke had first taken office, and stepped down from Parliament just over a month later on 23 April 1996. Immediately after his defeat, Keating requested from Howard additional time to relocate his family from The Lodge to temporary rented accommodation at the former East German embassy in the Canberra suburb of Red Hill until his", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327245", "text": "services tax that was later introduced by the Howard government. In the build-up to the 1984 election, Hawke had promised a policy paper on taxation reform to be discussed with all stakeholders at a tax summit. Three options – A, B and C – were presented in the Draft White Paper, with Keating and his Treasury colleagues fiercely advocating for C, which included a consumption tax of 15% on goods and services along with reductions in personal and company income tax, a fringe benefits tax and a capital gains tax. Although Keating was able to win the support of a", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327241", "text": "Hayden in the near future. However, by 1982, his faction had swung behind Hawke, and Keating endorsed his challenge. The formal announcement of Keating's support for Hawke was written by a fellow Labor politician, Gareth Evans. Although Hayden survived the challenge, pressure continued to mount on him, and he eventually resigned in February 1983 after a poor by-election result. Hawke was elected to replace him, and he subsequently led Labor to a landslide victory in the election just six weeks later. Following Labor's victory in the 1983 election, Keating was appointed Treasurer of Australia by Prime Minister Bob Hawke; he", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327234", "text": "unsuccessfully challenged for the leadership, believing that Hawke had reneged on their earlier agreement. He resigned from cabinet, but mounted a second challenge six months later and emerged victorious. Keating became prime minister in the midst of the early 1990s recession, which as Treasurer he had famously described as \"the recession we had to have\". After a long run of poor polling, Labor was widely expected to lose the 1993 election, but fought a strong campaign and managed to increase its majority. The Keating Government focused mainly on economic issues in its first term, introducing compulsory superannuation, creating an infrastructure", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327273", "text": "enterprise-bargaining that had been set under the Hawke–Keating government in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He also attacked Rudd's chief of staff, David Epstein, and Gary Gray, who was at that time a candidate for Kim Beazley's former seat of Brand. In May 2007, Keating suggested that Sydney, rather than Canberra, should be the capital of Australia, saying that, \"John Howard has already effectively moved the Parliament there. Cabinet meets in Phillip Street in Sydney, and when they do go to Canberra, they fly down to the bush capital, and everybody flies out on Friday. There is an air", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327260", "text": "campaign to explain exactly which products would have the GST levied on them, and which would not. Having begun the campaign an average of ten points behind the Liberal/National Coalition, Keating led Labor to an unexpected and record-breaking fifth consecutive election victory on 13 March 1993, and actually picked up a two-seat swing. The speech Keating delivered at the victory celebration has been described as one of the great Labor speeches. Opening with \"This is a victory for the true believers; the men and women of Australia who, in difficult times, have kept the faith\", the speech has been described", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327255", "text": "time, this time defeating him by 56 votes to 51. On 20 December 1991, following his successful leadership challenge, Keating was sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister of Australia by the Governor-General. Keating had an extensive legislative agenda upon taking office, which included reconciliation with Australia's indigenous population, furthering economic and cultural ties with Asia, and making Australia a republic. The addressing of these issues came to be known as Keating's \"big picture.\" Keating's legislative program also included establishing the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA), a review of the Sex Discrimination Act, and the establishment of native title rights", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327233", "text": "oversaw the introduction of a large number of reforms intended to liberalise and strengthen the Australian economy. These included the Prices and Incomes Accord, the float of the Australian dollar, the elimination of tariffs, the deregulation of the financial sector, and reform of the taxation system (including the introduction of capital gains tax, fringe benefits tax, and dividend imputation). The relationship between Hawke and Keating eventually began to deteriorate, and in 1988 they secretly agreed that Hawke would retire after the next election. Keating was elected deputy Labor leader (and thus deputy prime minister) in 1990. In June 1991, he", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "7347822", "text": "'Dad?' Hurley comments that he did not expect Rose's husband to be white, before Jack quickly changes the subject. The producers felt it was important to address that they are an interracial couple, and that Hurley was saying what the audience would be thinking. Caldwell agreed with them and thought it would be odd if the issue was not addressed. Anderson also was glad that Hurley brought up the issue, and liked that Jack did not pay any attention. The episode gained 21.54 million American viewers in its first airing. What Kate Did \"What Kate Did\" is the 34th episode", "title": "What Kate Did" }, { "docid": "327275", "text": "incentives for people to receive their superannuation payments in annuities. Keating is currently a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the University of New South Wales. He has been awarded honorary doctorates in law from Keio University in Tokyo (1995), the National University of Singapore (1999), the University of New South Wales (2003) and Macquarie University (2012). In 2013, Keating took part in a series of four hour-long interviews with Kerry O'Brien which were broadcast on the ABC in November of that year. The series covered Keating's early life, his entry into parliament and appointment as Minister for Minerals and", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "327232", "text": "age of 25, winning the Division of Blaxland at the 1969 federal election. He served as Minister for Northern Australia for three weeks in the dying days of the Whitlam Government. After Labor lost power in 1975, Keating held increasingly senior portfolios in the shadow ministries of Whitlam, Bill Hayden, and Bob Hawke. He came to be seen as the leader of the Labor Right faction in New South Wales, and developed a reputation as a talented parliamentary performer. After Labor won the 1983 election, Keating became one of the most influential figures in the new government. As Treasurer, he", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "2654734", "text": "four more studio albums: \"Destination\" (2002), \"Turn It On\" (2003), \"10 Years of Hits\" (2004) and \"Bring You Home\" (2006), four of which peaked at number one in the UK Albums Chart. Keating collaborated with several major stars, including Elton John, Lulu, LeAnn Rimes and the Bee Gees, for these albums. Keating and Paul Brady co-wrote the 2001 hit single \"The Long Goodbye\", one of Keating's most loved hits amongst fans and a huge hit for Brooks & Dunn in the United States. Keating and Brady won the \"BMI European song-writing award\" for the single. In 2003, Keating was named", "title": "Ronan Keating" }, { "docid": "18798674", "text": "Trenna Keating Trenna Keating is a Canadian actress known for her recurring role as Doc Yewll in \"Defiance\" between 2013 and 2015. Trenna Keating was born and grew up in Weyburn in the Saskatchewan prairie province in Canada. She likes spending her time hiking and camping outdoors, loves cooking, playing games and dancing. Keating is also a passioned writer of plays. Keating did her BFA degree in acting at the University of Regina. When she moved to Toronto, Keating studied clown for a while, and began working as a reader for auditions as her introduction to the Toronto film industry.", "title": "Trenna Keating" }, { "docid": "18928609", "text": "This World Did To Us\" adapted from AllMusic. Managerial Visuals and imagery Performance credits Technical and production Look What This World Did to Us Look What This World Did To Us is a studio album by Red Pill. Released on April 7, 2015 by Mello Music Group, it was largely well received by critics. The Canadian music publication \"Exclaim!\" wrote that the lyrics \"range from deeply intimate, to unflinchingly grim, to hilariously self-deprecating, often in the same bar.\" According to Red Pill, at the time of writing the album he'd been reading Charles Bukowski, which somewhat influenced the album's focus", "title": "Look What This World Did to Us" }, { "docid": "3920169", "text": "the leaders of the Labour Party and Fine Gael at the time of his death, Eamon Gilmore and Enda Kenny, as well as former Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach John Bruton. Justin Keating Justin Keating (7 January 1930 – 31 December 2009) was an Irish Labour Party politician, broadcaster, journalist, lecturer and veterinary surgeon. In later life he was president of the Humanist Association of Ireland. Keating was twice elected to Dáil Éireann and served in Liam Cosgrave's cabinet as Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1973 to 1977. He also gained election to Seanad Éireann and was a Member", "title": "Justin Keating" }, { "docid": "16794970", "text": "canoes. The tribe refused Keatings request. In response, Keating killed the king of the village, expropriated the canoes he needed, and abducted the men required to work them. The villagers attacked Keating with bow and arrow and spears. Keating and his men returned fire. Keating's troops soon ran out of ammunition. A hand to hand fight ensured in which a number of Keating's party were killed on shore before a remnant of the party was finally able to embark. Then the men who had been impressed into service overturned the canoes. The villagers pursued in canoes, throwing spears and shooting", "title": "Clonard Keating" }, { "docid": "13790333", "text": "was returned with an increased majority in the Australian House of Representatives, with 80 seats to the Liberal Party's 49 and the National Party's 16 seats, with two independents. Three years later, Keating again led the party to the 1996 federal election, in which it was soundly defeated by the John Howard led Liberal-National Coalition: the Liberals won 75 seats, and the National Party a further 19 to Labor's 49. Keating then resigned from Parliament on 23 April. Keating was a combative Parliamentarian. Author and journalist Peter Hartcher described him as \"famed for his flair with an insult\". In his", "title": "Keating Government" }, { "docid": "327272", "text": "two terms. After Labor's landslide victory at the 2007 election, Keating said that he was relieved, rather than happy, that the Howard government had been removed. He claimed that there was \"relief that the nation had put itself back on course...relief that the toxicity of the Liberal social agenda, the active disparagement of particular classes and groups, that feeling of alienation in your own country, was over.\" Keating was also publicly critical of the leadership team of Kevin Rudd. Just before the 2007 election, he criticised Rudd's deputy, Julia Gillard, saying that she lacked an understanding of principles such as", "title": "Paul Keating" }, { "docid": "18937073", "text": "quietest albums in Michael Gira’s catalog.\" What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "18937071", "text": "What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only been made by these two men,", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "7578098", "text": "School (set in Hanover, New Hampshire); \"What Katy Did Next\", in which a new friend of Katy's takes her on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe; \"Clover\", in which Katy is married and Clover accompanies her brother Phil to Colorado after he falls ill; and \"In the High Valley\", which shows the lives of a handful of young people living in the High Valley in Colorado, including Clover, Elsie and their husbands. What Katy Did What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "17849604", "text": "What We Did on Our Holiday What We Did on Our Holiday is a 2014 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. The film, starring David Tennant, Rosamund Pike, and Billy Connolly, was inspired by but not related to the BBC show \"Outnumbered\". Doug McLeod (David Tennant) and his wife Abi (Rosamund Pike) unite following a tense separation to travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's (Billy Connolly) 75th birthday. Gordie has terminal cancer so Doug's brother, millionaire Gavin McLeod (Ben Miller) has arranged a lavish party for him, inviting all the important", "title": "What We Did on Our Holiday" }, { "docid": "12539423", "text": "Like DeConcini, McCain considered Keating a constituent since Keating lived in Arizona. Between 1982 and 1987, McCain had received $112,000 in political contributions from Keating and his associates. In addition, McCain's wife Cindy McCain and her father Jim Hensley had invested $359,100 in the Fountain Square Project, a Keating shopping center, in April 1986, a year before McCain met with the regulators. McCain, his family, and their baby-sitter had made nine trips at Keating's expense, sometimes aboard Keating's jet; three of the trips were made during vacations to Keating's Bahamas retreat at Cat Cay. McCain did not pay Keating (in", "title": "Keating Five" }, { "docid": "14910963", "text": "brightest of the nu-eyed-soul set\". What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? is the debut studio album from Los Angeles band 2AM Club. It was released September 14, 2010 by RCA Records. On May 31, the band released a song named \"Baseline\" that was a bonus track on \"What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?\" (sold on iTunes). It was advertised by them via Twitter, and was available for free download through a file sharing website, Hulk Share. Matt Collar of Allmusic stated that with this album \"2AM Club reveal", "title": "What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?" }, { "docid": "14910962", "text": "What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? is the debut studio album from Los Angeles band 2AM Club. It was released September 14, 2010 by RCA Records. On May 31, the band released a song named \"Baseline\" that was a bonus track on \"What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?\" (sold on iTunes). It was advertised by them via Twitter, and was available for free download through a file sharing website, Hulk Share. Matt Collar of Allmusic stated that with this album \"2AM Club reveal themselves as the best and", "title": "What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?" }, { "docid": "13790359", "text": "The following year, the Rwandan Genocide commenced in Central Africa, and, following the Somali experience, the international community was this time slow to intervene. The Keating Government despatched medical staff to aid in the belated UN Mission to that nation. As part of his broader agenda for shifting Australia away from its old allegiances, Paul Keating was keen to improve defence ties with Indonesia. The ongoing occupation of East Timor by Indonesia by the undemocratic Suharto Government and events like the 1991 Dili massacre, contributed to a large degree of popular disapproval of closer defence ties to Indonesia, nevertheless, Keating", "title": "Keating Government" }, { "docid": "7578097", "text": "as Dorry, Bryn McAuley as Joanna, and Dean Stockwell as \"Tramp\". A 1972 UK movie adaptation, \"Katy\", starred Clare Walker, and the 1962 eight-part TV series made in the UK, also called \"Katy\", featured rising star Susan Hampshire in the title role. In 2015, author Jacqueline Wilson wrote her novel \"Katy\", which is a modern retelling of \"What Katy Did\". The August 2016 edition of Storytime featured a new illustrated adaptation with illustrations by Italian artist Marco Guadalupi. \"What Katy Did\" was followed by four sequels: \"What Katy Did at School\" in which Katy and Clover attend the fictional Hillsover", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "2654736", "text": "Ronan', which is based upon musk and amber scents and a male scent; and 'Believe by Ronan', based on Sicilian lemon, lavender and Clary sage smells. All proceeds go to the Marie Keating foundation. Keating performed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup opening party at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in front of an audience of nearly 250,000 people, and posed nude for Cosmopolitan magazine's 10 Years of Naked Centrefolds. On 9 May 2007, Keating became the first international number-one selling foreign artist to perform a concert in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Keating also performed at the Olympic Stadium Indoor", "title": "Ronan Keating" }, { "docid": "13790330", "text": "Labor Party. He went on to briefly serve as Minister for Northern Australia during the final days of the Whitlam Government in 1975. Keating then served an extended period in the Shadow Ministry through the period of the Fraser Government, culminating in his appointment as Shadow Treasurer in January 1983. Labor, led by Bob Hawke went on to defeat Fraser at the subsequent 1983 federal election and Keating began a long period of service as the nation's Treasurer. Keating had no tertiary qualifications and just three weeks experience as a minister. Keating oversaw a number of important transitions in the", "title": "Keating Government" }, { "docid": "18928606", "text": "Look What This World Did to Us Look What This World Did To Us is a studio album by Red Pill. Released on April 7, 2015 by Mello Music Group, it was largely well received by critics. The Canadian music publication \"Exclaim!\" wrote that the lyrics \"range from deeply intimate, to unflinchingly grim, to hilariously self-deprecating, often in the same bar.\" According to Red Pill, at the time of writing the album he'd been reading Charles Bukowski, which somewhat influenced the album's focus on \"the daily grind.\" About the production, Red Pill explained that \"for this particular record, I wanted", "title": "Look What This World Did to Us" }, { "docid": "13717264", "text": "Two years later, Holden died in prison. Keating returned to St. Paul and lived there until his death by a heart stroke on July 25, 1978. Holden-Keating Gang The Holden-Keating Gang was a bank robbing team, led by Thomas James Holden (1896–1953) and Francis Keating (1899–July 25, 1978), which was active in the Midwestern United States during the 1925 and 1939. Holden was described by a spokesman for the FBI as \"a menace to every man, woman and child in America\" and was the first fugitive to be officially listed on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List in 1950.", "title": "Holden-Keating Gang" }, { "docid": "8543560", "text": "lived happily with his four wives. What the Rose did to the Cypress What the Rose did to the Cypress is a Persian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in \"The Brown Fairy Book\" (1904), with the note \"Translated from two Persian MSS. in the possession of the British Museum and the India Office, and adapted, with some reservations, by Annette S. Beveridge.\" A king had three sons. The oldest went hunting and chased a deer, giving orders that it should be captured rather than killed. It led him to a sandy waste where his horse died. He found a", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "8543549", "text": "What the Rose did to the Cypress What the Rose did to the Cypress is a Persian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in \"The Brown Fairy Book\" (1904), with the note \"Translated from two Persian MSS. in the possession of the British Museum and the India Office, and adapted, with some reservations, by Annette S. Beveridge.\" A king had three sons. The oldest went hunting and chased a deer, giving orders that it should be captured rather than killed. It led him to a sandy waste where his horse died. He found a tree with a spring beneath it", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "8731719", "text": "Theo Keating Theo Keating, also known as Fake Blood and Touché, is a British DJ, musician and music producer who made his name as one half of The Wiseguys, a British hip hop/big beat band, together with Paul Eve. Some of their best-known songs are \"Start the Commotion\" and \"Ooh La La\" (not to be confused with the Goldfrapp song of the same name), which were used in commercials for Mitsubishi and Budweiser, respectively. Keating's current project is a duo called The Black Ghosts where he performs with Simon William Lord, formerly a founding member of rock band Simian. Keating", "title": "Theo Keating" }, { "docid": "8543550", "text": "and drank. A faqir asked him what he did there. He told him his story and asked the faqir's, repeating when the faqir put him off, until the faqir told him he had been a king, and his seven sons had all tried to win a princess whose hand could only be won by answering the riddle, \"What did the rose do to the cypress?\" and died for their failure. His grief sent him into the desert. This inspired the son with a love for the same princess. His attendants found him and brought him back, but he grew ill", "title": "What the Rose did to the Cypress" }, { "docid": "2238799", "text": "Lincoln. It appeared as though the government might seize Lincoln for being insolvent. Starting in January 1987, Keating looked for help from what would become known as \"the Keating Five\": Democratic U.S. Senators Alan Cranston of California, Dennis DeConcini of Arizona, John Glenn of Ohio, and Donald W. Riegle of Michigan, and Republican U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona. Keating had, or would soon make, legal political contributions of about $1.3 million to the senators, and he called on them to help him resist the regulators. Keating became a personal friend of McCain following their initial contacts in 1981, and", "title": "Charles Keating" }, { "docid": "18798676", "text": "in the US-Canadian SciFi-series \"Defiance\" that started broadcast in 2013 and was renewed for a third, and last season; \"Defiance\" was cancelled by ScyFy on 16 October 2015. Trenna Keating Trenna Keating is a Canadian actress known for her recurring role as Doc Yewll in \"Defiance\" between 2013 and 2015. Trenna Keating was born and grew up in Weyburn in the Saskatchewan prairie province in Canada. She likes spending her time hiking and camping outdoors, loves cooking, playing games and dancing. Keating is also a passioned writer of plays. Keating did her BFA degree in acting at the University of", "title": "Trenna Keating" } ]

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[ { "docid": "16400347", "text": "wrote a number of Broadway plays including \"Pagan Lady\" (1930) and \"I Loved You Wednesday\" (1932). DuBois wrote the play \"Haiti\" (1938) for the Federal Theatre Project. The play was produced by the Negro Theatre Unit and presented at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem and toured to Boston. The play's authorship has often been misattributed to the black scholar W. E. B. Du Bois because of the similarity of names. His novels include \"The Island in the Square\" (1947), set in New York City in the 1920s; \"A Season to Beware\" (1956), about the worlds of journalism and publishing, and", "title": "William DuBois (writer)" }, { "docid": "20649745", "text": "references in William Shakespeare's writings. Whall's wife Jane was from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada and they had two children. Whall died in 1917. W. B. Whall William Boultbee Whall (1847–1917) was a Master mariner, who compiled one of the first collections of English sea songs and shanties in 1910. He joined the Merchant Navy as a boy of 14 and learned the songs during 11 years aboard East Indiamen. In the foreword to his book he wrote that he thought the songs \"worthy of preservation\". In addition Whall wrote a number of books about navigation and practical seamanship. William Boultbee", "title": "W. B. Whall" }, { "docid": "4197810", "text": "an accommodationist, even if some of his white-supremacist southern neighbors so construed some of his statements. Having conditions forced on him, with threat of destruction clearly the cost of resistance, does not constitute a fair definition of accommodation.\" Historians are thoroughly split over this characterization. W. E. B. DuBois initially applauded Washington's stance on racial uplift, at one point he went as far as to say of the Atlanta Exposition speech: \"here might be a real basis for the settlement between whites and blacks in the South.\" DuBois, in his book \"The Souls of Black Folk\", congratulates Washington for accomplishing", "title": "Up from Slavery" } ]

[ { "docid": "18828926", "text": "W. E. B. DuBois School W. E. B. DuBois School, also known as Wake Forest Graded School (Colored), Wake Forest Colored High School, and Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School, is a historic Rosenwald School building and school complex located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The elementary school was built in 1926, consists of a one-story, seven bay, brick veneer, main block with a rear ell and Colonial Revival style design elements. It has a side gable roof and front portico. The High School Building was built in 1939 with funds provided by the Public Works Administration. It is a", "title": "W. E. B. DuBois School" }, { "docid": "18828927", "text": "one-story, rectangular brick block with a hipped roof and slightly projecting gabled portico. The Agriculture Building/Shop was brought to this site in 1942. It is a one-story, \"L\"-shaped brick building, with the addition built about 1952-1953. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. W. E. B. DuBois School W. E. B. DuBois School, also known as Wake Forest Graded School (Colored), Wake Forest Colored High School, and Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School, is a historic Rosenwald School building and school complex located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The elementary school was built in 1926,", "title": "W. E. B. DuBois School" }, { "docid": "4517345", "text": "and William E. IV). Emma died from lung cancer in 2003. Written as W.E.B. Griffin W. E. B. Griffin William Edmund Butterworth III (born November 10, 1929), better known by his pen name W. E. B. Griffin, is a writer of military and detective fiction with 38 novels in six series published under that name. He has also published under 11 other pseudonyms and three versions of his real name (W. E. Butterworth, William E. Butterworth, and most recently William E. Butterworth III). Griffin grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. He joined the United States Army in 1946.", "title": "W. E. B. Griffin" }, { "docid": "4517339", "text": "W. E. B. Griffin William Edmund Butterworth III (born November 10, 1929), better known by his pen name W. E. B. Griffin, is a writer of military and detective fiction with 38 novels in six series published under that name. He has also published under 11 other pseudonyms and three versions of his real name (W. E. Butterworth, William E. Butterworth, and most recently William E. Butterworth III). Griffin grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. He joined the United States Army in 1946. His military occupation was counter-intelligence and in this capacity he served in the Constabulary in", "title": "W. E. B. Griffin" }, { "docid": "9574489", "text": "W. E. B. Du Bois Institute The W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research is located at Harvard University and was established in 1969. It is named after W. E. B. Du Bois, who was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1895). The Institute awards up to twenty fellowships annually to scholars at various stages in their careers in the fields of African and African-American studies to facilitate the writing of doctoral dissertations. The Institute is also involved in the community through the W. E. B. Du Bois Society. Henry Louis", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois Institute" }, { "docid": "9557704", "text": "season. W. E. B. Du Bois High School W. E. B. Du Bois High School of Environmental Science (officially referred to as W. E. B. Du Bois High School) is a public high school located in northeast Baltimore, Maryland. The school is named after sociologist and civil-rights activist Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois. The school is situated in the former Northern High School and shares the structure with the Reginald F. Lewis High School. W. E. B. Du Bois High School serves students in Baltimore City, grades 9 through 12. The school specializes and emphasizes in the focus of", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois High School" }, { "docid": "9557701", "text": "W. E. B. Du Bois High School W. E. B. Du Bois High School of Environmental Science (officially referred to as W. E. B. Du Bois High School) is a public high school located in northeast Baltimore, Maryland. The school is named after sociologist and civil-rights activist Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois. The school is situated in the former Northern High School and shares the structure with the Reginald F. Lewis High School. W. E. B. Du Bois High School serves students in Baltimore City, grades 9 through 12. The school specializes and emphasizes in the focus of Environmental", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois High School" }, { "docid": "11101178", "text": "Gammon? For twenty-five years while at Gammon he has been the kind of upstanding figure in the Methodist Episcopal Church which has made that church hesitate to get rid of him and his kind.\"\" (W. E. B. Dubois from \"The Crisis\", Vol. 16, No. 4, p. 184, 1918) John W. E. Bowen Sr. John Wesley Edward Bowen (December 3, 1855 – July 20, 1933) was born into American slavery and became a Methodist clergyman, denominational official, college and university educator and one of the first African Americans to earn a Ph.D. degree in the United States. He is credited as", "title": "John W. E. Bowen Sr." }, { "docid": "8536114", "text": "Chretien du Bois' descendants, including former governor of Massachusetts William Floyd Weld, actor Marlon Brando, Jr., painter Mary Cassatt, journalist Maria Shriver (wife of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger), Samuel Walton, General George Smith Patton III and film director George Lucas. W. E. B. Du Bois is also said to be a descendant. Chrétien DuBois Chrétien du Bois (1597-1655) was a French official in the Comté of Coupigny. He was the father of three Protestant French-speaking immigrants to colonial New York. One of these, Louis Dubois, was among the founders of New Paltz, New York, in the late 1600s. Chretien du", "title": "Chrétien DuBois" }, { "docid": "9574490", "text": "Gates, Jr. is the director of the Institute. W. E. B. Du Bois Institute The W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research is located at Harvard University and was established in 1969. It is named after W. E. B. Du Bois, who was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1895). The Institute awards up to twenty fellowships annually to scholars at various stages in their careers in the fields of African and African-American studies to facilitate the writing of doctoral dissertations. The Institute is also involved in the community through the", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois Institute" }, { "docid": "8294444", "text": "number of local settings, continues to take art classes himself, and says his goal in life is “To get better and better.” DuBois was inducted into the Art Institute of Colorado Hall of Fame in 2004. Jess E. DuBois Jess DuBois is an American artist. He graduated from the inaugural class of The Art Institute of Colorado in 1957. DuBois then traveled the country to study with several established artists including Ray Vanilla, David Lafel, and Daniel Greene. As a Creole of Cherokee ancestry, Dubois is passionate about Indian art. He showcased it in his successful DuBois Gallery in Estes", "title": "Jess E. DuBois" }, { "docid": "11763273", "text": "Josiah E. DuBois Jr. Josiah Ellis DuBois Jr. (October 21, 1912 – August 1, 1983) was an American attorney at the U.S. Treasury Department who played a major role in exposing State Department obstruction efforts to provide American visas to Jews trying to escape Nazi Europe. In 1944, he wrote the \"Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews\", which led to the creation of the War Refugee Board. After the war, he was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials prosecuting Nazi war crimes, particularly in the prosecution of holocaust chemical manufacturer", "title": "Josiah E. DuBois Jr." }, { "docid": "8294442", "text": "Jess E. DuBois Jess DuBois is an American artist. He graduated from the inaugural class of The Art Institute of Colorado in 1957. DuBois then traveled the country to study with several established artists including Ray Vanilla, David Lafel, and Daniel Greene. As a Creole of Cherokee ancestry, Dubois is passionate about Indian art. He showcased it in his successful DuBois Gallery in Estes Park, Colorado until he was forced to close following the town’s devastating 1982 flood. He subsequently returned to his native Five Points neighborhood in Denver, Colorado where he cultivated the arts of glassblowing and sculpture, combining", "title": "Jess E. DuBois" }, { "docid": "11763278", "text": "imminent danger of death and otherwise to afford such victims all possible relief and assistance consistent with the successful prosecution of the war.\" DuBois was put in charge of the IG Farben trial at the Nuremberg Military Trials (1946-1949). Later, he wrote the seminal account of that trial, \"The Devil's Chemists\". On July 9, 1947, US Representative George Anthony Dondero included Dubois when publicly questioning the \"fitness\" of United States Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson for failing to ferret out Communist infiltrators in his department. The cause for concern arose from what Dondero called Patteron's lack of ability to", "title": "Josiah E. DuBois Jr." }, { "docid": "7927502", "text": "book was seen as radical in style. Writer Israel Zangwill wrote, \"... I always thought was such a healthy minded young woman, what a terrible blow this must be for her poor dear brother.\" A reviewer for the \"Chicago Record-Herald\" wrote in early 1910 of the \"analogous methods\" of Stein and the subtle works of Henry James, who \"presents us the world he knows largely through ... conversations\"; Stein’s \"murmuring people are as truly shown as are James' people who not only talk but live while they talk\". Stein sent copies of the book to African-American writers W. E. B.", "title": "Three Lives (book)" }, { "docid": "19306275", "text": "with Dubois at Cedar Summit in January 1883 to interview her. He met her a total of three times before releasing her biography. Larison wrote the book in a phonetic orthography of his own creation. Historian Jared C. Lobdell edited, translated the phonetic spelling, and wrote an introduction for a new publication of Dubois’ biography by Larison. The authenticity of Dubois' stories as told to Larison are debated. Lobdell cautions that Dubois' story bridges the line between history and folklore, but that it has value as an account of \"social history.\" He directly challenges Dubois' assertion that she was 116", "title": "Sylvia Dubois" }, { "docid": "10761001", "text": "v. Lower Merion School District\". Jan E. DuBois Jan Ely DuBois (born January 17, 1931) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, DuBois graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1952, with a Bachelor of Science degree. From 1952 to 1954 he served in the United States Army. He received his Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1957. While at law school, he served as a clerk in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice in 1956. After", "title": "Jan E. DuBois" }, { "docid": "10760999", "text": "Jan E. DuBois Jan Ely DuBois (born January 17, 1931) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, DuBois graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1952, with a Bachelor of Science degree. From 1952 to 1954 he served in the United States Army. He received his Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1957. While at law school, he served as a clerk in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice in 1956. After graduation, he was a law", "title": "Jan E. DuBois" }, { "docid": "2798391", "text": "Program (both formerly located in Bartlett Hall) moved to the sixth and twelfth floors respectively, and renovations were completed to provide additional space to the Learning Resource Center on the thirteenth floor. W. E. B. Du Bois Library The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is one of the three libraries of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, the others being the Science and Engineering Library and the Wadsworth Library at the Mount Ida Campus. The W.E.B. Du Bois Library holds resources primarily in humanities and social and behavioral sciences. At 28 stories and 286 feet 4 and 1/8", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois Library" }, { "docid": "2798375", "text": "W. E. B. Du Bois Library The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is one of the three libraries of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, the others being the Science and Engineering Library and the Wadsworth Library at the Mount Ida Campus. The W.E.B. Du Bois Library holds resources primarily in humanities and social and behavioral sciences. At 28 stories and 286 feet 4 and 1/8 inches (roughly 88 m) tall, it is the second-tallest library in the world, and the tallest academic research library in the world. It is also the 23rd tallest educational building in the", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois Library" }, { "docid": "16400346", "text": "William DuBois (writer) William DuBois (November 29, 1903 – March 16, 1997) was an American playwright, novelist and longtime editor of \"The New York Times Book Review\". William DuBois was born in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1903, to parents Virginia Markel DuBois and William Henry Thompson DuBois. He graduated from Columbia University in 1925 with a degree in journalism and upon graduation went to work at \"The New York Times\" in 1926. He went on to become an editor for the \"New York Times Book Review\" where he wrote reviews and articles. DuBois retired from \"The Times\" in 1973. DuBois", "title": "William DuBois (writer)" }, { "docid": "11763274", "text": "I.G. Farben. DuBois was born in Camden and raised in Woodbury, New Jersey, the eldest of at least eight children born to Josiah DuBois Sr. and Amelia Ayles DuBois. In 1934, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Dubois served as special assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, 1944–45; general counsel of the War Refugee Board, 1944; member of the Allied Reparations Commission, Moscow, 1945; member of the U.S. delegation to the Potsdam Conference, 1945; and deputy chief counsel for War Crimes in charge of the I.G. Farben case, Nuremberg, Germany, 1947-48 DuBois wrote the famous \"Report", "title": "Josiah E. DuBois Jr." }, { "docid": "18096023", "text": "W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919–1963 W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 is the second installment of historian David Levering Lewis's two-part biography of W.E.B. Du Bois published by Henry Holt and Company in 2000. The book deals with Du Bois's involvement in the Harlem Renaissance, his fight for equality and justice, and the Communist witch-hunts that ultimately left him rejected and exiled in Ghana. Like the first part of the Lewis's study, which won in 1994, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919–1963" }, { "docid": "10828318", "text": "wife. Many of his novels have been published under different titles or pseudonyms. Dark Shadows by Marilyn Ross W. E. D. Ross William Edward Daniel \"W. E. D.\" Ross (November 16, 1912 - November 1, 1995) was a Canadian actor, playwright and bestselling writer of more than 300 novels in a variety of genres. He was known for the speed of his writing and was by some estimates the most prolific Canadian author ever, though he did not take up fiction until middle age. He wrote popular romances and Gothic fiction as W. E. D. Ross and Dan Ross and", "title": "W. E. D. Ross" }, { "docid": "10828315", "text": "W. E. D. Ross William Edward Daniel \"W. E. D.\" Ross (November 16, 1912 - November 1, 1995) was a Canadian actor, playwright and bestselling writer of more than 300 novels in a variety of genres. He was known for the speed of his writing and was by some estimates the most prolific Canadian author ever, though he did not take up fiction until middle age. He wrote popular romances and Gothic fiction as W. E. D. Ross and Dan Ross and under a variety of mostly female pseudonyms such as Jane Rossiter, Leslie Ames, Ellen Randolph, Ann Gilmer, Rose", "title": "W. E. D. Ross" }, { "docid": "2739290", "text": "century that the new rules were widely accepted throughout the country. Dubois was Italy's best player during the 1850s and 1860s, and a very strong tactician, in keeping with the style of his times. He was very influential within the world of Italian chess and, not surprisingly, chess politics played a big part in his later life. In addition, he wrote many articles on chess openings. Dubois has several variations named in his honor: a) a line of the Vienna Game; b) the Dubois Variation of the Hamppe-Muzio Gambit (C25); c) the Dubois Variation of the Giuoco Pianissimo (C50); d)", "title": "Serafino Dubois" }, { "docid": "13579047", "text": "Mrs. Ashe's brother, Ned, they fell in love. When Katy got home, she received a letter from Ned and blushed and ran to her room, leaving Clover and the reader thinking that Katy and Ned may get married in the future. What Katy Did Next What Katy Did Next (1886) is a children's book by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, working under the pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the stories \"What Katy Did\" (1872) and \"What Katy Did At School\" (1873) and tells the adventures of Katy Carr as she travels to Europe. The book opens by reintroducing the Carr family", "title": "What Katy Did Next" }, { "docid": "13579043", "text": "What Katy Did Next What Katy Did Next (1886) is a children's book by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, working under the pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the stories \"What Katy Did\" (1872) and \"What Katy Did At School\" (1873) and tells the adventures of Katy Carr as she travels to Europe. The book opens by reintroducing the Carr family and introducing the widow Mrs. Ashe. Mrs. Ashe has her nephew, Walter, over for a visit and it is discovered that he has scarlet fever. Anxious that her only daughter Amy should not contract the disease, Amy is sent to live", "title": "What Katy Did Next" }, { "docid": "8334567", "text": "– 0:31 16. \"A Little Buzz\" – 2:46 17. \"Kids Didn't Change\" – 0:54 18. \"Heaven Is Where the Heart Is\" – 5:03 What Did He Say? What Did He Say? is the second solo album released by bassist Victor Wooten. 1. \"Yo Victa\" – 0:07 2. \"What Did He Say?\" – 3:20 3. \"What You Won't Do for Love\" – 4:43 4. \"Cherokee\" – 1:49 5. \"Don't Wanna Cry\" – 5:07 6. \"The Lonliest Monk\" – 4:36 7. \"A Chance\" – 2:54 8. \"Radio W-OO-10\" – 1:06 9. \"Norwegian Wood\" – 4:52 10. \"Bro John\" – 4:18 11. \"Naima\"", "title": "What Did He Say?" }, { "docid": "8334566", "text": "What Did He Say? What Did He Say? is the second solo album released by bassist Victor Wooten. 1. \"Yo Victa\" – 0:07 2. \"What Did He Say?\" – 3:20 3. \"What You Won't Do for Love\" – 4:43 4. \"Cherokee\" – 1:49 5. \"Don't Wanna Cry\" – 5:07 6. \"The Lonliest Monk\" – 4:36 7. \"A Chance\" – 2:54 8. \"Radio W-OO-10\" – 1:06 9. \"Norwegian Wood\" – 4:52 10. \"Bro John\" – 4:18 11. \"Naima\" – 5:57 12. \"Sometimes I Laugh\" – 3:20 13. \"My Life\" – 4:45 14. \"The Sojourn of Arjuna\" – 6:29 15. \"Buzz Ntro\"", "title": "What Did He Say?" }, { "docid": "18704394", "text": "Accra, Ghana, the former residence of W. E. B. Du Bois, where he died on 27 August 1963. It was opened to the public on 22 June 1985 and was named a national memorial in November that year. The Centre houses a small museum with part of Du Bois' personal library and a collection of his works, which are made available to researchers, and an adjacent shrine shelters his grave and the ashes of his wife Shirley Graham Du Bois. W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture" }, { "docid": "18704393", "text": "W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture is a memorial place, a research facility and tourist attraction in the Cantonments area of Accra, Ghana, that was opened to the public in 1985. It is named in dedication to the African-American Pan-Africanist W. E. B. Du Bois, who became a citizen of Ghana, spending the latter part of his life there at the invitation of President Kwame Nkrumah while compiling the Encyclopedia Africana. The Du Bois Centre is located at No. 22 First Circular Road, in Cantonments,", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture" }, { "docid": "11188675", "text": "E. W. Emo E. W. Emo (Emerich Walter Emo, born Emerich Josef Wojtek, 11 July 1898; died 2 December 1975) was an Austrian film director. Emo specialized in comedies, 21 of them with the actor Hans Moser. He also worked outside Austria and wrote screenplays. Emerich Josef Wojtek, born in Seebarn near Grafenwörth in Austria, was the son of a teacher. He attended the Provincial Secondary School (\"Landesrealschule\") in Krems an der Donau and did military service during World War I. In 1919 he worked at first as a bit-part actor, then as a director's assistant and production manager, and", "title": "E. W. Emo" }, { "docid": "15718450", "text": "of Penn State Harrisburg to be named a distinguished professor as an acknowledged leader in his field of research or creative activity. According to Joseph R. Feagin of Texas A&M University, \"Shaun Gabbidon's book on W. E. B. Du Bois and crime provides an original and innovative window into this little known area of DuBois's research and thought. Gabbidon provides much evidence, drawing on original sources, to back up his contention that DuBois did important research on and theorizing about U.S. crime, especially as it affected Black Americans. He shows how in many ways DuBois anticipated later theories of crime", "title": "Shaun L. Gabbidon" }, { "docid": "7578097", "text": "as Dorry, Bryn McAuley as Joanna, and Dean Stockwell as \"Tramp\". A 1972 UK movie adaptation, \"Katy\", starred Clare Walker, and the 1962 eight-part TV series made in the UK, also called \"Katy\", featured rising star Susan Hampshire in the title role. In 2015, author Jacqueline Wilson wrote her novel \"Katy\", which is a modern retelling of \"What Katy Did\". The August 2016 edition of Storytime featured a new illustrated adaptation with illustrations by Italian artist Marco Guadalupi. \"What Katy Did\" was followed by four sequels: \"What Katy Did at School\" in which Katy and Clover attend the fictional Hillsover", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "18096024", "text": "Biography or Autobiography in 2001, making Lewis the first author to win two Pulitzer Prizes for back-to-back volumes. W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919–1963 W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 is the second installment of historian David Levering Lewis's two-part biography of W.E.B. Du Bois published by Henry Holt and Company in 2000. The book deals with Du Bois's involvement in the Harlem Renaissance, his fight for equality and justice, and the Communist witch-hunts that ultimately left him rejected and exiled in Ghana. Like", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919–1963" }, { "docid": "20083927", "text": "Mind\" (1983). W. E. R. Mons Walter Ernest Richard Mons (November 10, 1897 - October 22, 1984) best known as W. E. R. Mons was a British psychiatrist. Mons was born in Switzerland but moved to England after World War I. He obtained MRCS and LRCP from Middlesex Hospital in 1926. He wrote the first book on the Rorschach test in the United Kingdom, \"Principles and Practice of the Rorschach Personality Test\" (1947). He was a psychiatric consultant at German Hospital, London’s Portman Clinic and managed his own private practice. Mons was interested in parapsychology and philosophy, his conclusions appear", "title": "W. E. R. Mons" }, { "docid": "20083926", "text": "W. E. R. Mons Walter Ernest Richard Mons (November 10, 1897 - October 22, 1984) best known as W. E. R. Mons was a British psychiatrist. Mons was born in Switzerland but moved to England after World War I. He obtained MRCS and LRCP from Middlesex Hospital in 1926. He wrote the first book on the Rorschach test in the United Kingdom, \"Principles and Practice of the Rorschach Personality Test\" (1947). He was a psychiatric consultant at German Hospital, London’s Portman Clinic and managed his own private practice. Mons was interested in parapsychology and philosophy, his conclusions appear in \"Beyond", "title": "W. E. R. Mons" }, { "docid": "7578098", "text": "School (set in Hanover, New Hampshire); \"What Katy Did Next\", in which a new friend of Katy's takes her on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe; \"Clover\", in which Katy is married and Clover accompanies her brother Phil to Colorado after he falls ill; and \"In the High Valley\", which shows the lives of a handful of young people living in the High Valley in Colorado, including Clover, Elsie and their husbands. What Katy Did What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "11763279", "text": "\"fathom the wiles of the international Communist conspiracy\" and to counteract them with \"competent personnel.\" Dondero cited ten government personnel in the War Department who had Communist backgrounds or leanings: Dondero stated, \"It is with considerable regret that I am forced to the conclusion the Secretary Patterson falls short of these standards.\" Josiah E. DuBois Jr. Josiah Ellis DuBois Jr. (October 21, 1912 – August 1, 1983) was an American attorney at the U.S. Treasury Department who played a major role in exposing State Department obstruction efforts to provide American visas to Jews trying to escape Nazi Europe. In 1944,", "title": "Josiah E. DuBois Jr." }, { "docid": "5421748", "text": "a woman in England, knowing only the woman's name. The woman, after reading a transcript of the session, affirmed that 80% of what DuBois said was accurate. Schwartz published his research in a book titled \"The Truth About Medium\". According to a statement by DuBois, she does not endorse the book or Schwartz. The television drama \"Medium\", which aired from 2005 until 2011 on NBC and CBS is based on Allison DuBois's book, \"Don't Kiss Them Good-Bye\". The show was created by Glenn Gordon Caron, creator of \"Moonlighting\" and other television shows, who is also one of the writers for", "title": "Allison DuBois" }, { "docid": "8490655", "text": "Gaylord DuBois Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois (sometimes written DuBois) (August 24, 1899 – October 20, 1993) was an American writer of comic book stories and comic strips, as well as Big Little Books and juvenile adventure novels. Du Bois wrote \"Tarzan\" for Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics from 1946 until 1971, and wrote over 3,000 comics stories over his career. An avid outdoorsman, Du Bois had a true affinity for writing stories with natural settings. His forte was in Westerns, as well as jungle comics and animal reality comics. He created many original second features for Western Publishing (e.g.,", "title": "Gaylord DuBois" }, { "docid": "18668491", "text": "13 October 1793. Dubois did not distinguish himself, withdrawing from his position when it was unnecessary. Carlec refused to order a counterattack unless authorized to do so by the political representatives, so the army fell back almost to Strasbourg. Dubois was replaced by Louis Desaix. The \"Army of the Moselle\" also suffered from disruptive changes of army leaders. On 31 October 1793 Lazare Hoche replaced its acting commander. The new leader was handicapped by the arrest and dismissal of so many generals. Evidently Hoche thought favorably toward Dubois because he wrote at this time, \"[Jean René] Moreaux and Dubois have", "title": "Paul-Alexis Dubois" }, { "docid": "20735616", "text": "B Metropolitana. He subsequently made thirteen appearances in his debut campaign. Dubois joined Primera B Metropolitana's Justo José de Urquiza in July 2018. Iván Dubois Iván Dubois (born 24 April 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Justo José de Urquiza. Dubois started his career with Atlanta, he was promoted into their senior squad during the 2014 Primera B Metropolitana campaign and subsequently made two appearances; notably his professional debut versus Deportivo Español on 6 September. Months after the 2014 season concluded, Dubois was signed by Argentine Primera División side Tigre. He remained for 2015,", "title": "Iván Dubois" }, { "docid": "2051566", "text": "hostile to Maurice Ravel who, when a Conservatoire student, did not conform to the faculty's anti-modernism, and in 1902 Dubois unavailingly forbade Conservatoire students to attend performances of Debussy's ground-breaking new opera, \"Pelléas et Mélisande\". In June 1905 he was forced to bring his planned retirement forward after a public scandal caused by the faculty's blatant attempt to stop Ravel winning the Prix de Rome. Gabriel Fauré was appointed to succeed Dubois as director, with a brief from the French government to modernise the institution. Although he wrote many religious works, Dubois had considerable hopes for a successful career in", "title": "Théodore Dubois" }, { "docid": "7578085", "text": "up: \"What Katy Did at School\" and \"What Katy Did Next\". Two further sequels relating the adventures of Katy's younger siblings were also published—\"Clover\" and \"In the High Valley\". The books were frequently reprinted and all are available online. Coolidge modeled Katy on her own childhood self, and the other 'Little Carrs' on her brothers and sisters. The title is a play on the katydid, a family of insects – which explains the insects on the first edition book cover. 12-year-old Katy Carr lives with her widowed father and her two brothers and three sisters in Burnet, a small midwestern", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "7578084", "text": "What Katy Did What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted. Two sequels follow Katy as she grows", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "20649738", "text": "W. B. Whall William Boultbee Whall (1847–1917) was a Master mariner, who compiled one of the first collections of English sea songs and shanties in 1910. He joined the Merchant Navy as a boy of 14 and learned the songs during 11 years aboard East Indiamen. In the foreword to his book he wrote that he thought the songs \"worthy of preservation\". In addition Whall wrote a number of books about navigation and practical seamanship. William Boultbee Whall was baptised on 31 January 1847 by his own father Revd William Whall, rector of St James the Great church in the", "title": "W. B. Whall" }, { "docid": "11463660", "text": "Branagh. The play proved a prolonged success and earned positive reviews. Michael Billington, reviewing for \"The Guardian\", wrote: \"The real joy of the evening, however, is that the gags come thick and fast, producing a kind of comic delirium. Matt Wolf, reviewing for \"Variety\", wrote \"...it’s the innocence of “The Play What I Wrote” (the grammatical inaccuracy of the title is part of its point) that represents the evening’s best calling card...the evening trades in old-fashioned verbal jokes...and visual ones.\" It won Foley and McColl a joint Best Actor nomination at the 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards and, although they did", "title": "The Play What I Wrote" }, { "docid": "11188679", "text": "and was forbidden to be shown in the Ostmark, as Austria was known under National Socialist rule; in Germany it attracted little interest. Emo made a few more films after the end of World War II. He married the German actress Anita Dorris in 1930; their daughter was the actress Maria Emo (b. 1936). E. W. Emo died on 2 December 1975 in Vienna of arteriosclerosis. E. W. Emo E. W. Emo (Emerich Walter Emo, born Emerich Josef Wojtek, 11 July 1898; died 2 December 1975) was an Austrian film director. Emo specialized in comedies, 21 of them with the", "title": "E. W. Emo" }, { "docid": "904176", "text": "1940, Du Bois shifted from overt black messiah symbolism to more subtle messianic language. W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois" }, { "docid": "904169", "text": "many of the reforms Du Bois had campaigned for his entire life, was enacted almost a year after his death. Du Bois was given a state funeral on August 29–30, 1963, at Nkrumah's request, and buried beside the western wall of Christiansborg Castle (now Osu Castle), then the seat of government in Accra. In 1985, another state ceremony honored Du Bois and, with the ashes of his wife Shirley Graham Du Bois, who died in 1977, his body was re-interred at their former home, which was dedicated the W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture in", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois" }, { "docid": "904067", "text": "W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois" }, { "docid": "5061440", "text": "W. started as an office boy at the paper. In 1878, with loans from his half-brothers, E. W. went on to found \"The Penny Press\" (later the \"Cleveland Press\") in Cleveland. With financial support from sister Ellen, he went on to begin or acquire some 25 newspapers. This was the beginning of a media empire that is now the E. W. Scripps Company. E. W. would lend money to promising young, local newspaper publishers, and buy the most successful one, having 51% share of the paper. Once bought, he did not \"sell out,\" but held on to the paper. A", "title": "E. W. Scripps" }, { "docid": "13669606", "text": "a library purchases an e-book license, the cost is at least three times what it would be for a personal consumer. E-book licenses are more expensive than paper-format editions because publishers are concerned that an e-book that is sold could theoretically be read and/or checked out by a huge number of users, which could adversely affect sales. However, some studies have found the opposite effect (for example, Hilton and Wikey 2010) The Internet Archive and Open Library offer more than six million fully accessible public domain e-books. Project Gutenberg has over 52,000 freely available public domain e-books. An e-reader, also", "title": "E-book" }, { "docid": "15807116", "text": "of a father and daughter in Mr Bailey’s Minder Matt Cameron discusses the dark side of suburbia in Ruby Moon Matt Cameron explores the nature of indifference in Tear from a Glass Eye Katherine Thomson talks about our relationship to land and history in Wonderlands Katherine Thomson discusses the end of old style unionism in Harbour Ray Lawler talks about writing Australia onto the stage in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Ray Lawler talks about becoming a playwright in Finding a Way What I Wrote What I Wrote is a TV series broadcast on ABCTV 1 in Australia. The series", "title": "What I Wrote" }, { "docid": "15807114", "text": "What I Wrote What I Wrote is a TV series broadcast on ABCTV 1 in Australia. The series focuses on Australian writers talking about their work. They are interviewed and presented by Dr. Tess Brady. The first series broadcast on ABC TV 1 in February 2010. The second series broadcast from mid October 2010. Joanna Murray-Smith discusses the power of words in Nightfall Joanna Murray-Smith explores love, identity and belonging in Honour Louis Nowra talks about shedding the misconceptions of childhood in Radiance Louis Nowra discusses art and claims it should not be relevant in Cosi Hannie Rayson explores family", "title": "What I Wrote" }, { "docid": "13675534", "text": "What They Did to Princess Paragon What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the story of what happens when a venerable comic book superheroine is retconned as a lesbian. Gay comic book creator Brian Parrish is hired by Bang Comics to take over \"Princess Paragon\", a superhero comic book that's been around since the 1940s, but whose sales are slumping badly by the 1990s. Parrish decides to reimagine Princess Paragon as a lesbian, a move which causes quite a bit of excitement and publicity for Bang, but also causes consternation among some", "title": "What They Did to Princess Paragon" }, { "docid": "13346340", "text": "la violence\" (1908) as \"Reflections on Violence\", translated by T. E. Hulme and published by Huebsch in 1914. Circa January 1918, B. W. Huebsch published the book \"The Poets of Modern France\" by Ludwig Lewisohn, A.M., Litt.D., Professor at the Ohio State University. This is a translation of major French poets into English. Quoting from the Preface: \"In every age the critical conservatives have protested in the name of eternal principles which, alas, are not eternal at all.\" Huebsch published \"The Freeman\" magazine from 1920 to 1924. The magazine's co-editors were Francis Neilson (a former British MP) and Albert Jay", "title": "B. W. Huebsch" }, { "docid": "6564053", "text": "Services\", The Carey Press, London, 1910 \"Everyland for Boys and Girls\" (children's annuals, illustrated by B. F. Gribble), The Carey Press, London, 1925–1926 W. E. Cule William Edward Cule (5 December 1870 – 13 July 1944) was a British author of children's books and several books for adults on Christian themes. In all, he wrote some thirty books encompassing a number of popular genres – public school stories, adventure yarns, fairy tales, novels and Christian allegories and fable. His best children's books show an imaginative faculty of a high order and are soundly crafted, befitting his profession as a magazine", "title": "W. E. Cule" }, { "docid": "6882020", "text": "fur trader. He married twice: first to Jeanne Bonneau, by whom he had four sons and a daughter. Jeanne Bonneau was born in 1770 in Vincennes, Indiana, and died in 1800. Their four children were: Suzanne (born 1789), Charles (born 1795), Francois (b. 1794) and Henry (b. 1792). They were married on October 6, 1788, in Indiana. After the early death of Jeannette, Toussaint DuBois married Jane Baird in 1805. Jane Baird was born in 1781 in Pennsylvania. The three sons born to Jane Baird Dubois and Toussaint Dubois were: Thomas Baird (b. 1806 in Illinois), Jesse Kilgore (b. 1811", "title": "Toussaint Dubois" }, { "docid": "6475384", "text": "Pye Dubois Pye Dubois is a Canadian lyricist and poet. He has worked mainly with Kim Mitchell and Max Webster (with whom he was considered an unofficial fifth non-performing member), and occasionally Rush. Dubois would accompany Max Webster in the studio and wrote lyrics for each of their albums. He was given lyric-writing credits on several Rush songs, most notably \"Tom Sawyer\". Dubois wrote the poem \"Between the Sun and Moon\", which inspired them to write many of the lyrics for the album \"Counterparts\", including a song of the same name for which Dubois received co-writing credit. He is also", "title": "Pye Dubois" }, { "docid": "18787753", "text": "What I Did Right \"What I Did Right\" is a song recorded by American country music group Sons of the Desert. It was released in February 2001 as the third single from the album \"Change\". The song reached number 22 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Lead singer Drew Womack wrote the song with Sonny LeMaire. The song is a ballad about treasuring moments in the narrator's life, using three examples: an expression of pride from a grandfather who fought in World War II, of love from the narrator's wife, and of comfort from the narrator's newborn", "title": "What I Did Right" }, { "docid": "12010850", "text": "While McClellan's book advance was for a comparatively low $75,000, \"What Happened\" reached the number-one position on the sales chart of Amazon.com, and its printing was quadrupled to more than 300,000 copies by its publisher, PublicAffairs. What Happened (McClellan book) What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception is an auto-biographical bestseller by Scott McClellan, who served as White House Press Secretary from 2003 until 2006 under President George W. Bush. The book was scheduled to be released on June 2, 2008; however, excerpts were released to the press a week before publication. The book quickly", "title": "What Happened (McClellan book)" }, { "docid": "10802423", "text": "What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? is a book by biblical scholar and archaeologist William G. Dever detailing his response to the claims of minimalists to the historicity and value of the Hebrew Bible. Dever's book is a response to recent trends in biblical scholarship and biblical archaeology which question whether the bible can be used as a reliable tool for interpreting history. The book begins with Dever's explanation of the \"minimalist\" position, which holds that the bible is a product of", "title": "What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?" }, { "docid": "11856927", "text": "postage mistakenly on the cost of sending a Penguin paperback, and \"What Hetty Did\" was printed on superior paper with card covers, so it was heavier than expected and he lost money on postage. However the book sold well at £3.95 a copy and he soon had another 3,000 copies printed. The novel is still published by The Quince Tree Press. The book is notable for the fact that he gave his name as James Carr on the spine and J.L. Carr on the front. Carr was christened Joseph Lloyd and adopted the name 'Jim' or even 'James' in his", "title": "What Hetty Did" }, { "docid": "2849607", "text": "Ja'Net DuBois Jeannette Dubois (born August 5, 1938 or 1945) , known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois, Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois (), is an American actress, singer–songwriter and dancer. DuBois is best known for her portrayal of Willona Woods, the neighborhood gossip maven and the Evans' family friend on the sitcom \"Good Times\", which originally aired from 1974 to 1979. DuBois additionally co–wrote and sang the theme song \"Movin' on Up\" for \"The Jeffersons\" which originally aired from 1975 until 1985. Born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, (sources differ), the daughter of Lillian Dubois, DuBois began", "title": "Ja'Net DuBois" }, { "docid": "6564024", "text": "W. E. Cule William Edward Cule (5 December 1870 – 13 July 1944) was a British author of children's books and several books for adults on Christian themes. In all, he wrote some thirty books encompassing a number of popular genres – public school stories, adventure yarns, fairy tales, novels and Christian allegories and fable. His best children's books show an imaginative faculty of a high order and are soundly crafted, befitting his profession as a magazine and book editor. Cule's most popular Christian works are \"The Man at the Gate of the World\" and \"Sir Knight of the Splendid", "title": "W. E. Cule" }, { "docid": "19245004", "text": "Humphrey (who married Gerald D. Morgan). He was the great-great-grandfather of economist Thomas MacGillivray Humphrey and of Barbara Morgan Meade, a founder and former co-owner of Politics and Prose book store in Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C.. W. B. Belknap, also known as William Burke Belknap (the elder), was the great-great-grandfather of John Lawrance Hawkes, who edited and published in 2000 the journal of Joel Root, Hawkes' ancestor who kept a log of his journey around the world on a sailing ship seal hunting expedition which departed from New Haven, Connecticut on September 1, 1802. W. B. Belknap W. B. Belknap,", "title": "W. B. Belknap" }, { "docid": "16591714", "text": "to receive sufficient science education, but he never gave up and worked hard to provide the children with what he never had. He wrote several Sinhala-language science related books, magazines and newspaper entries. E. W. Adikaram Kalutara Koralalage Edward Winifred Brito Adikaram (5 March 1905 – 28 December 1985) was an educationalist, writer and a social activist in Sri Lanka. In 1931 he obtained an M.A degree from London School of Oriental Studies and in 1933 a Ph.D. on the thesis \"Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon\". After returning to Sri Lanka he started to teach in Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte", "title": "E. W. Adikaram" }, { "docid": "15721808", "text": "What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Times is a 2008 book by Nathan MacDonald that discusses the foods eaten by Israelites during the time that the Bible was written. MacDonald, a theologian who serves as a lecturer at St Andrews University, used biblical texts as well as archaeological and anthropological evidence in his attempts to determine the diet of the Israelites. MacDonald decided to write the book while writing another book on the symbolism of food in the Hebrew Bible that contained a chapter on the diet of the Israelites. Nathan", "title": "What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?" }, { "docid": "2798381", "text": "capitalism. There were many conflicts between administration, students, and the general public on whether or not it was appropriate to dedicate the library after Du Bois, but ultimately, the dedication gathered enough support and was celebrated over a period of several days by the entire community. Special Collections is home to the memoirs and papers of the distinguished African-American scholar, writer, and activist, W. E. B. Du Bois, which were acquired by former Chancellor Randolph Bromery, a friend of Du Bois. The library is also the depository for other important collections relating to social issues, such as the papers of", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois Library" }, { "docid": "1539115", "text": "general population needed to be better informed about international matters. John Foster Dulles, then a financial expert attached to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, who would later become Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower, also contributed an article to the inaugural issue of \"Foreign Affairs\" on Allied debt following World War I. In 1925, \"Foreign Affairs\" published a series of articles, entitled \"Worlds of Color\", by prominent African American intellectual W. E. B. Du Bois. DuBois, a personal friend of Armstrong, wrote mainly about race issues and imperialism. Although in the early days of publication the journal did", "title": "Foreign Affairs" }, { "docid": "19306267", "text": "Sylvia Dubois Sylvia Dubois (c. 1788/89 – 1889), also spelled as Silvia Dubois or Sylvie Dubois, was an African-American woman born into slavery who became free after striking her slave mistress. After gaining her freedom, Dubois moved to New Jersey where she lived with her children until her death. A physician by the name of C.W. Larison decided to document the life of Dubois and her journey to freedom in the book \"Silvia Dubois (Now 116 Yers Old) A Biografy of the Slav who Whipt Her Mistres and Gand Her Fredom\". Dubois was born in Sourland Mountain, New Jersey, although", "title": "Sylvia Dubois" }, { "docid": "1235085", "text": "the town was originally named. The Rumbarger Cemetery is all that survives of this original settlement. The town was later renamed for local lumber magnate John DuBois, who came from a longstanding American family of French Huguenot descent. In 1938, his nephew, John E. DuBois, donated the family mansion and estate as a permanent home for the DuBois Campus of Penn State University. While DuBois was founded as a lumber town, the mining of bituminous coal quickly became the chief industry in DuBois. Over the years there have been numerous unsuccessful attempts to combine the city with the surrounding Sandy", "title": "DuBois, Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "5358727", "text": "Christianity before Kenyon is present in time period literature. In the 1884 book \"The Atonement for Sin and Sickness\", Russell Kelso Carter demonstrates an early version of what Kenyon later taught: \"I only prayed, O, Lord, make me sure of the truth, and I will confess it; I have nothing to do with consequences; that is Thy part,\" and again, \"Jesus has the keeping part, I have the believing and confessing.\" Reprints: E. W. Kenyon Essek William Kenyon (1867–1948) was a pastor of the New Covenant Baptist Church and founder and president of Bethel Bible Institute in Spencer, Massachusetts. Kenyon", "title": "E. W. Kenyon" }, { "docid": "7404625", "text": "Conference (PSUAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, softball and volleyball. Penn State DuBois Penn State DuBois is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University. It is located in DuBois, Pennsylvania. Founded as the DuBois Center of the Pennsylvania State College in 1935, the first classes were held in the Hubert Street School by four full-time and one part-time faculty. In 1937, the DuBois School Board and the family of city founder John E. DuBois endowed the Center with a four-acre campus including the original DuBois family mansion and", "title": "Penn State DuBois" }, { "docid": "7404621", "text": "Penn State DuBois Penn State DuBois is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University. It is located in DuBois, Pennsylvania. Founded as the DuBois Center of the Pennsylvania State College in 1935, the first classes were held in the Hubert Street School by four full-time and one part-time faculty. In 1937, the DuBois School Board and the family of city founder John E. DuBois endowed the Center with a four-acre campus including the original DuBois family mansion and stables. Extensive renovations were carried out on the Tudor-style mansion and grounds by the Works Progress Administration, and classes began in", "title": "Penn State DuBois" }, { "docid": "13633202", "text": "ends. In his book \"Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s\", Kim Newman argues that \"I Saw What You Did\" was responsible for the eventual creation of Dark Castle Entertainment, a production company that created remakes of horror films. In \"Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography\", Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell refer to the film as \"abysmall\" and consider it inferior to the original. Similarly, in his book \"Movie and Video Guide 1993\", film critic Leonard Maltin refers to the film as \"bland\", compared to the original. I Saw What You Did (1988 film) I Saw What You Did", "title": "I Saw What You Did (1988 film)" }, { "docid": "19537360", "text": "Stephen's House, Oxford, an Anglo-Catholic theological college. He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1955 and as a priest in 1956. It is not known if he held any religious appointments, but he did give sermons; a number were published after his death in a book titled \"John Wintour Baldwin Barns: Priest and Scholar (1912–1974)\". Barns died suddenly on 23 February 1974. He was aged 61. In 1954, Barns married Dorothy Eileen Constance Sturges. They did not have any children. J. W. B. Barns John Wintour Baldwin Barns (12 May 1912 – 23 February 1974)", "title": "J. W. B. Barns" }, { "docid": "2849611", "text": "of the 1970s sitcom \"What's Happening!!\". Ja'Net DuBois Jeannette Dubois (born August 5, 1938 or 1945) , known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois, Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois (), is an American actress, singer–songwriter and dancer. DuBois is best known for her portrayal of Willona Woods, the neighborhood gossip maven and the Evans' family friend on the sitcom \"Good Times\", which originally aired from 1974 to 1979. DuBois additionally co–wrote and sang the theme song \"Movin' on Up\" for \"The Jeffersons\" which originally aired from 1975 until 1985. Born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, (sources differ), the", "title": "Ja'Net DuBois" }, { "docid": "20735615", "text": "Iván Dubois Iván Dubois (born 24 April 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Justo José de Urquiza. Dubois started his career with Atlanta, he was promoted into their senior squad during the 2014 Primera B Metropolitana campaign and subsequently made two appearances; notably his professional debut versus Deportivo Español on 6 September. Months after the 2014 season concluded, Dubois was signed by Argentine Primera División side Tigre. He remained for 2015, 2016 and 2016–17 but failed to make a first-team appearance. On 30 June 2017, Dubois completed a move to Deportivo Español in Primera", "title": "Iván Dubois" }, { "docid": "13669605", "text": "digital publishing consultant who has studied the implications of PDA with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Although the demand for e-book services in libraries has grown in the decades of the 2000s and 2010s, difficulties keep libraries from providing some e-books to clients. Publishers will sell e-books to libraries, but they only give libraries a limited license to the title in most cases. This means the library does not own the electronic text but that they can circulate it either for a certain period of time or for a certain number of check outs, or both. When", "title": "E-book" }, { "docid": "5421755", "text": "integrate these paranormal investigative capabilities?\" DuBois's parents, Mike Gomez and Tienna DuBois, divorced when she was a baby. Tienna remarried and divorced again when Allison was 12. In her first book, DuBois writes about seeing her stepdad in public with his new family. DuBois is married to Joe DuBois and they have three daughters: Aurora, Fallon, and Sophia. DuBois believes that her daughters share her psychic abilities. In 2010, DuBois made an appearance in \"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\" at a dinner party hosted by Camille Grammer. She had a major confrontation with Kyle Richards and insisted that Richards", "title": "Allison DuBois" }, { "docid": "11213414", "text": "the book \"Concrete Toronto\" on November 1, 2007, only a few days before his unexpected death. DuBois received numerous honours and awards for his work, the most notable being: Prominent buildings designed by Macy DuBois include: Macy DuBois Gazell Macy DuBois M. Arch, P. Eng, PP-FRAIC, PP-RCA, FAIA (hon) (20 December 1929 – 9 November 2007) was an American-born Canadian architect who designed several landmark Toronto buildings. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, DuBois earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (cum laude) at Tufts University in 1951, and served in Europe and Asia with the U.S. Navy from 1951–54. DuBois retired", "title": "Macy DuBois" }, { "docid": "12010845", "text": "What Happened (McClellan book) What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception is an auto-biographical bestseller by Scott McClellan, who served as White House Press Secretary from 2003 until 2006 under President George W. Bush. The book was scheduled to be released on June 2, 2008; however, excerpts were released to the press a week before publication. The book quickly became a media sensation for its candid, insider's critique of the Bush administration and ran as a leading story on most top news outlets days after the content became public. It was listed as a number-one", "title": "What Happened (McClellan book)" }, { "docid": "10802427", "text": "up the argument of the book, stating that there was an ancient Israel, that the bible was written from a genuine historical core, and that archaeology can identify this core and prevent Israel from being \"written out of history\". The book received mixed reviews. Conservative scholars commended Dever for his critique on minimalism but were disappointed by his failure to defend the historicity of the bible prior to the age of David and Solomon. Others chided his inability to distance himself from his obsessions: What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Did the Biblical", "title": "What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?" }, { "docid": "17044746", "text": "what created that monster and predator.\" \"The San Diego Union-Tribune\", where the author once worked as an investigative reporter, wrote in its review, \"If ever a 'true crime' deserved a book-length study, this is certainly that crime.\" Southwest Riverside News Network wrote that the book is a \"panoramic telling of two tragedies of two girls lost to their families and the world forever.\" Lost Girls (non-fiction book) Lost Girls is a 2012 non-fiction book by the American-Canadian author and journalist Caitlin Rother about the rape and murder of teen-age girls Amber Dubois in 2009 and Chelsea King in 2010 at", "title": "Lost Girls (non-fiction book)" }, { "docid": "19275874", "text": "Montreal, which was bordered by rail yards and factories. Their father worked as a bartender at a local bar. The boys grew up in what they described as an \"impoverished childhood\" but were considered as being aggressive, strong and very close-knit, quickly realizing the strength in their unity. The Dubois Brothers had explained in an interview that in school they were mocked because of what they wore and many times had to skip meals or could only have molasses sandwiches. Their father, Napoleon 'Paulo' Dubois, died near the end of the Dubois Brothers reign in January 1976 of what was", "title": "Dubois Brothers" }, { "docid": "13675535", "text": "of the fan base. One deranged fanboy in particular, Jerome T. Kornacker, is so outraged that his favorite superheroine is being \"perverted,\" that he takes radical steps to stop the change. \"What They Did to Princess Paragon\" is a tongue-in-cheek look at the comic book industry, the artists who create comics, the corporations that publish and sell them, and the fans who support and consume the books. The story is also an exploration of 1990s lesbian feminist thought. What They Did to Princess Paragon What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the", "title": "What They Did to Princess Paragon" }, { "docid": "6418920", "text": "activists of the Civil Rights Movement, such as Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois. Washington and Clark both emphasized the importance of self-improvement before the importance of institutional reforms. DuBois and Clark agreed on the emphasis of education as the most important approach to the civil rights movement. Septima Clark Public Charter School in Washington, DC, is named in her honor. Septima Clark wrote two autobiographies during her lifetime, in which she recorded her lifelong experiences. The first, written in 1962, was named \"Echo In My Soul\". It is a combination of her life story, as well as", "title": "Septima Poinsette Clark" }, { "docid": "20045343", "text": "Ed Dubois Ed Dubois (18 April 1952 - 24 March 2016) was a British yacht designer. He was the founder of Dubois Naval Architects, and \"one of the world’s foremost yacht designers.\" Ed Dubois was born on 18 April 1952 in Surrey, England. He was educated at the Whitgift School and he graduated from the Southampton College of Technology, now known as the University of Southampton. Dubois started his career by working for naval architect Alan Buchanan in Jersey. He also worked for Gorey Yacht Services in Jersey, and he wrote for \"Yachts & Yachting\". In 1976, he designed his", "title": "Ed Dubois" }, { "docid": "13676399", "text": "E. W. Swackhamer Egbert Warnderink \"E. W.\" Swackhamer Jr. (January 17, 1927 – December 5, 1994) was an American television and film director. Swackhamer's credits included \"M*A*S*H\", \"L.A. Law\", \"Murder, She Wrote\", \"Bewitched\", \"The Partridge Family\" and \"The Flying Nun\". Of the 27 pilots for television series directed by Swackhamer, 18 went into regular production, including \"Law & Order\", \"Eight Is Enough\", \"Quincy, M.E.\", \"S.W.A.T.\" and \"Nancy Drew\". Swackhamer was the stage manager for the original Broadway production of \"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\". He went to Hollywood in 1961, after working on and off-Broadway and for national companies", "title": "E. W. Swackhamer" }, { "docid": "2387288", "text": "leading voices, Booker T. Washington, his rival, W. E. B. Dubois, and more traditionally minded women activists, Wells often came to be seen as too radical. Wells encountered and sometimes collaborated with the others, but they also had many disagreements, while also competing for attention for their ideas and programs. For example, there are differing in accounts for why Wells' name was excluded from the original list of founders of the NAACP. In his autobiography \"Dusk of Dawn\", Du Bois implied that Wells chose not to be included. However, in her autobiography, Wells stated that Du Bois deliberately excluded her", "title": "Ida B. Wells" }, { "docid": "19306271", "text": "was abusive and domineering. Dubois described her as \"the very devil himself.\" In one instance, her mistress whipped her so badly that she gave Dubois scars that she would have for the rest of her life. In another, Dubois claims that the mistress cracked her skull with a shovel. In 1808, when Minna was out on grand-jury duty in Wilkes-Barre, the mistress had Dubois scrub the bar-room because company was over. Dubois did not do the scrubbing to her liking, and the mistress hit her. In retaliation, Dubois hit the mistress so hard that she fell down and landed against", "title": "Sylvia Dubois" }, { "docid": "13452432", "text": "Doug DuBois Doug DuBois (born 1960, Dearborn, MI) is an American photographer based in Syracuse, New York. The bulk of DuBois' photography is portraiture, his best known series being photographs of his family from the mid-1980s onwards. These photographs were published in his book \"All The Days and Nights\" (Aperture, 2009). DuBois is a recipient of a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship and his work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and elsewhere. He is an associate professor of transmedia at Syracuse University in New York. DuBois", "title": "Doug DuBois" }, { "docid": "1259726", "text": "Dubois Schools was 146. The geology of the area surrounding Dubois is unique in the world for featuring (almost in the same view) examples of all three major mountain-building forces: tectonic, volcanic, and glacial. This is described in detail in the nonfiction book \"Rising from the Plains\" by science writer John McPhee. The body of Marine PFC Chance Phelps was taken to his parents' home in Dubois after his death in Iraq in 2004. The story is featured in the HBO film \"Taking Chance\". Dubois, Wyoming Dubois ( ) is a town in Fremont County, Wyoming. The population was 971", "title": "Dubois, Wyoming" } ]

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[ { "docid": "12383055", "text": "Michael Clarke Duncan Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957September 3, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in \"The Green Mile\" (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and various similar honors. He also appeared in motion pictures such as \"Armageddon\" (1998), \"The Whole Nine Yards\" (2000), \"The Scorpion King\" (2002), \"Daredevil\" (2003) and \"\" (2006). His voice can be heard in films such as \"Brother Bear\" (2003), \"Kung Fu Panda\" (2008) and \"Green Lantern\" (2011). Duncan was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in a", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "12383058", "text": "1997, Duncan quit the personal-protection business. After having begun his career with several bit parts playing bouncers in films such as \"Bulworth\" and \"A Night at the Roxbury\", Duncan first came to prominence when he was cast as Bear in the blockbuster Michael Bay action film \"Armageddon\" (1998). During the production of the film, Duncan struck up a friendship with castmate Bruce Willis and it was Willis' influence that helped him to get his breakout role as gentle giant John Coffey in the Frank Darabont film \"The Green Mile\" (1999). Starring alongside Tom Hanks, Duncan's performance netted him an Academy", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "12383061", "text": "Duncan for praise for his role in \"The Island\", writing that \"[Duncan] has only three or four scenes, but they're of central importance, and he brings true horror to them.\" Duncan appeared in a supporting role in the 2006 comedy \"\" as Lucius Washington and, in 2009, Duncan played Balrog in \"\" and starred as the titular Cleon \"Slammin Salmon in Broken Lizard's farce \"The Slammin' Salmon\". Famous for his deep, resonant voice, Duncan also did vocal roles for films such as \"Brother Bear\" (2003) and its sequel, \"Brother Bear 2\" (2006), \"Kung Fu Panda\" (2008) and \"Green Lantern\" (2011)", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" } ]

[ { "docid": "12383065", "text": "text \"In memory of our friend Michael Clarke Duncan.\" At the time of his death, Duncan was engaged to reality television personality Omarosa Manigault. In 2013, Manigault appeared in the cast of \"The All-Star Celebrity Apprentice\" and played in Duncan's honor for his favorite charity and one he had benefited from himself, the Sue Duncan Children's Center. In episode 2 of the season, Manigault won $40,000 for the charity. On July 13, 2012, Duncan was taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center after suffering a heart attack. Media reports suggested that his girlfriend, Omarosa Manigault, had tried to save his life", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "12383066", "text": "by performing CPR. Duncan's publicist, Joy Fehily, issued a statement on August 6 that read he was moved from the intensive-care unit but remained hospitalized following his heart attack. On September 3, Duncan died in Los Angeles. Seven months after his death and according to his family and friends, Omarosa was under suspicion for changing his will and testament. They also claim that Omarosa manipulated Duncan in his final days, lied about her engagement and sold his belongings without the family’s knowledge. Michael Clarke Duncan Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957September 3, 2012) was an American actor, best known for", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "12383059", "text": "Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. Following his role as Coffey, Duncan was then cast in a string of films that helped to establish him as an actor in both action and comedy roles: \"The Whole Nine Yards\" (2000), \"See Spot Run\" (2001), \"Planet of the Apes\" (2001), \"The Scorpion King\" (2002), and \"Daredevil\" (2003), in the last of which he played The Kingpin from Marvel Comics. When Duncan was cast as the Kingpin in 2002, he faced", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "12383060", "text": "the dual challenge of portraying a typically white character and having to gain to fit the character's large physique. In July 2006, Duncan showed interest in returning for the role of the Kingpin, but stated that he would not be willing to regain the weight that he had lost. In 2009, he stopped eating meat and later appeared in a PETA ad campaign, touting the health benefits and his increased strength from a vegetarian diet. In 2005, Duncan appeared in two action films, \"The Island\" and \"Sin City\" where he played Manute, a powerful mobster. Critic Roger Ebert singled out", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "12383063", "text": "of \"\". In 2008, he appeared as \"Mr. Colt\" in the second-season premiere of \"Chuck\", \"Chuck Versus the First Date\" and as a guest star on two episodes of \"Two and a Half Men\". Most notably, in April 2011, Duncan guest starred on an episode of TV series \"Bones\" as Leo Knox which, in 2012, led to Duncan receiving his first starring role as the same character in the spinoff series \"The Finder\". The \"Bones\" Season 8 episode \"The Partners in the Divorce\", which aired three weeks after his death, was dedicated to him. During the week of May 14,", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "12383057", "text": "White Sox, where he was among the first 100 people to run onto the field and he slid into third base. During the ensuing riot his silver belt buckle was stolen while he was stealing a baseball bat from the dugout. Duncan took other security jobs while in Los Angeles while trying to get some acting work in commercials. During this time, he worked as a bodyguard for celebrities like Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J, and The Notorious B.I.G., all the while doing bit parts in television and films. When rapper Notorious B.I.G. was killed in", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "17674012", "text": "Michael Clarke (skier) Michael Andrew Clarke (born 24 August 1970 in Melbourne, Australia) is a former Australian mogul skier. He won the Junior World Mogul Championships in 1989, Australia's first ever skiing world championship win. Not just Australia's first skiing world champion but Australia's first world champion in any of the winter Olympic sports. From Falls Creek, Clarke, won the mogul event at the junior world championships in Sälen [sæːlen] locality Sweden. The only other Australian to win a world championship skiing medal was Malcolm Milne, who won a downhill bronze in 1967. Clarke did stunt work for Jackie Chan", "title": "Michael Clarke (skier)" }, { "docid": "18937073", "text": "quietest albums in Michael Gira’s catalog.\" What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "16756603", "text": "What Did You Expect? (Michael Cohen album) What Did You Expect? is an album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Cohen which was released on Folkways Records (FS 8582 Folkways Records, 1973). The album was re-released by Smithsonian Folkways Records as a compact disc (FW0852 Smithsonian Folkways Records). It is Cohen's second album, following his self released debut \"Mike Cohen\" (1972). The original LP carried a sticker on the front cover which stated, \"Songs sensitively and honestly dealing with the experiences of being gay, written and sung by this brilliant young artist Solos and group. \"This album, along with Steven Grossman", "title": "What Did You Expect? (Michael Cohen album)" }, { "docid": "16756604", "text": "(musician)'s \"Caravan Tonight\" (1974) and Chris Robison's \"Chris Robison and His Many Hand Band\" (1973), is one of the first to deal with openly gay themes and issues within the song lyrics. The style of the album is very much within the folk-rock genre and it includes the song \"Bitterfeast\" which adapts a poem by Cohen's namesake and fellow singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. Musicians who played on the album include the drummer Kevin Kelley. What Did You Expect? (Michael Cohen album) What Did You Expect? is an album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Cohen which was released on Folkways Records (FS", "title": "What Did You Expect? (Michael Cohen album)" }, { "docid": "20643105", "text": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (film series) I Know What You Did Last Summer is an American horror film series, based on the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. The series consists of three films. After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. But exactly one year later, the dead man returns from his watery grave and he's looking for more than an apology. The murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie James and", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (film series)" }, { "docid": "12383064", "text": "2012, Duncan appeared as a guest on the late night talk show \"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson\" when the show was taping for a week in Scotland. Duncan was one of the show's most frequent guests, appearing a total of 18 times, and, the day after Duncan's death in September, Ferguson began his show with a tribute to him. In January 2013 during \"The Late Late Show\"s winter break, reruns of the Scotland episodes were broadcast with a tribute to Duncan at the beginning of each of the five episodes, featuring Duncan on a pink background and the", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "1872895", "text": "of the Lois Duncan novel (the antagonist being a central character) nor the 1997 feature (the fisherman Ben Willis and four primary protagonists Julie James, Helen Shivers, Barry Cox, and Ray Bronson). Further, the new direction and scope of the film necessitates an estimated budget of $15–20 million. Sony also states that the film is a high priority and is set for a release somewhere between 2017 and 2020. \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" has been referenced in various films and television series, and its central plot was parodied at length in the spoof film \"Scary Movie\" (2000).", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer" }, { "docid": "7578097", "text": "as Dorry, Bryn McAuley as Joanna, and Dean Stockwell as \"Tramp\". A 1972 UK movie adaptation, \"Katy\", starred Clare Walker, and the 1962 eight-part TV series made in the UK, also called \"Katy\", featured rising star Susan Hampshire in the title role. In 2015, author Jacqueline Wilson wrote her novel \"Katy\", which is a modern retelling of \"What Katy Did\". The August 2016 edition of Storytime featured a new illustrated adaptation with illustrations by Italian artist Marco Guadalupi. \"What Katy Did\" was followed by four sequels: \"What Katy Did at School\" in which Katy and Clover attend the fictional Hillsover", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "18937071", "text": "What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only been made by these two men,", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "4271325", "text": "Michael Clarke (musician) Michael Clarke (born Michael James Dick; June 3, 1946 – December 19, 1993) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the 1960s rock group the Byrds from 1964 to 1967. He died in 1993, at age 47, from liver failure, a direct result of more than three decades of heavy alcohol consumption. Clarke was born in Spokane, WA. His father was an artist and his mother was a musician. Clarke ran away from home when he was 17 years old and hitchhiked to California to become a musician. In legend, Clarke was said to", "title": "Michael Clarke (musician)" }, { "docid": "12383056", "text": "single-parent household with his sister, Judy, and mother, Jean Duncan (a house cleaner), after his father left. He always wanted to act, but had to drop out of the Communications program at Alcorn State University to support his family when his mother became ill. Duncan's large frame— and —helped him in his jobs digging ditches for Peoples Gas Company and being a bouncer at several Chicago clubs. Duncan also played basketball at Kankakee Community College and for one season for the Alcorn State Braves. In 1979, he participated in the Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "13532362", "text": "Terry Michael Duncan Terry Michael Duncan (1966 - October 3, 1993) was an American citizen who was killed during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis. Born in the U.S. state of Georgia, Duncan went to Tulane University for undergrad and earned his law degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. Alongside Jamison Firestone, Duncan moved to Moscow to establish the law firm Firestone Duncan & Associates, which employed Russian accountant and auditor Sergey Magnitsky. Duncan was killed on October 3, 1993 near TV center Ostankino by a gunshot to the head, when parliamentary forces attempted to storm the TV premises.", "title": "Terry Michael Duncan" }, { "docid": "1872896", "text": "It was also spoofed in \"The Simpsons\" \"Treehouse of Horror X\" as “I Know What You Diddly-Did”, with Ned Flanders as the killer. I Know What You Did Last Summer I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Jim Gillespie, written by Kevin Williamson, and starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Freddie Prinze Jr., with Anne Heche, Bridgette Wilson, and Johnny Galecki appearing in supporting roles. Loosely based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan, the film centers on four young friends who are stalked", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer" }, { "docid": "13532364", "text": "different source, Duncan was killed by \"a casual bullet\"). After the shooting his body was carried away by soldiers of a special unit from the TV center building to Argunovskaya street. There are several eyewitnesses to the shooting, as well as video and photographic footage. He was survived by his father, mother and his younger brother. The name of the law firm that Duncan founded alongside his business partner Jamison Firestone, \"Firestone Duncan\", resurfaced in the news after the death of its auditor Sergey Magnitsky in 2009. Terry Michael Duncan Terry Michael Duncan (1966 - October 3, 1993) was an", "title": "Terry Michael Duncan" }, { "docid": "11332861", "text": "Michael Clarke (ornithologist) Michael Clarke is an Australian ornithologist. He is a Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Victoria, where he has worked since 1992. He is especially known for his research into the evolution of cooperative breeding in honeyeaters, particularly the genus \"Manorina\" and for his work on the response of fauna and flora to wildfire (Clarke 2008, Clarke et al. 2010). In 2007 he was the recipient of the D. L. Serventy Medal, awarded by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union for outstanding published work on birds in the Australasian region. Clarke MF, (2008) Catering for the needs", "title": "Michael Clarke (ornithologist)" }, { "docid": "4271335", "text": "in Clarke's name, called the Campaign for Alcohol-free Kids. In 1994, a year after his death, Clarke's paintings were published in Dick Gautier and Jim McMullan's book, \"Musicians As Artists.\" Michael Clarke (musician) Michael Clarke (born Michael James Dick; June 3, 1946 – December 19, 1993) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the 1960s rock group the Byrds from 1964 to 1967. He died in 1993, at age 47, from liver failure, a direct result of more than three decades of heavy alcohol consumption. Clarke was born in Spokane, WA. His father was an artist and", "title": "Michael Clarke (musician)" }, { "docid": "16873663", "text": "Michael Clarke (academic) Michael Clarke is a British academic who specialises in defence studies. In 2007, he became the Director of the Royal United Services Institute. Clarke is a former Deputy Vice-Principal and Director of Research Development at King's College London, where he remains a Visiting Professor of Defence Studies. He is also an Associate Director of the Strategy and Security Institute at the University of Exeter. Between 1990 and 2001, Clarke was the Director of the Centre for Defence Studies. From 2001 to 2005, he was the Director of the International Policy Institute. In 2004 and 2005 he was", "title": "Michael Clarke (academic)" }, { "docid": "16873664", "text": "Head of the School of Social Science and Public Policy at King’s College London, where he had been a Professor of Defence Studies since 1995. Michael Clarke (academic) Michael Clarke is a British academic who specialises in defence studies. In 2007, he became the Director of the Royal United Services Institute. Clarke is a former Deputy Vice-Principal and Director of Research Development at King's College London, where he remains a Visiting Professor of Defence Studies. He is also an Associate Director of the Strategy and Security Institute at the University of Exeter. Between 1990 and 2001, Clarke was the Director", "title": "Michael Clarke (academic)" }, { "docid": "11211127", "text": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel) I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) is a suspense novel for young adults by Lois Duncan. It was later adapted into the film of the same name. In an unnamed town, high-school senior Julie James receives a sinister note from an elusive stalker telling her, \"I know what you did last summer.\" The note refers to events of the previous year, when Julie, her boyfriend Ray Bronson, Ray's best friend Barry Cox, and Barry's girlfriend and Julie's best friend Helen Rivers accidentally ran over and killed a young boy named", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel)" }, { "docid": "16251107", "text": "for Barbados again. Michael Clarke (Barbados cricketer) Michael Ian Coleridge Clarke (21 September 1913 – 10 November 1982) was a Barbadian cricketer. Clarke was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Strathclyde in Saint Michael, Barbados. A member of Spartan Cricket Club, Clarke played two matches for the Barbados national cricket team against Trinidad and Tobago in 1941. In his debut first-class cricket match, he made a century—153, finally dismissed by Trinidad leg spin bowler Rupert Tang Choon. His second match was played four days later and despite another creditable effort—42 runs in the first innings—he", "title": "Michael Clarke (Barbados cricketer)" }, { "docid": "16251106", "text": "Michael Clarke (Barbados cricketer) Michael Ian Coleridge Clarke (21 September 1913 – 10 November 1982) was a Barbadian cricketer. Clarke was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Strathclyde in Saint Michael, Barbados. A member of Spartan Cricket Club, Clarke played two matches for the Barbados national cricket team against Trinidad and Tobago in 1941. In his debut first-class cricket match, he made a century—153, finally dismissed by Trinidad leg spin bowler Rupert Tang Choon. His second match was played four days later and despite another creditable effort—42 runs in the first innings—he would never play", "title": "Michael Clarke (Barbados cricketer)" }, { "docid": "1872861", "text": "I Know What You Did Last Summer I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Jim Gillespie, written by Kevin Williamson, and starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Freddie Prinze Jr., with Anne Heche, Bridgette Wilson, and Johnny Galecki appearing in supporting roles. Loosely based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan, the film centers on four young friends who are stalked by a hook-wielding killer one year after covering up a car accident in which they were involved. The film also draws inspiration from", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer" }, { "docid": "3135894", "text": "to Say Goodbye\". A music video for \"How Do I Deal\" was made available to music television networks. On August 15, 2006, a straight-to-DVD sequel titled \"I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer\" was released. The film is unrelated to the two previous films, and features no returning cast members. It was originally proposed to continue where \"I Still Know What You Did Last Summer\" left off. Instead, the film features an unrelated plot with a brief mention of the first two films. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer I Still Know What You Did Last Summer", "title": "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" }, { "docid": "14343552", "text": "Michael Clarke (priest) Harold George Michael Clarke (1898 – 19 August 1978) was an Anglican priest and educator in the 20th century. Clarke was educated at St Paul's School, London. His education was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I, and he served with the 2nd Field Company Royal Engineers in France during 1918. After the war he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a first class in 1919 in the mathematics tripos part i, and a second class in 1921 in the history tripos part ii. He was an Assistant Master at Winchester College from", "title": "Michael Clarke (priest)" }, { "docid": "4271332", "text": "the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in January 1991, where the original lineup played three songs together: \"Mr. Tambourine Man\", \"Turn! Turn! Turn!\" and \"I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better\". Gene Clark died less than five months later, of a heart attack, on May 24, 1991. From 1987 until his death in 1993, Clarke toured as The Byrds featuring Michael Clarke. Skip Battin and John York, who had played with Roger McGuinn in later versions of the Byrds, also played at various points in The Byrds featuring Michael Clarke. Following the failure of McGuinn, Crosby and Hillman to obtain", "title": "Michael Clarke (musician)" }, { "docid": "17674014", "text": "Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. And has built, documented and runs an online a guide to the Victoria's, The Mornington Peninsula. Mike also continues with his affiliation (mainly pain management) to medical science due to the number of injuries obtained through competitive skiing. Clarke received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 Michael Clarke (skier) Michael Andrew Clarke (born 24 August 1970 in Melbourne, Australia) is a former Australian mogul skier. He won the Junior World Mogul Championships in 1989, Australia's first ever skiing world championship win. Not just Australia's first skiing world champion but Australia's first world champion in any", "title": "Michael Clarke (skier)" }, { "docid": "11332862", "text": "of fauna in fire management: science or just wishful thinking? Wildlife Research 35:385-394 Clarke, M.F., Avitabile, S.C., Brown, L., Callister, K.E., Haslem, A., Holland, G.J., Kelly, L.T., Kenny, S.A., Nimmo, D.G., Spence-Bailey, L.M., Taylor, R.S., Watson, S.J., & Bennett, A.F. (2010) Ageing mallee eucalypt vegetation after fire: insights for successional trajectories in semiarid mallee ecosystems. Australian Journal of Botany 58: 363-372. Michael Clarke (ornithologist) Michael Clarke is an Australian ornithologist. He is a Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Victoria, where he has worked since 1992. He is especially known for his research into the evolution of cooperative breeding", "title": "Michael Clarke (ornithologist)" }, { "docid": "3579795", "text": "decision.\" Clarke married business owner and model Kyly Boldy on 15 May 2012. On 8 July 2015, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child. On 17 November, it was reported that Kyly had given birth to a baby girl, named Kelsey Lee. He was very close to former Australian Test opener Phil Hughes, and was very grieved at the 25-year-old's unexpected death after being hit in the neck by a short-pitched delivery during a Sheffield Shield match. He requested Cricket Australia to retire Hughes's jersey number, 64, which was accepted. Michael Clarke (cricketer) Michael John Clarke (born", "title": "Michael Clarke (cricketer)" }, { "docid": "10933076", "text": "Company was sold to Vitagraph in 1917 and Duncan briefly headlined another series for the Schiller Production Company called \"Bud and His Buddies.\" Duncan also co-starred as Casper with Thelma Hill in Larry Darmour's series based on the \"Toots and Casper\" comic strips. Duncan was mainly limited to bit roles during the sound era and he largely retired from films in the early 1930s. After playing the title role on the radio series, \"The Cinnamon Bear\", he briefly returned to the film industry to star as Private Snuffy Smith in two films for Monogram Pictures in the early 1940s. Duncan", "title": "Bud Duncan" }, { "docid": "5328564", "text": "the job: Michael Portillo, Iain Duncan Smith, Kenneth Clarke, David Davis and Michael Ancram. The drawn-out and at times acrimonious election saw Conservative MPs select Iain Duncan Smith and Ken Clarke to be put forward for a vote by party members. As Conservative Party members are characteristically Eurosceptic, Iain Duncan Smith was elected, even though opinion polls showed that the public preferred Ken Clarke, a member of the Tory Reform Group. (\"Main article: 2001 Conservative leadership election.\") Iain Duncan Smith (often known as IDS) was a strong Eurosceptic but this did not define his leadership – indeed it was during", "title": "History of the Conservative Party (UK)" }, { "docid": "6163220", "text": "Bucknell University, Film Study Center, Hampshire College and the University of Buffalo. After working on video films for several years at the Hotel Chelsea, Clarke was approached by Roger Corman to work on his next film, \"Crazy Mama\" (1975). This sparked disagreements over creative approaches. Clarke realized that Corman was expecting a protègé without film experience. In a 1985 interview, Clarke stated that she did not believe the situation would have occurred had she been a male filmmaker: Although Clarke did not explore feminist themes overtly in her films, feminist struggles can be interpreted through the subtext of her works.", "title": "Shirley Clarke" }, { "docid": "4169122", "text": "absolute magnitude of 14.3. This minor planet was named after the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), author of \"\". The official naming citation was prepared with assistance from Richard Binzel and published by the Minor Planet Center on 3 May 1996 (). The asteroid's name independently suggested by Duncan Steel (). In the postscript to his novel \"\", Clarke jokingly expresses disappointment that he did not receive asteroid 2001 as his namesake, instead it was named for Albert Einstein. 4923 Clarke 4923 Clarke, provisional designation , is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid", "title": "4923 Clarke" }, { "docid": "12383062", "text": "playing the voice of Kilowog from DC Comics alongside Ryan Reynolds. His other voice acting roles include' TV series such as \"Loonatics Unleased\" and \"\", Quiznos commercials, and a number of video games such as \"\", \"\", \"\", \"Saints Row\", \"Soldier of Fortune\", and \"God of War II\", where he provided the voice of the Titan Atlas. He additionally reprised his role as the Kingpin in \"\". In addition to his film roles, Duncan also guest starred in numerous television shows. Among these, he appeared in an episode of \"The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\" and a first-season episode", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "docid": "13057717", "text": "Our dinnertime conversations may be a little bit different than other families. And we tried to figure out what to do and really decided that you can't -- you can't run. And once you start running, you know, you'll be chancing your shadow eventually. So we showed up the next day and luckily he didn't.\" Duncan's three children, Arne, Sarah and Owen, spent much of their childhoods at the center. Other alumni of the center include Oscar nominee Michael Clarke Duncan, and top IBM engineer Kerrie Holley. The children's center provides academic help to primarily low-income African American children living", "title": "Sue Duncan Children's Center" }, { "docid": "17152081", "text": "Duncan founded with his four sons. Michael Duncan manages the Duncans’ Diamond Tail Ranch on the Laramie River in northern Colorado and Kevin Duncan is vice president of Denver-based Duncan Oil. Pat Kettles of \"The Anniston Star\" stated that Duncan is \"constantly looking for ways to improve Silver Oak by acquiring properties whose fruit reflects the unique flavors of their terroir. He works to maintain vineyard properties by farming sustainably, thus preserving Silver Oak’s heritage for future generations.\" , Duncan was still signing autographs at Silver Oak release gatherings. Ray Duncan Raymond Twomey Duncan (October 23, 1930 – October 9,", "title": "Ray Duncan" }, { "docid": "16918899", "text": "Unlike Abrahamson's previous two films, the screenplay for \"What Richard Did\" was not written by Mark O'Halloran but by Malcolm Campbell. The details of the plot deviate significantly from the source novel. The director worked with the cast for a full year in advance of production while script development was ongoing, holding a series of workshops in an effort to make successive drafts more reflective of contemporary Irish youth culture. Shot on location in Dublin and Wicklow, the film was financed by the Irish Film Board and Screen Scene, and was produced by Element Pictures. At the request of Kevin", "title": "What Richard Did" }, { "docid": "10149534", "text": "DiVello, Liz Gateley, Sara Mast, Andrew Perry, Jason Sands, Robyn Schnieders, Sean Travis, Michael \"Spike\" Van Briesen, and Rick Van Meter. The episode was met with generally favorable reviews from critics, who felt that the changed dynamic between Conrad and Montag was entertaining for television. It was additionally notable for Conrad's delivery of the titular line \"You know what you did!\" when speaking to Montag, which has since been recognized as an iconic moment from the series. According to Nielsen ratings, \"You Know What You Did\" was watched by 3.6 million viewers in its original airing. The episode was released", "title": "You Know What You Did" }, { "docid": "7578096", "text": "in her bedroom, makes the best of things and waits, hoping to outgrow her injury. There is no physical therapy – instead Katy is warned to avoid too much movement lest she \"set herself back\". Cousin Helen manages to travel a little, and even goes for a hydrotherapy water cure at one point, but it is made clear that she has no hope of ever walking again. Two TV movies and a brief TV series have been based on \"What Katy Did\". The most recent film (1999) starred Alison Pill as Katy, with Megan Follows as Cousin Helen, Michael Cera", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "3579789", "text": "captained the Australian team for 2015 Cricket World Cup, where Australia co-hosts the tournament with New Zealand. Australia defeated New Zealand in the final and won the World Cup under the captaincy of Michael Clarke. This was Australia's fifth World Cup and the first team to win five World Cups. Clarke announced that he would retire from One Day Cricket at the conclusion of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Clarke played 244 ODIs, made 7907 runs at an average of 44.42 with 8 centuries and 58 half-centuries. He led his country in 73 matches, of which Australia won 49. Clarke", "title": "Michael Clarke (cricketer)" }, { "docid": "19151424", "text": "death at Richmond in 2002. Michael Clarke (Australian politician) Michael Alastair Clarke (28 September 1915 – 11 August 2002) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sunbury to Russell Clarke and Florence Douglas Mackenzie. He attended Melbourne Grammar School and then Oxford University, where he received a Master of Arts. In 1938 he was called to the bar, but his career was interrupted as he joined the Australian Imperial Force at the outbreak of World War II. He fought in the Battle of Britain and in North Africa, before being sent to Greece and Crete, where he was captured.", "title": "Michael Clarke (Australian politician)" }, { "docid": "19151422", "text": "Michael Clarke (Australian politician) Michael Alastair Clarke (28 September 1915 – 11 August 2002) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sunbury to Russell Clarke and Florence Douglas Mackenzie. He attended Melbourne Grammar School and then Oxford University, where he received a Master of Arts. In 1938 he was called to the bar, but his career was interrupted as he joined the Australian Imperial Force at the outbreak of World War II. He fought in the Battle of Britain and in North Africa, before being sent to Greece and Crete, where he was captured. He was a prisoner of", "title": "Michael Clarke (Australian politician)" }, { "docid": "16837531", "text": "filmed a pilot for a potential series called \"Martie with the Party\". She eventually lost the competition to Justin Warner; however, on , it was announced that she (as well as Chad Rosenthal from season nine) would be a contestant on the \"Food Network Star\" spin-off webseries \"Star Salvation\", which gives eliminated contestants a chance to re-enter the \"Food Network Star\" competition. Duncan was eliminated from \"Star Salvation\" in the second episode of the season. Duncan was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Her mother, Martha Bossart, died in 2004 at age 73. Duncan initially did not reveal her age, simply billing", "title": "Martie Duncan" }, { "docid": "6044788", "text": "J. Michael Clarke Professor (John) Michael Clarke is Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studio at the University of Huddersfield. He graduated from St Chad's College, Durham. As a composer his works (which include both acoustic and electroacoustic pieces, most often combining these media) have received many performances and broadcasts throughout the world. In 1983 \"Soundings\" (cello and tape) won the CIM France prize at Bourges, in 1984 \"Uppvaknande\" (computer generated tape) was awarded the Chandos Prize at Musica Nova in Glasgow and in 1997 he was awarded the Musica Nova Prize in Prague for the octophonic tape work \"Tim(br)e\". More", "title": "J. Michael Clarke" }, { "docid": "6044789", "text": "recent works include \"Prism and Cascade\" for the trumpeter Stephen Altoft, \"Constellations\" (for piano, percussion and computer) commissioned for the Verblendungen festival in Belgium, \"ThreeFour\" for the Goldberg Ensemble and \"Enmeshed\" written for L a u t and premiered at the 2005 Sonorities Festival in Belfast. A CD of four of his works (\"Refractions\", \"Mälarsång\", \"Epicycle\" and \"Uppvaknande\") is available under the collective title \"Refractions\" (MPSCD003). J. Michael Clarke Professor (John) Michael Clarke is Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studio at the University of Huddersfield. He graduated from St Chad's College, Durham. As a composer his works (which include both", "title": "J. Michael Clarke" }, { "docid": "3579768", "text": "Michael Clarke (cricketer) Michael John Clarke (born 2 April 1981) is a former Australian international cricketer. He led Australia to their 5th Cricket World Cup triumph, when his team were victorious in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at the MCG. He is the first cap for Australia in Twenty20 Internationals. His ODI shirt number of 23 was passed on to him by Shane Warne after his international retirement. Nicknamed \"Pup\", he is a right-handed middle-order batsman, an occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler and also a slip catcher. He represented New South Wales at a domestic level.", "title": "Michael Clarke (cricketer)" }, { "docid": "13633202", "text": "ends. In his book \"Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s\", Kim Newman argues that \"I Saw What You Did\" was responsible for the eventual creation of Dark Castle Entertainment, a production company that created remakes of horror films. In \"Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography\", Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell refer to the film as \"abysmall\" and consider it inferior to the original. Similarly, in his book \"Movie and Video Guide 1993\", film critic Leonard Maltin refers to the film as \"bland\", compared to the original. I Saw What You Did (1988 film) I Saw What You Did", "title": "I Saw What You Did (1988 film)" }, { "docid": "20643107", "text": "the franchise would not have any inventions of the Lois Duncan novel (the antagonist being a central character) nor the 1997 feature (the fisherman Ben Willis and four primary protagonists Julie James, Helen Shivers, Barry Cox, and Ray Bronson). Further, the new direction and scope of the film necessitates an estimated budget of $15–20 million. Sony also states that the film is a high priority and is set for a release somewhere until 2020. I Know What You Did Last Summer (film series) I Know What You Did Last Summer is an American horror film series, based on the novel", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (film series)" }, { "docid": "6244694", "text": "Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth is a 2000 American direct-to-video parody film directed by John Blanchard. The film stars Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Tom Arnold, Coolio and Shirley Jones. Several mid and late 1990s teen horror films are parodied, as are the slasher films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the \"Scream\" films (1996, 1997, and 2000), \"Friday the 13th\" (1980), \"Halloween\" (1978), \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\" (1984), and \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" (1997), as well as other non horror films", "title": "Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth" }, { "docid": "14800262", "text": "Diego's 2017 IndieFest Film Awards and Chicago's 2017 Amarcord Film Festival. Since 2005, Capaldi has appeared in at least 30 films and at least three television productions. He has also served as a producer or assistant producer for at least four films. His first role was appearing in the comedy film \"All In\" (2005). Although he has starred in various genre pieces ranging from drama to horror he is mostly known in the action world. Capaldi's first major role, where he portrayed a British gangster called English, saw him star alongside Brian Austin Green, Michael Clarke Duncan, Vinnie Jones, Danny", "title": "Gianni Capaldi" }, { "docid": "3579784", "text": "the Frank Worrell Trophy 2012, Ian Chappell said Clarke \"is quickly establishing a well-deserved reputation for brave and aggressive captaincy. His entertaining approach is based on one premise: trying to win the match from the opening delivery. This should be the aim of all international captains, but sadly it isn't.\" Three weeks before 2013 Ashes Series, Michael Clarke requested to stand down from his role as a selector, which also coincided with the sacking of coach Mickey Arthur and the naming of Darren Lehmann as his successor. After the first Ashes Test against England at Gabba, Clarke was fined by", "title": "Michael Clarke (cricketer)" }, { "docid": "7616792", "text": "copies of the script and didn't contact the studio with any objections. The Star (Clarke short story) \"The Star\" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. It appeared in the science fiction magazine \"Infinity Science Fiction\" in 1955 and won the Hugo Award in 1956. It is collected in Clarke's book of short stories \"The Other Side of the Sky\", and was later reprinted in the January 1965 issue of \"Short Story International\" as the lead-off story for that issue. A group of space explorers from Earth return from an expedition to a remote star", "title": "The Star (Clarke short story)" }, { "docid": "7616788", "text": "The Star (Clarke short story) \"The Star\" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. It appeared in the science fiction magazine \"Infinity Science Fiction\" in 1955 and won the Hugo Award in 1956. It is collected in Clarke's book of short stories \"The Other Side of the Sky\", and was later reprinted in the January 1965 issue of \"Short Story International\" as the lead-off story for that issue. A group of space explorers from Earth return from an expedition to a remote star system, where they discovered the remnants of an advanced civilization destroyed when", "title": "The Star (Clarke short story)" }, { "docid": "7347822", "text": "'Dad?' Hurley comments that he did not expect Rose's husband to be white, before Jack quickly changes the subject. The producers felt it was important to address that they are an interracial couple, and that Hurley was saying what the audience would be thinking. Caldwell agreed with them and thought it would be odd if the issue was not addressed. Anderson also was glad that Hurley brought up the issue, and liked that Jack did not pay any attention. The episode gained 21.54 million American viewers in its first airing. What Kate Did \"What Kate Did\" is the 34th episode", "title": "What Kate Did" }, { "docid": "20385197", "text": "Queensland. However, Clarke did travel overseas in 1952 to play background music in three films released by a French film company, and to appear on BBC Television. Enith Clarke died in 1995. Enith Clarke Kathleen Eileen Doris Enith Clarke (1911–1995) was an Australian pianist, noted for achieving considerable critical success in the 1940s. Born in Rockhampton, Queensland, Enith Clarke showed early promise as a teenager by achieving considerable local success in the piano categories at the annual Rockhampton Eisteddfod throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. Later in her career, Clarke returned to the Rockhampton Eisteddfod and donated a special prize", "title": "Enith Clarke" }, { "docid": "10151267", "text": "He has also appeared on ITV show This Morning throughout the year, in aid of the cancer charity. Duncan Pow Duncan Pow (born 1977) is a British actor from Edinburgh, Scotland. He has appeared in numerous TV programmes and films including \"Black Mirror\", \"\", \"The Night Manager\", \"Humans\", \"The Wrong Mans\", \"Brief Encounters\" and most recently in \"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story\". He is best known for his roles as Liam Mackay in the Sky 1 drama \"Dream Team\", and as Dr Linden Cullen in the BBC One medical drama series \"Holby City\". Duncan was born in Edinburgh, and", "title": "Duncan Pow" }, { "docid": "10151264", "text": "Duncan Pow Duncan Pow (born 1977) is a British actor from Edinburgh, Scotland. He has appeared in numerous TV programmes and films including \"Black Mirror\", \"\", \"The Night Manager\", \"Humans\", \"The Wrong Mans\", \"Brief Encounters\" and most recently in \"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story\". He is best known for his roles as Liam Mackay in the Sky 1 drama \"Dream Team\", and as Dr Linden Cullen in the BBC One medical drama series \"Holby City\". Duncan was born in Edinburgh, and moved to the small medieval city of Wells, England, when he was eleven. He attended Wells Blue School", "title": "Duncan Pow" }, { "docid": "7578098", "text": "School (set in Hanover, New Hampshire); \"What Katy Did Next\", in which a new friend of Katy's takes her on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe; \"Clover\", in which Katy is married and Clover accompanies her brother Phil to Colorado after he falls ill; and \"In the High Valley\", which shows the lives of a handful of young people living in the High Valley in Colorado, including Clover, Elsie and their husbands. What Katy Did What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "1872872", "text": "through it as Julie screams in horror. \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" was a screenplay penned by Kevin Williamson several years beforehand, which was then rushed into production by Columbia Pictures upon the success of the Williamson-written \"Scream\" (1996). It was based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan, a youth-oriented suspense novel about four young people who are involved in a hit-and-run accident involving a young boy. Producer Erik Feig pitched the idea of a screen adaptation to Mandalay Entertainment, and subsequently appointed Williamson to retool the core elements of Duncan's novel, rendering", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer" }, { "docid": "737953", "text": "life peer on 12 July 2001 taking the title Baron Heseltine, of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire. In December 2002, Heseltine controversially called for Iain Duncan Smith to be replaced as leader of the Conservatives by the \"dream-ticket\" of Clarke as leader and Michael Portillo as deputy. He suggested the party's MPs vote on the matter rather than party members as currently required by party rules. Without the replacement of Duncan Smith, the party \"has not a ghost of a chance of winning the next election\" he said. Duncan Smith was removed the following year. In the 2005 party", "title": "Michael Heseltine" }, { "docid": "1390481", "text": "the Conservative Party's advisory council, along with John Major, William Hague and Kenneth Clarke. On 7 December 2005, Duncan Smith was appointed Chairman of the Social Justice Policy Group, which was facilitated by the Centre for Social Justice. Duncan Smith's Deputy Chair was Debbie Scott, the Chief Executive of the charity Tomorrow's People. The group released two major reports, \"Breakdown Britain\" and \"Breakthrough Britain\". \"Breakdown Britain\" was a 300,000 word document that analysed what was going wrong in the areas of Economic Dependence and Unemployment, Family Breakdown, Addiction, Educational Failure, Indebtedness, and the Voluntary Sector. \"Breakthrough Britain\" recommended almost two", "title": "Iain Duncan Smith" }, { "docid": "3579793", "text": "indoor sports centre. In 2005–2006 Michael Clarke was diagnosed with skin cancer. He was also diagnosed with chronic back pain at the age of 17. He has successfully managed his back pain since that time. In the later part of his career he also suffered from hamstring injuries. Despite being a natural left-hander, he modelled his game after his father , and learnt to bat right-handed whilst still bowling left-handed. During the Australian Cricket tour of New Zealand in March 2010, Clarke left the tour to return to Sydney for \"personal reasons\". In a late night press conference on 12", "title": "Michael Clarke (cricketer)" }, { "docid": "3579787", "text": "teammates have criticised his captaincy. Mitchell Johnson described the team atmosphere as 'toxic' under his captaincy, while Michael Hussey described the dressing room was stressful and tense. Several former players including John Buchanan Andrew Symonds, Matthew Hayden, and Simon Katich spoke against his captaincy. Clarke had been struggling with injuries in 2014, and it was evident with the loss against Zimbabwe in the triangular series, after which he returned home for treatment having aggravated his hamstring injury. Later in the year, during the first Test in Adelaide Oval on the first Test since the death of Phillip Hughes. Clarke initially", "title": "Michael Clarke (cricketer)" }, { "docid": "1390480", "text": "He stepped down eight days later, with Michael Howard being confirmed as his successor. Duncan Smith became the first Conservative leader who did not lead his party in a general election campaign since Neville Chamberlain. After his term as party leader, Duncan Smith established the Centre for Social Justice in 2004. This organisation is a centre-right think tank which works with small charities with the aim of finding innovative policies for tackling poverty. (Duncan Smith served as the centre's chairman until he joined the Cabinet in May 2010, and remains its Life Patron.) He also served under Michael Howard on", "title": "Iain Duncan Smith" }, { "docid": "13579047", "text": "Mrs. Ashe's brother, Ned, they fell in love. When Katy got home, she received a letter from Ned and blushed and ran to her room, leaving Clover and the reader thinking that Katy and Ned may get married in the future. What Katy Did Next What Katy Did Next (1886) is a children's book by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, working under the pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the stories \"What Katy Did\" (1872) and \"What Katy Did At School\" (1873) and tells the adventures of Katy Carr as she travels to Europe. The book opens by reintroducing the Carr family", "title": "What Katy Did Next" }, { "docid": "973518", "text": "1963 by a majority of 56 votes. Clarke opposed the admission of women to the Union, and is quoted as saying upon his election, \"The fact that Oxford has admitted them does not impress me at all. Cambridge should wait a year to see what happens before any decision is taken on admitting them.\" In an early-1990s documentary, journalist Michael Cockerell played to Clarke some tape recordings of Clarke speaking at the Cambridge Union as a young man, and he displayed amusement at hearing his then-stereotypical upper class accent. Clarke is deemed one of the Cambridge Mafia, a group of", "title": "Kenneth Clarke" }, { "docid": "13579043", "text": "What Katy Did Next What Katy Did Next (1886) is a children's book by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, working under the pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the stories \"What Katy Did\" (1872) and \"What Katy Did At School\" (1873) and tells the adventures of Katy Carr as she travels to Europe. The book opens by reintroducing the Carr family and introducing the widow Mrs. Ashe. Mrs. Ashe has her nephew, Walter, over for a visit and it is discovered that he has scarlet fever. Anxious that her only daughter Amy should not contract the disease, Amy is sent to live", "title": "What Katy Did Next" }, { "docid": "7578094", "text": "Cousin Helen: Papa's niece; she cannot walk because of an accident years ago. Despite her suffering she is amusing, cheerful, and kind; just what Katy wants to be. After Katy's accident, Cousin Helen helps her adjust to her illness. Susan Coolidge shared her publisher, Roberts Brothers, with Louisa May Alcott, and \"What Katy Did\" helped satisfy the demand for naturalistic novels about girlhood that followed the 1868 success of \"Little Women\". Like Alcott, Coolidge heightened the realism of her novel by drawing on her own childhood memories. \"What Katy Did\" also illustrates social shifts. First the novel depicts the treatment", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "7347821", "text": "section of the film, in which Dr. Candle expands on his warning that the computer is to be used only to enter the code. He explains that while the isolation of the SWAN may tempt one to use the computer to communicate with the outside world, such action could lead to another \"incident.\" While examining the computer equipment Michael hears a strange beeping from the computer. The phrase 'Hello?' appears, the computer seems to be receiving messages. When asked what his name is, Michael types his name on the screen, and there is a delayed response. The computer then responds", "title": "What Kate Did" }, { "docid": "5753826", "text": "album, \"Definitive Collection\", which reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart in 2005. Paper Lace included this song on their 1974 album, \"Paper Lace\". I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "5753825", "text": "I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2 UK hit in June 1971, and was also a hit in Ireland, where it also reached number 2. The track later appeared on Christie's compilation", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "3994152", "text": "I Were You I Wouldn't<nowiki>\"</nowiki> in January 2016 on their YouTube account, followed by \"Fireball\" in June 2016, their first songs released since 'Zanzibar III : Analog Prison'. The band was named after friend's child said the phrase 'Mommy, look what I did', about a drawing to her mother when Barry was talking to her over the phone discussing what the band's name should be. Look What I Did Look What I Did is an American post-hardcore band, formed in 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The music combines elements of jazz/fusion, hardcore, metal, and progressive pop punk. The band is", "title": "Look What I Did" }, { "docid": "19399307", "text": "and means \"warrior\". He did not succeed on his first attempt at swimming the English Channel in 1994. But, since then, has become the first Scottish person to complete more than two crossings and has now completed 11 crossings, of the English Channel. Michael Oram, honorary secretary of the English Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation, said: \"Very few people have swam the Channel more than ten times, and while Mr Clarke has his spiritual motivations, others are motivated by the challenge.\" Karteek Clarke Karteek Clarke (born Alexander Clarke August 26, 1966) is an English Channel swimmer and ultra distance runner", "title": "Karteek Clarke" }, { "docid": "10103124", "text": "Wilson claimed that, he had \"struck Duncan under great provocation\" and that, as Duncan went back to take his kick, Duncan had said \"You mongrel — \" (the newspaper did not print the word). Wilson claimed that he had replied \"What! you say that again and I'll punch you under the ear\", to which, he claimed, Duncan had replied \"You dirty — \"; and, he said, it was only then that he had struck Duncan. The Stratford delegate made the obvious comment that, if such an interchange had occurred, \"\"Duncan would have been prepared for a blow\"; when, in fact,", "title": "Alex Duncan" }, { "docid": "11579642", "text": "high cost of the film plagued by problems with its mercurial star Rita Hayworth led to a temporary strain in their relationship with Columbia Pictures. At the end of 1957 Warwick ended their arrangement with Columbia. It was announced that Ladd would make three more films for the company, but he did not appear in another Warwick film. Two of the films were made with other actors, \"The Man Inside\" and \"Killers of Kilimanjaro\". Irving Allen once espoused his philosophy behind filmmaking to a journalist in 1959: If somebody sends me a literate script do you know what I do", "title": "Warwick Films" }, { "docid": "8334567", "text": "– 0:31 16. \"A Little Buzz\" – 2:46 17. \"Kids Didn't Change\" – 0:54 18. \"Heaven Is Where the Heart Is\" – 5:03 What Did He Say? What Did He Say? is the second solo album released by bassist Victor Wooten. 1. \"Yo Victa\" – 0:07 2. \"What Did He Say?\" – 3:20 3. \"What You Won't Do for Love\" – 4:43 4. \"Cherokee\" – 1:49 5. \"Don't Wanna Cry\" – 5:07 6. \"The Lonliest Monk\" – 4:36 7. \"A Chance\" – 2:54 8. \"Radio W-OO-10\" – 1:06 9. \"Norwegian Wood\" – 4:52 10. \"Bro John\" – 4:18 11. \"Naima\"", "title": "What Did He Say?" }, { "docid": "8334566", "text": "What Did He Say? What Did He Say? is the second solo album released by bassist Victor Wooten. 1. \"Yo Victa\" – 0:07 2. \"What Did He Say?\" – 3:20 3. \"What You Won't Do for Love\" – 4:43 4. \"Cherokee\" – 1:49 5. \"Don't Wanna Cry\" – 5:07 6. \"The Lonliest Monk\" – 4:36 7. \"A Chance\" – 2:54 8. \"Radio W-OO-10\" – 1:06 9. \"Norwegian Wood\" – 4:52 10. \"Bro John\" – 4:18 11. \"Naima\" – 5:57 12. \"Sometimes I Laugh\" – 3:20 13. \"My Life\" – 4:45 14. \"The Sojourn of Arjuna\" – 6:29 15. \"Buzz Ntro\"", "title": "What Did He Say?" }, { "docid": "11856925", "text": "What Hetty Did What Hetty Did is the seventh novel by J.L. Carr, published in 1988 when he was 76 years old. The novel describes the experiences of an 18-year-old girl. Hetty Birtwisle has been brought up by adoptive parents in the Fens; after a beating by her father, discovering that she was adopted, she flees to Birmingham where she has learnt she was born and alters her surname to Beauchamp. Hetty Beauchamp comes across several characters from Carr's other novels in the boarding house in which she lives, including Emma Foxberrow, a teacher in \"The Harpole Report\" and Edward", "title": "What Hetty Did" }, { "docid": "16918902", "text": "Festival in Turkey. The film was released on DVD in Ireland on 8 February 2013. What Richard Did What Richard Did is a 2012 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Malcolm Campbell. The film is loosely based on Kevin Power's \"Bad Day in Blackrock\", a fictionalised novel inspired by the real-life death of Brian Murphy in 2000. It won the best Irish film of the year award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards and was the most commercially successful Irish film of 2012. It has screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and the", "title": "What Richard Did" }, { "docid": "11856928", "text": "early 20s. The story was adapted by Ellen Dryden for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour Drama in 2004. What Hetty Did What Hetty Did is the seventh novel by J.L. Carr, published in 1988 when he was 76 years old. The novel describes the experiences of an 18-year-old girl. Hetty Birtwisle has been brought up by adoptive parents in the Fens; after a beating by her father, discovering that she was adopted, she flees to Birmingham where she has learnt she was born and alters her surname to Beauchamp. Hetty Beauchamp comes across several characters from Carr's other novels in", "title": "What Hetty Did" }, { "docid": "7130153", "text": "1971 children's book \"Hotel for Dogs\", which was later adapted as a 2009 film of the same name starring Emma Roberts. Influenced by her own interest in the supernatural and speculative fiction, Duncan wrote various suspense and horror novels aimed for teenagers. Some of her works have been adapted for the screen, the most infamous example being the 1997 film \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\", adapted from her 1973 novel of the same title. After the publication of \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\", Duncan wrote \"Down a Dark Hall\" (1974), a Gothic novel following four students", "title": "Lois Duncan" }, { "docid": "16918894", "text": "What Richard Did What Richard Did is a 2012 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Malcolm Campbell. The film is loosely based on Kevin Power's \"Bad Day in Blackrock\", a fictionalised novel inspired by the real-life death of Brian Murphy in 2000. It won the best Irish film of the year award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards and was the most commercially successful Irish film of 2012. It has screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival and was selected to screen at the Tribeca Film Festival in", "title": "What Richard Did" }, { "docid": "7578085", "text": "up: \"What Katy Did at School\" and \"What Katy Did Next\". Two further sequels relating the adventures of Katy's younger siblings were also published—\"Clover\" and \"In the High Valley\". The books were frequently reprinted and all are available online. Coolidge modeled Katy on her own childhood self, and the other 'Little Carrs' on her brothers and sisters. The title is a play on the katydid, a family of insects – which explains the insects on the first edition book cover. 12-year-old Katy Carr lives with her widowed father and her two brothers and three sisters in Burnet, a small midwestern", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "7578084", "text": "What Katy Did What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted. Two sequels follow Katy as she grows", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "3579792", "text": "(jointly with Ricky Ponting), 2012 and 2013. Only Ponting has won it as many times. In February 2015, just before the start of the World Cup, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting said that while Clarke should lead the team in the World Cup, he should hand over the reins of captaincy to Steven Smith after the event. In November 2016, he became a full-time commentator for Nine's Wide World of Sports cricket coverage. He commentates on all international matches alongside fellow commentators Mark Nicholas, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy, Michael Slater and Shane Warne. Michael Clarke's father used to own an", "title": "Michael Clarke (cricketer)" }, { "docid": "7347814", "text": "What Kate Did \"What Kate Did\" is the 34th episode of \"Lost\". It is the ninth episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Paul Edwards, and written by Steven Maeda and Craig Wright. It first aired on November 30, 2005, on ABC. The character of Kate Austen is featured in the episode's flashbacks. Kate Austen kills her alcoholic stepfather, Wayne Jansen, by blowing up his house. Kate confronts her mother, Diane Austen. Kate reveals that she took out an insurance policy under Diane's name. Later, Kate attempts to buy a ticket to Tallahassee, when she is arrested", "title": "What Kate Did" }, { "docid": "3994147", "text": "Look What I Did Look What I Did is an American post-hardcore band, formed in 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The music combines elements of jazz/fusion, hardcore, metal, and progressive pop punk. The band is known for its intense live show, described by Cincinnati CityBeat as a \"live act capable of unleashing a scary, uncontrolled intensity bordering on dangerous,\" and oft-satirical eccentric lyrics. Look What I Did was formed in 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee by singer Barry Donegan and guitarist Colby Shea. Miles McPherson (drums, currently drumming for Kelly Clarkson) and Chris Bradley (bass) were added before the band's first", "title": "Look What I Did" }, { "docid": "17247248", "text": "Thomas has also appeared advising on corsets on ABC's Nightline in 2012 and in the same year was nominated for Cosmopolitan's Businesswoman of the Year. The brand recreates designs from the 1950s including the bullet bra, which has been worn by celebrities such as Madonna and Rihanna. What Katie Did are also known for their steel boned corsets. Models for the company include Bernie Dexter, Missy Malone, Jami Deadly and Miss Polly Rae. What Katie Did (company) What Katie Did is a British lingerie design house founded in 1999 by Katie Thomas. In 1999, being unable to afford fully fashioned", "title": "What Katie Did (company)" }, { "docid": "4701131", "text": "Duncan Renaldo Renault Renaldo Duncan (April 23, 1904 – September 3, 1980), better known as Duncan Renaldo, was a Romanian-born American actor best remembered for his portrayal of The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950-1956 American TV series, \"The Cisco Kid\". Renaldo told some interviewers that he actually did not know where he was born. The prosecution in his immigration case entered into evidence a copy of a birth certificate forwarded by the Romanian consul stating that he was born in Oancea, Romania as \"Vasile Dumitru Cugheanos\", the natural son of Dumitru and Teodora Cugheanos. Renaldo claimed in", "title": "Duncan Renaldo" }, { "docid": "4701137", "text": "on their 1974 album, \"War Live\", which includes the group's 1973 song, \"The Cisco Kid\". Duncan Renaldo Renault Renaldo Duncan (April 23, 1904 – September 3, 1980), better known as Duncan Renaldo, was a Romanian-born American actor best remembered for his portrayal of The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950-1956 American TV series, \"The Cisco Kid\". Renaldo told some interviewers that he actually did not know where he was born. The prosecution in his immigration case entered into evidence a copy of a birth certificate forwarded by the Romanian consul stating that he was born in Oancea, Romania", "title": "Duncan Renaldo" }, { "docid": "1864667", "text": "behind Iain Duncan Smith, who went on to win, beating Clarke in the final vote of party members. Duncan Smith made Ancram Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in September 2001. He remained in this position after Michael Howard took over in 2003. In the reshuffle following the 2005 election, Ancram was moved to Shadow Secretary of State for Defence but remained Deputy Leader. He stood down from the Shadow Cabinet in December 2005, following the election of David Cameron as Conservative Party Leader. In January 2006 he was appointed to", "title": "Michael Ancram" }, { "docid": "18787754", "text": "daughter. All three examples are connected by a chorus stating \"\"I'll take this one day and figure out what I did right / And I'll do it the same way for the rest of my life.\"\" Deborah Evans Price of \"Billboard\" reviewed the song favorably, saying that \"Like 'I Hope You Dance'…the song will touch a universal chord with everyone who has experienced a moment so perfect they wish they could capture it and live it over again.\" What I Did Right \"What I Did Right\" is a song recorded by American country music group Sons of the Desert. It", "title": "What I Did Right" } ]

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[ { "docid": "9567951", "text": "2005. New York exports a wide variety of goods such as foodstuffs, commodities, minerals, manufactured goods, cut diamonds, and automobile parts. New York's top five export markets in 2004 were Canada ($30.2 billion), United Kingdom ($3.3 billion), Japan ($2.6 billion), Israel ($2.4 billion), and Switzerland ($1.8 billion). New York's largest imports are oil, gold, aluminum, natural gas, electricity, rough diamonds, and lumber. Canada has become a very important economic partner of New York. 23% of the state's total worldwide exports went to Canada in 2004. Tourism also constitutes a significant part of the economy. The Erie Canal, completed in 1825,", "title": "Economy of New York (state)" } ]

[ { "docid": "20780461", "text": "of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports was suspended after videos of him taking bribes went viral on Social media in Bangladesh. Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports (আমদানি ও রপ্তানি প্রধান নিয়ন্ত্রকের দপ্তর) is a government regulatory department of Bangladesh concerning export and import and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The department issues export and import certifications and advises the government on trade and tariff. Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports was founded on 19 April 1950 through the passage of the Import Export Control Act, 1950", "title": "Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports" }, { "docid": "20780460", "text": "Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports (আমদানি ও রপ্তানি প্রধান নিয়ন্ত্রকের দপ্তর) is a government regulatory department of Bangladesh concerning export and import and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The department issues export and import certifications and advises the government on trade and tariff. Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports was founded on 19 April 1950 through the passage of the Import Export Control Act, 1950 in East Pakistan. It is under the Ministry of Commerce. In October 2015, Md Shahidul Haque, a high official of the Office", "title": "Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports" }, { "docid": "8730442", "text": "$401.826 million, and exports $733.060 million [Philippines]: Canada imports $1.392 billion, and exports $811.073 million [China]: Canada imports $70.926 billion, and exports $21.845 billion [Iran]: Canada imports $88.482 million, and exports $125.955 million [Syria]: Canada imports $1.179 million, and exports $22.520 million Economic impact of immigration to Canada The economic impact of immigration is an important topic in Canada. While the immigration rate has dropped sharply from its peak early in the 20th century, Canada is still among the countries in the world that accept most immigrants per capita. The per capital immigration rate to Canada has been relatively constant", "title": "Economic impact of immigration to Canada" }, { "docid": "61581", "text": "for a further 38% of exports in 2009. In 2009, exports accounted for about 30% of Canada's GDP. The United States is by far its largest trading partner, accounting for about 73% of exports and 63% of imports as of 2009. Canada's combined exports and imports ranked 8th among all nations in 2006. About 4% of Canadians are directly employed in primary resource fields, and they account for 6.2% of GDP. They are still paramount in many parts of the country. Many, if not most, towns in northern Canada, where agriculture is difficult, exist because of a nearby mine or", "title": "Economy of Canada" }, { "docid": "10012528", "text": "Canada is the largest supplier of energy exports to the world's largest economy. Canada also exports significant amounts of uranium and coal to Asia, Europe and Latin America. Despite being a net energy exporter, Canada also imports large/small amounts of energy products. Canada has a robust energy profile with abundant and diverse resources. The energy and climate policies in Canada are interrelated. These energy and climate policies are implemented at both the federal and provincial government level. The federal government is responsible for establishing objectives for the entire country and the provincial governments are responsible for enforcing these objectives and", "title": "Energy policy of Canada" }, { "docid": "8730441", "text": "on international trade, which accounted for 31.4% of GDP in 2017. 76.4% of Canadian exports go to the United States. This has been good for the source countries of immigrants to Canada. For many years, expanded markets for trade has been a common rationale and justification for high immigration from the developing world. Data from Statistics Canada in 2017 reveals that the trade balances with developing countries from which Canada receives most of its immigrants ameliorates. Current data, 2017, shows that only India has balanced trade with Canada: [India]: Canada imports $4.158 billion, and exports $4.204 billion [Pakistan]: Canada imports", "title": "Economic impact of immigration to Canada" }, { "docid": "16200001", "text": "and investment relations as the presence of Canadian companies, particularly in the mining, oil exploration, and printing sectors, continues to grow. In 2010 two-way merchandise trade between Canada and Colombia totalled more than $1.4 billion. Canadian merchandise exports to Colombia totalled $644 million in 2010; major exports include goods such as cereals (wheat, barley), machinery, vegetables (pulses such as lentils, peas, chickpeas), paper and paperboard, and vehicles. Canadian merchandise imports from Colombia totalled $717 million in 2010. Major imports consist of mineral fuels and oils, coffee, fruits, and sugar. As of 2010, the accumulated value of Canadian investment in Colombia", "title": "Canada–Colombia Free Trade Agreement" }, { "docid": "61607", "text": "trade per day in 2005. In 2009, 73% of Canada's exports went to the United States, and 63% of Canada's imports were from the United States. Trade with Canada makes up 23% of the United States' exports and 17% of its imports. By comparison, in 2005 this was more than U.S. trade with all countries in the European Union combined, and well over twice U.S. trade with all the countries of Latin America combined. Just the two-way trade that crosses the Ambassador Bridge between Michigan and Ontario equals all U.S. exports to Japan. Canada's importance to the United States is", "title": "Economy of Canada" }, { "docid": "13786384", "text": "its sub-contractors, the World Bank's International Finance Corporation, and European creditors. Canada's exports to Mali ranked it Mali's 16th-most important trading partner in 1997, declining to 21st in 2004, and below 25th during 2005–2007; Canada's imports from Mali have not ranked it among Mali's top 25 partners except for the years 1987–1989. Over the period 1990–2008, Canada's product exports to Mali, $112m. (current US$) comprised 0.5% of Canada's total exports to Africa, while exports to all Africa countries, $22.0bn., were 0.5% of total Canadian exports; Canadian imports from Mali were 0.4% of Africa-to-Canada total, and African imports were 1.1% of", "title": "Canada–Mali relations" }, { "docid": "18278367", "text": "Canada is a bright spot for Bangladeshi apparel, with garments and textile products making-up the bulk of Canada's merchandise imports from Bangladesh. Bangladesh has enjoyed duty-free market access since 2003. Potential trading opportunities to explore include expanding Canadian imports of ready-made garments, porcelain, jute and quality jute good, ceramic tableware and kitchenware. Garments and textile products accounted for approximate 96% of Canada's merchandise imports from Bangladesh in 2012. Bangladesh mainly exports apparel products ($1.1 Billion by 2012), frozen fish, plastic items, headwear, footwear, ceramic products, toys, games and sports equipment and furniture to Canada. In 2007, Bangladesh's exports to Canada", "title": "Bangladesh–Canada relations" }, { "docid": "778853", "text": "of exports or manufacturing, and almost all manufactured goods and foodstuffs must be imported. The value of imports continues to rise, up from US$551m in 1994 to US$712m in 1999. The U.S. is Bermuda's primary trading partner; from a value of US$400m in 1994, U.S. imports expanded to US$533m in 2000. The United Kingdom, Canada, and the Caribbean countries (mainly the Netherlands Antilles) also are important trading partners. Exports from Bermuda, including imports into the small free port, which are subsequently re-exported, increased from US$35m in 1993 to almost US$51m in 1999. Duty on imports is a major source of", "title": "Economy of Bermuda" }, { "docid": "5360634", "text": "imports electricity, primarily from its neighbouring provinces of Quebec and Manitoba (both of which are primarily hydroelectric systems), and exports electricity, primarily to Michigan and New York State, which rely heavily on fossil fuels—coal in the case of Michigan, and natural gas in the case of New York. In 2017, Ontario's gross exports were 19.1 TWh, i.e. roughly equal to half its hydro generation of 37.7 TWh in 2017. (Although Canada is the world's third-largest producer of natural gas, Ontario imports natural gas from the United States and from western Canada.) If all the carbon emissions associated with natural gas-fueled", "title": "Electricity sector in Canada" }, { "docid": "93043", "text": "largest foreign source of U.S. energy imports: Canada is consistently among the top sources for U.S. oil imports, and it is the largest source of U.S. natural gas and electricity imports. In 2007 the U.S. was Sub-Saharan Africa's largest single export market accounting for 28% of exports (second in total to the EU at 31%). 81% of U.S. imports from this region were petroleum products. Foreign assistance is a core component of the State Department's international affairs budget, which is $49 billion in all for 2014. Aid is considered an essential instrument of U.S. foreign policy. There are four major", "title": "Foreign policy of the United States" }, { "docid": "18278365", "text": "become the second largest source of Canadian merchandise imports from South Asia, after India. Canadian merchandise exports to Bangladesh were $525 million in 2012, down slightly from $552 million in 2011, while imports from Bangladesh were $1.1 billion in 2012, equal to 2011. Canada's main exports to Bangladesh include cereals, vegetables, iron and steel, oilseeds, fertilizers, machinery and electronic equipment. Agri-food was the leading export sector from Canada to South Asia in 2012, making Bangladesh the second largest Canadian agri-food buyer in South Asia after India. The Canada-Bangladesh relationship is particularly important for the province of Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan's exports (mainly", "title": "Bangladesh–Canada relations" }, { "docid": "673827", "text": "million (1997 est.) Industries: sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt, copra, clothing, footwear, beverages Electricity - production: 125 million kWh (2005) Electricity - production by source: \"fossil fuel:\" 100% \"hydro:\" 0% \"nuclear:\" 0% \"other:\" 0% (1998) Electricity - consumption: 116.3 million kWh (2005) Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2005) Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2005) Agriculture - products: sugarcane, rice, yams, vegetables, bananas; fish Exports: $42 million (1998) Exports - commodities: machinery, food, electronics, beverages, tobacco Exports - partners: US 61.9%, Canada 9.4%, Netherlands 6.6%, Azerbaijan 5% (2006) Imports: $383 million (2006) Imports - commodities: machinery, manufactures, food, fuels Imports -", "title": "Economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis" }, { "docid": "382695", "text": "exports (8%) and third for imports (8.1%) and Austria was fifth for exports (4.6%) and sixth for imports (3.7%). Major non-European trading partners included; Japan (seventh for exports with 3.6% and twelfth for imports with 2%), China (eighth for exports and imports with 3.1% and 2.5% respectively) and Turkey (sixteenth for exports with 1.2% and ninth for imports with 2.3%). As a first world country with a skilled labor force, the majority of Swiss exports are precision or 'high tech' finished products. Switzerland's largest specific SITC categories of exports include; medicaments, glycosides and vaccines, watches, orthopaedic appliances and precious jewellery.", "title": "Economy of Switzerland" }, { "docid": "16043199", "text": "main imports were (in order): raw cotton (from the American South), sugar (from the West Indies), wool, silk, tea (from China), timber (from Canada), wine, flax, hides and tallow. By 1900, Britain's global share soared to 22.8% of total imports. By 1922, its global share soared to 14.9% of total exports and 28.8% of manufactured exports. Historians agree that in the 1840s, Britain adopted a free-trade policy, meaning open markets and no tariffs throughout the empire. The debate among historians involves what the implications of free trade actually were. \"The Imperialism of Free Trade\" is a highly influential 1952 article", "title": "Economic history of the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "12421928", "text": "of Newfoundland in particular have substantial oil production and reserves. Alberta has 39% of Canada's remaining conventional oil reserves, offshore Newfoundland 28% and Saskatchewan 27%, but if oil sands are included, Alberta's share is over 98%. Canada has a highly sophisticated energy industry and is both an importer and exporter of oil and refined products. In 2006, in addition to producing , Canada imported , consumed itself, and exported to the U.S. The excess of exports over imports was . Over 99% of Canadian oil exports are sent to the United States, and Canada is the United States' largest supplier", "title": "Oil reserves in Canada" }, { "docid": "11700647", "text": "exports combined). Between 1998 and 2007, imports from China grew by almost 400 percent According to a study by the Fraser Institute think tank, China replaced Japan as Canada's third-largest export market in 2007, with CA$9.3 billion flowing into China. Between 1998 and 2007, exports to China grew by 272 percent, but only represented about 1.1 percent of China's total imports. In 2007, Canadian imports of Chinese products totaled C$38.3 billion. Leading commodities in the trade between Canada and China include chemicals, metals, industrial and agricultural machinery and equipment, wood products, and fish products. According to the China Goes Global", "title": "Canada–China relations" }, { "docid": "6782773", "text": "VAT-free imports from the Channel Islands Many low-valued exports of goods from the Channel Islands to the United Kingdom were exempt from value added tax (VAT) until April 2012, due to the operation of an EU tax relief called low-value consignment relief (LVCR). LVCR was not limited to the Channel Islands, and continues to apply to all low-valued imports into the EU from other countries outside of the EU. When goods are imported into the EU from a non-EU territory, they are generally subject to a VAT (currently 20% in the UK for most goods). However, as a result of", "title": "VAT-free imports from the Channel Islands" }, { "docid": "2633523", "text": "in selected years between 1980 and 2017. Inflation under 2% is in green. Canada and the United States are member states of international trade organizations, including NAFTA—replaced by the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiated in 2018, G7, G20, OECD and WTO. According to a Global Affairs Canada 2018 report, Canada's exports increased 5.7% to a record high in 2017 of $CAD546.7 billion—$29.2 billion above the exports level in 2016. In 2017 imports also rose to an all-time high of $CAD1,108 billion. In 2017, Canada’s exports increased to Japan, India, South Korea, Germany, the United Kingdom, and China. In September 2017,", "title": "Comparison of Canadian and American economies" }, { "docid": "2633525", "text": "(ITC) report, in 2017, US merchandise exports increased $95.7 billion or 6.6% from $1,451.0 billion in 2016 to $1,546.7 billion. During the same period, US imports increased by $155.1 billion or 7.1% up from $2,187.8 billion in 2016. In 2017 energy-related products represented the largest increase in both imports and exports in the US. Based on a purchasing power parity scale, which compares the \"relative purchasing power between two or more currencies\",—income levels and costs are used to calculate the difference in the affordability of a similar basket of goods—in 2014, Canada was rated as 26% more expensive than the", "title": "Comparison of Canadian and American economies" }, { "docid": "780853", "text": "were taken during the slave trade. The tourist season is the dry season, during the Northern Hemisphere winter. In FY 1999, the UK and other EU countries were the Gambia's major domestic export markets, accounting for 86% of all exports. This was followed by Asia at 14% of exports, and the African at 8% of exports. The U.K. and the other EU countries - namely, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Belgium - were the major source of imports, accounting for 60% of the total share of imports, followed by Asia at 23%, and African countries at 17%. The Gambia re-exports 11%", "title": "Economy of the Gambia" }, { "docid": "18736710", "text": "to lift its ban and increased quarantine requirements not only for salmon, but for imports of other species of fish as well. The parties settled their dispute in 2000. In the 1990s, major world salmon exporters include Canada, Norway, Chile, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, and Australia. In 1995, Australia had a 100 million AUD (75.1 million USD) salmon industry, with a total value of Australian salmon exports (mostly to east Asia, particularly Japan) of about 40 million dollars. In 1975, Australia imposed a ban on imports of fresh salmon under a quarantine regulation intended to prevent entry of imported", "title": "Canada–Australia salmon trade dispute" }, { "docid": "15569979", "text": "2003–2007, Canada ranked between fourth- and seventh-highest in dollar value, among nations exporting worn clothing and other worn textiles, and in 2007 its global exports of this commodity were valued at US$187m. Canada's used clothing exports to the DRC, US$9.7m. in 2007, represented 3.5% of Canada's global total, and 28.1% of DRC's estimated used clothing imports of US$34.5m. In 2001, humanitarian groups working in rebel-occupied areas of the DRC reported to a United Nations Panel of Experts of \"women in some villages who have simply stopped taking their children to the health centres because they no longer possess simple items", "title": "Canada–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations" }, { "docid": "11153929", "text": "1970s but rose to a peak of more than 13 million tons in 1982. Wheat imports fell as wheat output expanded rapidly, so that by 1985 imports fell to just under 5.5 million tons. Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, and the United States have been major sources of China's wheat imports. China has been one of the world's largest rice exporters, which had been annually shipping out about 1 million tons. Rice exports go primarily to Asian and East European countries and to Cuba. China has been both an importer and an exporter of coarse grains. Up to 1984 sorghum, millet,", "title": "History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China" }, { "docid": "11153931", "text": "1970s, when corn imports hit a peak of 3.6 million tons. Major coarse grain suppliers include Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Thailand, and the United States. Soybeans have been a major foreign exchange earner for most of last century. Static production and rising domestic demand for soybeans and soybean products meant a decline in exports until the early 1980s. For example, in 1981 Argentina and the United States shipped more than 500,000 tons of soybeans to China; these two countries and Brazil also exported soybean oil to China. Domestic production expanded in the early 1980s, however, and by 1985 soybean imports", "title": "History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China" }, { "docid": "11582085", "text": "main exports to New Zealand included aircraft, electrical equipment, machinery and fertilizers for 2006. Canada's leading imports from New Zealand include meat, dairy products, agricultural machinery and wine. New Zealand offers many opportunities for Canadian companies particularly in energy, extractive industries, telecommunications and food products. Canada was New Zealand's 12th largest export destination and 14th largest trading partner in the year ended December 2006 with exports of NZ$553 million. There are significant Canadian investments in New Zealand, particularly McCains and communications company Stratos Global Corporation. New Zealand companies in Canada include Tait Electronics, Michael Hill Jeweller, Peace Software and Glidepath.", "title": "Canada–New Zealand relations" }, { "docid": "13951319", "text": "Canada–Lithuania relations Canada–Lithuania relations are foreign relations between Canada and Lithuania. The flow of trade between Canada and Lithuania is steadily rising. In 2013, Canadian imports from Lithuania totaled $188.9 million and included mostly crude oil, minerals and wooden furniture. Canadian exports to Lithuania amounted to $88.9 million and included metals, agricultural machinery, food products and automotive parts. Canada's cumulative direct investment to Lithuania reached $500 million in 2012. Citizens of Lithuania do not need temporary resident visas to travel to Canada if they are holders of biometric passports, unless their passport was issued before August 28, 2006. Both countries", "title": "Canada–Lithuania relations" }, { "docid": "11773259", "text": "billion Canadian dollars. Canadian exports to Poland in 2015 and totalled $251 million. Canadian imports from Poland were valued at $1.7 billion. Canada's main exports to Poland were primarily machinery, mineral ores, medical or surgical instruments and mineral fuel. Canadian imports from Poland included machinery, fur skins, furniture, electrical machinery, aircraft, and parts. In October 2016, Canada and the European Union (which includes Poland) signed a free trade agreement known as the \"Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement\". Poland's dynamic economy and its accession to the European Union in 2004 have created opportunities for the Canadian private sector. Priority sectors of", "title": "Canada–Poland relations" }, { "docid": "13951320", "text": "re-established diplomatic relations in 1991. Canada has an embassy office in Vilnius, the actual embassy is located in Riga (Latvia). Lithuania has an embassy in Ottawa and 2 honorary consulates in Montreal and Vancouver. Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and of NATO. Canada–Lithuania relations Canada–Lithuania relations are foreign relations between Canada and Lithuania. The flow of trade between Canada and Lithuania is steadily rising. In 2013, Canadian imports from Lithuania totaled $188.9 million and included mostly crude oil, minerals and wooden furniture. Canadian exports to Lithuania amounted to $88.9 million and", "title": "Canada–Lithuania relations" }, { "docid": "13717809", "text": "(MTAP) in 2005, which aims at training Albanian military officers in Canada. Canada's exports to Albania in 2013 amounted to $36.84 million, with machinery, iron and steel products, animal products and tools counting among the top exports. Canadian imports from Albania totalled $6.37 million, mainly in footwear, iron and steel products, apparel and grain. Calgary's Bankers Petroleum is Albania's largest foreign investor, in a project aimed at developing Europe's largest on-land oil deposit in south central Albania. Canadian mining companies also invest and participate commercially in copper, zinc, gold and silver mining projects. Albania–Canada relations Albania–Canada relations refer to bilateral", "title": "Albania–Canada relations" }, { "docid": "9651895", "text": "are the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions, both representing cities located on the U.S.–Canada border. The Lions play in downtown Detroit, from Windsor, Ontario. The Bills' stadium is located south of the Canada–U.S. border. From 2008–13, the Bills played 8 games in Toronto as part of the Bills Toronto Series which included one regular season game per year. All four major leagues have strict rules regarding who may own a team, and also place some restrictions on what other sort of activities the owners may engage in. The major leagues generally do not allow anyone to own a stake in", "title": "Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada" }, { "docid": "606707", "text": "value of everything produced. Usually, expenditures by private individuals, expenditures by businesses, and expenditures by government are calculated separately and then summed to give the total expenditure. Also, a correction term must be introduced to account for imports and exports outside the boundary. The income method works by summing the incomes of all producers within the boundary. Since what they are paid is just the market value of their product, their total income must be the total value of the product. Wages, proprietor's incomes, and corporate profits are the major subdivisions of income. The output approach focuses on finding the", "title": "Measures of national income and output" }, { "docid": "20918884", "text": "Canada–Lesotho relations Canada-Lesotho Relations began in 1966. Canada maintains a High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa which represents it in Lesotho. Lesotho maintains a High Commission in Ottawa and a Honourary Consul in Vancouver. Lesotho businesses can apply for support from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, which has funded projects focused on gender equality. Students in Lesotho are eligible for Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship Program and the African Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Program. In 2017, Bilateral trade was $10 million, consisting of $9.7 million imports from Lesotho and $302,000 in exports to Lesotho. Canadian NGOs and", "title": "Canada–Lesotho relations" }, { "docid": "17680189", "text": "Canada's exports to Portugal amounted to $236.6. Aerospace products, cereals, machinery and parts, iron and steel, and vegetables; were among the leading export goods from Canada to Portugal. Imports from Portugal in 2013 amounted to $375.2 million. Beverages (wine), mineral fuels and oils, footwear, electrical and electronic machinery and equipment and furniture; were among leading import goods from Portugal to Canada. There are around 400,000 people in Canada of Portuguese ancestry, being either immigrants or descended from immigrants. Canada opened its doors to Portuguese immigration in 1953; most Portuguese Canadians trace their families back to the Azores Islands. There is", "title": "Canada–Portugal relations" }, { "docid": "11798940", "text": "Major professional sports teams of the United States and Canada This article is a list of teams that play in one of the six major sports leagues in the United States and Canada: the Canadian Football League (CFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Future expansion teams whose inaugural seasons are confirmed are also included in this list. This list does not include minor league teams. The leagues included and abbreviations used for those leagues are as follows: Est. represents the first", "title": "Major professional sports teams of the United States and Canada" }, { "docid": "1678457", "text": "conservation and protection are a few examples of this overlap. The purchasing done under the government makes up 10 to 15 percent of the country’s GDP. In 1979, the first major Government Procurement Agreement appeared. Relations with Canada and Europe are especially noticeable in government procurement. The Office of Small Business, Market Access, and Industrial Competitiveness (SBMAIC) manages manufactured goods that the United States exports. Two of the biggest goals are to expand export opportunities and strengthen enforcement of trade rules. Industrial tariffs are a huge commodity, for approximately 96 percent of U.S. merchandise imports are nonagricultural goods. The Office", "title": "Office of the United States Trade Representative" }, { "docid": "12793878", "text": "the first European country to join the Canadian-initiated International Model Forest Network in 2004. Sweden's active membership concerning two Model Forests located in Sweden has expanded ties between the Indigenous peoples of Canada and the Sami peoples of Sweden. The volume of trade between Canada and Sweden is small but growing. Canada's exports to Sweden (mainly ores, machinery and electrical machinery) totalled $544.7 million in 2007, while Canadian imports from Sweden totalled $2.1 billion in the same period. Key imports included machinery, pharmaceutical products, and vehicles. In 2007, Canadian direct investment in Sweden approached $1.3 billion, while Swedish foreign direct", "title": "Canada–Sweden relations" }, { "docid": "5360620", "text": "energy. In 2015 Hydropower made up 87% of total generation, the rest being biomass, wind and some natural gas. BC Hydro via Powerex trades electricity eastward with Alberta and south to all of the western US through the Pacific-Intertie. In 2014 BC had the largest volume of electricity imports in Canada (9700 Mwh), from the Western Interconnection in the US which is 60% fossil fueled. BC Hydro typically imports power during off-peak hours when thermal plants in the US and Alberta have excess power for sale, Then exports hydropower during peak hours when prices are higher. Manitoba Hydro is the", "title": "Electricity sector in Canada" }, { "docid": "12135277", "text": "for the Berlin Blockade of 1948, Canada refused. However, under the enthusiastic leadership of Liberal Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent it did join NATO in 1949, despite opposition from some intellectuals, the far left, and many French Canadians. Canada established diplomatic relations with the German Democratic Republic on August 1, 1975. In addition to its embassy in Ottawa, Germany maintains consulates in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Additional diplomats responsible for specialized files are also accredited from Washington. In 2006 Germany was the sixth ranked destination of Canadian exports (0.9%) and sixth ranked source of imports to Canada (2.8%). 10% of", "title": "Canada–Germany relations" }, { "docid": "16043198", "text": "of both imports and exports. In 1867, when British exports to her Empire totaled £50 million, £21 million of that was earned from India's market alone. Second to India, but far behind, was Australia, whose imports from Britain totaled £8 million, followed by Canada (£5.8 million), Hong Kong (£2.5 million), Singapore (£2 million), and New Zealand (£1.6 million). While these figures were undoubtedly significant, they represented just over a third of total British exports, the same proportion as over forty years before. Apart from coal and iron, most raw materials had to be imported so that, in the 1830s, the", "title": "Economic history of the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "11798941", "text": "year the team played in its current media market. For brevity, only the most recent nicknames for teams that have had multiple nicknames in their current media market are listed. Major professional sports teams of the United States and Canada This article is a list of teams that play in one of the six major sports leagues in the United States and Canada: the Canadian Football League (CFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Future expansion teams whose inaugural seasons are confirmed", "title": "Major professional sports teams of the United States and Canada" }, { "docid": "6782794", "text": "appears to be exclusion from the Fulfilment Group. The Guernsey authorities also claim that three of the largest retailers on the Island have agreed to voluntary caps on the amount of VAT that they can avoid by way of LVCR. VAT-free imports from the Channel Islands Many low-valued exports of goods from the Channel Islands to the United Kingdom were exempt from value added tax (VAT) until April 2012, due to the operation of an EU tax relief called low-value consignment relief (LVCR). LVCR was not limited to the Channel Islands, and continues to apply to all low-valued imports into", "title": "VAT-free imports from the Channel Islands" }, { "docid": "11907421", "text": "Arabia and Venezuela), thanks to its oil-sands resources. The United States has historically been Canada's only foreign market for natural gas, oil, and hydropower. In 2010, almost 100% of Canada's exports in these commodity classes were destined for the United States. Canada is the largest foreign supplier of crude oil (25% of oil imports) and natural gas to the United States. In short, this energy relationship has enhanced U.S. energy security and provided Canada with steady demand for its energy exports. However, this highly integrated U.S.–Canada energy relationship may change dramatically in the near future. U.S. oil and natural gas", "title": "Canada–United States trade relations" }, { "docid": "15569980", "text": "of clothing to preserve their dignity\". Cobalt from the DRC dominated Canadian imports, however it, petroleum and diamonds were only prominent during the 1990s. The value of imports in the 2000s, chiefly from tropical wood products, was only 2.5% of the previous decade's. Source When sorted according to the top twenty-five industry categories between 1992 and 2009, \"other recyclable material[s]\" (NAICS code 41819) head the list in every year except for 1995, representing 54.5% of all Canadian exports to the DRC, or US$119m. out of $219m. in nominal dollars. The mining industry ranked second, comprising 5.0% of exports to DRC,", "title": "Canada–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations" }, { "docid": "14477417", "text": "protest in South Korea. In 2010, South Korea again became the world's third largest U.S. beef importer. The Government of South Korea banned imports of U.S. beef in 2003 when a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease was discovered in a cow in Washington. By 2006, the United States Department of Agriculture would confirm a total of three cases of BSE-infected cattle, two raised domestically, and one imported from Canada. At the time, South Korea was the third-largest purchaser of US beef exports, with an estimated market value of $815 million. An early attempt to reopen the", "title": "United States beef imports in South Korea" }, { "docid": "14036554", "text": "Italian Campaign. In 1942, Canada established diplomatic relations with the Greek government-in-exile. Soon afterwards, both nations opened diplomatic missions in each other's capitals, respectively. Today, over 243,000 Canadians claim Greek descent. In 2012, both nations celebrated 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between both nations. Canada's main exports to Greece are paper, furs, machinery, vegetables, aircraft and pharmaceutical products. Canadian merchandise imports from Greece include preserved food products, aluminium, fats and oils, and fertilizers. Greece's business community with relations to Canada and Canadian companies operating in Greece set up the Hellenic-Canadian Chamber of Commerce in 1996, whose mission", "title": "Canada–Greece relations" }, { "docid": "17615046", "text": "for butter was 3,274 tonnes, of which 2,000 tonnes was allocated to New Zealand. Imports above the quota for butter would pay the steep tariff. Brookings noted that \"[as] a practical matter, no dairy products are sold to Canada outside the quota, so no U.S. exports really pay a high tariff. Prior to 1995 Canada employed agricultural import controls in use since the 1983 World Trade Organization's Agreement on Agriculture (AoA). These were converted to TRQs after 1995. By 2011, Canada's WTO-authorized TRQ represented 8% of the cheese market and 1% of the yogurt market. The Canadian supply management system", "title": "Supply management (Canada)" }, { "docid": "18677878", "text": "has become the new owner of the Niksic brewery \"Trebjesa\". On December 8, 2008, as part of the process of accession to the World Trade Organization, Montenegro signed a bilateral trade agreement with Canada. 2012: a total of €1,391,327 (€1,153,292 import to Montenegro, and export to Canada €238,035); 2011: a total of €1,275,211.00 (€1,219,896.28 import to Montenegro, and export to Canada €55,315.00); Direct investments from Canada in 2012 amounted to €950.929,23; Direct investments from Canada in 2011 amounted to €1.175.307,94. Montenegro mostly imports from Canada: ships, boats; boilers; pharmaceutical products, vegetables, roots, tubers. Moreover, Montenegro exports mostly to Canada: a", "title": "Canada–Montenegro relations" }, { "docid": "673818", "text": "sugarcane; peanuts are now the second crop. On Nevis, sea island cotton and coconuts are the major commodities. Sweet potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cabbages, carrots, and breadfruit are grown for local consumption on both islands, mostly by individual smallholders. In 2001, agricultural products accounted for about 18.5% of total imports by value and 11.2% of exports; the government has embarked on a program to substitute for food imports. Sugar estate lands were nationalized in 1975, and the sugar factory was purchased by the government the following year. The output of raw sugar slumped between 1986 and 1989, and as a result", "title": "Economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis" }, { "docid": "9414056", "text": "The Imports The Imports were a Chicago punk rock band that formed in 1980. In a response to a solicitation for information on influential people, bands, clubs, zines, etc., for a Chicago Punk History Radio Documentary in 2006, Steve Albini of Big Black listed The C*nts, The Imports, Coolest Retard, Wax Trax, and WZRD. Members of The Imports later went on to play with the Vagueleys, Silly Carmichaels (a pre-Ministry Al Jourgensen project), Sharkey's Machine, ¡Ack-Ack!, The Arms of Someone New, Split Heavens, Sylvia Darling and The Moon Seven Times. The Imports formed in 1979 in Chicago's South Side Hyde", "title": "The Imports" }, { "docid": "344038", "text": "imports: 436 million kWh (2008 est.) Agriculture - products: cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, maize, peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa, forest products Exports: $12.38 billion (2011 est.) Exports - commodities: petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, Cocoa bean, coffee, diamonds Exports - partners: China 37.9%, United States 20%, Australia 6.2%, France 6.0%, Spain 4.8%, Italy 4.3%, Netherlands 4.3% (2011) Imports: $4.917 billion (2011 est.) Imports - commodities: capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs Imports - partners: France 17.3%, China 12.6%, India 9.5%, Italy 7.5%, Brazil 7.3%, United States 5.8% (2011) Debt - external: $4.955 billion (2011 est.) Currency: 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) =", "title": "Economy of the Republic of the Congo" }, { "docid": "14477421", "text": "government's confirmation of a fourth case of BSE but did not halt imports. South Korea ended the special inspections two months later. United States beef imports in South Korea U.S. beef imports in South Korea made up a $504 million industry for the American beef industry in 2010. The import of U.S. beef was banned in 2003 in South Korea and in other nations after a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was discovered in the United States. At the time, South Korea was the third-largest purchaser of U.S. beef exports, with an estimated market value of $815 million. After a", "title": "United States beef imports in South Korea" }, { "docid": "14477416", "text": "United States beef imports in South Korea U.S. beef imports in South Korea made up a $504 million industry for the American beef industry in 2010. The import of U.S. beef was banned in 2003 in South Korea and in other nations after a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was discovered in the United States. At the time, South Korea was the third-largest purchaser of U.S. beef exports, with an estimated market value of $815 million. After a number of failed attempts at reopening the Korean market, imports finally resumed in July 2008 leading to the massive 2008 US beef", "title": "United States beef imports in South Korea" }, { "docid": "15538653", "text": "income equality. In 2010, the Western Cape imported a total of R104.9 billion worth of goods and commodities and exported R50.4 billion. The discrepancy between imports and exports and the dominance of oil producing countries as the top trade partners can be explained by the large amount of petroleum and petroleum products that are imported into the province to be processed and refined at the Chevron Oil Refinery in Cape Town. Cape Town is a major entry point for oil and gas imports into South Africa. Adjusted for petroleum imports, the Western Cape imported R47.6 billion worth of goods and", "title": "Economy of the Western Cape" }, { "docid": "121005", "text": "shared nuclear facility with Latvia and Lithuania. Estonia has a high Internet penetration, and connections are available throughout most of the country. Estonia exports machinery and equipment (33% of all exports annually), wood and paper (15% of all exports annually), textiles (14% of all exports annually), food products (8% of all exports annually), furniture (7% of all exports annually), and metals and chemical products. Estonia also exports 1.562 million megawatt hours of electricity annually. Estonia imports machinery and equipment (33.5% of all imports annually), chemical products (11.6% of all imports annually), textiles (10.3'% of all imports annually), food products (9.4%", "title": "Economy of Estonia" }, { "docid": "12456599", "text": "Economy of Portugal Portugal ranked 42nd in the WEF's Global Competitiveness Report for 2017–2018. The great majority of the international trade is done within the European Union (EU), whose countries received 72.8% of the Portuguese exports and were the origin of 76.5% of the Portuguese imports in 2015. Other regional groups that are significant trade partners of Portugal are the NAFTA (6.3% of the exports and 2% of the imports), the PALOP (5.7% of the exports and 2.5% of the imports), the Maghreb (3.7% of the exports and 1.3% of the imports) and the Mercosul (1.4% of the exports and", "title": "Economy of Portugal" }, { "docid": "4552366", "text": "India's international trade has increased sharply, with the contribution of total trade in goods and services to the GDP rising from 16% in 1990–91 to 47% in 2009–10. Foreign trade accounted for 48.8% of India's GDP in 2015. Globally, India accounts for 1.44% of exports and 2.12% of imports for merchandise trade and 3.34% of exports and 3.31% of imports for commercial services trade. India's major trading partners are the European Union, China, the United States and the United Arab Emirates. In 2006–07, major export commodities included engineering goods, petroleum products, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, gems and jewellery, textiles and garments,", "title": "Economy of India" }, { "docid": "11165779", "text": "important natural resources that Japan lacked, notably coal and oil. In the 1980s Japan accounted for over 20 percent of China's foreign trade and in 1986 provided 28.9 percent of China's imports and 15.2 percent of its exports. Starting in the late 1970s, China ran a trade deficit with Japan. Beginning in the 1960s, Hong Kong was consistently the leading market for China's exports and its second largest partner in overall trade. In 1986 Hong Kong received 31.6 percent of Chinese goods sold abroad and supplied about 13 percent of China's imports. Hong Kong was a major market for Chinese", "title": "History of trade of the People's Republic of China" }, { "docid": "12567291", "text": "those from Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, South Korea and the USA. German imports from India amounted to $7 billion or 2.7% of India's overall exports in 2015. The 10 major commodities exported from India to Germany were: German exports to India amounted to $11.8 billion or 3% of India's overall imports in 2015. The 10 major commodities exported from Germany to India were: India suffers from a severe image deficit in Germany. In August 2007, a mob of over 50 persons attacked 8 Indians in Mügeln. In March 2015, Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger, the head of the biochemistry department at Leipzig", "title": "Germany–India relations" }, { "docid": "314309", "text": "as well as consumption, resulting in relatively higher levels of imports. The sharp increase in imports may not be a cause for major worry, the imports during the current fiscal year included around $12 billion of capital goods (machinery, metals etc.), which would eventually increase the country's industrial capacity and help exports flourish. The increase in import of machinery will have multiplier effect on the economy as the manufacturing has the highest backward linkage among the major sectors. As the demand for manufacturing grows, it in turn will help in the creation of jobs, investments, and innovations. Pakistan major exports", "title": "Economy of Pakistan" }, { "docid": "11070367", "text": "Britain that opened the British West Indies and Canada to American exports, though the British refused to allow American ships to engage in the West Indian carrying trade. The agreement with Britain, which had been sought by previous presidents, represented a major foreign policy success for Jackson. The State Department also negotiated routine trade agreements with Russia, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, and Siam. American exports (chiefly cotton) increased 75%, while imports increased 250%. Jackson increased funding to the navy and used it to defend American commercial interests in far-flung areas such as the Falkland Islands and Sumatra. A second major", "title": "Presidency of Andrew Jackson" }, { "docid": "463841", "text": "Nations, Yemen imports more than 75 percent of its main dietary staple—wheat. The principal source of Yemen's imports in 2005 was the United Arab Emirates (13.4 percent of total imports); the bulk of these imports are actually re-exports from the United States and Kuwait. Yemen received 10.6 percent of its total imports from Saudi Arabia and 9 percent from China. In 2005 Yemen's exports totaled US$6.4 billion. Exports are expected to increase to reach a record US$8.6 billion in 2006 as a result of strong oil revenues. Petroleum is Yemen's main export, accounting for 92 percent of total exports in", "title": "Economy of Yemen" }, { "docid": "12075403", "text": "the aforementioned Canada-India Working Group on Counter-Terrorism. Canada and India enjoy a prosperous trading relationship. Since 2004, despite the Late-2000s recession, trade has increased by over 70%. In 2009, Canadian exports to India totalled C$2.1 billion, while in the same year Canadian imports from India totalled C$2.0 billion, giving Canada a C$100 million trade surplus. India celebrated the year 2012 as year of India in Canada to promote business, cultural and political relations with India. Despite the warm relationship, trade between Canada and India is less than their potential. India accounts for less than 1% of Canada's total export and", "title": "Canada–India relations" }, { "docid": "13067960", "text": "already imposed a seties of trade sanctions in 2012, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird imposed additional bans and froze all remaining trade with Iran. This came at a time when bilateral trade was worth around C$135 million ($130 million USD). This was enacted in protest the Tehran's nuclear ambitions and human rights record. Baird was quoted as saying, \"The absence of progress ... leads Canada to ban effectively immediately all imports and exports from Iran\". Statistics Canada's data for 2012 reveals exports to Iran were worth around C$95 million, mostly consisting of cereals, oil seeds, and fruit, as well as", "title": "Canada–Iran relations" }, { "docid": "11998828", "text": "trade. After the UK and Italy, the Netherlands saw the most growth in trade relations with Canada. By 2018, the value of Dutch exports to Canada reached a staggering €4.4 billion. The value of Dutch imports from Canada reached €3.1 billion. Both countries exempt each other's citizens from obtaining a visa to enter. Visa-free travel is fully available to Canadian citizens in the Netherlands for a 3-month period occurring in a half year. Dutch citizens in Canada can travel visa-free for up to 6 months from date of entry. The Netherlands remains a top European destination for Canadian tourists, especially", "title": "Canada–Netherlands relations" }, { "docid": "12075064", "text": "Agreements on Agriculture between Canada and each EFTA State were appended to the CEFTA. Both came into effect on July 1, 2009. The agreement eliminates almost all tariffs, with certain agricultural and fishery products being excluded from immediate tariff elimination. Bilateral trade totaled $10.7 billion in 2006 (With Canadian imports from the EFTA valued at $7.6 billion and Exports to the EFTA at $3.1 Billion). Investments between the EFTA and Canada are valued at $22 billion in 2006. The agreement is Canada's first free trade agreement with any European nation. Canada–European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement The Canada–European Free", "title": "Canada–European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement" }, { "docid": "407623", "text": "Another significant import is alumina (aluminum oxide) to supply the aluminum industry. The major suppliers of alumina are Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Tajikistan has suffered trade deficits throughout the post-Soviet era. In 2003 the deficit was US$97 million, based on exports of US$705 million and imports of US$802 million. In 2004 exports were worth US$736 million and imports, US$958 billion, creating a trade deficit of US$222 million. The deficit increased again in 2005, to US$339 million, mainly because cotton exports decreased and domestic demand for goods increased. In 2005 the current account deficit was US$86 million, having shown a general", "title": "Economy of Tajikistan" }, { "docid": "18627415", "text": "and dairy products (36 percent of total exports), motor vehicles and parts (12 percent); chemicals and related products (7 percent) and crude oil and fuels (5 percent). Main imports are: intermediate goods (29 percent of total imports), parts and accessories for capital goods (20 percent), capital goods (19 percent), fuels and lubricants (13 percent) and motor vehicles (8 percent). Argentina's main trading partners are: Brazil (21 percent of total exports and 29 percent of imports), China (7 percent of exports and 14 percent of imports) and United States (5 percent of exports and 10 percent of imports). Others minor trading", "title": "Argentina foreign trade relations with the European Union" }, { "docid": "64633", "text": "materials, furniture Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity - production: 441.9 million kWh (2003) Electricity - production by source: <br>\"fossil fuel:\" 100% <br>\"hydro:\" 0% <br>\"nuclear:\" 0% <br>\"other:\" 0% (1998) Electricity - consumption: 411 million kWh (2003) Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1998) Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1998) Agriculture - products: vegetables, fruit; livestock, turtle, sea salt farming Exports: $2.52 million (2004) Exports - commodities: turtle products, sea salt,manufactured consumer goods Exports - partners: mostly US (2004) Imports: $866.9 million (2004) Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, manufactured goods Imports - partners: UK, US, Netherlands Antilles, Japan (2004) Debt - external: $70", "title": "Economy of the Cayman Islands" }, { "docid": "9651949", "text": "As of 2015, MLB also handles the NHL's digital operations. Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in those countries. The four leagues universally included in the definition are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). MLB, the NBA, NFL, and NHL are commonly referred to as the \"Big Four\". Each", "title": "Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada" }, { "docid": "9651850", "text": "Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in those countries. The four leagues universally included in the definition are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). MLB, the NBA, NFL, and NHL are commonly referred to as the \"Big Four\". Each of these is the wealthiest professional club competition in its", "title": "Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada" }, { "docid": "14034422", "text": "Association of Southeast Asian Nations through the Joint Cooperation Workplan signed between the two parties. Canada, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are all members of la Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Asia's market share (the proportion of Canadian imports) in Canada accounts for 19.2%. 9.83% of total Canadian imports come from China and 3.53% come from Japan. Canada's market share in Asia is only 0.96%, creating a trade deficit. Due to its proximity to Asia across the Pacific Vancouver is the major port for Canada's trade with Asia. This has prompted the Canadian government's Asia–Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative. Canada is", "title": "Asia–Canada relations" }, { "docid": "18278368", "text": "were $506 million, which rose to $611 million in 2008, $706 million in 2009, $813 million in 2010, $1.078 billion in 2011, and $1.1 billion in 2014. Canada ranks as its sixth largest export destination. Thus, the issue of sustainability of exports to Canada in future years is an important one for Bangladesh. Bangladesh imports mainly red lentils, cereals, edible oil, oil seeds, miscellaneous fruit items, fertilizer, mechanical appliances, wood pulp, paper/paperboard, scraps, and optical, medical, scientific and technical instruments from Canada. Bangladesh is the second largest importer of Canadian food grains and other agricultural products in South Asia. Moreover,", "title": "Bangladesh–Canada relations" }, { "docid": "57244", "text": "Balance of trade The balance of trade, commercial balance, or net exports (sometimes symbolized as NX), is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain period. Sometimes a distinction is made between a balance of trade for goods versus one for services. \"Balance of trade\" can be a misleading term because trade measures a \"flow\" of exports and imports over a given period of time, rather than a \"balance\" of exports and imports at a given point in time. Also, balance of trade does not mean that exports and imports are \"in balance\"", "title": "Balance of trade" }, { "docid": "12444020", "text": "<br>\"fossil fuel:\" 100% <br>\"hydro:\" 0% <br>\"nuclear:\" 0% <br>\"other:\" 0% Electricity – consumption: NA kWh Electricity – exports: NA kWh Electricity – imports: NA kWh Agriculture – products: coconuts, fruits, vegetables, cattle Exports: $1 billion (1998) Exports – commodities: garments Exports – partners: US Imports: $NA Imports – commodities: food, construction equipment and materials, petroleum products Imports – partners: US, Japan Debt – external: $NA Economic aid – recipient: $21.1 million (1995) Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: US currency is used Fiscal year: 1 October – 30 September Economy of the Northern Mariana Islands The", "title": "Economy of the Northern Mariana Islands" }, { "docid": "13196969", "text": "that is, the sum of both its imports and exports, amounted to a total value of Rs 79.000:000$000 between 1834 and 1839 and increased every year until it reached Rs 472.000:000$000 in 1886 (an annual growth of 3.88% since 1839). In 1859 the balance of payments between imports and exports reaches equilibrium; exports gradually increase relative to imports, and the Empire's balance of trade becomes consistently positive from 1865 on. After 1874, the balance of payments becomes clearly favorable. Most Brazilian exports were agricultural goods. For comparison, between 1850 and 1900 agricultural goods constituted between 73% and 83% of the", "title": "Economy of the Empire of Brazil" }, { "docid": "192862", "text": "electrical equipment, construction materials, consumer goods, and textiles, as well as food processing also form a significant part of the manufacturing sector. Israel is one of the world's three major centers for polished diamonds, alongside Belgium and India. Israel's net polished diamond exports slid 22.8 percent in 2012 as polished diamond exports fell to $5.56 billion from $7.2 billion in 2011. Net exports of rough diamonds dropped 20.1 percent to $2.8 billion and net exports of polished diamonds slipped 24.9 percent to $4.3 billion, while net rough diamond imports dropped 12.9 percent to $3.8 billion. Net exports and imports have", "title": "Economy of Israel" }, { "docid": "8969998", "text": "the country imports: formula_2, or equivalently formula_3 A trade deficit occurs when imports are large relative to exports. Imports are impacted principally by a country's income and its productive resources. For example, the US imports oil from Canada even though the US has oil and Canada uses oil. However, consumers in the US are willing to pay more for the marginal barrel of oil than Canadian consumers are, because there is more oil demanded in the US than there is oil produced. In macroeconomic theory, the value of imports formula_4 can be modeled as a function of the domestic absorption", "title": "Import" }, { "docid": "407121", "text": "manufacturing (foundry services) and is a leading LCD panel manufacturer, DRAM computer memory, networking equipment, and consumer electronics designer and manufacturer. Major hardware companies include Acer, Asus, HTC, Foxconn, TSMC and Pegatron. Textiles are another major industrial export sector, though of declining importance due to labor shortages, increasing overhead costs, land prices, and environmental protection. Imports are dominated by raw materials and capital goods, which account for more than 90% of the total. Taiwan imports most of its energy needs. The United States is Taiwan's third largest trading partner, taking 11.4% of Taiwanese exports and supplying 10.0% of its imports.", "title": "Economy of Taiwan" }, { "docid": "10297852", "text": "measure of net-imports and is calculated as the difference between imports and exports. Reflecting that material and money flow in opposite directions during trade, this is a contrast to the monetary trade balance which calculates net-exports. Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) is a measure of apparent consumption and calculated from domestic extraction plus imports minus exports (or DE plus PTB). Economy-wide MFA is a satellite system to the system of national accounts and provides a rich empirical database for analytical studies. More information on how the statistics are collected, under what legal framework and how they are defined is available on", "title": "Material flow accounting" }, { "docid": "253809", "text": "billion (2013 est.) Exports - commodities: tobacco, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products, apparel, uranium and its compounds Exports - partners: Canada 10.6%, Zimbabwe 9.3%, Germany 7.3%, South Africa 6.6%, Russia 6.5%, US 6.1%, China 4.2% (2012) Imports: $2.42 billion (2013 est.) Imports - commodities: food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment Imports - partners: South Africa 27%, China 16.6%, India 8.7%, Zambia 8.5%, Tanzania 5.1%, US 4.3% (2012) Current account balance - $280.1 million (2013 est.) Debt - external: $1.556 billion (31 December 2013 est.) Economic aid - recipient: $575.3 million (2005) Foreign direct investment - inflow", "title": "Economy of Malawi" }, { "docid": "12361396", "text": "production: (2007) Oil - consumption: (2006 est.) Oil - exports: (2005) Oil - imports: (2005) Oil - proved reserves: (1 January 2006 est.) Natural gas - production: 0 cu m (2007 est.) Natural gas - consumption: 0 cu m (2007 est.) Natural gas - exports: 0 cu m (2006 est.) Natural gas - imports: 0 cu m (2006) Natural gas - proved reserves: 0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.) Exports: $84.3 million (2007 est.) Exports - commodities: petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, machinery and transport equipment 17%, food and live animals 4%, other 8% Exports - partners: Spain 34%,", "title": "Economy of Antigua and Barbuda" }, { "docid": "11759482", "text": "status. Contacts with Cyprus on other issues also take place in international organizations such as the UN, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations. Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Bilateral commercial relations with Cyprus remain relatively modest. In 2005, Canada exported to Cyprus a little more than $10 million worth of goods and services. Canada's exports were mostly machinery, wood products and vegetables. Canadian imports from Cyprus grew in 2005 and were worth $17.8 million. They were mostly ships and boats, machinery and edible fruits and nuts. Canadian investment", "title": "Canada–Cyprus relations" }, { "docid": "2065964", "text": "exports (0.7%), and ninth ranked source of imports to Canada (1.3%). France is the 5th largest source country for foreign students to Canada (1st among European source countries). According to 2003–2004 figures from UNESCO, France is also the 4th most popular destination for Canadian post-secondary students, and the most popular non-English-speaking destination. For French post-secondary students, Canada is their 5th most popular destination; it ranks 2nd in terms of non-European destinations. Haglund and Massie (2010) argue that French Canadian intellectuals after 1800 developed the theme that Quebec had been abandoned and ignored by France. By the 1970s, however, there was", "title": "Canada–France relations" }, { "docid": "8123624", "text": "percent of Soviet exports to the West consisted of machinery. Other Soviet nonfuel exports in the 1990s included timber, exported primarily to Japan, and chemicals, the export of which grew substantially in 1984 and 1985. In the 1980s, Soviet imports from Western industrialized countries generally exceeded exports, although trade with the West decreased overall. One-half of Soviet agricultural imports were from developed countries, and these imports made up a considerable portion of total imports from the West. Industrial equipment formed one-quarter of Soviet imports from the West, and iron and steel products, particularly steel tubes for pipeline construction, made up", "title": "Foreign trade of the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "192627", "text": "and experts forecast that output, hence exports, would be below capacity in 2005 as well. In 2004 the chief export markets were the United States (which accounted for nearly half), Italy, France, Jordan, Canada, and the Netherlands. In 2004 the value of Iraq's imports was US$21.7 billion, incurring a trade deficit of about US$5.2 billion. In 2003 the main sources of Iraq's imports were Turkey, Jordan, Vietnam, the United States, Germany, and Britain. Because of Iraq's inactive manufacturing sector, the range of imports was quite large, including food, fuels, medicines, and manufactured goods. By 2010, exports rose to US$50.8 billion", "title": "Economy of Iraq" }, { "docid": "9414060", "text": "a 7\" single on Cirkle Records, published in 1980 with the songs \"Visions of Reality\" and \"Darkness of Light\". These songs were recorded on a four-track reel-to-reel tape recorder in the Imports rehearsal space in the basement of the Krug's home in Hyde Park. The recording engineer was Andrew Clark, guitarist and vocalist of the band Epicycle. In order to achieve some manner of separation between tracks, each member of the band was sequestered in his own corner of the basement. The Imports The Imports were a Chicago punk rock band that formed in 1980. In a response to a", "title": "The Imports" }, { "docid": "12974852", "text": "amid a global pullback brought on by the financial crisis. The fourth-quarter surge was fuelled by everything from a strong housing sector and healthy consumer spending to a surprise turnaround for net trade as the country's exports grew at almost double the pace of imports, according to Statistics Canada. 21,000 jobs were created in Canada as of February 2010. However, employers are still not hiring people in most places including Stelco and other jobs that are in rural areas like Norfolk County, Ontario. Last quarter expansion of 1.2% in 2009 officially brought Macedonia out of the recession. Overall, Macedonia's GDP", "title": "Timeline of the Great Recession" }, { "docid": "9414059", "text": "view acts who weren't on the same bill. Initially, the Imports played a short pop punk set of originals inspired by late seventies American and British punk acts such as Iggy Pop, the New York Dolls, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Jam. Their repertoire grew to over sixty originals, few of which ran much longer than two minutes. However, soon after their Chicago debut at the club Ann Arkees on March 6, 1980, the Imports gave up their high-intensity pop-punk style for a melancholic, brooding post-punk sound. While together, The Imports released only one professional recording:", "title": "The Imports" }, { "docid": "11907413", "text": "Canada–United States trade relations The trade relationship of the United States with Canada was the second largest in the world after China and the United States. In 2016, the goods and services trade between the two countries totaled $627.8 billion. U.S. exports were $320.1 billion, while imports were $307.6 billion. The United States had a $12.5 billion trade surplus with Canada in 2016. Canada has historically held a trade deficit with the United States in every year since 1985 in net trade of goods, excluding services. The trade relationship between the two countries crosses all industries and is vitally important", "title": "Canada–United States trade relations" }, { "docid": "7084237", "text": "of petroleum exports from the region. The proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada is a way to enhance the security of US petroleum supply. The United States is a net importer of natural gas, most of it by pipeline from Canada, with a smaller amount of LNG from other sources. Net gas imports into the US peaked in 2007, when the country imported 16.4 percent of the natural gas it consumed, and was the world's largest net importer of natural gas. By 2013, despite growing use of natural gas in the US, net imports had fallen to 5.0 percent of", "title": "Energy policy of the United States" }, { "docid": "19700009", "text": "openly acknowledged \"that all three franchises are dissatisfied with their current stadium situations\", although it noted that the Falcons were preparing to build a new stadium in Atlanta. There has been increasing cooperation between the NBA and the Euroleague. In 2005, the two bodies agreed to organize a summer competition known as the NBA Europe Live Tour featuring four NBA teams and four Euroleague clubs, with the first competition taking place in 2006. Expansion of major sports leagues in the United States and Canada The expansion of major sports leagues in the United States and Canada has occurred throughout the", "title": "Expansion of major sports leagues in the United States and Canada" }, { "docid": "105706", "text": "0 cu m (2005 est.) Natural gas - imports: 1.108 million cu m (2015) Natural gas - proved reserves: 0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.) Agriculture - products: sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs Exports: $10.33 billion f.o.b. (2017 est.) Exports - commodities: ferro nickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods Exports - partners: United States 50.4%, United Kingdom 3.2%, Belgium 2.4% (2017) Imports: $19 billion f.o.b. (2017 est.) Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals Imports - partners: United States 41.4%,", "title": "Economy of the Dominican Republic" }, { "docid": "12661136", "text": "and crisis management. Over the past few years, Finland has demonstrated particular interest in Canada's human security policies (including responsibility to protect), and increasingly on the \"Canadian model of multiculturalism\". Prior to the economic downturn, Canadian merchandise exports to Finland experienced vast increases - from (CAD) $473.9 million in 2006 to $1.0 billion in 2008. In 2010, exports to Finland plummeted to $400.9 million. In 2012, exports totaled at $423.6 million, showing a slight increase. Canada's main exports to Finland are mineral fuels and oil (not crude), machinery, pharmaceutical products, and vehicles. In 2012, Canadian merchandise \"imports\" totalled $1.046 billion,", "title": "Canada–Finland relations" }, { "docid": "6782778", "text": "union. This means they do not charge VAT on purchases but there is a free movement of industrial and agricultural goods in trade between the Islands and the Union. Jersey introduced a Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 3% in 2008 which increased to 5% in 2011 on the majority of goods and services supplied in Jersey for local use, including imports, GST can be claimed back on exports. Historical documentation indicates that LVCR was originally allowed by the UK for the Channel Islands in order to expedite Jersey and Guernsey grown agricultural goods such as fresh flowers and daily", "title": "VAT-free imports from the Channel Islands" }, { "docid": "767629", "text": "ski resorts such as Arlberg or Kitzbühel are now more and more frequented by Eastern Europeans, Russians and Americans. Austria’s health care system was developed alongside other social welfare programmes by the social democrats in Vienna initially. Trade with other EU countries accounts for almost 66% of Austrian imports and exports. Expanding trade and investment in the emerging markets of central and eastern Europe is a major element of Austrian economic activity. Trade with these countries accounts for almost 14% of Austrian imports and exports, and Austrian firms have sizable investments in and continue to move labour-intensive, low-tech production to", "title": "Economy of Austria" }, { "docid": "13717823", "text": "of Foreign Affairs Mourad Medelci. Algeria is Canada's top trading partner in Africa. There is a large trade imbalance between Algeria and Canada in favour of the Algerians. Canadian exports to Algeria totalled $352 million in 2010, mostly in agricultural products such as Durum wheat, while Canadian imports from Algeria totalled $3.8 billion, 99% of which was crude oil. The Algerian community in Canada numbers approximately 50,000 people, most of whom reside in and around Montreal. Air Algérie operates one daily flight from Montreal to Algiers to serve this market. Algeria claimed that two Canadians were among the Jihadi militants", "title": "Algeria–Canada relations" } ]

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[ { "docid": "11211631", "text": "Clearwater Air Park Clearwater Air Park is a city-owned public-use airport located northeast of the central business district of Clearwater, a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. Clearwater Air Park covers an area of which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring . Take offs and landings are permitted from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. For the 12-month period ending June 8, 1999, the airport had 50,590 aircraft operations, an average of 138 per day: 99.9% general aviation, <0.1% air taxi and <0.1% military. There are 139 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.", "title": "Clearwater Air Park" }, { "docid": "11211630", "text": "Clearwater Air Park Clearwater Air Park is a city-owned public-use airport located northeast of the central business district of Clearwater, a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. Clearwater Air Park covers an area of which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring . Take offs and landings are permitted from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. For the 12-month period ending June 8, 1999, the airport had 50,590 aircraft operations, an average of 138 per day: 99.9% general aviation, <0.1% air taxi and <0.1% military. There are 139 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.", "title": "Clearwater Air Park" } ]

[ { "docid": "1936098", "text": "St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport is a public/military airport in Pinellas County, Florida serving the Tampa Bay Area. It is nine miles north of downtown St. Petersburg, seven miles southeast of Clearwater, and seventeen miles southwest of Tampa. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a small-hub primary commercial service facility. In 2014 it showed double-digit growth and handled more than one million passengers, setting a record. Most scheduled airline traffic in the Tampa Bay Area uses Tampa International Airport (TPA),", "title": "St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport" }, { "docid": "1936120", "text": "to comment on the mechanical failure. St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport is a public/military airport in Pinellas County, Florida serving the Tampa Bay Area. It is nine miles north of downtown St. Petersburg, seven miles southeast of Clearwater, and seventeen miles southwest of Tampa. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a small-hub primary commercial service facility. In 2014 it showed double-digit growth and handled more than one million passengers, setting a record. Most scheduled airline traffic in the Tampa Bay", "title": "St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport" }, { "docid": "18937838", "text": "\"What do you mean / When you nod your head yes, but you wanna say no? / What do you mean / When you don't want me to move, but you tell me to go?.\" \"USA Today\" Carly Mallenbaum, who heard the song in early August, described it as a \"catchy dance track for the club\". Similarly, a writer for \"The Daily Beast\" said, \"['What Do You Mean?' is] pretty damn catchy; a slow-burner that, like that collab, swells into a Bieber banger\". Gil Kaufman of MTV News also called it a \"banger\", explaining, \"the track is classic JB: seductive,", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "15979700", "text": "What Do You Take Me For? \"What Do You Take Me For?\" is a song by English singer Pixie Lott from her second studio album, \"Young Foolish Happy\" (2011). The song features American rapper Pusha T and was released on 4 November 2011 as the album's second single. The track received its first play on Capital FM on 26 September 2011. Robert Copsey of \"Digital Spy\" gave the song four out of five stars, stating: \"Fortunately, the rest of the track is less spooktacular and more in-yer-face girl power. 'Don't know what you think I'm after/ What do you take", "title": "What Do You Take Me For?" }, { "docid": "15979702", "text": "to number 20 with 16,553 copies sold. The music video, directed by Declan Whitebloom, premiered on 6 October 2011 and develops on a dark background while Lott is seen dancing and singing. It begins with a car pulling into a building before Lott and various scantily-clad back-up dancers perform their routine while Pusha T is seemingly pleading to Lott. Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Young Foolish Happy\". What Do You Take Me For? \"What Do You Take Me For?\" is a song by English singer Pixie Lott from her second studio album, \"Young Foolish Happy\" (2011). The song", "title": "What Do You Take Me For?" }, { "docid": "11357789", "text": "What I Can Do for You \"What I Can Do for You\" is a single by Sheryl Crow from the album \"Tuesday Night Music Club\" released on A&M Records. It was originally released in 1993 and the single includes a rare speedier version of LP track \"The Na-Na Song\" (i.e. \"Volvo Cowgirl 99\"). \"What I Can Do for You\" managed only number 97 when first released at the end of 1993, but was re-released after the success of \"All I Wanna Do\" and \"Strong Enough\". Two CD singles were released, with the second one being a limited edition including a", "title": "What I Can Do for You" }, { "docid": "14319269", "text": "10 on 15 September. The song spent a total of 11 weeks inside the top 75 chart. In Australia, \"What Can You Do For Me\" did not enter the ARIA top 100 singles chart until April 1993, following its re-release after the success of \"Something Good\". A new version of the song remixed by Drumsound & Bassline Smith was released on 26 February 2012. What Can You Do for Me \"What Can You Do For Me\" is the debut single by English electronic group Utah Saints. The song was released on 12 August 1991 and reached a peak position of", "title": "What Can You Do for Me" }, { "docid": "11357790", "text": "1996 mini-calendar. In the UK charts, it reached number 84 in its first release on February 19, 1994 and then number 43 on November 11, 1995. The song deals with sexual harassment with which Sheryl says she experienced her share of during her road to fame. What I Can Do for You \"What I Can Do for You\" is a single by Sheryl Crow from the album \"Tuesday Night Music Club\" released on A&M Records. It was originally released in 1993 and the single includes a rare speedier version of LP track \"The Na-Na Song\" (i.e. \"Volvo Cowgirl 99\"). \"What", "title": "What I Can Do for You" }, { "docid": "8383172", "text": "'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) is a song written by jazz musicians Melvin \"Sy\" Oliver and James \"Trummy\" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald, and again the same year by Nat Gonella and His Georgians. The \"shim sham\" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song. The jazz tune was transformed into a pop song with ska elements in 1982. With the title slightly altered to \"It Ain't What You Do...\", it", "title": "'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" }, { "docid": "1041130", "text": "Clearwater, Florida Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, northwest of Tampa and St. Petersburg. To the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and to the southeast lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 107,685. Clearwater is the county seat of Pinellas County and is the smallest of the three principal cities in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area. Cleveland Street is one of the city's historic avenues, and the city includes Spectrum Field and Coachman Park. The city", "title": "Clearwater, Florida" }, { "docid": "1936099", "text": "ten miles (16 km) east, but St. Pete–Clearwater remains a destination for low-cost carriers. St. Pete–Clearwater is a focus city for Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air. PIE is also less busy than Tampa, and is frequently used by pilots of private planes and executive jets. The airport uses \"Tampa Bay The Easy Way\" as an advertising slogan and \"Fly2PIE\" in reference to its three-letter IATA and FAA codes. The airport is on the west shoreline of Tampa Bay, six miles (10 km) north of St. Petersburg, Florida (the \"birthplace of commercial air transportation\"). Barely a decade after the pioneer flight of", "title": "St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport" }, { "docid": "10038255", "text": "Ain't What You Do \"Ain't What You Do\" is a single released in 2003 by the UK hip hop/R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fifth and final single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, \"Nu-Flow\". \"Ain't What You Do\" became Big Brovaz' fifth UK hit but their first to miss the top ten, peaking at number fifteen and spending seven weeks inside the top seventy-five of the UK Singles Chart. The single was not released in Australia. \"Ain't What You Do\" is based on Fun Boy Three and Bananarama's collaboration \"It Ain't What You Do (It's the", "title": "Ain't What You Do" }, { "docid": "12689146", "text": "for those who can't get enough of those heady days of the early- to mid-'70s when an artist could still go into the studio and make an album like this, Nobody Knows What You Do will speak to the inner hippie-hillbilly.\" All tracks composed by John Hartford; except where indicated Nobody Knows What You Do Nobody Knows What You Do is an album by John Hartford, released in 1976. After recording the minimalist \"Mark Twang\", Hartford returned to the studio with a band. The new material leaned more toward country-rock than bluegrass, which he would continue with 1977's Dillard Hartford", "title": "Nobody Knows What You Do" }, { "docid": "18937858", "text": "Do You Mean?\" was performed at the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards on October 25. Moreover, the song was also included on the set list for the Purpose World Tour. What Do You Mean? \"What Do You Mean?\" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album \"Purpose\" (2015). The song was released on August 28, 2015, as the album's lead single by Def Jam. Written by Bieber, Jason \"Poo Bear\" Boyd and Mason Levy, the song was produced by MdL and co-produced by Bieber. \"What Do You Mean?\" is a pop and tropical house", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "10038256", "text": "Way That You Do It)\". UK CD 1 UK CD 2 Ain't What You Do \"Ain't What You Do\" is a single released in 2003 by the UK hip hop/R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fifth and final single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, \"Nu-Flow\". \"Ain't What You Do\" became Big Brovaz' fifth UK hit but their first to miss the top ten, peaking at number fifteen and spending seven weeks inside the top seventy-five of the UK Singles Chart. The single was not released in Australia. \"Ain't What You Do\" is based on Fun Boy", "title": "Ain't What You Do" }, { "docid": "12138900", "text": "the past: \"Why don't you do what you do / when you did what you did to me?\" Its B-side is \"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)\", a duet with Michael Jackson. The song was sampled by Lil Wayne for \"How Could Something\" and by Chamillionaire for \"Void In My Life\". The music video was an imitation of \"The Godfather\" and supermodel Iman played Jackson's love interest who eventually betrays him by trying to shoot him. After his henchmen take her away, it is not revealed what happened to her. Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson", "title": "Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson song)" }, { "docid": "14319268", "text": "What Can You Do for Me \"What Can You Do For Me\" is the debut single by English electronic group Utah Saints. The song was released on 12 August 1991 and reached a peak position of number 10 in the UK Singles Chart. The song uses samples from \"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)\" by Eurythmics and \"Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent\" by Gwen Guthrie. The single was released in August 1991 and entered the UK Singles Chart on 18 August at number 26. The song steadily rose up the chart and peaked at number", "title": "What Can You Do for Me" }, { "docid": "15814084", "text": "& Tracks for the chart week of January 15, 2000. Do What You Gotta Do \"Do What You Gotta Do\" is a song written by guitarist Pat Flynn and recorded by the New Grass Revival for their 1989 Capitol album \"Friday Night in America\". The song was also recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 2000 as fifth and final single from the 1997 album, \"Sevens\". The song reached number 13 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian \"RPM\"", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "20608312", "text": "Radio\" and \"Because I Love You\" (the band's most popular songs). The perennial \"Because I Love You\" also gained new prominence around that time via its use in a series of advertisements for a well-known brand of jeans; the revamped version of \"Because I Love You\" peaked at No. 30 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Charts. Side B is live recordings taken from the 1988 reunion tour. All songs written by Doug Ford and Jim Keays, except where noted. Do What You Wanna Do (album) Do What You Wanna Do is the fifth studio album by the", "title": "Do What You Wanna Do (album)" }, { "docid": "1041131", "text": "is separated by the Intracoastal Waterway from Clearwater Beach. Clearwater is the home of Clearwater Marine Aquarium, where bottlenose dolphins Winter and Hope live. Clearwater is the worldwide headquarters for the Church of Scientology. Present-day Clearwater was originally the home of the Tocobaga people. Around 1835, the United States Army began construction of Fort Harrison, named after William Henry Harrison, as an outpost during the Seminole Wars. The fort was located on a bluff overlooking Clearwater Harbor, which later became part of an early 20th-century residential development called Harbor Oaks. University of South Florida archaeologists excavated the site in 1962", "title": "Clearwater, Florida" }, { "docid": "1041141", "text": "of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of English as their first language were 84.43% of residents, Spanish as a mother tongue was 8.55%, Greek accounted for 1.15%, French made up 1.00% of speakers, German at 0.97%, and Italian speakers comprised 0.85% of the population. Clearwater’s economy employs nearly 50,400 people. Major employers include Morton Plant Hospital, Tech Data, and Honeywell.<ref> Clearwater, Florida Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, northwest of Tampa and St. Petersburg. To the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico", "title": "Clearwater, Florida" }, { "docid": "15814082", "text": "Do What You Gotta Do \"Do What You Gotta Do\" is a song written by guitarist Pat Flynn and recorded by the New Grass Revival for their 1989 Capitol album \"Friday Night in America\". The song was also recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 2000 as fifth and final single from the 1997 album, \"Sevens\". The song reached number 13 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart. The song was issued over two years", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "8383175", "text": "Some reissues of the album also include the \"Just Do It\" section as a separate trac. 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) is a song written by jazz musicians Melvin \"Sy\" Oliver and James \"Trummy\" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald, and again the same year by Nat Gonella and His Georgians. The \"shim sham\" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song. The jazz tune was transformed into a pop song with", "title": "'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" }, { "docid": "6187569", "text": "To Get You into My Life\", \"And Your Bird Can Sing\" and \"Mother Nature's Son\". You Know What to Do \"You Know What to Do\" was one of the first songs written and recorded by George Harrison with the Beatles. It was recorded on 3 June 1964 but remained unreleased until its inclusion on the band's 1995 outtakes compilation \"Anthology 1\". During a photographic assignment on the morning of 3 June 1964, Ringo Starr was taken ill with tonsillitis and pharyngitis, 24 hours before the Beatles were due to leave for a six-country tour. The recording session booked for that", "title": "You Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "20155752", "text": "performed it on \"Sommarkrysset\" and during RIX FM Festival concerts. A music video for the song was released onto YouTube on 12 May 2017. It was filmed in Cyprus and directed by Konrad Aksinowicz. The video sees Margaret as a star of a video game. What You Do (song) \"What You Do\" is a song recorded by Polish singer Margaret for her third studio album, \"Monkey Business\" (2017). The song was written by Margaret, Arash Labaf, Robert Uhlmann, Anderz Wrethov and Thomas Karlsson, and produced by Uhlmann, Labaf and Wrethov, with co-production from Alex Papaconstantinou. \"What You Do\" was released", "title": "What You Do (song)" }, { "docid": "14853338", "text": "also stated that \"Jon's voice is crisp and clear, up in front in the mix; and Richie Sambora's guitar work is neat, clean, and growing more minimal by the minute\". Describing the composition, Osrin said that song \"continues the band's trend of recording music that tries to be more socially conscious than rollicking\". Songwriting and production Musicians \"What Do You Got?\" was used in a promotional video for \"Grey's Anatomy\" in Canada. What Do You Got? \"What Do You Got?\" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It is one of four songs written for the band's \"Greatest", "title": "What Do You Got?" }, { "docid": "3300990", "text": "What Would You Do? (1991 TV program) What Would You Do? is a 30-minute television show hosted by Marc Summers shown on Nickelodeon from 1991 to 1993. Robin Marrella acted as the on-camera stagehand for the show's first season. Both Summers and Marrella performed their respective duties on \"Double Dare\", also on Nickelodeon. The show was produced in Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios in Florida; some early segments were produced at Universal Studios in Hollywood. During each show, the audience viewed a previously taped segment or stock film featuring children or families or others put in unusual situations. The tape", "title": "What Would You Do? (1991 TV program)" }, { "docid": "15136575", "text": "make it into finals week. What Do You Know? (TV series) What Do You Know? is a children's television program first screened on the Australian children's channel ABC3 on 27 December 2010. 'What Do You Know?' is hosted by Ben Crawley and includes a resident DJ, Dr Rhythm. Contestants are aged between 12–15 years and compete in two teams of three. The captain of the team has a passion for a topic of their choice such as history, sport and pop culture, with the remaining two team members being the 'brain trust'. The six teams with the highest scores at", "title": "What Do You Know? (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13390309", "text": "last albums featuring lead vocalist Chaka Khan before fully going solo. Do You Love What You Feel \"Do You Love What You Feel\" is a well-known soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, \"Masterjam\", it spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart. It also peaked at number thirty on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, \"Any Love\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\" peaked at number", "title": "Do You Love What You Feel" }, { "docid": "13390308", "text": "Do You Love What You Feel \"Do You Love What You Feel\" is a well-known soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, \"Masterjam\", it spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart. It also peaked at number thirty on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, \"Any Love\", \"Do You Love What You Feel\" peaked at number five on the disco/dance charts. It would be one of the", "title": "Do You Love What You Feel" }, { "docid": "15979701", "text": "me for?' she calls over a squelchy and thoroughly grindable bassline with just enough disgust in her tone to warn off any fellas who think she's a cheap date. We hate to break it to you Pix, but wearing a snakeskin leotard and popping your crotch on the dancefloor in your accompanying music video will do little to help your cause...you big tease!\" \"What Do You Take Me For?\" debuted at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 34,335 copies, becoming Lott's first non-number-one single to chart inside the top 10. The following week, it fell", "title": "What Do You Take Me For?" }, { "docid": "20155751", "text": "What You Do (song) \"What You Do\" is a song recorded by Polish singer Margaret for her third studio album, \"Monkey Business\" (2017). The song was written by Margaret, Arash Labaf, Robert Uhlmann, Anderz Wrethov and Thomas Karlsson, and produced by Uhlmann, Labaf and Wrethov, with co-production from Alex Papaconstantinou. \"What You Do\" was released worldwide as the lead single from \"Monkey Business\" on 12 May 2017. The single reached number fourteen on the Polish Airplay Chart. It also charted in Russia and received radio airplay in Sweden (the single peaked at number one on RIX FM chart) where Margaret", "title": "What You Do (song)" }, { "docid": "18937831", "text": "What Do You Mean? \"What Do You Mean?\" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album \"Purpose\" (2015). The song was released on August 28, 2015, as the album's lead single by Def Jam. Written by Bieber, Jason \"Poo Bear\" Boyd and Mason Levy, the song was produced by MdL and co-produced by Bieber. \"What Do You Mean?\" is a pop and tropical house song, with its instrumentation consisting in light flourishes of panpipes, looped vocal samples, piano chords, fervent synths, bass and \"slick beat\" elements with the sound of a clock ticking, while", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "14853334", "text": "What Do You Got? \"What Do You Got?\" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It is one of four songs written for the band's \"Greatest Hits\" album, released in November 2010. The song is the first single from the compilation album. The song was released on the band's official website on August 27. It was officially released on September 21, 2010 as a digital download, but the physical single was released in Germany on October 22, 2010. \"What Do You Got?\" was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Brett James, produced by Howard Benson and", "title": "What Do You Got?" }, { "docid": "5272984", "text": "of CGAS Clearwater. In 1991, the station's HC-130s responded rapidly to fly personnel and supplies in and out of the combat theater in support of Operation Desert Storm. During the Haitian uprising in 1992, CGAS Clearwater crews evacuated American embassy personnel and transported U.S. Special Forces into Haiti. When south Florida and Louisiana were devastated by Hurricane Andrew, CGAS Clearwater crews flew missions round the clock, transporting hundreds of tons of badly needed supplies. In March 1993, the \"Storm of the Century\" struck Florida leaving numerous sunken vessels in its wake. Air Station Clearwater crews launched at the height of", "title": "Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater" }, { "docid": "19774025", "text": "11, 2016, and features both Keys and ASAP Rocky. In September 2017 it was revealed on IMDB that the video was directed by Hype Williams. Blended Family (What You Do for Love) \"Blended Family (What You Do for Love)\" is a song by American recording artist Alicia Keys, featuring vocals from rapper ASAP Rocky. It was written by Keys, Rocky, John Bush, Brandon Aly, Tish Hyman, Dave Kuncio, Kenneth Withrow and Edie Brickell for her sixth studio album \"Here\" (2016), while production was helmed by Keys and Mark Batson. The song refers to the former marriage of Keys' husband Swizz", "title": "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)" }, { "docid": "19774024", "text": "Blended Family (What You Do for Love) \"Blended Family (What You Do for Love)\" is a song by American recording artist Alicia Keys, featuring vocals from rapper ASAP Rocky. It was written by Keys, Rocky, John Bush, Brandon Aly, Tish Hyman, Dave Kuncio, Kenneth Withrow and Edie Brickell for her sixth studio album \"Here\" (2016), while production was helmed by Keys and Mark Batson. The song refers to the former marriage of Keys' husband Swizz Beats and musician Mashonda Tifrere. It was released on October 7, 2016 by RCA Records. The music video, filmed in black-and-white, was released on November", "title": "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)" }, { "docid": "12875826", "text": "What You Won't Do for Love (song) \"What You Won't Do for Love\" is a blue-eyed soul-styled single recorded by Bobby Caldwell for his eponymous debut album (1978). It was written by Caldwell and Alfons Kettner and released in by Clouds Records domestically and by TK Records internationally. After gaining a reputation in Miami clubs as a talented musician, Caldwell was signed to an exclusive contract with TK Records in 1978 by TK Records president Henry Stone. Heading to the studio, Caldwell recorded his first album, which was given a redo after Stone felt the album was good but \"didn't", "title": "What You Won't Do for Love (song)" }, { "docid": "12875827", "text": "have a hit\". Caldwell returned to the studio and came up with the final product, which included \"What You Won't Do for Love\". The song's horn arrangement was written and recorded by Miami arranger Mike Lewis. Caldwell wanted the song to be the sixth track on the album since he figured the Album's second track, \"My Flame\", which featured him playing guitar, would be the hit. However, TK Records felt confident that \"What You Won't Do for Love\" would be the breakout hit. When it was released to R&B radio, TK Records did its best to hide the fact that", "title": "What You Won't Do for Love (song)" }, { "docid": "20608310", "text": "Do What You Wanna Do (album) Do What You Wanna Do is the fifth studio album by the Masters Apprentices, released in November 1988 on Virgin Records. It was the group's first album in 17 years since \"A Toast To Panama Red\". In the early 1980s there was a revival of interest in the Masters Apprentices due partly to rock historian Glenn A. Baker, who featured the band for his \"Rock & Roll Trivia Show\" on Sydney radio's Triple J, which in turn led to the release of a definitive compilation LP, \"Hands of Time\" by Baker's Raven Records in", "title": "Do What You Wanna Do (album)" }, { "docid": "14704203", "text": "of 300 per month. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine. Fly for Fun Airport Fly for Fun Airport is a privately owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Vancouver, a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. Fly for Fun Airport covers an area of 15 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 297 feet (91 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with a turf surface measuring 2,434 by 50 feet (742 x 15 m). For", "title": "Fly for Fun Airport" }, { "docid": "14704202", "text": "Fly for Fun Airport Fly for Fun Airport is a privately owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Vancouver, a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. Fly for Fun Airport covers an area of 15 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 297 feet (91 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with a turf surface measuring 2,434 by 50 feet (742 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending July 30, 2012, the airport had 3,600 general aviation aircraft operations, an average", "title": "Fly for Fun Airport" }, { "docid": "17717284", "text": "Capitol Theatre (Clearwater, Florida) The Capitol Theatre, which was also known as the Royalty Theatre, is a historic theater in Clearwater, Florida. The theater has a seating capacity of 750 people. The theater is owned by the City of Clearwater and managed by Ruth Eckerd Hall. It opened in 1921 for vaudeville and movies. After it struggled economically it was renamed the Royalty Theatre. It was restored in 1999-2000 and reopened. It was bought by the City of Clearwater in 2008 and run by Ruth Eckerd Hall for acts such as the punk rock group Henry Rollins, comedian Steven Wright", "title": "Capitol Theatre (Clearwater, Florida)" }, { "docid": "1041138", "text": "Memorial Causeway. Clearwater has a humid subtropical climate. Clearwater is far enough south that it lies in the broad transition zone from subtropical to tropical climates. As such, Clearwater is mostly warm to hot year round, with few nights of frost. Most of the annual rainfall comes in the wet season (June through September), when daily thundershowers erupt due to the strong solar heating. The dry season starts in October and runs though May, at which time the weather is sunny, dry, and there is little change in daily weather. https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/clearwater/florida/united-states/usfl0866 As of 2010, there were 59,156 households out of", "title": "Clearwater, Florida" }, { "docid": "17338140", "text": "What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included three previously unreleased songs written by Stansfield, Devaney and Morris: \"My Apple Heart,\" \"Lay Me Down\" and \"Something's Happenin'.\" \"What Did I Do to You?\" was remixed by Mark Saunders and", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "20426528", "text": "Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb song) Do What You Gotta Do is a song that was written by Jimmy Webb. It was an R&B hit for Al Wilson in 1968. It was also a hit for Nina Simone that year and a local hit for New Zealand band Larry's Rebels as well. The single was released in December 1967. It was produced by Marc Gordon and arranged by Marty Paich. The B side \"Now I Know What Love Is\". For the week ending Jan 6, 1968, the single was bubbling under the Billboard Hot 100 at 127. By", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb song)" }, { "docid": "20426523", "text": "Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb song) Do What You Gotta Do is a song that was written by Jimmy Webb. It was an R&B hit for Al Wilson in 1968. It was also a hit for Nina Simone that year and a local hit for New Zealand band Larry's Rebels as well. The single was released in December 1967. It was produced by Marc Gordon and arranged by Marty Paich. The B side \"Now I Know What Love Is\". For the week ending Jan 6, 1968, the single was bubbling under the Billboard Hot 100 at 127. By", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb song)" }, { "docid": "17717285", "text": "and singer Richard Marx. In 2013, the City of Clearwater launched an elaborate $11 million restoration of the theater as part of a broader downtown revitalization. The theater reopened in 2014 to much acclaim and finical success. Since the reopening that theater has played host to acts such as Jay Leno and B.B. King. Capitol Theatre (Clearwater, Florida) The Capitol Theatre, which was also known as the Royalty Theatre, is a historic theater in Clearwater, Florida. The theater has a seating capacity of 750 people. The theater is owned by the City of Clearwater and managed by Ruth Eckerd Hall.", "title": "Capitol Theatre (Clearwater, Florida)" }, { "docid": "18937847", "text": "On the chart dated 6 February 2016, the song spent a 21st consecutive week inside the Hot 100's top ten, tying with Nicki Minaj's \"Starships\" and Maroon 5's \"Sugar\" for the most weeks a song has logged in the Hot 100's top 10 from its debut. The record was surpassed later by Bieber's \"Love Yourself\", which spent 23 consecutive weeks in the top ten since its debut. As of February 2016, \"What Do You Mean?\" has sold over 1,600,000 copies in the United States. In Bieber's native Canada, \"What Do You Mean?\" debuted at number one on the Canadian Hot", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "18870137", "text": "positive slogan talking about games that the vocalist is not \"forced to endure\". What You Don't Do \"What You Don't Do\" is a single by British recording artist Lianne La Havas. Released on 7 August 2015, the song peaked at No.69 on the Ultratip Belgium Flanders charts. Following the touring La Havas embarked on in order to promote her debut album \"Your Love Big Enough?\", she traveled to Jamaica along with her mother in order to regain connections with her roots. During her time in Jamaica La Havas played music for her family alongside dancehall and reggae producer Stephen McGregor", "title": "What You Don't Do" }, { "docid": "18870135", "text": "What You Don't Do \"What You Don't Do\" is a single by British recording artist Lianne La Havas. Released on 7 August 2015, the song peaked at No.69 on the Ultratip Belgium Flanders charts. Following the touring La Havas embarked on in order to promote her debut album \"Your Love Big Enough?\", she traveled to Jamaica along with her mother in order to regain connections with her roots. During her time in Jamaica La Havas played music for her family alongside dancehall and reggae producer Stephen McGregor (known under his production name Di Genius), who would later go on to", "title": "What You Don't Do" }, { "docid": "16679163", "text": "What Do You See? \"What Do You See?\" (就在这里 in Mandarin) is a song by Singaporean band Electrico. It was commissioned as the official theme song for the 2009 National Day Parade. The song is one of the few National Day Parade theme songs that does not mention the word \"\"Singapore\"\" in its lyrics. Its lyrics were cited by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his 2018 National Day Message. Directed by Bertrand Lee, the music video opens with a bokeh and later sharpens to reveal band member David Tan. The camera then traces him around the downtown core of", "title": "What Do You See?" }, { "docid": "2767399", "text": "version was released by Wax Trax! in 1991 (without the track \"Zip\"), and remastered by Metropolis in 2006 (with \"Zip\" reinstated). What Do You Know, Deutschland? What Do You Know, Deutschland? is the second album by KMFDM, released in 1986. The album was recorded in Hamburg, Germany. \"What Do You Know, Deutschland?\" was recorded from 1983–86, with some tracks recorded before En Esch had started working with KMFDM founders Sascha Konietzko and Raymond Watts, some even before the band officially formed in 1984. Originally released by Z Records in Germany in 1986 with different artwork, the album was re-released, including", "title": "What Do You Know, Deutschland?" }, { "docid": "2767397", "text": "What Do You Know, Deutschland? What Do You Know, Deutschland? is the second album by KMFDM, released in 1986. The album was recorded in Hamburg, Germany. \"What Do You Know, Deutschland?\" was recorded from 1983–86, with some tracks recorded before En Esch had started working with KMFDM founders Sascha Konietzko and Raymond Watts, some even before the band officially formed in 1984. Originally released by Z Records in Germany in 1986 with different artwork, the album was re-released, including songs from the \"Kickin' Ass\" single, in 1987 by SkySaw Records in the United Kingdom. In 1991, Wax Trax! Records released", "title": "What Do You Know, Deutschland?" }, { "docid": "16679165", "text": "song in 2014 together with the other song, We Will Get There/One People, One Nation, One Singapore, sung by Fauzie Laily, Jack and Rai, Kartik Kunasegaran and Shaun Jansen in its acoustic version. What Do You See? \"What Do You See?\" (就在这里 in Mandarin) is a song by Singaporean band Electrico. It was commissioned as the official theme song for the 2009 National Day Parade. The song is one of the few National Day Parade theme songs that does not mention the word \"\"Singapore\"\" in its lyrics. Its lyrics were cited by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his 2018", "title": "What Do You See?" }, { "docid": "9039756", "text": "What Will You Do When You Catch Me? What Will You Do When You Catch Me? is the English title of \"Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz?\" a Polish comedy film released in 1978, directed by Stanisław Bareja. Tadeusz Krzakoski (Krzysztof Kowalewski), the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring. \"What Will You Do\" shares many themes in", "title": "What Will You Do When You Catch Me?" }, { "docid": "20315213", "text": "with her other song \"...Ready for It?\". In the \"South Park\" episode \"Moss Piglets\" the water-bears in Timmy and Jimmy's experiment for the science fair dance to the song in response to Swift's singing. ! scope=\"row\"| South Korea (Gaon) Look What You Made Me Do \"Look What You Made Me Do\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on August 24, 2017 by Big Machine Records as the lead single from her sixth studio album \"Reputation\" (2017). Swift wrote the song with her producer Jack Antonoff. \"Look What You Made Me Do\" is an electroclash and pop", "title": "Look What You Made Me Do" }, { "docid": "20315197", "text": "top position there as well. The song has been certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 units. After debuting at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, \"Look What You Made Me Do\" was also certified Platinum by Music Canada for shipments of 80,000 units on September 14, 2017. In New Zealand, \"Look What You Made Me Do\" entered at the number one spot on September 1, 2017, becoming Swift's fourth chart-topping single there. In the Philippines, \"Look What You Made Me Do\" debuted at number 7 spot on the Philippine Hot 100 on", "title": "Look What You Made Me Do" }, { "docid": "3745497", "text": "What Do You Care What Other People Think? \"What Do You Care What Other People Think?\": Further Adventures of a Curious Character (1988) is the second of two books consisting of transcribed and edited, oral reminiscences from American physicist Richard Feynman. It follows \"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!\". Richard Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics. He is a theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as", "title": "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" }, { "docid": "14810918", "text": "number 37 in the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1960. In 2004, Reed's song was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the \"Classic of Blues Recordings\" category. According to Koda, \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" \"was already a barroom staple of blues, country, and rock & roll bands by the early '60s\" and has spawned versions by a variety of blues, R&B, and rock artists. The song continues to be performed and recorded, making it perhaps the most covered of Reed's songs. Some of these include: Baby What You Want Me to Do \"Baby What You", "title": "Baby What You Want Me to Do" }, { "docid": "12912646", "text": "What Would You Do? (2008 TV program) What Would You Do?, formerly known as Primetime: What Would You Do? through the program's fifth season, is an American situational hidden camera television program that has been broadcast on ABC since February 26, 2008. It is hosted by news correspondent John Quiñones and was created by Chris Whipple. The program was conceived as a format-based series for ABC's newsmagazine \"Primetime\", however all on-air references to the parent program were removed from \"What Would You Do?\" following the discontinuation of \"Primetime\" as a standalone program by the network in 2010, with subject-based formats", "title": "What Would You Do? (2008 TV program)" }, { "docid": "11544930", "text": "\"straight Chicago blues tune\", while mentioning he is still a blues fan. In an interview, David Gilmour was asked if the song returned to the theme of alienation from the audience. He responded by saying that it \"actually had more to do with personal relationships but drifted into wider territory\". In a contemporary negative review for \"The Division Bell\", Tom Graves of \"Rolling Stone\" described \"What Do You Want from Me\" as the only track on which \"Gilmour sounds like he cares\". with: What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song) \"What Do You Want from Me\" is a", "title": "What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song)" }, { "docid": "12138898", "text": "Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson song) \"Do What You Do\" is a single by American R&B singer Jermaine Jackson, sibling of singers Michael and Janet Jackson and former member of The Jackson 5. It was released as the second single from his 1984 album, entitled \"Jermaine Jackson\" in the United States but marketed as \"Dynamite\" in the United Kingdom and other countries. This was one of Jermaine's first releases with Arista Records after a long recording career with Motown Records, first as a member of The Jackson 5, then later as a solo artist. Although Jermaine Jackson never achieved", "title": "Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson song)" }, { "docid": "15136574", "text": "What Do You Know? (TV series) What Do You Know? is a children's television program first screened on the Australian children's channel ABC3 on 27 December 2010. 'What Do You Know?' is hosted by Ben Crawley and includes a resident DJ, Dr Rhythm. Contestants are aged between 12–15 years and compete in two teams of three. The captain of the team has a passion for a topic of their choice such as history, sport and pop culture, with the remaining two team members being the 'brain trust'. The six teams with the highest scores at the end of the series", "title": "What Do You Know? (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13320935", "text": "on to say that the production incorporates \"sweet, understated fiddle and piano that interplay nicely with Strait's eloquent vocal performance.\" \"What Do You Say to That\" re-entered the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 67 as an official single for the week of July 31, 1999. What Do You Say to That \"What Do You Say to That\" is a song written by Jim Lauderdale and Melba Montgomery. First recorded by David Ball on his album \"Play\", it was later recorded by George Strait on his album \"Always Never the Same\". Strait's version was released in", "title": "What Do You Say to That" }, { "docid": "18937832", "text": "Bieber uses a smooth, soulful vocal. Lyrically, \"What Do You Mean?\" describes not being able to figure out the opposite sex. It was featured in several year-end lists of best songs of 2015. Commercially, the song topped the charts in several countries, including Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway. In Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, \"What Do You Mean?\" was Bieber's first number-one single. The song's music video features Bieber in bed with a young woman and getting kidnapped by masked men, as well as an appearance from actor John Leguizamo. After releasing \"Where Are Ü Now\"", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "14853336", "text": "profound statement in its simplicity.\" The music video was directed by Wayne Isham and produced by Dana Marshall. Isham explained: \"I dug the 3D process, and it was awesome to execute it with long-time friends and collaborators Bon Jovi. We've worked together a long time, evolving and growing, so I'm happy to continue that tradition with the new medium of 3D\". Originally, Jon Bon Jovi didn't want to release \"What Do You Got?\" as the first single and instead favored \"No Apologies\". He said: \"If anyone wants to pick a single, you tell me. What do I know? That was", "title": "What Do You Got?" }, { "docid": "11382766", "text": "ending October 9, 2010. The song is Niemann's second top 40 hit on this chart. In April 2011, the song received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. That same month, it peaked at number 4 on the country chart. What Do You Want \"What Do You Want\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Jerrod Niemann. It was released in October 2010 as the second single from his album \"Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury\". The song is his second top 40 hit on the Hot Country Songs charts, following his number-one", "title": "What Do You Want" }, { "docid": "11382763", "text": "What Do You Want \"What Do You Want\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Jerrod Niemann. It was released in October 2010 as the second single from his album \"Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury\". The song is his second top 40 hit on the Hot Country Songs charts, following his number-one single \"Lover, Lover\". The song is about a phone call received from a former girlfriend with whom the narrator has broken up. In an interview with CMT, he said that he wrote the song from an experience he had with a former girlfriend", "title": "What Do You Want" }, { "docid": "17338142", "text": "1989–2003\" box set (2014), including previously unreleased Red Zone Mix by David Morales. European/UK 7\" single European/UK/Japanese CD single UK 10\" single European/UK 12\" single UK 12\" promotional single Other remixes What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "11382665", "text": "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? \"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?\" is a song written by Joseph McCarthy, Howard Johnson and James V. Monaco in 1916. It was released in 1917 by Ada Jones and Billy Murray on Victor Records (catalogue number 18224). It became a UK hit in 1959 when a doo-wop version, produced by Michael Barclay, became a number one hit for Emile Ford and the Checkmates over the Christmas and New Year of 1959/60, having overtaken Adam Faith's 'What Do You Want?'. Its stay in the", "title": "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" }, { "docid": "7234802", "text": "from that included on the \"Life\" soundtrack as it features a sample of Dr. Dre's hit song, \"The Next Episode\". The song, along with the accompanying music video, is a motivational anthem for single parents dealing with poverty and especially acknowledging all the single mothers who feel forced into prostitution due to the need to support their children. It encourages them to keep strong, and keep going on for the sake of their loved ones, and passes no judgement on their profession. What Would You Do? (City High song) \"What Would You Do?\" is a song recorded by American R&B/hip", "title": "What Would You Do? (City High song)" }, { "docid": "14810917", "text": "wife, Mama Reed.\" Mama Reed can be heard at the recording session for the song: Of note, nowhere in the song do the lyrics \"baby what you want me to do\" appear, although later cover versions would often wrongly include the phrase in place of the original \"baby why you wanna let go.\" \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" was included on Jimmy Reed's second album \"Found Love\" (1960), the \"Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall\" album (1961), as well as numerous compilation albums. \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" reached number 10 in the \"Billboard\" R&B chart and", "title": "Baby What You Want Me to Do" }, { "docid": "14810915", "text": "Baby What You Want Me to Do \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" (sometimes called \"You Got Me Running\" or \"You Got Me Runnin'\") is a blues song that was written and recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1959. It was a record chart hit for Reed and, as with several of his songs, it has appeal across popular music genres, with numerous recordings by a variety of musical artists. \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" is a mid-tempo blues shuffle in the key of E that features \"Reed's unique, lazy loping style of vocals, guitar and harmonica.\" In", "title": "Baby What You Want Me to Do" }, { "docid": "6187565", "text": "You Know What to Do \"You Know What to Do\" was one of the first songs written and recorded by George Harrison with the Beatles. It was recorded on 3 June 1964 but remained unreleased until its inclusion on the band's 1995 outtakes compilation \"Anthology 1\". During a photographic assignment on the morning of 3 June 1964, Ringo Starr was taken ill with tonsillitis and pharyngitis, 24 hours before the Beatles were due to leave for a six-country tour. The recording session booked for that day was originally intended to produce a fourteenth song for the band's \"A Hard Day's", "title": "You Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "5272989", "text": "and Rescue cases each year along both the east and west coasts of Florida, the Bahamas, and beyond. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater United States Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater (CGAS Clearwater) is the United States Coast Guard's largest air station. It is located at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport in Clearwater, Florida and is home to nearly 600 USCG aviation and support personnel. As of July 2015, there are thirteen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters, one HC-130H Hercules (the Coast Guard's oldest operational HC-130) and four HC-130H7 Hercules aircraft assigned to CGAS Clearwater. Also on static display is USCG 1023, a", "title": "Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater" }, { "docid": "20249674", "text": "What Do You Think About the Car? What Do You Think About the Car? is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician Declan McKenna. It was released worldwide on 21 July 2017, through Columbia Records. \"What Do You Think About the Car?\" has been described as featuring indie rock throughout. In 2015, at age 15, McKenna won the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition, and started writing songs for the album soon after, while still in school. Writing went on for 2 years. McKenna says, \"There were a lot of changes, and I think you can hear that within", "title": "What Do You Think About the Car?" }, { "docid": "9039757", "text": "common with Bareja's other comedies, especially \"Teddy Bear\", with an emphasis on the sheer absurdity of life under Communism. The plot is too convoluted to be believed, but the director makes screamingly funny scenes from watching hapless citizens of Warsaw using a glass in a cafeteria that's been chained to the table so it won't be stolen or waiting in line for days to buy furniture. What Will You Do When You Catch Me? What Will You Do When You Catch Me? is the English title of \"Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz?\" a Polish comedy film released in 1978,", "title": "What Will You Do When You Catch Me?" }, { "docid": "10026209", "text": "Do Without You?\" is a song taken from the Stephen Sondheim musical, \"Company\". What Would We Do Without You? \"What Would We Do Without You?\" is the 69th episode of the ABC television series \"Desperate Housewives\". It was also the twenty-second episode of the show's third season. It was written by Bob Daily and directed by Larry Shaw. The episode aired on May 13, 2007. Ricardo Antonio Chavira submitted this episode for consideration on his behalf in the category of \"Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series\" at the 2007 Emmy Awards. Mike and Susan go out to dinner, the", "title": "What Would We Do Without You?" }, { "docid": "11393755", "text": "What Do You Want from Me? (Cascada song) \"What Do You Want from Me?\" is a 2007 song recorded by Cascada. It was released in Germany on 7 March 2008 and was released on 24 March 2008 for the UK. \"\"What Do You Want From Me?\"\" was leaked online in advance of the \"Perfect Day\" album release, and was speculated to be title \"Tell Me Why\". In late 2007, All Around the World announced \"What Do You Want From Me?\" would be the U.K. follow-up to \"What Hurts the Most\". This track and \"Everytime We Touch\" share a similar chord", "title": "What Do You Want from Me? (Cascada song)" }, { "docid": "11382708", "text": "What Do You Want? (Adam Faith song) \"What Do You Want?\" was a 1959 song that became a number one hit in the United Kingdom for Adam Faith. It was written by Les Vandyke and produced by John Burgess and arranged by John Barry. It first appeared on the UK Singles Chart on 20 November 1959 and spent 19 weeks there. It was at number one for three weeks, sharing the position for the final week with \"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?\" by Emile Ford & The Checkmates. It is the shortest song to", "title": "What Do You Want? (Adam Faith song)" }, { "docid": "15814083", "text": "after the album's release by Capitol Records. This was due to a parcel of tepid reviews and soft sales for Garth Brooks side project, Chris Gaines. Deborah Evans Price, of \"Billboard\" magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a \"high-energy, uptempo, and buoyed by tasty fiddle and crisp, clean production.\" She goes on to say that the \"positive message and infectious melody should make it a quick radio favorite.\" On Brooks' performance she says that it is \"personality-packed\" and \"full of conviction and passion.\" \"Do What You Gotta Do\" debuted at number 61 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "20315178", "text": "Look What You Made Me Do \"Look What You Made Me Do\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on August 24, 2017 by Big Machine Records as the lead single from her sixth studio album \"Reputation\" (2017). Swift wrote the song with her producer Jack Antonoff. \"Look What You Made Me Do\" is an electroclash and pop song, with lyrics about various issues that built Swift's reputation. Right Said Fred band members Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass, and Rob Manzoli are also credited as songwriters, as it interpolates the melody of their song \"I'm Too Sexy\" (1991).", "title": "Look What You Made Me Do" }, { "docid": "18019380", "text": "third week with sales of 7,326 units. Carey and Wale performed \"You Don't Know What to Do\" on the \"Today\" show on May 16, 2014. The performance also included renditions of Carey's previous singles \"Always Be My Baby\" (1996) and \"Touch My Body\" (2008). Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse\". You Don't Know What to Do \"You Don't Know What to Do\" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey included on her fourteenth studio album, \"Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse \" (2014), and features rapper Wale. The", "title": "You Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "16083520", "text": "Do You Feel What I Feel? \"Do You Feel What I Feel?\" is a song by British boy band JLS from their third studio album, \"Jukebox\". It was released as the album's third and final single on 30 December 2011. The song was written by Gloria Shayne Baker, Tebey, Julian Bunetta, Noël Regney, John Ryan, and it was produced by Julian Bunetta. The song samples Bing Crosby's classic festive hit \"Do You Hear What I Hear?\". The song charted at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart becoming their first single to miss the top 10. On 24 November 2011,", "title": "Do You Feel What I Feel?" }, { "docid": "10594116", "text": "Do You Know (What It Takes) \"Do You Know (What It Takes)\" is a 1996 song by Swedish singer and songwriter Robyn from her debut studio album, \"Robyn Is Here\". It was released as the third Swedish and as the second single in the United Kingdom in 1997. The song was released as her debut single in the United States in 1997. It was written by Robyn, Herbie Crichlow, Denniz Pop, and Max Martin, and it was produced by Pop and Martin. In her native Sweden, \"Do You Know (What It Takes)\" was Robyn's second top ten hit, peaking at", "title": "Do You Know (What It Takes)" }, { "docid": "7013113", "text": "on the Country Albums chart for the week of October 25, 1986, and peaked at #1 for the week of January 21, 1987. It stayed at the top for 3 consecutive weeks. What Am I Gonna Do About You What Am I Gonna Do About You is the 11th studio album released by American country music artist Reba McEntire. The album was released September 2, 1986 on MCA Records and was produced by McEntire and Jimmy Bowen. It was the second #1 album on the Billboard country charts, containing two #1 singles, \"What Am I Gonna Do About You\" and", "title": "What Am I Gonna Do About You" }, { "docid": "5046137", "text": "close resemblance of the melody of \"Do You Believe In Shame?\" to that of the Dale Hawkins classic \"Suzie Q\" (more famously covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Rolling Stones). The writing credits were changed accordingly. The members of Duran Duran have always denied that they intentionally copied any other works, and that the similarity of the two songs was based on what they described as a \"basic blues progression\". \"Do You Believe In Shame?\" was released to coincide with the band's Electric Theatre Tour which began in Newcastle on 15 April 1989. As such, the 7\" triple pack", "title": "Do You Believe in Shame?" }, { "docid": "12689144", "text": "Nobody Knows What You Do Nobody Knows What You Do is an album by John Hartford, released in 1976. After recording the minimalist \"Mark Twang\", Hartford returned to the studio with a band. The new material leaned more toward country-rock than bluegrass, which he would continue with 1977's Dillard Hartford Dillard collaboration and \"All in the Name of Love\". The instrumental \"John McLaughlin\" is a tribute to the jazz/fusion guitarist. For the CD release (Flying Fish FF70028), the track \"Joseph's Dream\" has been replaced by a recording of the song \"Get No Better\". This recording is an alternative version to", "title": "Nobody Knows What You Do" }, { "docid": "3745500", "text": "Of note is the story of his first wife, Arline, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis. She died while Feynman was working on the Manhattan Project; the book's title is taken from a question she often put to him when he seemed preoccupied with his colleagues' opinions about his work, which echoed his earlier words to her. The book concludes with \"The Value of Science,\" an address he gave at the 1955 autumn meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. What Do You Care What Other People Think? \"What Do You Care What Other People Think?\": Further Adventures of a Curious", "title": "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" }, { "docid": "18870136", "text": "produce the majority of the songs on \"Blood\". Besides Stephen McGregor, La Havas worked with a variety of other producers, including Matt Hales. The song is a rhythm and blues tune with jazz and doo-wop that grows slowly, and pinpoints the voice of the singer. The arrangement of the song takes a backseat, while the production has a \"canned sound for the verses\", before starting the choruses. Horns, gospel-choir style supporting vocals, piano and brass complete the composition. The song features truthfulness and wit proclaiming her confidence in her relationship, turning the negative phrase \"What You Don't Do\" into a", "title": "What You Don't Do" }, { "docid": "18937851", "text": "later, it returned to the number one spot for another two weeks. This means that it has spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart. Bieber became only the fourth person to have the same single reach number one on the UK Singles Chart on three separate occasions. The other songs to top the chart three separate times are Frankie Laine's \"I Believe\", Guy Mitchell's \"Singing the Blues\" and Pharrell Williams' \"Happy\". 'What Do You Mean?' was the ninth best-selling single of 2015 in the UK with combined sales of 988,000 copies. In Australia, \"What Do", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "14746909", "text": "Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday? Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday? is a 1963 children's book published by Beginner Books and written by Helen Palmer Geisel, the first wife of Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss). Unlike most of the Beginner Books, \"Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday?\" did not follow the format of text with inline drawings, being illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Lynn Fayman, featuring a boy named Rawli Davis. It is sometimes misattributed to Dr. Seuss himself. The book's cover features a photograph of a", "title": "Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?" }, { "docid": "4851803", "text": "what you say. Life is also about what you do\". \"Vibe\" noted that with \"What Have You Done for Me Lately\", Jackson stands up to men. \"New York\" magazine's Chris Smith called the song's chorus \"fully belligerent\". In a \"Billboard\" publication, Nelson George noted its \"taunting, tigerish\" beat. Ed Gonzalez from Slant Magazine commented, \"Nothing sends me into a trembling, corner-cowering stupor than a giggly, under-enunciated Janet Jackson jam.\" Critical reviews for \"What Have You Done for Me Lately\" were positive. \"Rolling Stone\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Rob Hoerburger expressed that \"What Have You Done for Me Lately\" erased the former \"pop-ingénue image\" of", "title": "What Have You Done for Me Lately" }, { "docid": "8701317", "text": "with Pinellas Technical Education Centers. The Florida Department of Education assigned the grade \"A\" to Bayside High School for the 2004-2005 school year, the grade \"A\" for the 2005-2006 school year, and the grade \"A' for the 2006-2007 school year. Bayside High School (Clearwater, Florida) Bayside High School is a public alternative secondary school in Clearwater, Florida, United States. The school is the first long-term alternative school in the Pinellas County School District and is a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1997, Pinellas County School Board members committed to building an alternative high school. Locating", "title": "Bayside High School (Clearwater, Florida)" }, { "docid": "4480203", "text": "What to Do When You Are Dead What to Do When You Are Dead is the second studio album by American rock band Armor for Sleep. Following the completion of two songs written from the perspective of being dead, vocalist/guitarist Ben Jorgensen created a whole story from this viewpoint. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" is a concept album, with each song telling the story of the protagonist's suicide as well as his journey through the afterlife. Recording took place between August and October 2004 with producer Machine. A rough mix of \"Car Underwater\" was made available in November,", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "11382709", "text": "reach number one in the UK Singles Chart. \"What Do You Want?\" was covered by American singers Ersel Hickey in 1959 on Epic Records and Bobby Vee in 1960 on Liberty Records. It was recorded in French by Petula Clark as \"Moi, Je Préfère l'Amour a Tout Ça\" in 1959. What Do You Want? (Adam Faith song) \"What Do You Want?\" was a 1959 song that became a number one hit in the United Kingdom for Adam Faith. It was written by Les Vandyke and produced by John Burgess and arranged by John Barry. It first appeared on the UK", "title": "What Do You Want? (Adam Faith song)" }, { "docid": "20426524", "text": "February 10, 1968, it was bubbling under at 103. The Following week it had only moved up one place to 102, but at the same time, it was at no 46 in the R&B chart. It peaked at no 39 on March 9, 1968, and spent a total of 6 weeks on the R&B chart. The B side to \"Do What You Gotta Do\" was the composition by Willie Hutch, \"Now I Know What Love Is\". It was produced by Marc Gordon. It was one of the songs that Hutch for Al Wilson, which included \"Who Could Be Lovin' You\"", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb song)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2234890", "text": "the original Santa Monica site. The contemporary Muscle Beach Venice is located two blocks north of Venice Boulevard on Ocean Front Walk in Venice, California. Santa Monica's \"Muscle Beach\" landmark derives its name from the growing local and national reputation of gymnastics and strength athletes who congregated at what was first known simply as the \"Santa Monica Beach Playground\", with the 'muscle' term gaining momentum by 1940. The 1940 opening of the first of an eventual nationwide chain of weightlifting gyms by famed pioneer gym chain operator, Vic Tanny, only two city blocks from Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, is", "title": "Muscle Beach" }, { "docid": "2234894", "text": "of the original Muscle Beach fame at the Venice weight pen. In 1987, the City of Los Angeles officially dedicated \"Muscle Beach Venice\" with the added word of \"Venice\" in the title to distinguish it from the original \"Muscle Beach\" in Santa Monica. After the closing of the original Muscle Beach, bodybuilding attention shifted south to the somewhat lesser-known Venice Beach Weight Pen, operated by the Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Department. A small spartan weight pen was built near Windward Avenue in 1952, later replaced by the large current facility () during a complete renovation and Muscle Beach Venice", "title": "Muscle Beach" }, { "docid": "2234889", "text": "Muscle Beach Muscle Beach refers to the exclusive Santa Monica location of the birthplace of the physical fitness boom in the United States during the 20th century, started in 1934 with predominantly gymnastics activities on the south side of the Santa Monica Pier. Muscle Beach Venice is the contemporary title of the outdoor weightlifting platform constructed in Venice, California, a distinct neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, 18 years after Muscle Beach was established. Muscle Beach Venice was officially titled in 1987 by the City of Los Angeles with the distinguishing name \"Venice\" added to the location to honor", "title": "Muscle Beach" } ]

[ { "docid": "2630792", "text": "euros over 5 years, to which another 13.5 million has been made available by the University. !n 2018 six recipients of the Nobel Prize gave lectures at the university: Robert F. Engle, Martin Karplus, Mario Vargas Llosa, Robert C. Merton, Amartya Sen, Wole Soyinka and Muhammad Yunus. Among the alumni of the university are: Ca' Foscari University of Venice Ca' Foscari University of Venice () is a public university in Venice, Italy; it is usually known simply as Università Ca' Foscari. Since its foundation in 1868 it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from which", "title": "Ca' Foscari University of Venice" }, { "docid": "2630787", "text": "Ca' Foscari University of Venice Ca' Foscari University of Venice () is a public university in Venice, Italy; it is usually known simply as Università Ca' Foscari. Since its foundation in 1868 it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from which it takes its name. The palace stands on the Grand Canal, between the Rialto and San Marco, in the sestiere of Dorsoduro. The institute became a university in 1968. It currently has eight departments and almost 21,000 students. It is one of the highest ranked universities in Italy, ranking 5th in 2017 out of", "title": "Ca' Foscari University of Venice" }, { "docid": "17357046", "text": "warm weather. The Prince of Venice Beach The Prince of Venice Beach is a teenage novel by Blake Nelson. The book follows a seventeen-year-old runaway named Robert \"Cali\" Callahan who is hired to track down other runaway youth. What should be a simple assignment quickly becomes something more when he finds and falls in love with Reese Abernathy who is hiding from more than just her family. The books takes place around Venice Beach California. A place known not only for its gritty skate and surf culture but also for its large population of homeless and runaway youth driven there", "title": "The Prince of Venice Beach" }, { "docid": "17357045", "text": "The Prince of Venice Beach The Prince of Venice Beach is a teenage novel by Blake Nelson. The book follows a seventeen-year-old runaway named Robert \"Cali\" Callahan who is hired to track down other runaway youth. What should be a simple assignment quickly becomes something more when he finds and falls in love with Reese Abernathy who is hiding from more than just her family. The books takes place around Venice Beach California. A place known not only for its gritty skate and surf culture but also for its large population of homeless and runaway youth driven there by the", "title": "The Prince of Venice Beach" }, { "docid": "18892579", "text": "Renaissance style. Over the centuries, the palace underwent many modifications, including rising to five stories. The inner courtyard had a well. The interior retains a few frescoes by Gaspare Diziani. A portion of the palace once abutted the Campo San Polo. It now has been subdivided into apartments. The Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel in Cannaregio belonged in the 17th century to the Sanudo. Ca’ Sanudo Turloni, Venice Ca’ Sanudo Turloni is a Gothic-style palace located with a facade on Rio de Sant'Antonio, and located in Calle Pezzana #2162, in the Sestiere San Polo in Venice, Italy. The palace was constructed", "title": "Ca’ Sanudo Turloni, Venice" }, { "docid": "18892578", "text": "Ca’ Sanudo Turloni, Venice Ca’ Sanudo Turloni is a Gothic-style palace located with a facade on Rio de Sant'Antonio, and located in Calle Pezzana #2162, in the Sestiere San Polo in Venice, Italy. The palace was constructed likely by the 13th-century in Venetian Byzantine style by the old aristocratic Sanudo family, and remained in possession of the family till 1852, when the last member of the male line, Francesco Livio, died by 1852. He sold the property to Angelo Revedin. By 2015, palace has been divided into apartments. The main facade on the Rio has Venetian Gothic design, refurbished in", "title": "Ca’ Sanudo Turloni, Venice" }, { "docid": "15897759", "text": "changed to Excel on New Year's Day 1985. Welcome to Venice Welcome to Venice is a compilation album that features local Venice Beach crossover thrash bands. It was released in 1985 on Suicidal Records. It was produced by Mike Muir and features cover art by Michael Seiff, who would go on to do art for the three other original Suicidal Records releases. The album was the first record on Suicidal Records, a label started by Suicidal Tendencies members Mike Muir and Louiche Mayorga after the band went on hiatus. Of the bands on the release, two feature Muir on vocals", "title": "Welcome to Venice" }, { "docid": "15897756", "text": "Welcome to Venice Welcome to Venice is a compilation album that features local Venice Beach crossover thrash bands. It was released in 1985 on Suicidal Records. It was produced by Mike Muir and features cover art by Michael Seiff, who would go on to do art for the three other original Suicidal Records releases. The album was the first record on Suicidal Records, a label started by Suicidal Tendencies members Mike Muir and Louiche Mayorga after the band went on hiatus. Of the bands on the release, two feature Muir on vocals (Suicidal Tendencies and Los Cycos) and the other", "title": "Welcome to Venice" }, { "docid": "15897758", "text": "recorded Los Cycos tracks, have yet to be released. In 2005, www.punkrecords.com and BDF Records released \"Farewell to Venice\", released as 2 CD and 2-LP set, each with some different tracks. It features original recordings by many Venice Beach area bands, including No Mercy and Beowülf. In 2007, Louiche Mayorga released \"Welcome 2 Venice\" which featured fourteen bands from the Venice Beach area, including some which feature members that were on bands that originally appeared on \"Welcome to Venice\". When the Excel tracks were recorded in 1984, the band was known by its original name, Chaotic Noise. The name officially", "title": "Welcome to Venice" }, { "docid": "6988633", "text": "Amazon.co.uk, \"Her most outrageous but greatest video moment is where she parodies certain movie stars in the chic video for \"What Do I Have to Do?\", and because of her heavy eye make-up almost earns herself the title drag-queen Kylie (watch out for sister Dannii who briefly stars in the video, wearing a blonde wig).\" These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of \"What Do I Have to Do\". Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours: The song was also performed on: What Do I Have to Do \"What Do I Have to Do\"", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "2630791", "text": "of Padua. The QS World University Ranking by subject has placed Ca’ Foscari of Venice among the top 150 universities in the world for ‘Arts & Humanities’ and ‘Languages’, and it is among the top 200 for ‘History’. ‘Economics’ has kept its place among the top 250 in the world. The University is also the third state university in Italy for the quality of research according to ANVUR ratings, the National Agency for the Evaluation of University Research Systems. Five Ca’ Foscari departments have been awarded additional funding by the Italian Ministry for education for a total of 35 million", "title": "Ca' Foscari University of Venice" }, { "docid": "7818134", "text": "S-Bahn car. Tim then pulls the incriminating film out of his bag, holds a lighter to it, and asks aloud: \"What do you do if there's a fire?\", and the friends answer, \"Let it burn!\" The film contains mild nudity, mild drug use, and mature language. What to Do in Case of Fire? What to Do in Case of Fire? () is a German film directed by Gregor Schnitzler. It premiered in November 2001 at the German film festival Kinofest Lünen and was released to theaters in 2002. Part comedy, part action and part drama, the movie is set in", "title": "What to Do in Case of Fire?" }, { "docid": "6988625", "text": "What Do I Have to Do \"What Do I Have to Do\" is a song performed by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue taken from her third studio album \"Rhythm of Love\" (1990). The song was written and produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Originally, the song was planned to be released after the single \"Better the Devil You Know\", but instead \"Step Back in Time\" was released and this was released as the third single on 21 January 1991. The song received positive reviews from most music critics, who thought the song was an instant rave classic. The song", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "8388364", "text": "What to Do with Daylight What to Do with Daylight is the debut album by New Zealand singer/songwriter, Brooke Fraser released in 2004. \"What to Do with Daylight\" was the top New Zealand album for 2004 (according to RIANZ), and went seven times Platinum. The album title comes from the album's first track \"Arithmetic\", as heard in the line \"Wondering what to do with daylight/Until I can make you mine\". The song was released as the album's fourth single in New Zealand. All five singles from the album reached the top 20 NZ singles chart and achieved No. 1 airplay", "title": "What to Do with Daylight" }, { "docid": "12851558", "text": "around\" and go back to his lover, then hold her, and then tell her how sorry he is for what he did. What I Need to Do \"What I Need To Do\" is a song written by Tom Damphier and Bill Luther, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in January 2000 as the fourth and final single from Chesney's 1999 album \"Everywhere We Go\". The song peaked at number 8 in the United States and number 13 in Canada in 2000. The song describes the narrator thinking about \"what [he] need[s] to do\" as", "title": "What I Need to Do" }, { "docid": "20056084", "text": "What To Do About Them What to Do About Them is a 1992 EP by Boston indie rock band Swirlies. It was Swirlies' first release for Taang! Records and documents the band's early material recorded in 1991 and 1992. The album is mostly made up of songs selected from the their three previous 7\" records, as well as previously unreleased material. Swirlies recorded the songs on \"What to Do About Them\" in multiple sessions on three different recording formats: Three songs were taken from the group's \"Didn't Understand\" single, recorded on 8-track reel-to-reel in guitarist Damon Tutunjian's Mission Hill apartment", "title": "What To Do About Them" }, { "docid": "8388366", "text": "week with sales of over 7,500. Within three weeks the album was certified Platinum with sales of over 15,000. The album had a 66-week run on the New Zealand chart dating from 16 November 2003 – 28 February 2005, and would go on to reach number one a further two times and be certified 7x Platinum. Certifications in weeks: What to Do with Daylight What to Do with Daylight is the debut album by New Zealand singer/songwriter, Brooke Fraser released in 2004. \"What to Do with Daylight\" was the top New Zealand album for 2004 (according to RIANZ), and went", "title": "What to Do with Daylight" }, { "docid": "12851557", "text": "What I Need to Do \"What I Need To Do\" is a song written by Tom Damphier and Bill Luther, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in January 2000 as the fourth and final single from Chesney's 1999 album \"Everywhere We Go\". The song peaked at number 8 in the United States and number 13 in Canada in 2000. The song describes the narrator thinking about \"what [he] need[s] to do\" as he is driving away from his old hometown away from his former lover. He also thinks that he should \"turn [his] car", "title": "What I Need to Do" }, { "docid": "13624142", "text": "Know What to Do\" was released at the iTunes Store on 16 February 2009, the same day as the single and \"Always Be Here\". Don't Know What to Do \"Don't Know What to Do\" is an electro pop/rock track by New Zealand singer Dane Rumble. It is the second single taken from Rumble's debut solo album, \"The Experiment\". The track was released as a digital single in February 2009. Rumble says the song is about his love/hate relationship with music. \"I've experienced so many ups and downs in this game... and I still can't stop.\" Dane once again worked with", "title": "Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "20372442", "text": "of humorous episodes were released in 2016 under the title of \"Alisa CLUB\". A film continuation of \"Alisa Knows What to Do!\" produced by Bazelevs, titled \"My Super Dad\", was released on 30 March 2018. Voice cast of the upcoming film includes Darya Melnikova, Timur Rodriguez, Konstantin Khabensky and Vasilisa Savkina. Alisa Knows What to Do! Alisa Knows What to Do! () is a Russian animated series, based on the books of Kir Bulychev about Alisa Selezneva. The premiere took place on 16 November 2013 on STS a day before the official birthday of Alisa, and three months later on", "title": "Alisa Knows What to Do!" }, { "docid": "13624141", "text": "radio on 29 November 2010. \"Don't Know What to Do\" debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart on 27 July 2009 at #36. The song has so far peaked at number 10, becoming Rumble's second consecutive top 20 single as a solo artist and his first top ten hit. \"Don't Know What to Do\" also debuted on the Top 40 the same week Dane's previous single \"Always Be Here\" drops out of the Top 40. On 31 January 2010, \"Don't Know What to Do\" was certified Gold with sales of over 7,500 in New Zealand. The music video for \"Don't", "title": "Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "7818125", "text": "What to Do in Case of Fire? What to Do in Case of Fire? () is a German film directed by Gregor Schnitzler. It premiered in November 2001 at the German film festival Kinofest Lünen and was released to theaters in 2002. Part comedy, part action and part drama, the movie is set in contemporary Berlin and stars German action star Til Schweiger. The film received mixed reviews, earning 52 percent favorable ratings from critics cited on Rotten Tomatoes. Set in Berlin, the film opens in 1987 to show a group of radicals battling police, but soon moves to the", "title": "What to Do in Case of Fire?" }, { "docid": "11393756", "text": "structure. Cascada's UK music label, All Around the World, released the music video on 19 January 2008, on their official site. In the video, Natalie and 3 friends are seen at a beach-side house, on the beach, and at a late night party, singing and dancing. In all scenes, she is continuously being followed or somehow connected by a young man, hence the song title \"What Do You Want From Me?\". What Do You Want from Me? (Cascada song) \"What Do You Want from Me?\" is a 2007 song recorded by Cascada. It was released in Germany on 7 March", "title": "What Do You Want from Me? (Cascada song)" }, { "docid": "17338140", "text": "What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included three previously unreleased songs written by Stansfield, Devaney and Morris: \"My Apple Heart,\" \"Lay Me Down\" and \"Something's Happenin'.\" \"What Did I Do to You?\" was remixed by Mark Saunders and", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "4645614", "text": "to a wild dance. Aschenbach wakes and realises how little of his former intellectual rigour and detachment remains. He is resigned to the change: \"Let the gods do what they will with me\". (The music for Apollo in this scene derives from the First Delphic Hymn, an early Greek melody Britten heard Arda Mandikian sing at the 1954 Aldeburgh Festival). \"Scene 14: The Empty Beach\" Aschenbach watches as Tadzio and his friends play a desultory game on the beach; they soon leave. \"Scene 15: The Hotel Barber's Shop (ii)\" Aschenbach declares \"Do what you will with me!\", and the barber", "title": "Death in Venice (opera)" }, { "docid": "11398933", "text": "singing voice had \"power and flair\", but criticized the songwriting of most songs other than \"I Don't Think I Will\" and \"The Devil Goes Fishin'\". What I Live to Do What I Live to Do is the first album by the American country music artist James Bonamy. Released in February 1996, it includes the single \"I Don't Think I Will\", a number 2 hit on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and \"She's Got a Mind of Her Own\" and \"All I Do Is Love Her\". The first single, \"Dog on a Toolbox\", was withdrawn by the", "title": "What I Live to Do" }, { "docid": "11398932", "text": "What I Live to Do What I Live to Do is the first album by the American country music artist James Bonamy. Released in February 1996, it includes the single \"I Don't Think I Will\", a number 2 hit on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and \"She's Got a Mind of Her Own\" and \"All I Do Is Love Her\". The first single, \"Dog on a Toolbox\", was withdrawn by the label and replaced with \"She's Got a Mind of Her Own\". Dan Kuchar of \"Country Standard Time\" gave a mixed review. He thought that Bonamy's", "title": "What I Live to Do" }, { "docid": "6988627", "text": "is synth orienated and has multilayered vocals. Much of the synth was omitted and the drums, bass and vocals were toned down for the second album version. The third version, the 7\" Mix, contains a newer drum track, multilayered vocals in the chorus and relies much less on the synthesizers on the album version. This version of the song also contains samples from American comedian Sam Kinison, and was used for the music video. Originally, \"What Do I Have To Do\" was planned to be released as the follow-up single to \"Better the Devil You Know\", but was later released", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "6988628", "text": "as the third single off the album instead, and the track was specially remixed for single release. The 1999 biographical book \"Girl Next Door\" identified this track as Kylie's favourite to perform live. The single artwork was photographed by Robert Erdmann. \"What Do I Have To Do?\" received very positive reviews from many music critics. While reviewing the album \"Rhythm of Love\" (1990), Chris True from Allmusic highlighted the song as an album standout. While reviewing \"Ultimate Kylie\", Mark Edwards from Stylus Magazine gave it a positive remark, saying along with \"Shocked\", \"Give Me Just a Little More Time\"; \"were", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "6988629", "text": "great songs and suddenly Kylie was a little bit cool.\" Jason Shawahn from About.com said along with \"Better The Devil You Know\" and \"Wouldn't Change a Thing\"; \"are nothing if not pop masterpieces.\" He also labelled the song as a \"pop classic\". NME voted the song as the thirtieth best track of 1991. \"What Do I Have to Do\" debuted at number twenty-seven on the Australian Singles Chart, until rising and peaking at number eleven, staying there for two consecutive weeks. The song then debuted at number ninety-nine on the Dutch Top 40, until peaking at number eighty-one for one", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "14975299", "text": "Don't Tell Me What to Do \"for Baby Animals' song of the same name, see \"Don't Tell Me What to Do (Baby Animals song)\" \"Don't Tell Me What to Do\" is a song written by Harlan Howard and Max D. Barnes, and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in December 1990 as the first single from the album \"Put Yourself in My Place\". The song reached number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart Marty Stuart recorded this song under the title \"I'll Love You Forever (If I Want To)\" in 1988", "title": "Don't Tell Me What to Do" }, { "docid": "14975300", "text": "for his \"Let There Be Country\" album, although the album was not released until 1992. Don't Tell Me What to Do \"for Baby Animals' song of the same name, see \"Don't Tell Me What to Do (Baby Animals song)\" \"Don't Tell Me What to Do\" is a song written by Harlan Howard and Max D. Barnes, and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in December 1990 as the first single from the album \"Put Yourself in My Place\". The song reached number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart Marty Stuart recorded", "title": "Don't Tell Me What to Do" }, { "docid": "13320935", "text": "on to say that the production incorporates \"sweet, understated fiddle and piano that interplay nicely with Strait's eloquent vocal performance.\" \"What Do You Say to That\" re-entered the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 67 as an official single for the week of July 31, 1999. What Do You Say to That \"What Do You Say to That\" is a song written by Jim Lauderdale and Melba Montgomery. First recorded by David Ball on his album \"Play\", it was later recorded by George Strait on his album \"Always Never the Same\". Strait's version was released in", "title": "What Do You Say to That" }, { "docid": "14746909", "text": "Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday? Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday? is a 1963 children's book published by Beginner Books and written by Helen Palmer Geisel, the first wife of Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss). Unlike most of the Beginner Books, \"Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday?\" did not follow the format of text with inline drawings, being illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Lynn Fayman, featuring a boy named Rawli Davis. It is sometimes misattributed to Dr. Seuss himself. The book's cover features a photograph of a", "title": "Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?" }, { "docid": "13624140", "text": "Don't Know What to Do \"Don't Know What to Do\" is an electro pop/rock track by New Zealand singer Dane Rumble. It is the second single taken from Rumble's debut solo album, \"The Experiment\". The track was released as a digital single in February 2009. Rumble says the song is about his love/hate relationship with music. \"I've experienced so many ups and downs in this game... and I still can't stop.\" Dane once again worked with Ivan Slavov for the music video, who had already directed the video for \"Always Be Here\". The song was sent to Australian contemporary hit", "title": "Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "18019380", "text": "third week with sales of 7,326 units. Carey and Wale performed \"You Don't Know What to Do\" on the \"Today\" show on May 16, 2014. The performance also included renditions of Carey's previous singles \"Always Be My Baby\" (1996) and \"Touch My Body\" (2008). Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse\". You Don't Know What to Do \"You Don't Know What to Do\" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey included on her fourteenth studio album, \"Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse \" (2014), and features rapper Wale. The", "title": "You Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "8388365", "text": "status. \"What To Do With Daylight\" was also re-released as a two disc CD+DVD \"Special Edition\" in 2004, following the albums success. The first disc was the album with the second disc being a live DVD of four songs from the album. This set also came with a slipcase cover with a different photo of Fraser. The DVD was filmed and recorded live at The Pumphouse, Takapuna, Auckland on 2 April 2004. Live DVD track list: \"What To Do With Daylight\" debuted at number one on the New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart. It was also certified Gold in the first", "title": "What to Do with Daylight" }, { "docid": "20372441", "text": "Alisa Knows What to Do! Alisa Knows What to Do! () is a Russian animated series, based on the books of Kir Bulychev about Alisa Selezneva. The premiere took place on 16 November 2013 on STS a day before the official birthday of Alisa, and three months later on February 3, 2014 on the Carousel TV channel. This is the first screen version of Alisa Selezneva in which many episodes of the series are original stories and not based directly on the books by Bulychev, and the first screen version made using computer animation. Guest talent: Additionally a separate cycle", "title": "Alisa Knows What to Do!" }, { "docid": "17338142", "text": "1989–2003\" box set (2014), including previously unreleased Red Zone Mix by David Morales. European/UK 7\" single European/UK/Japanese CD single UK 10\" single European/UK 12\" single UK 12\" promotional single Other remixes What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "6187569", "text": "To Get You into My Life\", \"And Your Bird Can Sing\" and \"Mother Nature's Son\". You Know What to Do \"You Know What to Do\" was one of the first songs written and recorded by George Harrison with the Beatles. It was recorded on 3 June 1964 but remained unreleased until its inclusion on the band's 1995 outtakes compilation \"Anthology 1\". During a photographic assignment on the morning of 3 June 1964, Ringo Starr was taken ill with tonsillitis and pharyngitis, 24 hours before the Beatles were due to leave for a six-country tour. The recording session booked for that", "title": "You Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "6187565", "text": "You Know What to Do \"You Know What to Do\" was one of the first songs written and recorded by George Harrison with the Beatles. It was recorded on 3 June 1964 but remained unreleased until its inclusion on the band's 1995 outtakes compilation \"Anthology 1\". During a photographic assignment on the morning of 3 June 1964, Ringo Starr was taken ill with tonsillitis and pharyngitis, 24 hours before the Beatles were due to leave for a six-country tour. The recording session booked for that day was originally intended to produce a fourteenth song for the band's \"A Hard Day's", "title": "You Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "18598192", "text": "What Do I Have to Do? (Stabbing Westward song) \"What Do I Have to Do?\" is a song by American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward. The song was released as the first single from the band's 1996 album \"Wither Blister Burn & Peel\". The song is considered the group's first hit and breakout single. The song's music video begins with a shot of vocalist Christopher Hall standing in a desert, before falling backwards. The song begins with a woman singing the first verse. When the chorus starts, the video cuts to a shot of the band performing in the desert.", "title": "What Do I Have to Do? (Stabbing Westward song)" }, { "docid": "20056088", "text": "record sleeves, T-shirts, and other artwork affiliated with the band. Swirlies began playing a full band version of \"Her Life of Artistic Freedom\" and recorded it as part of a session for the \"John Peel Show\". The song saw release on the band's 2015 single \"Orca vs. Dragon.\" Tracks 2, 4, and 6 previously appeared on Swirlies' \"Didn't Understand\" single on Slumberland Records. All other tracks were previously unreleased. All other recording, mixing and editing done at home by Swirles. What To Do About Them What to Do About Them is a 1992 EP by Boston indie rock band Swirlies.", "title": "What To Do About Them" }, { "docid": "446602", "text": "built the Lick Pier at Navy Street in Venice, adjacent to the Ocean Park Pier at Pier Avenue in Ocean Park. Another pier was planned for Venice in 1925 at Leona Street (now Washington Street). For the amusement of the public, Kinney hired aviators to do aerial stunts over the beach. One of them, movie aviator and Venice airport owner B. H. DeLay, implemented the first lighted airport in the United States on DeLay Field (previously known as Ince Field). He also initiated the first aerial police in the nation, after a marine rescue attempt was thwarted. DeLay also performed", "title": "Venice, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "18598193", "text": "At the end of the chorus, a car drives off. During the second verse, the video cuts between shots of the band performing and the car driving. At the video's end, the camera pulls around and reveals that Hall and the woman have both died. What Do I Have to Do? (Stabbing Westward song) \"What Do I Have to Do?\" is a song by American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward. The song was released as the first single from the band's 1996 album \"Wither Blister Burn & Peel\". The song is considered the group's first hit and breakout single. The", "title": "What Do I Have to Do? (Stabbing Westward song)" }, { "docid": "14810917", "text": "wife, Mama Reed.\" Mama Reed can be heard at the recording session for the song: Of note, nowhere in the song do the lyrics \"baby what you want me to do\" appear, although later cover versions would often wrongly include the phrase in place of the original \"baby why you wanna let go.\" \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" was included on Jimmy Reed's second album \"Found Love\" (1960), the \"Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall\" album (1961), as well as numerous compilation albums. \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" reached number 10 in the \"Billboard\" R&B chart and", "title": "Baby What You Want Me to Do" }, { "docid": "18346499", "text": "and furniture from a bedroom of the Palace, c. 1718, is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Ca' Sagredo The Ca' Sagredo is a 14th-century Byzantine-Gothic style palace located on the corner of the Strada Nuova and Campo Santa Sofia, in the sestiere of Cannaregio in central Venice, Italy. It now faces the Grand Canal (Venice), and across the campo from the Ca' Foscari. The palace, which originally belonged to the Morosini family, was purchased in 1661 by the ambassador Nicolò Sagredo (who would become Doge 1675-1674). In his work, “Dialogue concerning the Two Chief", "title": "Ca' Sagredo" }, { "docid": "18346494", "text": "Ca' Sagredo The Ca' Sagredo is a 14th-century Byzantine-Gothic style palace located on the corner of the Strada Nuova and Campo Santa Sofia, in the sestiere of Cannaregio in central Venice, Italy. It now faces the Grand Canal (Venice), and across the campo from the Ca' Foscari. The palace, which originally belonged to the Morosini family, was purchased in 1661 by the ambassador Nicolò Sagredo (who would become Doge 1675-1674). In his work, “Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems”, Galileo, has a conversation in this palace with his close friend, the mathematician, Gianfrancesco Sagredo. While other sources indicate the", "title": "Ca' Sagredo" }, { "docid": "15749492", "text": "1926 it became a property of the municipality of Venice. The lower floors are in Venetian-Byzantine style with a portico with Corinthian columns, similar to that of the nearby Palazzo Loredan. The piano nobile has fifteen arcades connected by a balaustrade. The second floor and the mezzanine are in Renaissance style. On 27 September 2014, the American film star George Clooney and the British human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin were officially married at Ca' Farsetti by Clooney’s friend Walter Veltroni, the former mayor of Rome. Ca' Farsetti Ca' Farsetti is a palace in Venice, Italy. It is located in the", "title": "Ca' Farsetti" }, { "docid": "3488399", "text": "Ca' d'Oro The Palazzo Santa Sofia is a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, northern Italy. One of the older palaces in the city, it is known as Ca' d'Oro (\"golden house\") due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls. Since 1927, it has been used as a museum, under the name Galleria Giorgio Franchetti. The palace was built between 1428 and 1430 for the Contarini family, who provided Venice with eight Doges between 1043 and 1676. The architects of the Ca d'Oro were Giovanni Bon and his son Bartolomeo Bon. Following the fall", "title": "Ca' d'Oro" }, { "docid": "3796999", "text": "Ca' Rezzonico Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro \"sestiere\" of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and Giambattista Tiepolo. It it is a public museum dedicated to 18th-century Venice (\"Museo del Settecento Veneziano\") and one of the 11 venues managed by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. Ca' Rezzonico stands on the right bank of the canal, at the point where it is joined by", "title": "Ca' Rezzonico" }, { "docid": "7627617", "text": "All I Want to Do (The Beach Boys song) \"All I Want to Do\" is a song written by Dennis Wilson. It was recorded by American rock band The Beach Boys for their 1969 album \"20/20\". It was later released as the b-side to \"I Can Hear Music\", a single which charted at #24 in the U.S. and at #10 in the U.K.. The song is a savage fast-paced rocker with blazing guitars and a creditable vocal from Mike Love, unlike anything else in the Beach Boys' catalog. The song is seen as very controversial compared to other Beach Boys", "title": "All I Want to Do (The Beach Boys song)" }, { "docid": "3775990", "text": "students. Ca' Foscari Ca' Foscari, the palace of the Foscari family, is a Gothic building on the waterfront of the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro \"sestiere\" of Venice, Italy. It was built for the doge Francesco Foscari in 1453, and designed by the architect Bartolomeo Bon. It is now the main seat of Ca' Foscari University of Venice. The palace is located on the widest bend of the Grand Canal. Here, during the annual \"Regata Storica\" (Historical Regatta), held on the first Sunday in September, a floating wooden structure known as \"La Machina\" is placed (from this structure the Venetian", "title": "Ca' Foscari" }, { "docid": "3775973", "text": "Ca' Foscari Ca' Foscari, the palace of the Foscari family, is a Gothic building on the waterfront of the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro \"sestiere\" of Venice, Italy. It was built for the doge Francesco Foscari in 1453, and designed by the architect Bartolomeo Bon. It is now the main seat of Ca' Foscari University of Venice. The palace is located on the widest bend of the Grand Canal. Here, during the annual \"Regata Storica\" (Historical Regatta), held on the first Sunday in September, a floating wooden structure known as \"La Machina\" is placed (from this structure the Venetian authorities", "title": "Ca' Foscari" }, { "docid": "17742879", "text": "the silly to the satiric may bite, but the anemic pic isn't remotely weird or witty enough for cult immortality.\" \"What We Do in the Shadows\" grossed US $2 million in New Zealand and $3.4 million in the US. \"What We Do in the Shadows\" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 26 November 2014 by Weltkino Filmverleih. A sequel to the film, which focused on the werewolves depicted in \"What We Do in the Shadows\", was in development but stopped due to some unresolved production issues. Originally rumoured to be titled \"What We Do in the Moonlight\", the working", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows" }, { "docid": "19334529", "text": "What We Do in Secret What We Do In Secret is an American Christian hardcore band from Memphis, Tennessee. They have toured with bands such as War of Ages, Phinehas, Silent Planet, Sleepwave, We Came As Romans, '68, For Today and Norma Jean. They have released two EPs. What We Do In Secret was formed in Memphis in March 2012 by Josh Adams, Drew Nance, Devin Harris and Nathan Moody. They recorded their first EP, \"New Eyes\", and released it on August 31, 2013. Moody left the band after this and was replaced by Clay Crenshaw and Austin Barnes. The", "title": "What We Do in Secret" }, { "docid": "19334526", "text": "What We Do in Secret What We Do In Secret is an American Christian hardcore band from Memphis, Tennessee. They have toured with bands such as War of Ages, Phinehas, Silent Planet, Sleepwave, We Came As Romans, '68, For Today and Norma Jean. They have released two EPs. What We Do In Secret was formed in Memphis in March 2012 by Josh Adams, Drew Nance, Devin Harris and Nathan Moody. They recorded their first EP, \"New Eyes\", and released it on August 31, 2013. Moody left the band after this and was replaced by Clay Crenshaw and Austin Barnes. The", "title": "What We Do in Secret" }, { "docid": "14810915", "text": "Baby What You Want Me to Do \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" (sometimes called \"You Got Me Running\" or \"You Got Me Runnin'\") is a blues song that was written and recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1959. It was a record chart hit for Reed and, as with several of his songs, it has appeal across popular music genres, with numerous recordings by a variety of musical artists. \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" is a mid-tempo blues shuffle in the key of E that features \"Reed's unique, lazy loping style of vocals, guitar and harmonica.\" In", "title": "Baby What You Want Me to Do" }, { "docid": "4480203", "text": "What to Do When You Are Dead What to Do When You Are Dead is the second studio album by American rock band Armor for Sleep. Following the completion of two songs written from the perspective of being dead, vocalist/guitarist Ben Jorgensen created a whole story from this viewpoint. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" is a concept album, with each song telling the story of the protagonist's suicide as well as his journey through the afterlife. Recording took place between August and October 2004 with producer Machine. A rough mix of \"Car Underwater\" was made available in November,", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "17373749", "text": "Palazzo Corner della Ca' Grande Palazzo Corner della Ca' Granda, also called Ca' Corner della Ca' Granda or simply Palazzo Corner or Palazzo Cornaro, is a Renaissance-style palace located between the \"Casina delle Rose\" and the Rio di San Maurizio (Venice), across the Grand Canal from the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni (Peggy Guggenheim Collection), in the city of Venice, Italy. It is the current seat of the province of Venice and of the city's prefect. The palace was designed by Jacopo Sansovino, after a fire that in 1532 had destroyed the previous residence of the Corner family. It was one", "title": "Palazzo Corner della Ca' Grande" }, { "docid": "17373751", "text": "centre, at the Canal Grande level, is a portico with three arcades, sided by two couples of square windows. Palazzo Corner della Ca' Grande Palazzo Corner della Ca' Granda, also called Ca' Corner della Ca' Granda or simply Palazzo Corner or Palazzo Cornaro, is a Renaissance-style palace located between the \"Casina delle Rose\" and the Rio di San Maurizio (Venice), across the Grand Canal from the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni (Peggy Guggenheim Collection), in the city of Venice, Italy. It is the current seat of the province of Venice and of the city's prefect. The palace was designed by Jacopo", "title": "Palazzo Corner della Ca' Grande" }, { "docid": "18019371", "text": "revealed to be called \"You Don't Know What to Do\", live during a mini-concert for \"Today\" held by Carey. Following the performance, Carey premiered the studio version on May 19 on \"The Russ Parr Morning Show\" radio show. A solo version which omits Wale's rap verses was later released in June 2014. The song was serviced to urban contemporary radio on June 30, 2014 and rhythmic contemporary radio on July 1, 2014, as the fourth single to be released from the album. When Carey released \"You Don't Know What to Do\" as the fourth single from the album, fans noticed", "title": "You Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "17338141", "text": "by the Grammy Award-winning American house music DJ and producer, David Morales. The Philip Richardson-directed music video was also released. The single became a top forty hit in the European countries reaching number seven in Italy, number eighteen in Finland, number twenty in Ireland and number twenty-five in the United Kingdom. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was also released in Japan. In 2014, the remixes of \"What Did I Do to You?\" were included on the deluxe 2CD + DVD re-release of \"Affection\" and on \"People Hold On ... The Remix Anthology\". They were also featured on \"The Collection", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "18019368", "text": "that have yet to enter the main Ultratop 50 chart, and number 2 on the South Korea download chart. \"You Don't Know What to Do\" garnered critical acclaim amongst music critics: many complimented the disco revival and throwback style, calling it the best track on the album, and compared it to the works of Jocelyn Brown, Daft Punk, Chic and post-revivalist songs produced Pharrell Williams. Carey and Wale performed the song for the first and only time on the \"Today\" show in the United States. \"You Don't Know What to Do\" was written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox,", "title": "You Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "13320934", "text": "What Do You Say to That \"What Do You Say to That\" is a song written by Jim Lauderdale and Melba Montgomery. First recorded by David Ball on his album \"Play\", it was later recorded by George Strait on his album \"Always Never the Same\". Strait's version was released in July 1999 as the third and final single from this album. It peaked at number 4 in the United States, and number 2 in Canada. Larry Flick, of \"Billboard\" magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a \"lovely little tune with a pretty melody and a positive lyric.\" He goes", "title": "What Do You Say to That" }, { "docid": "18019366", "text": "You Don't Know What to Do \"You Don't Know What to Do\" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey included on her fourteenth studio album, \"Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse \" (2014), and features rapper Wale. The track was released on June 30, 2014, as the fourth single from the album. It was written by Wale, Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, with production helmed by the latter three. The song contains an interpolation of \"I'm Caught Up in a One Night Affair\" written by Patrick Adams and Terri Gonzalez, both of whom received songwriting", "title": "You Don't Know What to Do" }, { "docid": "1793157", "text": "expression has become a snowclone, sometimes for humorous effect. For example, \"What Would Jesus Buy?\", \"What Would Lincoln Do?\", \"What Would Brian Boitano Do?\", \"What Would Mary Marvel Do?\", \"What Would Johnny Cash Do?\", and \"What would Tintin do?\". The term \"What Would Jesus Do?\" or \"WWJD\" is also perceived as a fundamental management and leadership principle given Jesus' methodology of going to the marketplace to preach and lead by example. In modern management principles, more academic and professional references are going to the gemba or Management by Walking Around. What would Jesus do? The phrase \"What would Jesus do?\"", "title": "What would Jesus do?" }, { "docid": "12743602", "text": "Wagner Societies also holds a symposium called \"Wagner Days in Venice\" (\"Giornate Wagneriane a Venezia\") at the palace each autumn. Ca' Vendramin Calergi Ca' Vendramin Calergi is a palace on the Grand Canal in the \"sestiere\" (quarter) of Cannaregio in Venice, northern Italy. Other names by which it is known include: \"Palazzo Vendramin Calergi\", \"Palazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi\", and \"Palazzo Loredan Griman Calergi Vendramin.\" The architecturally distinguished building was the home of many prominent people through history, and is remembered as the place where composer Richard Wagner died. Currently, it is home to the Venice Casino (\"Casinò di Venezia\") and", "title": "Ca' Vendramin Calergi" }, { "docid": "12743594", "text": "Ca' Vendramin Calergi Ca' Vendramin Calergi is a palace on the Grand Canal in the \"sestiere\" (quarter) of Cannaregio in Venice, northern Italy. Other names by which it is known include: \"Palazzo Vendramin Calergi\", \"Palazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi\", and \"Palazzo Loredan Griman Calergi Vendramin.\" The architecturally distinguished building was the home of many prominent people through history, and is remembered as the place where composer Richard Wagner died. Currently, it is home to the Venice Casino (\"Casinò di Venezia\") and the Wagner Museum (\"Museo Wagner\"). Ca' Vendramin Calergi was designed in the late 15th century by Mauro Codussi, architect of", "title": "Ca' Vendramin Calergi" }, { "docid": "447576", "text": "painting surface) originated in Venice during the early Renaissance. These early canvases were generally rough. In the 18th century, Venetian painting had a revival with Tiepolo's decorative painting and Canaletto's and Guardi's panoramic views. Venetian Gothic is an architectural style combining use of the Gothic lancet arch with Byzantine and Moorish influences. The style originated in 14th-century Venice with the confluence of Byzantine styles from Constantinople, Moorish influences from Al-Andalus, and early Gothic forms from mainland Italy. Chief examples of the style are the Doge's Palace and the Ca' d'Oro in Venice. It can be argued that Venice produced the", "title": "Venice" }, { "docid": "7818131", "text": "and entice the police into picking it up. What the other radicals do not know is that Hotte intends to smuggle himself into the evidence room inside the crate along with the bomb, to make sure it's placed correctly. Hotte, without his wheelchair (he uses a dolly), is trapped in the evidence room when the emergency exit door is jammed. Frantically, he uses the phone in the room to call his compatriots, but they are all away from their phones. In desperation he calls Bülent, who at that moment is trying to talk Tim into abandoning their apartment and accepting", "title": "What to Do in Case of Fire?" }, { "docid": "14810918", "text": "number 37 in the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1960. In 2004, Reed's song was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the \"Classic of Blues Recordings\" category. According to Koda, \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" \"was already a barroom staple of blues, country, and rock & roll bands by the early '60s\" and has spawned versions by a variety of blues, R&B, and rock artists. The song continues to be performed and recorded, making it perhaps the most covered of Reed's songs. Some of these include: Baby What You Want Me to Do \"Baby What You", "title": "Baby What You Want Me to Do" }, { "docid": "3797035", "text": "to Venice in 1945. He donated his collection to the Museum in December 2001 and October 2009. It consists of about thirty paintings from the 15th to 20th century, It includes major works by Jacopo Tintoretto and Bonifazio Veronese, among others. Ca' Rezzonico Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro \"sestiere\" of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and Giambattista Tiepolo. It it is a public", "title": "Ca' Rezzonico" }, { "docid": "4480224", "text": "Aberback of NorthJersey.com noted that the album placed the band on the \"indie-rock map and continues to resonate heavily with fans 10 years later\". Jorgensen later called the album a \"diary entry. Without that, I think a lot of people when [their] lives go on they forget what they went through at a certain point in time so for me that’s the biggest markers for me to remember where I was at the point in my life.\" Personnel per booklet. Armor for Sleep Production Citations Sources What to Do When You Are Dead What to Do When You Are Dead", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "6695713", "text": "covered by Reba McEntire for her 1994 album, \"Read My Mind.\" As listed in liner notes. What Do I Do with Me What Do I Do with Me is a 1991 album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was her highest-placing on the Billboard charts reaching #6 in the Country albums and #48 on the Pop albums categories. The album produced four Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: \"(Without You) What Do I Do with Me\" and \"Down to My Last Teardrop\" both at number two, \"Some Kind of Trouble\" at number three, and \"If", "title": "What Do I Do with Me" }, { "docid": "6695712", "text": "What Do I Do with Me What Do I Do with Me is a 1991 album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was her highest-placing on the Billboard charts reaching #6 in the Country albums and #48 on the Pop albums categories. The album produced four Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: \"(Without You) What Do I Do with Me\" and \"Down to My Last Teardrop\" both at number two, \"Some Kind of Trouble\" at number three, and \"If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight\" at number four. The track \"Everything That You Want\" was later", "title": "What Do I Do with Me" }, { "docid": "447549", "text": "World Heritage In Danger sites unless cruise ships are banned from the canals near the historic centre. In November 2017, an official Comitatone released a specific plan to keep the largest cruise ships away from the Piazza San Marco and the entrance to the Grand Canal. Some words with a Venetian etymology include arsenal, ciao, ghetto, gondola, imbroglio, lagoon, lazaret, lido, Montenegro, and regatta. The name \"Venezuela\" is a Spanish diminutive of Venice (\"Veneziola\"). Many additional places around the world are named after Venice, e.g., Venice, Los Angeles, home of Venice Beach; Venice, Alberta in Canada; Venice, Florida, a city", "title": "Venice" }, { "docid": "20334753", "text": "success. He has further gone on to call that rather than demonetization as an exercise, better end to end income and asset tracking mechanisms, including the usage of biometric systems such as Aadhaar will be instrumental in battling 'black money'. I Do What I Do I do what I Do is a non fiction book authored by economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan published by Harper Collins India in 2017. The book is a collection of speeches delivered by Rajan during his stint as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India along with", "title": "I Do What I Do" }, { "docid": "20334751", "text": "I Do What I Do I do what I Do is a non fiction book authored by economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan published by Harper Collins India in 2017. The book is a collection of speeches delivered by Rajan during his stint as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India along with his commentary on the economic and political context prevalent at that time. The book was released on September 5, 2017 and quickly made its way to topping the list of best sellers on Amazon India and Flipkart. The book has", "title": "I Do What I Do" }, { "docid": "447574", "text": "Spain. Chief examples of the style are the Doge's Palace and the Ca' d'Oro in the city. The city also has several Renaissance and Baroque buildings, including the Ca' Pesaro and the Ca' Rezzonico. By the end of the 15th century, Venice had become the European capital of printing, being one of the first cities in Italy (after Subiaco and Rome) to have a printing press after those established in Germany, having 417 printers by 1500. The most important printing office was the Aldine Press of Aldus Manutius, which in 1499 printed the \"Hypnerotomachia Poliphili\", considered the most beautiful book", "title": "Venice" }, { "docid": "15814084", "text": "& Tracks for the chart week of January 15, 2000. Do What You Gotta Do \"Do What You Gotta Do\" is a song written by guitarist Pat Flynn and recorded by the New Grass Revival for their 1989 Capitol album \"Friday Night in America\". The song was also recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 2000 as fifth and final single from the 1997 album, \"Sevens\". The song reached number 13 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian \"RPM\"", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "15814082", "text": "Do What You Gotta Do \"Do What You Gotta Do\" is a song written by guitarist Pat Flynn and recorded by the New Grass Revival for their 1989 Capitol album \"Friday Night in America\". The song was also recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 2000 as fifth and final single from the 1997 album, \"Sevens\". The song reached number 13 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart. The song was issued over two years", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "447501", "text": "by the Emperor in Constantinople, but Ravenna and Venice were connected only by sea routes; and with the Venetians' isolated position came increasing autonomy. New ports were built, including those at Malamocco and Torcello in the Venetian lagoon. The \"tribuni maiores\", the earliest central standing governing committee of the islands in the Lagoon, dated from c. 568. The traditional first doge of Venice, Paolo Lucio Anafesto (Anafestus Paulicius), was elected in 697, as written in the oldest chronicle by John, deacon of Venice in ca. 1008. Some modern historians claim Paolo Lucio Anafesto was actually Exarch Paul, and his successor,", "title": "Venice" }, { "docid": "12048193", "text": "Railroad and called the “Short Line Venice Canal Subdivision Number 1.” Due to high maintenance costs and the advent of the automobile, Kinney’s waterways were filled in when they were deeded to Los Angeles after the Venice annexation. Not so with the Short Line Canals. There is little information in Venice history books about the Short Line Canals, whereas there are numerous photographs and many postcards from that time depicting Kinney’s canals. What we do know, according to some history books, is that when the Short Line Canals were constructed they were planned to be as attractive as the Venice-of-America", "title": "Venice Canal Historic District" }, { "docid": "16563955", "text": "Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do \"Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do\" is a song recorded by American country music duo Van Zant. It was released in September 2005 as the second single from their album \"Get Right with the Man\". The song was written by Tony Mullins, Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman. In his review of the song, Kevin John Coyne of \"Country Universe\" called the duo \"a great southern rock addition to the genre.\" The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered in September 2005. The song debuted at number 59 on the U.S.", "title": "Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do" }, { "docid": "446617", "text": "end. In late 2010, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors conducted a $1.6 million replacement of 30,000 cubic yards of sand at Venice Beach eroded by rainstorms in recent years. Although Venice Beach is located in the city of Los Angeles, the county is responsible for maintaining the beach under an agreement reached between the two governments in 1975. The Oakwood portion of Venice, also known as \"Ghost Town\" and the \"Oakwood Pentagon,\" lies inland from the tourist areas and is one of the few historically African-American areas in West Los Angeles, though Latinos now constitute the majority of", "title": "Venice, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "16563956", "text": "\"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart for the week of October 8, 2005. Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do \"Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do\" is a song recorded by American country music duo Van Zant. It was released in September 2005 as the second single from their album \"Get Right with the Man\". The song was written by Tony Mullins, Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman. In his review of the song, Kevin John Coyne of \"Country Universe\" called the duo \"a great southern rock addition to the genre.\" The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered", "title": "Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do" }, { "docid": "4645604", "text": "to Venice\" He takes a boat to Venice, sharing his passage with a group of libidinous youths and their leader, the Elderly Fop. Aschenbach's discovery that the fop is not young, but old and made-up (\"How can they bear that counterfeit; that young-old horror. A wretched lot, a wretched boat\") repulses him, and he arrives in Venice dispirited. \"Overture: Venice\" \"Scene 3: The Journey to the Lido\" Aschenbach contemplates his arrival by gondola into the city (\"What lies in wait for me here, Ambiguous Venice, Where water is married to stone, And passion confuses the senses?\"). He intends to go", "title": "Death in Venice (opera)" }, { "docid": "10038255", "text": "Ain't What You Do \"Ain't What You Do\" is a single released in 2003 by the UK hip hop/R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fifth and final single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, \"Nu-Flow\". \"Ain't What You Do\" became Big Brovaz' fifth UK hit but their first to miss the top ten, peaking at number fifteen and spending seven weeks inside the top seventy-five of the UK Singles Chart. The single was not released in Australia. \"Ain't What You Do\" is based on Fun Boy Three and Bananarama's collaboration \"It Ain't What You Do (It's the", "title": "Ain't What You Do" }, { "docid": "4480222", "text": "surprise but will certainly entertain\". According to \"Now\" writer Jered Stuffco, Equal Vision was \"banking heavily\" on the band to accumulate strong sales, and based on the group's \"poster-boy image, melodramatic harmonies and tight emo riffage,\" he felt they might succeed. \"What to Do When You Are Dead\" peaked at number 101 on the \"Billboard\" 200, as well as charting at number 1 on the Heatseekers Albums chart and number 8 on the Independent Albums chart. By July 2007 the album had sold 200,000 copies. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of \"What to Do When You Are Dead\", the band", "title": "What to Do When You Are Dead" }, { "docid": "19111524", "text": "Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro The Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro is an intimate art museum located in the picturesque Ca' d'Oro on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. The Baron Giorgio Franchetti (1865–1927), was born to a prominent family of Turin. Initially trained in a military school, he preferred the study of music and collecting art. He married in 1890 the Baroness Maria Hornstein Hohenstoffeln. However, by 1891 he had moved to Venice, and there soon purchased the then dilapidated Ca' d'Oro and set upon restoring the building, as possible, to its 15th-century layout. Franchetti also traveled", "title": "Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro" }, { "docid": "9930755", "text": "vocalists on \"If Love Was a River\", which they also co-wrote. Adam Wright also wrote the track \"Strong Enough\". Giving the album all four stars, \"People\" magazine said on the album that Jackson \"continues to sound more and more like Merle Haggard, which is tantamount to approaching perfection.\" \"What I Do\" debuted at #1 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" 200 selling 139,000 copies, becoming his third #1 album, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 country album. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in October 2004. What I Do What I Do is the twelfth", "title": "What I Do" }, { "docid": "19111526", "text": "is on the premises. Among the works on display are: Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro The Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro is an intimate art museum located in the picturesque Ca' d'Oro on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. The Baron Giorgio Franchetti (1865–1927), was born to a prominent family of Turin. Initially trained in a military school, he preferred the study of music and collecting art. He married in 1890 the Baroness Maria Hornstein Hohenstoffeln. However, by 1891 he had moved to Venice, and there soon purchased the then dilapidated Ca' d'Oro and set upon restoring the", "title": "Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro" }, { "docid": "3120807", "text": "Baroque architect in Venice was Baldassarre Longhena. In 1631 he began to build the magnificent Santa Maria della Salute basilica, one of the most beautiful churches in Venice and a symbol of Grand Canal. The classical layout of the façade features decorations and by many statues, the latter crowning also the refined volutes surrounding the major dome. Longhena later designed two majestic palaces, Ca' Pesaro and Ca' Rezzonico (with many carvings and chiaroscuro effects), and Santa Maria di Nazareth church (\"Chiesa degli Scalzi\"). For various reasons the great architect did not see any of these buildings finished, and the designs", "title": "Grand Canal (Venice)" }, { "docid": "12138900", "text": "the past: \"Why don't you do what you do / when you did what you did to me?\" Its B-side is \"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)\", a duet with Michael Jackson. The song was sampled by Lil Wayne for \"How Could Something\" and by Chamillionaire for \"Void In My Life\". The music video was an imitation of \"The Godfather\" and supermodel Iman played Jackson's love interest who eventually betrays him by trying to shoot him. After his henchmen take her away, it is not revealed what happened to her. Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson", "title": "Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson song)" }, { "docid": "9930754", "text": "What I Do What I Do is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: \"Too Much of a Good Thing\" and \"Monday Morning Church\" both reached #5, while \"The Talkin' Song Repair Blues\" and \"USA Today\" both reached #18. \"What I Do\", however, was the first album of his career not to produce any #1 hits. The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background", "title": "What I Do" }, { "docid": "10038256", "text": "Way That You Do It)\". UK CD 1 UK CD 2 Ain't What You Do \"Ain't What You Do\" is a single released in 2003 by the UK hip hop/R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fifth and final single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, \"Nu-Flow\". \"Ain't What You Do\" became Big Brovaz' fifth UK hit but their first to miss the top ten, peaking at number fifteen and spending seven weeks inside the top seventy-five of the UK Singles Chart. The single was not released in Australia. \"Ain't What You Do\" is based on Fun Boy", "title": "Ain't What You Do" } ]

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[ { "docid": "15481855", "text": "Van Gogh uses complementary colors to bring intensity to the picture. Blue and orange flecks in the plowed field and violet and gold in the spring wheat behind the sower. Van Gogh used colors symbolically and for effect, when speaking of the colors in this work he said: \"I couldn't care less what the colours are in reality.\" Inspired by Jean-François Millet van Gogh made several paintings after \"The Sower\" by Millet. Van Gogh made seven other \"Sower\" paintings, one in 1883 and the other six after this work. During the last half of June he worked on a group", "title": "Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "14478071", "text": "Digging in Front of Her Cottage\" (F142) was one of the paintings that Van Gogh left behind when he went to Antwerp in 1885 and it went to his mother Anna Carbentus van Gogh. Cottages (Van Gogh series) Cottages is a subject of paintings created by Vincent van Gogh from 1883 and 1885. This is related to the Peasant Character Studies that Van Gogh worked on during the same time period. Inspired by the work of Jean-François Millet and others working in the 'peasant' genre, Van Gogh became interested in representing peasant life in his art. To depict the essence", "title": "Cottages (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "14478067", "text": "Cottages (Van Gogh series) Cottages is a subject of paintings created by Vincent van Gogh from 1883 and 1885. This is related to the Peasant Character Studies that Van Gogh worked on during the same time period. Inspired by the work of Jean-François Millet and others working in the 'peasant' genre, Van Gogh became interested in representing peasant life in his art. To depict the essence and spirit of their life, he for a time lived as they lived, he was in the fields as they were, enduring the weather for long hours as they were. To do so was", "title": "Cottages (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "8501549", "text": "Copies by Vincent van Gogh Copies by Vincent van Gogh form an important group of paintings executed by Vincent van Gogh between 1887 and early 1890. While at Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, where Van Gogh admitted himself, he strived to have subjects during the cold winter months. Seeking to be reinvigorated artistically, Van Gogh did more than 30 copies of works by some of his favorite artists. About twenty-one of the works were copies after, or inspired by, Jean-François Millet. Rather than replicate, Van Gogh sought to translate the subjects and composition through his perspective, color, and technique. Spiritual", "title": "Copies by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15606589", "text": "your bonds… Don’t seek [the future] in Paris, don’t seek it in America; it is always the same, forever, and ever exactly the same. Make a thorough change indeed, try the heath. Over Van Gogh's artistic career, he made over 30 works of the sower. He wrote of the symbolism of sowing: \"One does not expect to get from life what one has already learned it cannot give; rather, one begins to see more clearly that life is a kind of sowing time, and the harvest is not yet here.\" Van Gogh was particularly inspired by Jean-François Millet's work image", "title": "Peasant Character Studies (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15596817", "text": "1882. A subject that fascinated Van Gogh was the working class or peasant, inspired by the works of Jean-François Millet and others. In July 1869, Van Gogh's uncle, “Cent” Van Gogh, helped him obtain a position with the art dealer Goupil & Cie in The Hague. After his training, in June 1873, Goupil transferred him to London, where he lodged at 87 Hackford Road, Brixton, and worked at Messrs. Goupil & Co., 17 Southampton Street. This was a happy time for him; he was successful at work and was, at 20, earning more than his father. He fell in love", "title": "Early works of Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15520766", "text": "symbolically or evocatively. His early works were earth-toned and dull. After a transformative period in Paris, Van Gogh embarked on his most prolific periods starting in Arles, in the south of France and continuing until his final days in Auvers-sur-Oise. During those times his work became more colorful and more reflective of influences, such as Impressionism and Japonism. Japonism influences are understood in the painting of a young girl, \"La Mousmé.\" Among others, he was inspired by the work of Jean-François Millet which he emulated in \"First Steps\" and \"Evening: The Watch.\" Van Gogh enjoyed painting portraits when he had", "title": "Paintings of Children (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15571172", "text": "Asnières (Van Gogh series) Asnières, now named Asnières-sur-Seine, is the subject and location of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in 1887. The works, which include parks, restaurants, riverside settings and factories, mark a breakthrough in van Gogh's artistic development. In the Netherlands his work was shaped by great Dutch masters as well as Anton Mauve a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School and a significant early influence on his cousin-in-law van Gogh. In Paris van Gogh was exposed to and influenced by Impressionism, Symbolism, Pointillism, and Japanese woodblock print genres. During van Gogh's", "title": "Asnières (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15571197", "text": "made in 1873 is another example. Asnières (Van Gogh series) Asnières, now named Asnières-sur-Seine, is the subject and location of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in 1887. The works, which include parks, restaurants, riverside settings and factories, mark a breakthrough in van Gogh's artistic development. In the Netherlands his work was shaped by great Dutch masters as well as Anton Mauve a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School and a significant early influence on his cousin-in-law van Gogh. In Paris van Gogh was exposed to and influenced by Impressionism, Symbolism, Pointillism, and Japanese", "title": "Asnières (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "7901118", "text": "he found it difficult to work with (see early works of Vincent van Gogh). In November 1882 Van Gogh began drawings of individuals to depict a range of character types from the working class. The \"peasant genre\" that greatly influenced Van Gogh began in the 1840s with the works of Jean-François Millet, Jules Breton, and others. In 1885 Van Gogh described the painting of peasants as the most essential contribution to modern art. Van Gogh held laborers up to a high standard of how dedicatedly he should approach painting, \"One must undertake with confidence, with a certain assurance that one", "title": "Portraits by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15622251", "text": "matters, Van Gogh had a falling out with cousin-in-law, Anton Mauve, who had funded a studio for Van Gogh and provided training and guidance in developing his artistic skills. Mauve and his family did not approve of his domestic relationship with prostitute Sien Hoornik. Paintings of Amsterdam by Vincent van Gogh Paintings of Amsterdam by Vincent van Gogh were made by Vincent van Gogh during a visit in October 1885. Van Gogh traveled to Amsterdam in early October 1885 where he spent much of his three days there at the museum exploring the work of Frans Hals, Rembrandt and other", "title": "Paintings of Amsterdam by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15606598", "text": "sketch; he also made a version as a lithograph. Peasant Character Studies (Van Gogh series) Peasant Character Studies is a series of works that Vincent van Gogh made between 1881 and 1885. Van Gogh had a particular attachment and sympathy for peasants and other working class people that was fueled in several ways. He was particularly fond of the peasant genre work of Jean-François Millet and others. He found the subjects noble and important in the development of modern art. Van Gogh had seen the changing landscape in the Netherlands as industrialization encroached on once pastoral settings and the livelihoods", "title": "Peasant Character Studies (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15606567", "text": "Peasant Character Studies (Van Gogh series) Peasant Character Studies is a series of works that Vincent van Gogh made between 1881 and 1885. Van Gogh had a particular attachment and sympathy for peasants and other working class people that was fueled in several ways. He was particularly fond of the peasant genre work of Jean-François Millet and others. He found the subjects noble and important in the development of modern art. Van Gogh had seen the changing landscape in the Netherlands as industrialization encroached on once pastoral settings and the livelihoods of the working poor with little opportunity to change", "title": "Peasant Character Studies (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "447045", "text": "\"No, nay, never\" (\"\"nooit, neen, nimmer\"\"). After Kee returned to Amsterdam, Van Gogh went to The Hague to try to sell paintings and to meet with his second cousin, Anton Mauve. Mauve was the successful artist Van Gogh longed to be. Mauve invited him to return in a few months, and suggested he spend the intervening time working in charcoal and pastels; Van Gogh went back to Etten and followed this advice. Late in November 1881, Van Gogh wrote a letter to Johannes Stricker, one which he described to Theo as an attack. Within days he left for Amsterdam. Kee", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" } ]

[ { "docid": "20236328", "text": "of a house in Cuesmes occupied by a miner named Decrucq and his family. From there he wrote to his brother Theo that he was considering what purpose he could give to his life; inspired by the lives of the miners, he started to produce drawings. From 1880, he started painting in earnest. Maison Van Gogh Maison Van Gogh (or Van Gogh House) is a museum in the village of Cuesmes, near Mons in Belgium. Vincent Van Gogh lived here from 1879 to 1880. Cuesmes is in the Borinage, at that time a coal-mining area; Vincent van Gogh came here", "title": "Maison Van Gogh" }, { "docid": "8501556", "text": "been inspired by Bernard's work of Breton women. Van Gogh painted a work of the engraving \"Man at Sea\" made by Virginie Demont-Breton, daughter of Jules Breton. Her engraving was exhibited at the Salon of 1889. The picture depicts, almost entirely in shades of violet, a peaceful scene of a mother sitting by a fire with her baby on her lap. In 1882 Van Gogh had remarked that he found Honoré Daumier's \"The Four Ages of a Drinker\" both beautiful and soulful. Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo of Daumier's artistic perspective and humanity: \"What impressed me so much", "title": "Copies by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "7901131", "text": "Gogh in 1888 while living in Arles, which Van Gogh dubbed \"the Japan of the south\". Retreating from the city, he hoped that his time in Arles would evoke in his work the simple, yet dramatic expression of Japanese art. Inspired by Pierre Loti's novel \"Madame Chrysanthème\" and Japanese artwork, Vincent painted \"La Mousmé,\" a well-dressed Japanese girl. The audience is drawn in by his use of contracting patterns and colors that bring in an energy and intensity to the work. Van Gogh, excited to have a model for a portrait, worked on the portraits of a Zouave in June", "title": "Portraits by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "14860756", "text": "devoted to Japan with text by Tadamasa Hayashi who may have inspired van Gogh's utopian notion of the Japanese artist: The cover carried a reverse image of a colour woodblock by Keisai Eisen depicting a Japanese courtesan or \"Oiran\". Vincent traced this and enlarged it to produce his painting. Van Gogh made copies of two Hiroshige prints. He altered their colours and added borders filled with calligraphic characters he borrowed from other prints. Japonaiserie (Van Gogh) Japonaiserie () was the term the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh used to express the influence of Japanese art. Before 1854 trade with", "title": "Japonaiserie (Van Gogh)" }, { "docid": "447120", "text": "Gogh paintings with several consigned from Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. In April 1894 the Durand-Rue Gallery in Paris agreed to take 10 paintings on consignment from Van Gogh's estate. In 1896, the Fauvist painter Henri Matisse, then an unknown art student, visited John Peter Russell on Belle Île off Brittany. Russell had been a close friend of Van Gogh; he introduced Matisse to the Dutchman's work, and gave him a Van Gogh drawing. Influenced by Van Gogh, Matisse abandoned his earth-coloured palette for bright colours. In Paris in 1901 a large Van Gogh retrospective was held at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, which", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "17268729", "text": "Sorrow (Van Gogh) Sorrow is a drawing by Vincent van Gogh, produced in 1882. The work, created two years after Van Gogh had decided to become an artist, depicts 32-year-old pregnant woman Clasina Maria Hoornik, familiarly known as \"Sien\". \"Sorrow\" is widely acknowledged as a masterwork of draftsmanship, the culmination of a long and sometimes uncertain apprenticeship by Van Gogh in learning his craft. The drawing is part of the Garman Ryan Collection held at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Previously, it was in the private collection of artist Sally Ryan, who had the work hung in her permanent suite", "title": "Sorrow (Van Gogh)" }, { "docid": "8501562", "text": "wood block prints. In Paris, Keisai Eisen's print appeared on the May 1886 cover of \"Paris Illustré\" magazine which inspired Van Gogh to make \"The Courtesan.\" The magazine issue was entirely devoted to Japan. Japanese author, Tadamasa Hayashi, who lived in Paris, acquainted Parisians with information about Japan. In addition to providing information about its history, climate and visual arts, Hayashi explained what it was like to live in Japan, such as its customs, religion, education, religion, and the nature of its people. Van Gogh copied and enlarged the image. He created a bright yellow background and colorful kimono. Influenced", "title": "Copies by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "14757672", "text": "No Comment (Van Gogh album) No Comment is the first live album by Serbian rock band Van Gogh. The album was recorded on the band's concerts held on January 23 and 24, 1997 in Studentski kulturni centar in Belgrade. The track \"Zemlja čuda\" features a medley inspired by Lou Reed's \"Walk on the Wild Side\", The Doors' \"Light My Fire\", The Rolling Stones' \"You Can't Always Get What You Want\", Stereo MCs' \"Connected\", and Elvis Presley's \"Can't Help Falling in Love\". The album back cover and inner sleeve do not feature song titles, but different colors in the places where", "title": "No Comment (Van Gogh album)" }, { "docid": "15481845", "text": "and restore you when there is a need.\" Further exploring the connection between man and nature, Van Gogh wrote his sister Wil, \"What the germinating force is in a grain of wheat, love is in us.\" At times Van Gogh was so enamored with nature that his sense of self seemed lost in the intensity of his work: \"I have a terrible lucidity at moments, these days when nature is so beautiful, I am not conscious of myself any more, and the picture comes to me as in a dream.\" Wheat fields provided a subject in which Van Gogh could", "title": "Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15623104", "text": "the book was published. Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris) Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris) is the subject of many drawings, sketches and paintings by Vincent van Gogh in 1886 and 1887 after he moved to Montmartre in Paris from the Netherlands. While in Paris, Van Gogh transformed the subjects, color and techniques that he used in creating still life paintings. He saw the work and met the founders and key artists of Impressionism, Pointillism and other movements and began incorporating what he learned into his work. Japanese art, Ukiyo-e, and woodblock prints also influenced", "title": "Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris)" }, { "docid": "15623058", "text": "Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris) Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris) is the subject of many drawings, sketches and paintings by Vincent van Gogh in 1886 and 1887 after he moved to Montmartre in Paris from the Netherlands. While in Paris, Van Gogh transformed the subjects, color and techniques that he used in creating still life paintings. He saw the work and met the founders and key artists of Impressionism, Pointillism and other movements and began incorporating what he learned into his work. Japanese art, Ukiyo-e, and woodblock prints also influenced his approach to composition", "title": "Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris)" }, { "docid": "1365407", "text": "Van Gogh grouped chronologically. The second floor gives information about the restoration of paintings and has a space for minor temporary exhibitions. The third floor shows paintings of Van Gogh's contemporaries in relationship to the work of Van Gogh himself. The Kurokawa wing is used for major temporary exhibitions. The building has an oval floor plan and is three stories high. The entrance to the Kurokawa wing is via an underground tunnel from the Rietveld building. The Van Gogh Museum has the largest Van Gogh collection in the world. It comprises 200 paintings, 400 drawings, and 700 letters by Vincent", "title": "Van Gogh Museum" }, { "docid": "7901144", "text": "family members several times between 1888-1889. While in Arles, Vincent van Gogh became friends with the postman. Van Gogh painted several portraits of Roulin and his family. Roulin's “silent gravity and tenderness,” and his “strangely pure and touching” voice inspired van Gogh to paint him, commemorating their friendship. Van gogh painted this portrait with oil paints on a canvas in July 1888. Formally, the vast blue expanse of Roulin's coat takes the stage. The lack of contrasting colors within the blue coat and pants makes the plane lack depth. This official tone contrasts with Roulin's personality. The warm skin tones", "title": "Portraits by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "447123", "text": "enhanced his fame, especially in the United States where Stone surmised only a few hundred people had heard of van Gogh prior to his surprise best-selling book. In 1957 Francis Bacon based a series of paintings on reproductions of Van Gogh's \"The Painter on the Road to Tarascon\", the original of which was destroyed during the Second World War. Bacon was inspired by an image he described as \"haunting\", and regarded Van Gogh as an alienated outsider, a position which resonated with him. Bacon identified with Van Gogh's theories of art and quoted lines written to Theo: \"[R]eal painters do", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "447069", "text": "visit Arles in 1888, Van Gogh hoped for friendship, and the realisation of his idea of an artists' collective. While waiting, in August he painted \"Sunflowers\". When Boch visited again, Van Gogh painted a portrait of him, as well as the study \"The Poet Against a Starry Sky.\" In preparation for Gauguin's visit, Van Gogh bought two beds on advice from the station's postal supervisor Joseph Roulin, whose portrait he painted. On 17 September he spent his first night in the still sparsely furnished Yellow House. When Gauguin consented to work and live in Arles with him, Van Gogh started", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "17268736", "text": "currently unknown, and it may no longer exist. Another of the drawings mentioned as being sent to his brother in a letter on 10 April 1882 is considered lost. Print impressions of versions of Sorrow are in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (which has two copies) and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The latter's copy was printed by of The Hague. Sorrow (Van Gogh) Sorrow is a drawing by Vincent van Gogh, produced in 1882. The work, created two years after Van Gogh had decided to become an artist, depicts 32-year-old pregnant woman Clasina Maria", "title": "Sorrow (Van Gogh)" }, { "docid": "8501553", "text": "it is unknown whether or not this was Van Gogh's intention. Émile Bernard, an artist and Catholic mystic, was a close personal friend to Van Gogh. Bernard influenced Van Gogh artistically several ways. Bernard outlined figures in black, replicating the look of religious woodcut images of the Middle Ages. This resulted in a flattened, more primitive work. Van Gogh's \"Crows over the Wheatfield\" is one example of how Bernard's simplified form influenced his work. Bernard also taught Van Gogh about how to manipulate perspective in his work. Just as Van Gogh used color to express emotion, he used distortion of", "title": "Copies by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15612882", "text": "Sien (Van Gogh series) Vincent van Gogh drew and painted a series of works of his mistress Sien during their time together in the Netherlands. In particular, his drawing \"Sorrow\" is widely acknowledged as a masterwork of draftsmanship, the culmination of a long and sometimes uncertain apprenticeship in learning his craft. Commonly called Sien Hoornik, Clasina Maria Hoornik (1850–1904) lived with van Gogh during much of his time in The Hague from 1881 to 1883. Van Gogh used Sien, a pregnant prostitute, as a model for his work and later took Sien and her daughter into his home. Van Gogh", "title": "Sien (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15571183", "text": "as \"the painting of the garden with sweethearts.\" The title at the Van Gogh Museum is \"Garden with courting couples: Square Saint-Pierre, 1887\". The summer park scene, one of his largest canvases, was one of the first paintings that van Gogh exhibited in Paris. Here he integrated what he had learned of Impressionism and Pointillism into his own version of Pointillism. He used a combination of carefully placed small dots and more expressive dashes, like those in the sky, of varying color placed side by side into what is considered his most pointillistic painting. Van Gogh used Divisionism techniques to", "title": "Asnières (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "17679830", "text": "to foster contemporary art. This new foundation was officially established in 2010, under the name of the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles. It is now located in the Hôtel Léautaud de Donines. Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles is a non-profit foundation located in Arles France dedicated to the work and legacy of Vincent Van Gogh. Its goal is to generate and promote cultural and artistic activities with reference to the oeuvre of Vincent van Gogh as related to the time he spent in Arles, and the intention that van Gogh expressed in establishing an international", "title": "Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles" }, { "docid": "8501557", "text": "at the time was something so stout and manly in Daumier's conception, something that made me think It must be good to think and to feel like that and to overlook or ignore a multitude of things and to concentrate on what makes us sit up and think and what touches us as human beings more directly and personally than meadows or clouds.\" Daumier's artistic talents included painting, sculpting and creating lithographs. He was well known for his social and political commentary. Van Gogh made \"Men Drinking\" after Daumier's work in Saint-Remy about February 1890. Van Gogh, motivated by the", "title": "Copies by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15481844", "text": "we not ourselves very much like wheat... to be reaped when we are ripe.\" Van Gogh saw in his paintings of wheat fields an opportunity for people to find a sense of calm and meaning, offering more to suffering people than guessing at what they may learn \"on the other side of life.\" Van Gogh writes Theo that he hopes that his family brings to him \"what nature, clods of earth, the grass, yellow wheat, the peasant, are for me, in other words, that you find in your love for people something not only to work for, but to comfort", "title": "Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15481846", "text": "experiment with color. Tired of his work in the Netherlands made with dull, gray colors, van Gogh sought to create work that was more creative and colorful. In Paris Van Gogh met leading French artists Edgar Degas, Georges Seurat and others who provided illuminating influences on the use of color and technique. His work, previously somber and dark, now \"blazed with color.\" His use of color was so dramatic that Van Gogh was sometimes called an Expressionist. While Van Gogh learned much about color and technique in Paris, southern France provided an opportunity to express his \"surging emotions.\" Enlightened by", "title": "Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "447057", "text": "drawing with his crayon so vigorously that he tore the paper. Van Gogh then flew into a violent rage and shouted at Siberdt: 'You clearly do not know what a young woman is like, \"God damn it!\" A woman must have hips, buttocks, a pelvis in which she can carry a baby!' According to some accounts this was the last time van Gogh attended classes at the Academy and he left later for Paris. On 31 March 1886, which was about a month after the confrontation with Siberdt, the teachers of the Academy decided that 17 students, including van Gogh,", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "447070", "text": "to work on the \"Décoration for the Yellow House,\" probably the most ambitious effort he ever undertook. He completed two chair paintings: \"Van Gogh's Chair\" and \"Gauguin's Chair.\" After much pleading from Van Gogh, Gauguin arrived in Arles on 23 October, and in November the two painted together. Gauguin depicted Van Gogh in his \"The Painter of Sunflowers\"; Van Gogh painted pictures from memory, following Gauguin's suggestion. Among these \"imaginative\" paintings is \"Memory of the Garden at Etten\". Their first joint outdoor venture was at the Alyscamps, when they produced the pendants \"Les Alyscamps\". The single painting Gauguin completed during", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15584024", "text": "Van Gogh was one of the artists later called \"Post-Impressionists\" who was influenced by Seurat's style that rejected realism and idealism to create a new genre based upon abstraction and simplicity. Van Gogh learned from Seurat the beauty in simplicity and a means to convey messages in a more optimistic, light way than his work in the Netherlands. While he could not match Seurat's precision, aspects of Pointillism were integrated into van Gogh's work. In \"Bank of the Seine\" (F293) van Gogh uses Pointillism in the small dots for the trees, larger dots in the sky and dashes for water.", "title": "Seine (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15520785", "text": "sadness. Both museum paintings were made on large canvas, 65 x 54 cm. \"La Mousmé\" also known as \"La Mousmé, Sitting in a Cane Chair, Half-Figure (with a branch of oleander)\" was painted Van Gogh in 1888 while living in Arles, which Van Gogh dubbed \"the Japan of the south\". Retreating from the city, he hoped that his time in Arles would evoke in his work the simple, yet dramatic expression of Japanese art. Inspired by Pierre Loti's novel \"Madame Chrysanthème\" and Japanese artwork, Vincent painted \"La Mousmé,\" a well-dressed Japanese girl. He wrote in a letter to his brother:", "title": "Paintings of Children (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15596833", "text": "not displayed on this page, but can be found on the Van Gogh Museum website. Unlike the character studies Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in November 1882 that he had drawn a portrait of Jozef Blok (F993), a street bookseller who was sometimes called \"Binnenhof's outdoor librarian\". The work was detailed in pencil with watercolor and chalk. At this time it was rare for Van Gogh to use color, as he found it difficult to work with. Early works of Vincent van Gogh The early works of Vincent van Gogh compose a group of paintings and drawings that", "title": "Early works of Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15571715", "text": "Montmartre (Van Gogh series) The Montmartre paintings are a group of works that Vincent van Gogh made in 1886 and 1887 of the Paris district of Montmartre while living there with his brother Theo. Rather than capture urban settings in Paris, van Gogh preferred pastoral scenes, such as Montmartre and Asnières in the northwest suburbs. Of the two years in Paris, the work from 1886 often has the dark, somber tones of his early works from the Netherlands and Brussels. By the spring of 1887, van Gogh embraced use of color and light and created his own brushstroke techniques based", "title": "Montmartre (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "7901146", "text": "1930. After her husband had posed for several works with van Gogh, Augustine sat for Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin in the Yellow House the two men shared. During the sitting, she kept her gaze on Gauguin, possibly for reassurance because, according to her daughter, she was not comfortable in the presence of van Gogh. In addition to the mother-daughter works where Marcelle is visible, Van Gogh also created several \"La Berceuse\" works where Augustine rocked her unseen cradle by a string. Van Gogh labeled the group of work \"La Berceuse\" meaning \"our lullaby or the woman rocking the cradle.\"", "title": "Portraits by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "17679828", "text": "Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles is a non-profit foundation located in Arles France dedicated to the work and legacy of Vincent Van Gogh. Its goal is to generate and promote cultural and artistic activities with reference to the oeuvre of Vincent van Gogh as related to the time he spent in Arles, and the intention that van Gogh expressed in establishing an international center of artistic creation and exchange in Arles. The artistic director is editor-in-chief of Parkett, Bice Curiger. In 1983 Yolande Clergue, a curator married to the photographer Lucien Clergue, founded the Association", "title": "Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles" }, { "docid": "7901126", "text": "painters in Paris were commonly found in Père Tanguy's shop. Painters like Cézanne, Pissarro, and Gauguin, as well as their paintings, frequented the shop. Van Gogh painted a few portraits of Père Tanguy. This specific portrait, painted in the winter of 1887-88 of Père Tanguy is more well known because of its frontal perspective, like that of early photography. The development of photography is part of what inspired the impressionistic style. The technology to take an exact image of a person in turn created a style of painting determined to capture more than what the eye could see. Van Gogh's", "title": "Portraits by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "12911531", "text": "Wil van Gogh Wilhelmina Jacoba \"Wil\" van Gogh (; 16 March 1862 – 17 May 1941) was a nurse and early feminist. She is best known as the youngest sister of the artist Vincent van Gogh and the art dealer Theo van Gogh. Wilhelmina Jacoba van Gogh was born on 16 March 1862 in Zundert in the Netherlands, daughter of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. She had three brothers Vincent, Theo, and Cor, and two sisters Elisabeth and Anna. During the first part of her life Wil van Gogh served her family and others, nursing the sick. After", "title": "Wil van Gogh" }, { "docid": "6587911", "text": "Van Gogh (band) Van Gogh is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was formed in 1986, and released their debut alternative rock-oriented self-titled album during the same year. During the 1990s, the band released a number of well-received albums inspired mostly by the works of the band Ekatarina Velika, and in the 2000s the band adopted more commercial sound, becoming one of the top acts of the Serbian rock scene. Since the beginning of the band's career, vocalist and guitarist Zvonimir Đukić and drummer Srboljub Radivojević have been the mainstay members of the band. The", "title": "Van Gogh (band)" }, { "docid": "447121", "text": "excited André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck, and contributed to the emergence of Fauvism. Important group exhibitions took place with the Sonderbund artists in Cologne in 1912, the Armory Show, New York in 1913, and Berlin in 1914. Henk Bremmer was instrumental in teaching and talking about Van Gogh, and introduced Helene Kröller-Müller to Van Gogh's art; she became an avid collector of his work. The early figures in German Expressionism such as Emil Nolde acknowledged a debt to Van Gogh's work. Bremmer assisted Jacob Baart de la Faille, whose \"catalogue raisonné\" \"L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh\" appeared in 1928.", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15571726", "text": "techniques. To bring an intensity to his work, he uses complementary colors of red and green. He adapted the stippling technique, using tiny dots in areas where needed for detail and brush strokes for the background. \"Roofs in Paris\" (F231) was made by van Gogh in 1886, his first year in Paris. Although acquainted with Impressionism, he had not yet begun to integrate color and light into his work. This painting consists of dull brown and gray. Here van Gogh seemed most interested in the variations of colors found in the many houses within his view. Montmartre (Van Gogh series)", "title": "Montmartre (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "447071", "text": "his visit was \"Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers\". Van Gogh and Gauguin visited Montpellier in December 1888, where they saw works by Courbet and Delacroix in the Musée Fabre. Their relationship began to deteriorate; Van Gogh admired Gauguin and wanted to be treated as his equal, but Gauguin was arrogant and domineering, which frustrated Van Gogh. They often quarrelled; Van Gogh increasingly feared that Gauguin was going to desert him, and the situation, which Van Gogh described as one of \"excessive tension\", rapidly headed towards crisis point. The exact sequence of events which led to Van Gogh's mutilation of his ear", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "8501550", "text": "meaning and emotional comfort were expressed through symbolism and color. His brother Theo van Gogh would call the pieces in the series some of his best work. During the winter months at Saint-Remy Van Gogh had a shortage of subjects for his work. Residing at Saint-Paul asylum, he did not have the freedom he enjoyed in the past, the weather was too cold to work outdoors and he did not have access to models for paintings. Van Gogh took up copying some of his favorite works of others, which became the primary source of his work during the winter months.\"The", "title": "Copies by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "12911532", "text": "the death of her brothers in 1890 and 1891, she obtained a modest job in a hospital. There she engaged in the committee to organise the \"National exhibition of women's work\" (\"Nationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenarbeid\"), 1898. This was a highly successful enterprise and funds raised from the exhibition, 20,000 Dutch guilders, served to establish the Dutch national bureau for women's work. No sources record what happened, but on 4 December 1902 Wil van Gogh was interned and later transferred to the \"House Veldwijk\", a psychiatric institution at Ermelo. The diagnosis of dementia praecox, on which this measure was based, was", "title": "Wil van Gogh" }, { "docid": "6059820", "text": "Van Gogh Vodka Van Gogh Vodka produces unflavored vodka, flavored vodka, and gin. The vodka was introduced in January 2000 and is produced at Distillery Cooymans International in Tilburg, the Netherlands. Van Gogh currently produces a total of 25 expressions, 16 of which are available in the U.S. Van Gogh Vodka is owned by Luctor International and is sold in the United States, Europe, Israel, the Far East, Australia, New Zealand, Caribbean, Canada, South Africa and Central America. In the U.S., Van Gogh is imported by 375 Park Avenue Spirits. Vincent Van Gogh Vodka offers many flavored vodkas in addition", "title": "Van Gogh Vodka" }, { "docid": "15612891", "text": "was hospitalized in June 1882 for gonorrhea. Sien posed for van Gogh throughout the winter. In exchange, van Gogh provided Sien and her daughter with a place to live and food to eat. Sien was ill when he met her and he did what he could to nurse her back to health. Van Gogh considered marrying Sien to take care of her and keep her off the streets. He envisioned a life where Sien would be his helpmate, helping him further his artistic career. Sien wanted to be married to him, too, even though he was poor. His family, including", "title": "Sien (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15481837", "text": "he sought an antidote to the ills of city life and work among laborers in the field \"giving his art and life the value he recognized in rural toil.\" In the series of paintings about wheat fields, Van Gogh expresses through symbolism and use of color his deeply felt spiritual beliefs, appreciation of manual laborers and connection to nature. As a young man Van Gogh pursued what he saw as a religious calling, wanting to minister to working people. In 1876 he was assigned a post in Isleworth, England to teach Bible classes and occasionally preach in the Methodist church.", "title": "Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "447081", "text": "made a few small canvases \"from memory ... reminisces of the North\". Among these was \"Two Peasant Women Digging in a Snow-Covered Field at Sunset\". Hulsker believes that this small group of paintings formed the nucleus of many drawings and study sheets depicting landscapes and figures that Van Gogh worked on during this time. He comments that this short period was the only time that Van Gogh's illness had a significant effect on his work. Van Gogh asked his mother and his brother to send him drawings and rough work he had done in the early 1880s so he could", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "447040", "text": "in Ramsgate. When the proprietor moved to Isleworth in Middlesex, Van Gogh went with him. The arrangement did not work out and he left to become a Methodist minister's assistant. His parents had meanwhile moved to Etten; in 1876 he returned home at Christmas for six months and took work at a bookshop in Dordrecht. He was unhappy in the position and spent his time doodling or translating passages from the Bible into English, French and German. He immersed himself in religion, and became increasingly pious and monastic. According to his flatmate of the time, Paulus van Görlitz, Van Gogh", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "1365401", "text": "the Netherlands and the 23rd most visited art museum in the world. Upon Vincent van Gogh's death in 1890, his work not sold fell into the possession of his brother Theo. Theo died six months after Vincent, leaving the work in the possession of his widow, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. Selling many of Vincent's paintings with the ambition of spreading knowledge of his artwork, Johanna maintained a private collection of his works. The collection was inherited by her son Vincent Willem van Gogh in 1925, eventually loaned to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam where it was displayed for many years, and", "title": "Van Gogh Museum" }, { "docid": "15606576", "text": "own horse.\" The close association of peasants and the cycles of nature particularly interested Van Gogh, such as the sowing of seeds, harvest and sheaves of wheat in the fields. Van Gogh saw plowing, sowing and harvesting symbolic to man's efforts to overwhelm the cycles of nature. Van Gogh was extremely mindful of the impact of 19th-century industrialization on the changing landscape and what that meant to people's lives. Van Gogh wrote in a letter to Anthon van Rappard: \"I remember as a boy seeing that heath and the little farms, the looms and the spinning wheels in exactly the", "title": "Peasant Character Studies (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15481847", "text": "the effects of the sun drenched countryside in southern France, Van Gogh reported that above all, his work \"promises color.\" This is where he began development of his masterpieces. Van Gogh used complementary, contrasting colors to bring an intensity to his work, which evolved over the periods of his work. Two complementary colors of the same degree of vividness and contrast.\" Van Gogh mentioned the liveliness and interplay of \"a wedding of two complementary colors, their mingling and opposition, the mysterious vibrations of two kindred souls.\" An example of use of complementary colors is \"The Sower\" where gold is contrasted", "title": "Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15606574", "text": "culminating in his first major painting, \"The Potato Eaters.\" In his works, Van Gogh used particularly somber colors and colors mixed with black, which he felt was like that of 17th-century masters, such as Frans Hals. His brother, Theo van Gogh (art dealer) had asked him often to lighten up his work, referring to the work of the Impressionists. Once Van Gogh went to Paris, he did open up his palette to color and light and admitted that his works from this period were old-fashioned. Theodorus van Gogh, Vincent's father, died March 26, 1885. In November, Vincent moved to Antwerp.", "title": "Peasant Character Studies (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "9293781", "text": "including British indie sensation, Callaghan. Cate's work with Durrill yielded a 2016 side project, \"The Next Great American Song,\" for which they wrote and recorded 4 songs including the first in a series of songs about the life of Vincent van Gogh. In 2017 Cate began co-producing and writing a solo project for Scarlet Rivera. John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers have, to date, released twelve albums, including \"Painting With van Gogh\" from the spin-off project, Voices of van Gogh, with the earliest, \"Set Free\", released in 1996, and the most recent, \"<nowiki>\"'Painting With van Gogh\"</nowiki>\", released in October,", "title": "John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers" }, { "docid": "16082751", "text": "Lost works by Vincent van Gogh The events that befell the early paintings and drawings by Vincent van Gogh in the period prior to the posthumous recognition of Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890) as an innovative artist show how the appreciation of his legacy changed his reputation in a relatively short time. A part of the work that remained with his family when he left the Netherlands must be considered lost, and the remaining early works of Vincent van Gogh tell an incomplete story. Van Gogh himself wrote that he had stored some 70 painted studies in the attic", "title": "Lost works by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "4018258", "text": "had accused Hirsi Ali and van Gogh of plagiarism, saying that they had appropriated the ideas of Iranian-American video artist Shirin Neshat, whose work used Arabic text projected onto bodies. Following the broadcast, both van Gogh and Hirsi Ali received death threats. Van Gogh did not take the threats seriously and refused any protection. According to Hirsi Ali, he said, \"Nobody kills the village idiot\", a term he frequently used about himself. Van Gogh was a member of the Dutch Republican society \"Republikeins Genootschap\", which advocates the abolition of the Dutch monarchy. He was a friend and supporter of the", "title": "Theo van Gogh (film director)" }, { "docid": "15481862", "text": "about the 12th or 13 June, was intended by Van Gogh to be a complimentary work to the \"Harvest\" painting. Ladders appear in both paintings which help to create a pastoral feeling. In May 1889, Van Gogh voluntarily entered the asylum of St. Paul near Saint-Rémy in Provence. There Van Gogh had access to an adjacent cell he used as his studio. He was initially confined to the immediate asylum grounds and painted (without the bars) the world he saw from his room, such as ivy covered trees, lilacs, and irises of the garden. Through the open bars Van Gogh", "title": "Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15598616", "text": "the countryside, whereby city and country life were often juxtaposed, sometimes in the form of trains for factories blotting the countryside.\" Of Van Gogh's painting \"Outskirts of Paris\" (F264), Schwartz and Przyblyski write that although Van Gogh provides dots of color in a bleak terrain, \"The factories - for that is what those lumpish buildings are - will replace the windmill, and the villas will march across the mud and cornfields until they reach the premonitory gas standard.\" Outskirts of Paris (Van Gogh) Outskirts of Paris are paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in 1887, while he was living in", "title": "Outskirts of Paris (Van Gogh)" }, { "docid": "20236327", "text": "Maison Van Gogh Maison Van Gogh (or Van Gogh House) is a museum in the village of Cuesmes, near Mons in Belgium. Vincent Van Gogh lived here from 1879 to 1880. Cuesmes is in the Borinage, at that time a coal-mining area; Vincent van Gogh came here in 1879 as a layman preacher. He became concerned about the lives of the miners, and went down into the mines. The Belgian Union of Protestant Churches, dissatisfied with this involvement, dismissed him after six months, but he continued without pay. During this period, from 1879 to 1880, he stayed in the annexe", "title": "Maison Van Gogh" }, { "docid": "12911533", "text": "at the time considered a fatal illness. Asylum records later noted: Wil van Gogh remained at Ermelo for almost four decades before she died there on 17 May 1941. Whether she was mentally ill or not is nowadays difficult to prove. Renate Berger asserts that Wil van Gogh shared the fate of many \"sisters of well-known men\" at the time. Wil van Gogh Wilhelmina Jacoba \"Wil\" van Gogh (; 16 March 1862 – 17 May 1941) was a nurse and early feminist. She is best known as the youngest sister of the artist Vincent van Gogh and the art dealer", "title": "Wil van Gogh" }, { "docid": "20960646", "text": "British artists inspired by Van Gogh, including Francis Bacon, David Bomberg and the Camden Town Group. The museum's previous Van Gogh exhibition took place in 1947, which lasted 5 weeks with over 157,000 visitors, including the Queen, and was sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain. The attendance of the exhibition was so high that the Tate subsequently requested reimbursement for 3 years worth of wear-and-tear on its flooring during the 5 weeks of the exhibition from the Arts Council. Half of the visitors were during the weekend, when exhibition entry was free, while the other half attended during", "title": "Van Gogh and Britain" }, { "docid": "15537398", "text": "and irises of the garden. In May 1889 Van Gogh began work on \"Green Peacock Moth\" which he self-titled \"Death's Head Moth.\" The moth, called death's head, is a rarely seen nocturnal moth. He described the large moth's colors \"of amazing distinction, black, grey, cloudy white tinged with carmine or vaguely shading off into olive green.\" Behind the moth is a background of Lords-and-Ladies. The size of the moth and plants in the background pull the spectator into the work. The colors are vivid, consistent with Van Gogh's passion and emotional intensity. Van Gogh Museum's title for this work is", "title": "Butterflies (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15584022", "text": "the \"unrestrained atmosphere\" of its dances. Van Gogh and Bernard often painted together \"en plein air\". Vincent wrote to his sister Wil, \"While painting at Asnières, I saw more colors than I have ever seen before.\" Instead of working in the somber colors of his early work, van Gogh embraced the use of color and light of the Impressionists. Influenced by Impressionism and Pointillism, van Gogh modified his traditional style and used vivid color, shorter brushstrokes and perspective to engage the viewer. His views of the banks of the Seine are an important progression for his later landscape paintings. In", "title": "Seine (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15584006", "text": "Seine (Van Gogh series) \"Seine\" (paintings) is the subject and location of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in 1886. The Seine has been an integral part of Parisian life for centuries for commerce, travel and entertainment. Here van Gogh primarily captures the respite and relief from city life found in nature. A few of the paintings were made in Paris and the rest in the northwestern suburbs of Paris in Clichy and Asnières. Through these works the audience can see a transition in his work from one of dark colors and serious themes to more joyous use of color", "title": "Seine (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15571725", "text": "in the distance. Van Gogh was pleased with his work on this painting, commenting that it \"breathed fresh air and joy\". Van Gogh lived with his brother in Montmartre. Located above the city of Paris, the apartment afforded him a beautiful view of the city skyline, which he painted several times. Two of the paintings were made in 1887. The second painting \"View from Vincent's window\" was made from a similar vantage point to the titled painting \"View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic\" of this article. In \"View of Paris\" (F341) van Gogh demonstrates several Neo-impressionist", "title": "Montmartre (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "15537400", "text": "in 1888 Van Gogh mentions hoping to make a better version of butterflies or the field of poppies while in Arles. London's National Gallery painting \"Long Grass with Butterflies,\" also called \"Meadow in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital,\" is a view of an abandoned garden with tall unkempt grass and weeds on the asylum grounds. The work was made towards the end of his stay in Saint-Rémy. In 1888 Van Gogh also worked on a \"study of dusty thistles, with an innumerable swarm of white and yellow butterflies,\" but the painting was lost. Butterflies (Van Gogh series) Butterflies is a", "title": "Butterflies (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "8501566", "text": "inspired Van Gogh for its simplicity. The cloudburst, for instance, is conveyed by parallel lines. Such techniques were revered, but also difficult to execute when creating the wood block stamp for printing. By making a painting, Van Gogh's brushstrokes \"softened the boldness of the Japanese woodcut.\" Calligraphic figures, borrowed from other Japanese prints, fill the border around the image. Rather than following the color patterns of the original woodcut print, he used bright colors or contrasting colors. Van Gogh used Jordaen's subject and composition for his rendition of \"Cows.\" A later artist, Edward Hopper, also used Jordaen's \"Cows\" as a", "title": "Copies by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "7901123", "text": "of humanity by means of red and green\". The \"Portrait of Etienne-Lucien Martin\" was made of the owner of a restaurant in Paris. He allowed artists to exhibit their work. In November 1887 Van Gogh and his friends showed their works; Van Gogh did not sell a painting. Van Gogh made the painting of Martin with care and precision. The colors within the portrait itself and the background were subdued, painted with delicate brushstrokes. The gentleman's face, though, has stripes of colors across the cheeks. Art dealer Pierre Firmin-Martin, a friend of Van Gogh's brother Theo, displayed some of Van", "title": "Portraits by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "447095", "text": "palette, and is evidence of an evolving personal style. Charles Blanc's treatise on colour interested him greatly, and led him to work with complementary colours. Van Gogh came to believe that the effect of colour went beyond the descriptive; he said that \"colour expresses something in itself\". According to Hughes, Van Gogh perceived colour as having a \"psychological and moral weight\", as exemplified in the garish reds and greens of \"The Night Cafe\", a work he wanted to \"express the terrible passions of humanity\". Yellow meant the most to him, because it symbolised emotional truth. He used yellow as a", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15606572", "text": "posing. His work was not well received; Mauve and H.G. Tersteeg, manager of Goupil & Cie, considered the drawings coarse and lacking charm. Van Gogh likened the \"unrefined\" characteristics of his drawings to harsh \"yellow soap\" made of lye. Van Gogh's relationship with Sien changed as they lived together with Maria, her five-year-old daughter, to the great disappointment of his family. Mauve appears to have suddenly gone cold towards Van Gogh and did not return a number of his letters. Van Gogh supposed that Mauve did not approve of his domestic arrangement with Sien and her young daughter. Van Gogh", "title": "Peasant Character Studies (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "8501568", "text": "was sentimental treatment of the destitute and downtrodden. He held laborers up to a high standard of how dedicatedly he should approach painting, \"One must undertake with confidence, with a certain assurance that one is doing a reasonable thing, like the farmer who drives his plow... (one who) drags the harrow behind himself. If one hasn't a horse, one is one's own horse.\" Referring to painting of peasants Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo: \"How shall I ever manage to paint what I love so much?\" Van Gogh Museum says of Millet's influence on Van Gogh: \"Millet's paintings, with", "title": "Copies by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "7901129", "text": "from the Far East and Europe. Van Gogh went to Arles for the sun, color and country lifestyle but more than anything else \"what I really hope to do is paint a good portrait.\" According to Doiteau and Leroy, one day Van Gogh wanted to present a painting he had just finished to Dr. Rey. But the doctor refused the gift, so Van Gogh offered the painting to the pharmacist of the hospital just passing by, a Mr Rousseau. He, too, refused and so the next passer-by, the administrator of the hospital, was offered the painting - and he, a", "title": "Portraits by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "3942537", "text": "the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, established 1962 by Vincent Willem van Gogh, the artist's nephew, and on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Five other versions are recorded in the Van Gogh estate papers: Two Arles versions left the artist's estate unrecorded: Sunflowers (Van Gogh series) Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the name of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, executed a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of", "title": "Sunflowers (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "447056", "text": "style. Van Gogh had also clashed with the instructor of the drawing class Franz Vinck. Van Gogh finally started to attend the drawing classes after antique plaster models given by Eugène Siberdt. Soon Siberdt and van Gogh came into conflict when the latter did not comply with Siberdt's requirement that drawings express the contour and concentrate on the line. When van Gogh was required to draw the Venus of Milo during a drawing class, he produced the limbless, naked torso of a Flemish peasant woman. Siberdt regarded this as defiance against his artistic guidance and made corrections to van Gogh's", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15571186", "text": "a more optimistic, light way than was his work in the Netherlands. While he could not match Seurat's precision, aspects of Pointillism were integrated into van Gogh's work. In \"Bank of the Seine\" (F293) van Gogh uses Pointillism in the small dots for the trees, larger dots in the sky and dashes for water. Impressionism is harnessed to create light and reflection of the water. \"Bridges across the Seine at Asnières\" (F301) was painted in open air and bright sunlight. The scene depicts railway bridges over the river. Van Gogh uses light and reflection effectively in this painting. The stone", "title": "Asnières (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "447031", "text": "an important but tragic painter, whose troubled personality typifies the romantic ideal of the tortured artist. The most comprehensive primary source on Van Gogh is the correspondence between him and his younger brother, Theo. Their lifelong friendship, and most of what is known of Vincent's thoughts and theories of art, are recorded in the hundreds of letters they exchanged from 1872 until 1890. Theo van Gogh was an art dealer and provided his brother with financial and emotional support, and access to influential people on the contemporary art scene. Theo kept all of Vincent's letters to him; Vincent kept few", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "7901135", "text": "to the 7th arrondissement in Paris, his memories of Van Gogh were recorded by Pierre Weiller, at this time living on lease in a building owned by Milliet, and published in 1955, after Milliet's death. \"Girl with Ruffled Hair (The Mudlark)\" was painted by Van Gogh when he lived in Arles. The work resides at Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (F535). See also Paintings of Children (Van Gogh series). Van Gogh's \"Old woman of Arles\" was made soon after he arrived in Arles. He wrote to his brother Theo, \"I believe that there are real opportunities for portraiture here.", "title": "Portraits by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15470394", "text": "Indeed, van Gogh's use of color became so dramatic that he was sometimes called an Expressionist. But it was southern France that provided an opportunity for him to express his \"surging emotions.\" Enlightened by the effects of its sun-drenched countryside, van Gogh reported that above all, his work \"promises color\". This is where he began development of his masterpieces. Van Gogh captured the colors and moods of the trees which varied dramatically by daylight and season. He began to use the color blue to represent the divine. In both \"The Starry Night\" and his olive tree paintings, van Gogh used", "title": "Olive Trees (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "16082762", "text": "they had uncovered a connection between den Houter and Vincent's mother. The Van Gogh Museum said they were sceptical about the authenticity of the painting. Lost works by Vincent van Gogh The events that befell the early paintings and drawings by Vincent van Gogh in the period prior to the posthumous recognition of Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890) as an innovative artist show how the appreciation of his legacy changed his reputation in a relatively short time. A part of the work that remained with his family when he left the Netherlands must be considered lost, and the remaining", "title": "Lost works by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "16082752", "text": "of his studio when he left The Hague, but only some 25 of these are now known. Some of those involved in the early trade have been interviewed by journalists and art researchers, but the literature on Van Gogh relies and focuses largely on his known existing work. The father of Vincent van Gogh, the Nuenen pastor Theo van Gogh, died unexpectedly on 26 March 1885. Vincent moved to Antwerp on November 27. In the following months his mother, Anna-Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus, decided to move to a smaller home for her and her daughter Wil. They found an upper part", "title": "Lost works by Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15520778", "text": "family member, so that with these pictures and others, their bedroom became a virtual \"museum of modern art.\" The family's consent to modeling for Van Gogh also gave him the opportunity to create more portraits, which was both meaningful and inspirational to Van Gogh. Van Gogh used color for the dramatic effect. Each family member clothes are bold primary colors and van Gogh used contrasting colors in the background to intensify the impact of the work. In Philadelphia Museum of Art's \"Portrait of Madame Augustine Roulin and Baby Marcelle\" Augustine holds baby Marcelle who was born in July, 1888. The", "title": "Paintings of Children (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "18608740", "text": "Van Gogh self-portrait (1889) Self portrait is an 1889 oil on canvas painting by the post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The picture, which may have been van Gogh's last self-portrait, was painted in September that year, shortly before he left Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France. The painting is exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. This self-portrait was one of about 40 van Gogh produced over a 10-year period, and these were an important part of his work as a painter; he would paint himself because he often lacked the money to pay for models. He took the painting with him", "title": "Van Gogh self-portrait (1889)" }, { "docid": "15623091", "text": "and dirty, Van Gogh was known to say \"Dirty shoes and roses can both be good in the same way.\" Van Gogh's friend and fellow artist, John Russell, received Van Gogh's \"Three Pairs of Shoes\" (F332) in 1886. Russell had painted a portrait of Van Gogh that he dearly loved. In exchange for the portrait he had given Van Gogh, Russell selected \"Three Pairs of Shoes\" and a lithograph copy of \"Worn Out (Eternity's Gate)\" (F997) that Van Gogh made in 1882. Russell selected these works at a time when Van Gogh had begun to make more colorful work. Russell's", "title": "Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris)" }, { "docid": "15537391", "text": "to paint pictures; possibly something else will come after that.\" Of prostitutes, such as those he met at brothels, Van Gogh wondered of any woman who fell into a life of degradation: \"She is seeking, seeking, seeking -- does she herself know what? Might she be transformed one day like a grub into a butterfly?\" That hope may have been on Van Gogh's mind when he took in pregnant Sien Hoornik, a prostitute, and her daughter when he lived in The Hague in 1882. In a letter to his friend Émile Bernard, Van Gogh uses the miracle of transformation from", "title": "Butterflies (Van Gogh series)" }, { "docid": "6059821", "text": "to the basic gin and vodka. The following is a complete list of the Van Gogh product line: The Royal Dirkzwager Distillery has created Van Gogh Vodka for 133 years by handcrafting vodka in small batches using combinations of wheat, corn and barley. The vodka is distilled twice in column stills and then a third time in a traditional pot still to produce a high quality vodka. Copper is used in the process to remove the harshness of the product. Van Gogh Vodka Van Gogh Vodka produces unflavored vodka, flavored vodka, and gin. The vodka was introduced in January 2000", "title": "Van Gogh Vodka" }, { "docid": "447034", "text": "correspond. Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 into a Dutch Reformed family in Groot-Zundert, in the predominantly Catholic province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands. He was the oldest surviving child of Theodorus van Gogh, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Van Gogh was given the name of his grandfather, and of a brother stillborn exactly a year before his birth. Vincent was a common name in the Van Gogh family: his grandfather, Vincent (1789–1874), who received a degree in theology at the University of Leiden in 1811, had six", "title": "Vincent van Gogh" }, { "docid": "17268732", "text": "marry her. He provided shelter and in return Hoornik modelled for him. In July 1882, Hoornik gave birth to a son, Willem, at the Maternity Hospital in Leiden. After the birth, she and Van Gogh moved into an apartment with a studio. This was reportedly a happy period for Van Gogh but by early 1883 Hoornik had started drinking again and returned to prostitution. The shared apartment became squalid, and the relationship between them deteriorated. Van Gogh found it increasingly difficult to support Hoornik and her children, in September 1883 they parted and Van Gogh left to further his career.", "title": "Sorrow (Van Gogh)" }, { "docid": "15774837", "text": "Gogh Van Go Gogh Van Go is a Montreal alt-pop duo made up of Sandra Luciantonio and Daniel Tierney. Previously, Tierney and Luciantonio were both members of an 1980s country-rock group called the Hodads. Luciantonio and Tierney met at the University of Guelph in Canada and formed a band in Montreal in 1985. Taking their name from the cover of an art magazine, the duo formed Gogh Van Go in 1993 and signed with Audiogram Records. Through Audiogram Records, the group released two records. Their first album, the self-titled \"Gogh Van Go\", released in 1993 and produced by Pierre Marchand,", "title": "Gogh Van Go" }, { "docid": "1365410", "text": "visited museum in the Netherlands, after the Rijksmuseum, and the 31st most visited art museum in the world. The Van Gogh Museum is a member of the national Museumvereniging (Museum Association). Van Gogh Museum The Van Gogh Museum () is an art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. The museum opened on 2 June 1973. It is located in buildings designed by Gerrit Rietveld and Kisho Kurokawa.", "title": "Van Gogh Museum" }, { "docid": "10263040", "text": "Trio Van Gogh Trio Van Gogh is a Danish sitcom, created by Rune Tolsgaard and Esben Pretzmann of Drengene fra Angora-fame. The series stars Mia Lyhne, Brian Lykke, Hjalte Flagstad, Jesper Rofeldt, Esben Pretzmann, Rune Tolsgaard, and also Simon Kvamm makes a short guest appearance. The series is set as a documentary following the classical musical trio, \"Trio Van Gogh\" (a play on the name of the controversial Dutch director, Theo Van Gogh, who was murdered.) The trio struggles to break through, and they are faced with one disaster after another, due to all three members of the group being", "title": "Trio Van Gogh" }, { "docid": "15596832", "text": "Zuyderland was resident of the Dutch Protestant Almshouse for Old Men and Women. Van Gogh would offer a small payment for residents who would pose for him. On his pencil drawings, Van Gogh used milk as a fixative to counteract the graphite pencil shine and left the image \"velvety black\". While it was recommended to use an atomizer to control the amount of milk placed on the work, Van Gogh would pour an entire glass of milk on the work. In this drawing there is a noticeable stain around the drawing where the puddle of milk dried. \"Worn Out\" is", "title": "Early works of Vincent van Gogh" } ]

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[ { "docid": "1229375", "text": "Fresno, Texas Fresno is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 19,069 at the 2010 census, up from 6,603 at the 2000 census. Fresno is located in the extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of Houston, which is the fourth largest city in the nation in population. Fresno is bordered by Houston to the north, the suburban Fort Bend County cities of Missouri City to the west and northwest, Arcola to the south and southwest, and the Brazoria County city of Pearland to the east. Fresno is located in eastern Fort Bend County", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "1229388", "text": "A small portion is zoned to Heritage Road Elementary School, outside of Fresno. Some middle school students (grades 6-8) attend Lake Olympia Middle School and Hightower High School in Missouri City, while other Fresno students attend Billy Baines Middle School and Ridge Point High School in the nearby community of Sienna Plantation. Prior to the opening of Hightower, Elkins High School served Fresno. Fort Bend County operates the Mustang Community Center in Fresno. The community center includes one baseball field, benches, one meeting room, two pavilions, one play area, tables, and one walking trail. Fresno, Texas Fresno is an unincorporated", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "1229379", "text": "County Precinct Two jurisdiction in 2003 and is now located within Fort Bend County Precinct One, which is located primarily on the western side of Fort Bend County, some away from Fresno, which is located in far eastern Fort Bend County. Among the largest communities in Fresno are the six neighborhoods that make up the Fort Bend MUD #23 area. Teal Run, the oldest of the neighborhoods, was originally started in the 1980s, and development stopped with the Houston oil crash in the late 1980s. Construction in the subdivision started again in 1992. The Estates of Teal Run, located at", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "1229386", "text": "area is patrolled by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office. The Teal Bend subdivision is also patrolled by contract deputies of the Precinct 1 Constable's Office. The Fresno Volunteer Fire Department provides fire protection. Fort Bend EMS provides emergency medical services to the area. The United States Postal Service operates the Fresno Post Office at 2723 Farm to Market Road 521. The Postal Service recently broke ground for a new post office to be located in the front entrance of the Teal Run neighborhood. this new facility will replace the aging and out of date post office currently located on", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "1229382", "text": "the way to Loop 610. The average commute time for those living in eastern Fort Bend County using the full route from Highway 6 to Loop 610 (when it opens) should average 20 minutes. A typical trip down FM 521, which turns into Almeda in Houston, or State Highway 288 north into the Texas Medical Center, takes at least 30–45 minutes in rush hour traffic. A \"Houston Chronicle\" article from February 25, 2007, titled \"Straddling urban, rural in Fresno\" highlights the unregulated nature of Fresno. As of the census of 2010, there were 19,069 people living in the area. The", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "1229383", "text": "racial composition of Fresno, Texas was: As of the census of 2000, there were 6,603 people, 1,881 households, and 1,600 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 734.8 people per square mile (283.6/km²). There were 2,002 housing units at an average density of 222.8/sq mi (86.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 44.36% White, 26.55% African American, 0.41% Native American, 1.08% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 25.23% from other races, and 2.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 49.89% of the population. There were 1,881 households out of which 54.1% had children", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "1229378", "text": "as the area was affected by growth of Houston. With its prime location on FM 521 and north of State Highway 6 in unincorporated Fort Bend County, developers have recently built large bedroom communities over what was once forest and grazing land, and a number of first-time homeowners have made the Fresno area home. The demographics in the Fresno area have changed dramatically since the last United States Census in 2000 due to a large increase in home building. The area is heavily Democratic in nature, and due to population increases in the area, Fresno was switched from Fort Bend", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "3167171", "text": "Bengie Molina, would start for their opponents, the Texas Rangers), resulting in his National League Rookie of the Year award that year. The 2012 family film \"Parental Guidance\" features Billy Crystal as the radio voice of the Fresno Grizzlies. The Grizzlies gained national attention in summer 2015 for playing a game as The Fresno Tacos, which was done to celebrate the city of Fresno's annual \"Taco Truck Throwdown\" and came complete with a specially designed tacos uniform. In 2015, they won the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game by defeating the Columbus Clippers, 7–0, in El Paso, Texas. Following the 2017", "title": "Fresno Grizzlies" }, { "docid": "20229909", "text": "semifinals of the 2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in Paradise, Nevada. The Bulldogs were invited and participated in the 2017 National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to TCU in the first round in Fort Worth, Texas. In a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Brulldogs were picked to finish in fourth place in the Mountain West. Source !colspan=12 style=\"\"| Exhibition !colspan=12 style=\"\"| Non-conference regular season !colspan=12 style=\"\"| Mountain West regular season !colspan=12 style=\"\"| 2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team The 2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno", "title": "2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "10534808", "text": "Trammels, Missouri City, Texas Trammels was an unincorporated area near State Highway 6 in eastern Fort Bend County. The one-time community was annexed by the municipality of Missouri City, a Houston suburb. Trammels was located fourteen miles northeast of Richmond at the junction of a graded and drained road and Texas State Highway 6. Trammels is located at the junction of State Highway 6 and Trammel-Fresno Road 14 miles east of Richmond. The town is located approximately halfway between U.S. Highway 59 and State Highway 288, two freeways that serve the Houston area, on State Highway 6. The town appears", "title": "Trammels, Missouri City, Texas" }, { "docid": "10534806", "text": "Trammels, Missouri City, Texas Trammels was an unincorporated area near State Highway 6 in eastern Fort Bend County. The one-time community was annexed by the municipality of Missouri City, a Houston suburb. Trammels was located fourteen miles northeast of Richmond at the junction of a graded and drained road and Texas State Highway 6. Trammels is located at the junction of State Highway 6 and Trammel-Fresno Road 14 miles east of Richmond. The town is located approximately halfway between U.S. Highway 59 and State Highway 288, two freeways that serve the Houston area, on State Highway 6. The town appears", "title": "Trammels, Missouri City, Texas" }, { "docid": "10022476", "text": "yards in the victory against in-state FCS rival Sacramento State, who was limited to 102 total yards. Lonyae Miller and Clifton Smith both found the end zone for touchdowns, while freshmen running back Ryan Matthews ran for 77 yards on the night. The game also featured Fresno State's retirement of David Carr's No. 8 jersey during the halftime ceremony. This was the first-ever meeting between the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Texas Aggies. The Texas A&M Aggies defeated the Bulldogs 47–45 in triple overtime, despite being outgained 438–393. Tom Brandstater established himself in the loss, going 22–32 for 286 yards", "title": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team" } ]

[ { "docid": "1229387", "text": "FM 521, and will be adjacent to the Teal Run Exxon and Jack in the Box restaurant. This new facility was opened October 2009. School age children in Fresno attend schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District. The community is within the East Division, controlling school board slots 5 through 7. As of 2008 the board members in the slots are Laurie Caldwell, Steve Smelley, and David Reitz, respectively. Two elementary schools, Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School and Burton Elementary School are located in Fresno's Teal Run neighborhood. A third elementary school, Rosa Parks Elementary School, is in Fresno.", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "1229376", "text": "at (29.526728, -95.459849). The eastern edge of Fresno is the Brazoria County line. Downtown Houston is to the north, the center of Missouri City is to the northwest, the center of Pearland is to the east, and Manvel is to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Fresno CDP has a total area of , of which of it is land and , or 1.35%, is water. A settler from Fresno, California, reportedly chose the name. The town is on land patented in 1880 once surrounded by cotton plantations. Fresno acquired a post office in 1910. In", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "1229380", "text": "the intersection of Raab and Sycamore Road, was started in 1999. Teal Run North (Villages of Teal Run and Teal Run Meadows), located just off Teal Bend Boulevard, directly adjacent to both Teal Run and Teal Run Estates, was started in 2001. There are over 3,100 total homes in the Fort Bend MUD #23 area in 2006. NewPoint Estates, located across from Teal Run on Highway 6 and Darby Road, is an area for acreage-type home sites, stables and expensive properties. A number of Houston area professional athletes make this neighborhood home. Winfield Lakes, which is located on Trammel Fresno", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "3826022", "text": "Fresno Falcons The Fresno Falcons are a defunct minor league hockey team. They were charter members of several long standing leagues in the western United States including the Pacific Southwest Hockey League and the West Coast Hockey League. In their final years, they were members of the ECHL (formerly East Coast Hockey League). They were located in Fresno, California. The Fresno Hockey Club, originally known as the Flyers, was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the Pacific Coast Hockey League, where they played until the league folded in 1950. The all time goal leader is Adrian Marin with", "title": "Fresno Falcons" }, { "docid": "841760", "text": "Fresno County, California Fresno County, officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of January 1, 2018, the population was 1,007,229. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-largest city in California. Fresno County comprises the Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Fresno-Madera, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Central Valley, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. The area now known as Fresno County was the traditional homeland of Yokuts and Mono peoples, and was later settled by Spaniards during a", "title": "Fresno County, California" }, { "docid": "8588835", "text": "Fuente el Fresno Fuente el Fresno is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 3,544. The village of Fuente el Fresno is located within the formers Estados del Duque, in the Montes de Toledo. It is located a short distance from the border between the provinces of Toledo and Ciudad Real. The Tablas de Daimiel National Park is within a short distance. Fuente el Fresno is located on the Route of Don Quixote and it is set in a small valley between two mountains (about 100 meters). The oldest part of the village is", "title": "Fuente el Fresno" }, { "docid": "841781", "text": "College District. The following campuses are in Fresno County: In addition, the Fresno County Public Library operates public libraries throughout the county. The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Fresno County. † \"county seat\" Fresno County, California Fresno County, officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of January 1, 2018, the population was 1,007,229. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-largest city in California. Fresno County comprises the Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Fresno-Madera, CA", "title": "Fresno County, California" }, { "docid": "8588836", "text": "in the foothill of one of those two mountains and the newest part is in the plain of the valley. Fuente el Fresno Fuente el Fresno is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 3,544. The village of Fuente el Fresno is located within the formers Estados del Duque, in the Montes de Toledo. It is located a short distance from the border between the provinces of Toledo and Ciudad Real. The Tablas de Daimiel National Park is within a short distance. Fuente el Fresno is located on the Route of Don Quixote and", "title": "Fuente el Fresno" }, { "docid": "13813030", "text": "Metropolitan Fresno Metropolitan Fresno, officially Fresno–Madera, CA CSA, is a metropolitan area in the San Joaquin Valley, in the United States, consisting of Fresno and Madera counties. It is the third-largest metropolitan region in Northern California, behind the Bay Area and Greater Sacramento. It is also the 49th-largest CSA in the U.S. as of 2010 census. Metropolitan Fresno is anchored by Fresno, the fifth-largest city in California and the 35th-largest in the United States. The metropolitan area is located in the Central Valley, which is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. It has a large agricultural economy despite", "title": "Metropolitan Fresno" }, { "docid": "11369298", "text": "Fresno High School Fresno High School is a four-year secondary school located in Fresno, California. Fresno High is the oldest high school in the Fresno metropolitan area and one of the few International Baccalaureate schools; in addition it continues to be the most populous and most diverse campus in Fresno. Elisa Messing is the 28th and current principal of Fresno High. The growth of Fresno during the boom period of the 1880s brought about many changes, including the need to establish the city’s first high school in 1889. It was named Fresno High because it would serve all people in", "title": "Fresno High School" }, { "docid": "920078", "text": "No known units. 40th Aviation Brigade, 40th Infantry Division. Located at Hammer Army Air Field Armory. Echo Company, 79th Brigade Support Battalion, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 40th Infantry Division. 1106th Aviation Classification Repair Depot, 1106th Theater Aviation Maintenance Sustainment Group. Located at the Aviation Classification Repair Depot on the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Detachment 1, 649th MP Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade. Located at the Army National Guard Armory on the Fresno Fairgrounds. 144th Fighter Wing. Located at the Fresno Air National Guard Base at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. 40th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB). 100th", "title": "Fresno, California" }, { "docid": "11369307", "text": "this is all the information known at this time. Fresno High School Fresno High School is a four-year secondary school located in Fresno, California. Fresno High is the oldest high school in the Fresno metropolitan area and one of the few International Baccalaureate schools; in addition it continues to be the most populous and most diverse campus in Fresno. Elisa Messing is the 28th and current principal of Fresno High. The growth of Fresno during the boom period of the 1880s brought about many changes, including the need to establish the city’s first high school in 1889. It was named", "title": "Fresno High School" }, { "docid": "9163025", "text": "and The Polo Lounge at Club One Casino in Downtown Fresno – where horse racing can be watched and wagered on year-round four days a week. The Fresno Fairgrounds hosts more than 250 events per year ranging from the Sun-Maid Kennel Club Dog Show and the NoTown Roller Derby matches to the highly anticipated Fresno Home & Garden Shows and a variety of concerts. The variety of events brings a little something for everyone to enjoy year round. Some key large annual events are: In 2013, The Big Fresno Fair first revealed its Big Fresno Fair Museum. Located in O'Neill", "title": "The Big Fresno Fair" }, { "docid": "4729832", "text": "Fresno City College Fresno City College (FCC or \"Fresno City\") is a community college in Fresno, California. It is part of the State Center Community College District (SCCCD) within the California Community Colleges system and accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school offers Associate degrees and certificates. Fresno City operates on a semester schedule. The school's sister colleges are Reedley College, located in Reedley, California, and Clovis Community College (formerly known as the Willow International Center) in northeastern Fresno. Additional campuses in the district include the Oakhurst", "title": "Fresno City College" }, { "docid": "10074260", "text": "and second floor lobbies. Fresno Convention Center The Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center is a convention center located in Fresno, California. The four building complex was originally made up of three main venues when completed in 1966, and underwent several expansions with the latest additions in 1981 and 1999. Named after former Fresno mayor Arthur L. Selland, the Selland Arena is a multi-purpose arena with a seating capacity of more than 9,000. The facility was home to the Central Valley Coyotes of the AF2, the Fresno State men's basketball program and Fresno Falcons hockey team. It has hosted various entertainment,", "title": "Fresno Convention Center" }, { "docid": "10074255", "text": "Fresno Convention Center The Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center is a convention center located in Fresno, California. The four building complex was originally made up of three main venues when completed in 1966, and underwent several expansions with the latest additions in 1981 and 1999. Named after former Fresno mayor Arthur L. Selland, the Selland Arena is a multi-purpose arena with a seating capacity of more than 9,000. The facility was home to the Central Valley Coyotes of the AF2, the Fresno State men's basketball program and Fresno Falcons hockey team. It has hosted various entertainment, concert, and college sporting", "title": "Fresno Convention Center" }, { "docid": "17780933", "text": "2012, when the Community Media Access Collaborative (CMAC) located its public, educational, and government access television station on the second floor. CMAC constructed a 900 square foot television studio in the former museum's main exhibit space which extends into the third floor, and created classroom and office spaces. As 2018, the first and fifth floors are occupied by Fresno Football Club. Fresno Bee Building The Fresno Bee Building is an historic 5-story building located at Van Ness and Calaveras Street in downtown Fresno, California. It was built in 1922 by architect Leonard F. Starks to house the offices and printery", "title": "Fresno Bee Building" }, { "docid": "5173048", "text": "\"Melendi\" who gave to the population a great performance. Nowadays, Fresno de Caracena has a music reputation worldwide. Fresno de Caracena Fresno de Caracena is a municipality located in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It had a population of 28 inhabitants in 2013 and it is one of the less populated areas of the country. Fresno de Caracena is the birthplace of Pere Abat who is supposedly the author of the book \"El Cantar del Mio Cid\". Fresno de Caracena is also the location of a 12th-century church and a rollo picota", "title": "Fresno de Caracena" }, { "docid": "5173047", "text": "Fresno de Caracena Fresno de Caracena is a municipality located in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It had a population of 28 inhabitants in 2013 and it is one of the less populated areas of the country. Fresno de Caracena is the birthplace of Pere Abat who is supposedly the author of the book \"El Cantar del Mio Cid\". Fresno de Caracena is also the location of a 12th-century church and a rollo picota used in the past to hang criminals. Fresno de carcena was also visited by the well known artist", "title": "Fresno de Caracena" }, { "docid": "16053068", "text": "Fresno Slough Fresno Slough is a distributary of the Kings River that connects the North Fork Kings River (distributary) to the San Joaquin River in the San Joaquin Valley, in Kings County, California. Until 1879, when irrigation diversions prevented it, Fresno Slough was also an outlet of the overflow waters of Tulare Lake into the San Joaquin River in flood years, when its level topped the 210 foot elevation. Mendota Dam located at the confluence of the San Joaquin River and Fresno Slough delivers water to the south from Mendota Pool during the irrigation season, and delivers water to Mendota", "title": "Fresno Slough" }, { "docid": "920068", "text": "County Superior Court. Fresno is also the seat of the Fifth Appellate District of the State of California Court of Appeal where a new courthouse was built in the old Armenian Town section of downtown Fresno in 2007 across from the Fresno Convention Center. The Fifth District Court of Appeal Courthouse is named after former State Senator and Associate Justice of the Fifth District, George N. Zenovich. According to Fresno County Registrar of Voters, the majority of registered voters in both the city and county of Fresno are registered to the Democratic Party. According to the county registrar's official final", "title": "Fresno, California" }, { "docid": "11240372", "text": "following sports are offered as opportunities to students at Fresno Christian: Fall Winter Spring Fresno Christian Schools is fully accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), and the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). Fresno Christian High School Fresno Christian High School (abbr. FCHS) is a private, Christian high school sponsored by 12 evangelical churches, located in Fresno, California, United States. The high school is a division of Fresno Christian Schools, offering various classes from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Grades K–12 share a campus with Peoples Church at 7280 N.", "title": "Fresno Christian High School" }, { "docid": "17780930", "text": "Fresno Bee Building The Fresno Bee Building is an historic 5-story building located at Van Ness and Calaveras Street in downtown Fresno, California. It was built in 1922 by architect Leonard F. Starks to house the offices and printery for The Fresno Bee newspaper. The building underwent numerous modifications, the natural consequence of growth and changes in the newspaper and printing industries. The 1922 structure remained virtually original until 1936 when an addition was constructed to accommodate an enlarged engraving department and studio space for radio station KMJ. Designed by Fresno architectural firm Franklin and Kump, the four-floor addition was", "title": "Fresno Bee Building" }, { "docid": "13352841", "text": "Bridge Road near Tranquility. Fresno City, California Fresno City is a former settlement in Fresno County, California. It was located at the head of navigation on Fresno Slough northwest of Tranquillity, at an elevation of 164 feet (50 m). The city was named after the Spanish word for the Oregon Ash trees that commonly grew along the river banks. The town was started in 1855, at the head of navigation on Fresno Slough. A pier was built to accommodate flatboats and barges that could make it up the shallow slough. Warehouses, houses, and the Casa Blanca Hotel were built. In", "title": "Fresno City, California" }, { "docid": "13352839", "text": "Fresno City, California Fresno City is a former settlement in Fresno County, California. It was located at the head of navigation on Fresno Slough northwest of Tranquillity, at an elevation of 164 feet (50 m). The city was named after the Spanish word for the Oregon Ash trees that commonly grew along the river banks. The town was started in 1855, at the head of navigation on Fresno Slough. A pier was built to accommodate flatboats and barges that could make it up the shallow slough. Warehouses, houses, and the Casa Blanca Hotel were built. In 1858, it became a", "title": "Fresno City, California" }, { "docid": "13813039", "text": "most of Greater Sacramento, which is a politically competitive area where the major parties are often divided in pluralities although recently there have been Democratic majorities. Metropolitan Fresno has begun to become a politically competitive region as well, as in the 2008 presidential election, the region was split with Fresno County going for Barack Obama with the majority of the votes, while John McCain carried Madera County with a comfortable margin. Locally, Democratic concentrations are found in much of Fresno and most non-agricultural suburbs while Republican concentrations are found in Madera County and most rural towns. Metropolitan Fresno Metropolitan Fresno,", "title": "Metropolitan Fresno" }, { "docid": "3167173", "text": "Junction Rockies, and Jim Coufos, a prior investor in the High Desert Mavericks, in a transaction that was made official on February 27, 2018. The Astros declined to renew their player-development contract with Fresno beyond the 2018 season. On September 18, 2018, the Fresno Grizzlies and Washington Nationals agreed to a player-development contract for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Fresno Grizzlies The Fresno Grizzlies are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Fresno, California, and play their home games at Chukchansi Park which opened", "title": "Fresno Grizzlies" }, { "docid": "14617683", "text": "Fresno Bulldogs The Fresno Bulldogs, or BDS for short, also known by the abbreviations FBD and 624, are a primarily Mexican American criminal street gang located in Fresno, California. They are considered to be one of the biggest drug gangs in Central California with membership estimated to be around 6,000 in the city of Fresno. They are engaged in a wide range of criminal activity and have been subject to many high-profile cases over the years. They wear mostly red but do not align themselves with Norteños, one of their biggest rival gangs in America. The Fresno Bulldogs can be", "title": "Fresno Bulldogs" }, { "docid": "19127264", "text": "Fresno River Viaduct The Fresno River Viaduct is a bridge currently under construction to carry California High-Speed Rail over Route 145, the Fresno River, and Raymond Road in Madera County, California. It is the first permanent structure constructed as part of California High-Speed Rail. The bridge site is located just east of the city limits of Madera, California, approximately 20 miles northwest of the planned Fresno high-speed rail station, and approximately 10 miles southeast of the planned Chowchilla Wye. Because the site is downstream of the John Franchi Diversion Dam, the riverbed is normally dry unless heavy rains cause the", "title": "Fresno River Viaduct" }, { "docid": "4729834", "text": "the district include Clovis Community College, the Oakhurst Center (serving the foothill communities), and the Madera Center (across the San Joaquin River, in the town of Madera). The school's sister college is Reedley College, located in Reedley, California. Fresno City College is a part of the California Community Colleges system, within the State Center Community College District (SCCCD). Carole Goldsmith is the current president of Fresno City College, and the Chancellor of the SCCCD is Paul Parnell. Fresno City operates on a semester schedule. The college athletic teams are nicknamed the Rams. Fresno City has won 247 Conference Championships and", "title": "Fresno City College" }, { "docid": "3937834", "text": "students are not part of the guarantee. Student responsibilities include: Fresno Pacific University's main 50-acre campus is located in the south east area of Fresno, hub of the Central Valley region of California and the fifth largest city in the state. The university also maintains four regional campuses in Central California: The Fresno Pacific Sunbirds compete in the Pacific West Conference of the NCAA Division II. The university sponsors 16 intercollegiate sports, eight each for men and women: Men's sports Women's sports The athletics mascot is Sunny the Sunbird. Sunny is a much loved figure in the campus community. Fresno", "title": "Fresno Pacific University" }, { "docid": "10143190", "text": "State Bonsai Federation (GSBF) Collection of the former Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture in Hanford, California. Woodward Park (Fresno) Woodward Park is a public park located in Fresno, California, abutting the San Joaquin River. It is the largest of the three major public parks in the Fresno area . Ralph Woodward donated the majority of the land for the park in 1968. The CIF Cross Country State Championships are hosted here every November. It is also the home course for the Fresno State Bulldogs men's and women's cross country teams. Woodward Park also plays host to the Woodward", "title": "Woodward Park (Fresno)" }, { "docid": "10143188", "text": "Woodward Park (Fresno) Woodward Park is a public park located in Fresno, California, abutting the San Joaquin River. It is the largest of the three major public parks in the Fresno area . Ralph Woodward donated the majority of the land for the park in 1968. The CIF Cross Country State Championships are hosted here every November. It is also the home course for the Fresno State Bulldogs men's and women's cross country teams. Woodward Park also plays host to the Woodward Shakespeare Festival - for Shakespeare in the Park. The performances take place on the WSF Stage near the", "title": "Woodward Park (Fresno)" }, { "docid": "9856171", "text": "episodes over the next four days. (In Australia the miniseries was shown the following year, where it was screened as two two-hour blocks). The 1989 U.S. re-run added a laugh track. , \"Fresno\" has not been commercially released on any domestic video format; the MTM library is owned by 21st Century Fox. Fresno (miniseries) Fresno is a 1986 American television comedy miniseries that parodied prime time soap operas of the time such as \"Falcon Crest\", \"Dallas\", and \"Dynasty\". \"Fresno\" was directed by Jeff Bleckner. The series featured high production values, including lavish \"haute couture\" gowns by leading costume designer Bob", "title": "Fresno (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "11076179", "text": "Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill, opened in 1935 in Fresno, California, was the first modern landfill in the U.S., pioneering the use of trenching, compacting, and daily burial to combat rodent and debris problems. It became a model for other landfills around the country, and one of the longest-lived. The landfill was operated by the City of Fresno until it closed in 1989. At that time, the landfill had reached the size of . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001. The former Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill is located about from downtown Fresno, on of", "title": "Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill" }, { "docid": "13813037", "text": "the state allows for a large trucking industry as well as services to travelers. Highways and freeways in Metropolitan Fresno include: The Fresno Yosemite International Airport is the only commercial airport in the region and is a major gateway into Yosemite National Park. Additionally, there are several general aviation airports in the area, including Fresno Chandler Executive Airport, Firebaugh Airport, Sierra Sky Park Airport and Madera Municipal Airport. Metropolitan Fresno's central California location allows it to be a large rail transport center. Two Amtrak rail stations are located in the area, Santa Fe Passenger Depot and Madera which are on", "title": "Metropolitan Fresno" }, { "docid": "11240351", "text": "Fresno Christian High School Fresno Christian High School (abbr. FCHS) is a private, Christian high school sponsored by 12 evangelical churches, located in Fresno, California, United States. The high school is a division of Fresno Christian Schools, offering various classes from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Grades K–12 share a campus with Peoples Church at 7280 N. Cedar Ave. Although conceived several years earlier, Fresno Christian Schools finally became a reality in 1977. Founded by seven local churches, the school aims to provide a quality learning environment and encourage God’s word within the classroom. In 1977, the school began classes, with", "title": "Fresno Christian High School" }, { "docid": "13242241", "text": "Hume, Fresno County, California Hume (formerly, Humes) is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located east of Fresno, at an elevation of 5344 feet (1629 m). Hume is located in the 93628 ZIP Code, in area code 559. Hume is situated on Hume Lake in the Sequoia National Forest, not far from the west entrance to Kings Canyon National Park. Much of the community and the lake is devoted to the tourism industry. Many of Hume's residents live in the Hume Lake Subdivision. Hume has been characterized as the \"most conservative community\" in the state of California.", "title": "Hume, Fresno County, California" }, { "docid": "6593863", "text": "1989 season. Minor league baseball returned to Fresno in 1998, when the owners of the Tucson Toros of the AAA Pacific Coast League moved their franchise to Fresno and renamed it the Fresno Grizzlies, where it once again became a San Francisco Giants affiliate. Grizzlies games were played at Pete Beiden Field on the Fresno State campus until a new downtown ballpark, Chukchansi Park, was finished for the 2002 season. The home of minor league baseball in Fresno was originally called Cardinal Field in 1941–42. Grandstands seating 2,600 were built on the site during World War II (source: Fresno Bee,", "title": "Fresno Giants" }, { "docid": "12923849", "text": "The one Grumman Marsh S-2F3AT Turbo Tracker airtanker(T78) was relocated to Porterville. The Fresno Emergency Communication/Command Center (ECC) is an interagency communication and command center that is located at the Fresno Air Attack Base. It is jointly operated by the US Forest Service (Sierra NF Emergency Communication Center) and CAL FIRE (Fresno/Kings Unit Emergency Command Center). The US Forest Service uses the emergency Communication center (ECC) for the Sierra NF and the US Fish & Wildlife Service San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex. CAL FIRE uses the Emergency Command Center (ECC) for its Fresno/Kings Unit, Fresno County Fire, Fowler City,", "title": "Fresno Air Attack Base" }, { "docid": "16768042", "text": "Sunbird. Sunny is a much loved figure in the campus community. Fresno Pacific Sunbirds The Fresno Pacific Sunbirds (also FPU Sunbirds) are the 16 varsity athletic teams that represent Fresno Pacific University, located in Fresno, California, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Sunbirds compete as members of the Pacific West Conference for most sports except water polo, which will join the Western Water Polo Association. During their days in the NAIA, the Sunbirds boasted one of the top programs in the NAIA, finishing in the top five of the NACDA Directors' Cup in each of their last five seasons", "title": "Fresno Pacific Sunbirds" }, { "docid": "3167166", "text": "Fresno Grizzlies The Fresno Grizzlies are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Fresno, California, and play their home games at Chukchansi Park which opened in 2002 and has a capacity of 12,500. They previously played at Pete Beiden Field from 1998 to 2001. The Grizzlies won the PCL championship in 2015, making it the only league title in franchise history. All games are broadcast on KYNO with Doug Greenwald handling the play-by-play. Professional baseball first came to Fresno in 1898 when it had", "title": "Fresno Grizzlies" }, { "docid": "14617687", "text": "Bulldog gang members and associates. However, even with increased gang suppression tactics the Bulldog gang continues to exert its influence on the community. Bulldogs gang members sometimes fight each other because of affiliation with a rival Bulldog gang set. Fresno Bulldogs The Fresno Bulldogs, or BDS for short, also known by the abbreviations FBD and 624, are a primarily Mexican American criminal street gang located in Fresno, California. They are considered to be one of the biggest drug gangs in Central California with membership estimated to be around 6,000 in the city of Fresno. They are engaged in a wide", "title": "Fresno Bulldogs" }, { "docid": "14617685", "text": "their graffiti and tattoos. They also bark to one another as a call sign, \"Bulldog Calling\" and address each other as \"Dog\", \"Perro\" or \"Efe\"—giving the Bulldogs a separate identity from the Norteños, despite their common red gang color. They also adopted Fresno State apparel as de facto uniforms; causing a tenfold increase in royalties to the university from licensed merchandise sales from the 1990s to late 2000s (decade). They are in some of the minor cities outside of Fresno, but with less frequency. There are bigger sets located in Fresno. Fresno Bulldogs do not have any allies and are", "title": "Fresno Bulldogs" }, { "docid": "5844560", "text": "Highway City, Fresno, California Highway City is a small community within the city limits of Fresno, California. It is located near the junction of State Route 99 and Shaw Avenue, one of the main streets of Fresno. The community was once known as Biola Junction. It was bisected by the realignment of US Route 99 which opened in 1960. The Highway City Community Center is located in a small public park just north of Shaw Avenue. The name Highway City was first applied by fig grower J. C. Forkner and was used as a railroad shipping center for his Golden", "title": "Highway City, Fresno, California" }, { "docid": "9163020", "text": "the site of the annual Fair, the Fresno Fairgrounds serves as a year-round rental facility that spans 165 acres held under a 50-year lease with the County of Fresno. The Fresno Fairgrounds hosts more than 250 annual events such as conventions, trade shows and banquets located in Fresno, California. Annually more than 1.5 million people visit the Fresno Fairgrounds through The Big Fresno Fair event, weekly satellite wagering and the 250+ interim events. This number continues to increase each year as the popularity of The Big Fresno Fair and the Fresno Fairgrounds as a rental facility continues to grow, in", "title": "The Big Fresno Fair" }, { "docid": "10137792", "text": "Edison High School (Fresno, California) Edison High School is located in Fresno, California, United States, as part of the Fresno Unified School District. It is a public high school located next to Computech Middle School. Founded c. 1906, the school was first named Edison Technical High School until a major renovation in the 1960s, when the name became the current Edison High School. In 1982–1983, Irwin Junior High School, located adjacent Edison High School was finally integrated by 1985, forming a larger campus; Edison Computech High School. It is currently a Magnet school in the academic areas of Math &", "title": "Edison High School (Fresno, California)" }, { "docid": "12923845", "text": "Fresno Air Attack Base The Fresno Air Attack Base was established in 1955 By the US Forest Service, Sierra National Forest and is located at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The US Forest Service leases office space to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's (CAL FIRE) Fresno/Kings Unit. In 1994, it was completely rebuilt to become a model modern AirTanker Base which includes a modern interagency communication/command center. The Fresno Air Base responds to an average of 100 calls per year in its immediate response area which spans from the California-Nevada border to the east, Interstate 5 to", "title": "Fresno Air Attack Base" }, { "docid": "3826031", "text": "PSHL Champions 1985-86 PSHL Champions 1986-87 PSHL Champions 1993–94 PSHL Champions 2001–02 Taylor Cup Champions (WCHL) 2005–06 Pacific Division Champions (ECHL) Fresno Falcons The Fresno Falcons are a defunct minor league hockey team. They were charter members of several long standing leagues in the western United States including the Pacific Southwest Hockey League and the West Coast Hockey League. In their final years, they were members of the ECHL (formerly East Coast Hockey League). They were located in Fresno, California. The Fresno Hockey Club, originally known as the Flyers, was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the Pacific", "title": "Fresno Falcons" }, { "docid": "19843068", "text": "radon in a sample compared to the national standard of 300 and U.S. average of 700. The problems of air quality are exacerbated by the surrounding mountains which trap emissions from the entire Central Valley. 1 in 6 Children in the San Joaquin Valley have asthma, the highest level in the State. Smog, carbon dioxide, and other greenhouse gases such as methane are vital contributors to global warming and the cause of various health issues. To understand the environmental issue of air pollution within the Central Valley but specifically Fresno, it is best to understand where Fresno is geographically located.", "title": "Environmental issues in Fresno, California" }, { "docid": "1010915", "text": "Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California Squaw Valley (formerly, Squawvalley) is a census-designated place located in Fresno County, California, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 3,162, up from 2,691 at the 2000 census. Despite the similar name, it is not the location of Squaw Valley Ski Resort or the 1960 Winter Olympics. Squaw Valley is located north-northeast of Orange Cove and east of Fresno, at an elevation of . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which over 99% is land. The", "title": "Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California" }, { "docid": "7984414", "text": "Army Air Forces, and in 1946 the War Assets Administration reallocated the property to the city of Fresno. The airport opened in 1948 as the Fresno Air Terminal (FAT) (it has since been renamed the Fresno Yosemite International Airport). Trans World Airlines (TWA) and United Airlines flights to San Francisco/Oakland and Los Angeles moved from Chandler Field to the newly opened airport. After the move, Chandler Airport was designated as a reliever airport for Fresno Yosemite International Airport and has been marketed as an executive airport located closer to Downtown Fresno. Fresno Chandler Executive Airport covers at an elevation of", "title": "Fresno Chandler Executive Airport" }, { "docid": "19127260", "text": "former Greyhound bus station occupying the site of the future high-speed rail station. Fresno station (California High-Speed Rail) Fresno is a California High-Speed Rail station being constructed in Fresno, California; the groundbreaking ceremony for the system was held at the station site on January 6, 2015. The first purpose-built high speed rail station in the United States, it is part of the system's Initial Construction Segment. The facility is located in Downtown Fresno at H Street between Fresno and Tulare Streets, and is about 7 blocks south from the existing Fresno Amtrak station. The high-speed rail line runs along the", "title": "Fresno station (California High-Speed Rail)" }, { "docid": "19127258", "text": "Fresno station (California High-Speed Rail) Fresno is a California High-Speed Rail station being constructed in Fresno, California; the groundbreaking ceremony for the system was held at the station site on January 6, 2015. The first purpose-built high speed rail station in the United States, it is part of the system's Initial Construction Segment. The facility is located in Downtown Fresno at H Street between Fresno and Tulare Streets, and is about 7 blocks south from the existing Fresno Amtrak station. The high-speed rail line runs along the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad at this location. The station itself replaced", "title": "Fresno station (California High-Speed Rail)" }, { "docid": "12923855", "text": "dispatch stations also has access to the Fresno County Emergency Medical Services communications system and another different station as a Notebook computer which has access to the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS), the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS), the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS), the California Department of Motor Vehicle (CalDMV) and the Oregon Law Enforcement Data System (LEDS). Fresno Air Attack Base The Fresno Air Attack Base was established in 1955 By the US Forest Service, Sierra National Forest and is located at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The US Forest", "title": "Fresno Air Attack Base" }, { "docid": "2880744", "text": "California State University, Fresno California State University, Fresno (commonly referred to as Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses within the California State University system. The university had a Fall 2016 enrollment of 24,405 students. It offers bachelor's degrees in 60 areas of study, 45 master's degrees, 3 doctoral degrees, 12 certificates of advanced study, and 2 different teaching credentials. The university's unique facilities include an on-campus planetarium, on-campus raisin and wine grape vineyards, and a commercial winery, where student-made wines have won over 300 awards since 1997. Members of Fresno State's", "title": "California State University, Fresno" }, { "docid": "12100266", "text": "in the two schools' relatively close proximity to one another in the state of California. The city of Fresno is located approximately 150 miles south of San Jose. Both institutions are also members of the California State University system. Additionally, Fresno State and San Jose State are both located in geographical valleys. Fresno is located in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley while San Jose is located in the Santa Clara Valley, which is now more widely known as Silicon Valley. The locations of the two schools account for the names Valley Cup and Battle for the Valley Trophy. As of", "title": "Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry" }, { "docid": "10137797", "text": "Hmong Club, Philosophy Club, Model United Nations, Thread (literary and artistic magazine), Future Business Leaders of America (F.B.L.A.), Science Olympiad, Bad Movie Club, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), German Club, French Club, Rock Paper Scissors Society, Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA), the award-winning Math Team, and Students With Amazing Talents (S.W.A.T.). Edison High School (Fresno, California) Edison High School is located in Fresno, California, United States, as part of the Fresno Unified School District. It is a public high school located next to Computech Middle School. Founded c. 1906, the school was first named Edison Technical High School until a major", "title": "Edison High School (Fresno, California)" }, { "docid": "3937829", "text": "Fresno Pacific University Fresno Pacific University (FPU) is a Christian university in Fresno, California. It was founded as the Pacific Bible Institute in 1944 by the Pacific District Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. The university awarded its first Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965. The first master's degree program was introduced in 1975. At the time of its founding, Pacific Bible Institute was located in a large home at 1095 N. Van Ness Ave. There were five staff members and twenty-eight students. By the time the first school year was finished, a former YWCA building at the corner of Tuolumne", "title": "Fresno Pacific University" }, { "docid": "12165353", "text": "claims the neighborhood - by local residents until recent efforts by the community and the city government to change the neighborhood's image. Efforts to reduce the crime rate in this area have met with moderate success, as Police Chief Jerry Dyer's anti-gang operation \"Dogpound\" targeted the area and resulted in the arrest of several Dogg Pound Crips gang members. On September 18, 2007 the Fresno City Council voted to officially name the neighborhood Brookhaven. Brookhaven, Fresno, California Brookhaven is a neighborhood in a small pocket of Southwest Fresno (the \"West Side\") located on the very edge of the city. It", "title": "Brookhaven, Fresno, California" }, { "docid": "11369301", "text": "was too expensive. In 1922, the school moved to its present site on Echo Avenue. More than a hundred years after its founding, Fresno High continues to serve Fresno's students. The curriculum, though, has been broadened to meet the needs of the world's professions. However the opportunity to pursue a classical education, including the study of Latin, is still available to the students of Fresno High School. Fresno High School has foundations dating back to the 1800s. Fresno's second high school was originally located in downtown near \"M\" Street. The school was relocated several times. Freshmen students were once sent", "title": "Fresno High School" }, { "docid": "16768033", "text": "Fresno Pacific Sunbirds The Fresno Pacific Sunbirds (also FPU Sunbirds) are the 16 varsity athletic teams that represent Fresno Pacific University, located in Fresno, California, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Sunbirds compete as members of the Pacific West Conference for most sports except water polo, which will join the Western Water Polo Association. During their days in the NAIA, the Sunbirds boasted one of the top programs in the NAIA, finishing in the top five of the NACDA Directors' Cup in each of their last five seasons as a member (2007–2012). FPU has won a total of 58", "title": "Fresno Pacific Sunbirds" }, { "docid": "920029", "text": "near the geographical center of California, places the city a comfortable distance from several of the major recreation areas and urban centers in the state. Just south of Yosemite National Park, it is the nearest major city to the park. Likewise, Sierra National Forest is , Kings Canyon National Park is and Sequoia National Park is . The city is located near some beautiful Sierra Nevada lakes including Bass Lake, Shaver Lake, and Huntington Lake. Fresno is also only two and a half hours from Monterey, Carmel, Big Sur and the central coast. Because Fresno sits at the junction of", "title": "Fresno, California" }, { "docid": "1229385", "text": "age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,290, and the median income for a family was $48,824. Males had a median income of $32,606 versus $30,527 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $14,340. About 10.9% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.6% of those under age 18 and 17.0% of those age 65 or over. The Fresno", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "1229377", "text": "1914 it had a telephone connection, a general store, a hardware store, and a population of 32. By 1933 the town had only ten inhabitants and one business. In 1936 it had three rows of dwellings on both sides of a paved highway (old Hwy 288, present day FM 521) and was served by the International-Great Northern Railroad. By 1946 the population had risen to 100, a level maintained throughout the 1960s. In 1970 the figure had increased to 120; two years later it had grown to 161. During the 1970s and 1980s the population of Fresno increased more rapidly", "title": "Fresno, Texas" }, { "docid": "13813034", "text": "County is primarily an agricultural county as well but its cities serve as suburbs of Fresno. Metropolitan Fresno is primarily located in the San Joaquin Valley, which in turn is a part of the larger Central Valley region of California, one of the world's most important agricultural areas. The eastern portions of the area border the Sierra Nevada mountains and the western portions border the Coast Ranges, thus giving the edges of the area higher elevations than the inner valley areas. Several waterways traverse the region, including the San Joaquin and Kings rivers, the Delta-Mendota and Madera canals, and the", "title": "Metropolitan Fresno" }, { "docid": "13813031", "text": "being increasingly urbanized. Metropolitan Fresno, unlike the other metropolitan regions of California, is still largely agricultural, contains a large rural land area and is centered in the San Joaquin Valley. The metropolitan area is located between the larger metropolitan areas of California, bordering the southernmost boundaries of the San Francisco Bay Area in the west and separated from the Greater Sacramento and Greater Los Angeles Areas to the north and south respectively by long distances of rural and farmland. Additionally, the lifestyle and culture of Metropolitan Fresno does not reflect the San Francisco or Sacramento influence as other areas have", "title": "Metropolitan Fresno" }, { "docid": "14587988", "text": "National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 14–10 and were champions in 1983. The Bulldogs have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their record is 4–2. Pacific Coast Athletic Association (2) Western Athletic Conference (3) Pacific Coast Athletic Association Tournament (3) Western Athletic Conference Tournament (1) Mountain West Conference Tournament (1) Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball The Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represents California State University, Fresno, located in Fresno, California, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at the Save Mart Center and since 2012-13 are members of the Mountain West Conference.", "title": "Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball" }, { "docid": "14587987", "text": "Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball The Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represents California State University, Fresno, located in Fresno, California, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at the Save Mart Center and since 2012-13 are members of the Mountain West Conference. Their current head coach is Justin Hutson. They were members of the Western Athletic Conference from 1992–2012. The Bulldogs have appeared in six* NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–5. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Their appearance in the 2000 tournament was vacated due to the use of an ineligible player. The Bulldogs have appeared in ten", "title": "Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball" }, { "docid": "7984411", "text": "aviation aircraft is located north. Fresno Chandler Executive Airport is one of the oldest operational airports in California. The history of the airport stretches back to the end of World War I. At the time, there were no facilities for aviation in the Fresno area. Recognizing the problem, husband and wife Wilber F. Chandler and Edna Maria Goble allowed pilots to take off and land in their fields once the crops were harvested. Pilots called the site \"Chandler Field.\" Efforts to raise funds a permanent aviation field in the city of Fresno started in the early 1920s. One notable fundraiser", "title": "Fresno Chandler Executive Airport" }, { "docid": "5844561", "text": "State Highway Fig Gardens concern. The U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names database shows a feature ID of 1658750 and an elevation above mean sea level of 299 feet. The NAD83 coordinates given by USGS are on the Herndon, California 7.5-minute quadrangle. Highway City, Fresno, California Highway City is a small community within the city limits of Fresno, California. It is located near the junction of State Route 99 and Shaw Avenue, one of the main streets of Fresno. The community was once known as Biola Junction. It was bisected by the realignment of US Route 99 which opened in", "title": "Highway City, Fresno, California" }, { "docid": "13352460", "text": "Centerville, Fresno County, California Centerville (formerly, Kings River, King River, Scottsburgh, and Scottsburg) is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad east of Fresno, at an elevation of 394 feet (120 m). At the 2010 census, it had a population of 392. Scottsburg was founded in 1854 in the low lands of the Kings River at Poole's Crossing. In 1858, W. W. Hills established Hills Ferry at Poole's Crossing. The ferry and the town were destroyed in the winter of 1861-1862. It was rebuilt on higher ground, but it", "title": "Centerville, Fresno County, California" }, { "docid": "20832260", "text": "Fresno nightcrawler The Fresno nightcrawlers, also known as Fresno aliens, are purported entities reported to have been sighted in the city of Fresno in Fresno County, California, United States, and later in California's Yosemite National Park. While the exact date of the first known footage said to depict Fresno nightcrawlers is unknown, \"The Odyssey Online\" reported that the footage dates back to the 1990s. The footage is claimed to have resulted from an anonymous home owner in south Fresno, California having installed surveillance cameras to capture evidence of neighborhood dogs trespassing in his yard. The video, which was obtained from", "title": "Fresno nightcrawler" }, { "docid": "17848560", "text": "one of the Hmong political and civil organs and assisted with the 2006 election of Bong Xiong. Other Hmong nonprofit organizations include the Stone Soup Fresno, Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM), and Lao Family Community of Fresno. As of 2013 Fresno has two Hmong radio stations. The radio station KBIF 900 AM, located in Fresno, airs programming oriented towards Hmong people. As of 2004 the station staff members state that 95% of the area Hmong community listens to the station. \"Hmong Today\" airs on KNXT. The Hmong New Year is celebrated in Fresno. The celebrations are held outdoors and collectively", "title": "History of the Hmong in Fresno, California" }, { "docid": "9163027", "text": "itself to help show the uniqueness of the community. In 2014, a documentary-style video, Heritage Talks, was added to the museum that features stories from past Building Superintendents, Boards of Directors, longtime staff members and concessionaires, plus horse racing supporters – all recalling their memories of The Big Fresno Fair and the role it played in their lives. Currently, an expansion of the award-winning Museum is underway to include 7,000 sq. ft. more space in the new two-story, Fresno Historical Museum building located just inside the Chance Avenue Gate Entrance. The Big Fresno Fair has received many accolades over the", "title": "The Big Fresno Fair" }, { "docid": "1910215", "text": "180 connects to all of the other freeways in the Fresno area: California State Route 41, California State Route 99, and California State Route 168. Yosemite National Park can be accessed by California State Route 41 and Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park can be accessed by California State Route 180. The city of Fresno offers paid on-site parking in a large lot located just west of the airport. The lot is divided into a short-term area with 283 stalls and a long-term area with 1,879 stalls. There is also a separate cell phone waiting lot located off", "title": "Fresno Yosemite International Airport" }, { "docid": "1910216", "text": "the airport's main driveway with 47 stalls, designated for drivers waiting for arriving passengers. Fresno Area Express (FAX) operates two public transit buses to the airport, each with half-hourly service. Route 26 Palm / Butler runs between the airport and North Fresno via Southeast and Downtown Fresno (where passengers may transfer to other FAX routes). Route 39 FYI/Clinton runs between the airport and West Fresno. The City of Visalia operates the V-Line bus between the airport and the Visalia Transit Center (where passengers can connect to Visalia Transit routes) and the Visalia Airport (which offers V-Line passengers free long-term parking", "title": "Fresno Yosemite International Airport" }, { "docid": "17966438", "text": "Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball The Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represents California State University, Fresno, located in Fresno, California, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at the Save Mart Center and are members of the Mountain West Conference. The Bulldogs have an all-time record of 739–562 as of the end of the 2015–16 season. Fresno State has made the NCAA Tournament seven times (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) but have never gone past the First Round. Before they left the Western Athletic Conference in 2012, the Bulldogs won four WAC titles.", "title": "Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball" }, { "docid": "17966437", "text": "Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball The Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represents California State University, Fresno, located in Fresno, California, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at the Save Mart Center and are members of the Mountain West Conference. The Bulldogs have an all-time record of 739–562 as of the end of the 2015–16 season. Fresno State has made the NCAA Tournament seven times (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) but have never gone past the First Round. Before they left the Western Athletic Conference in 2012, the Bulldogs won four WAC titles.", "title": "Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball" }, { "docid": "4604743", "text": "when the Fresno Grizzlies were admitted to the league in 1998. During the 2006 season, the Grizzlies honored the 100th anniversary of their short-lived PCL predecessors in Fresno by wearing Raisin Eaters jerseys on the field during each Wednesday home game. Fresno Raisin Eaters The Fresno Raisin Eaters were a minor league baseball team which played in the Pacific Coast League in 1906. The Sacramento Solons, a charter member of the PCL which began play in 1903, moved to Tacoma in 1904, where the team won the PCL pennant playing as the Tacoma Tigers. The team returned to Sacramento during", "title": "Fresno Raisin Eaters" }, { "docid": "20832262", "text": "was featured on the second episode of the first season of the paranormal investigation television series \"\", which originally aired in 2010. In 2018, the Fresno nightcrawler was included as a vinyl figure in Cryptozoic Entertainment's \"Cryptkins\" blind box toy line. Fresno nightcrawler The Fresno nightcrawlers, also known as Fresno aliens, are purported entities reported to have been sighted in the city of Fresno in Fresno County, California, United States, and later in California's Yosemite National Park. While the exact date of the first known footage said to depict Fresno nightcrawlers is unknown, \"The Odyssey Online\" reported that the footage", "title": "Fresno nightcrawler" }, { "docid": "15272311", "text": "US Department of Transportation to reintroduce traffic to Fulton. On February 27, 2014, the Fresno City Council decided the fate of Fulton Mall with a 5-2 vote in favor of putting traffic back on Fulton street, Fulton Mall (Fresno) Fulton Mall was a six-block pedestrian mall located in the central business district of Fresno, California. The Fulton mall ran from Inyo and Tuolumne Streets and was home to a wide variety of shopping, restaurants, offices and public art. Originally called J Street, it was renamed Fulton in honor of prominent local financier Fulton G. Berry after his death in 1910.", "title": "Fulton Mall (Fresno)" }, { "docid": "7738636", "text": "Towns along the Fresno River include: There are numerous crossings over the Fresno River in Madera and Merced Counties. Crossings are listed here beginning at the source and working downstream: Fresno River The Fresno River is a river in Central California and a major tributary of the San Joaquin River. It runs approximately from the Sierra Nevada Range to the San Joaquin River. Although called the 'Fresno' River, it is one of the largest and longest river systems in Madera County. Headwaters: The Fresno River forms in the Oakhurst valley, near the western border of city limits. The primary source", "title": "Fresno River" }, { "docid": "14105311", "text": "Fresno Monsters The Fresno Monsters are an Amateur Athletic Union-sanctioned Tier II junior ice hockey team based in Fresno, California. The team is a member of the Western States Hockey League and plays in the Western Division. The Monsters' home venue is Selland Arena, previously the home facility to the now defunct Fresno Falcons of the ECHL. The Monsters were announced in spring 2009, filling a void for hockey in Fresno after the Fresno Falcons folded. The team began play in mid-September 2009, playing in the Tier III Jr. A Western States Hockey League (WSHL). On December 15, 2009, the", "title": "Fresno Monsters" }, { "docid": "13813033", "text": "a growth of over 20% since 2000. Fresno is a major transportation hub for visitors heading to Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, which are 60 mi (97 km) and 75 mi (121 km) away from Fresno respectively with Fresno the nearest major city from the parks. The United States Military has a heavy presence in the Fresno area and numerous divisions are based in Metropolitan Fresno, including the 40th Aviation Brigade and 144th Fighter Wing. Fresno County is the largest agricultural county and has the largest concentration of agriculture than any other county in the United States. Madera", "title": "Metropolitan Fresno" }, { "docid": "10177628", "text": "pathways, including Health, Business, Public Service, and Education. The varsity boys soccer team has won six out of the last eight central section championships, in 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2013 Theodore Roosevelt High School (Fresno) Theodore Roosevelt High School (RHS), is located in southeast Fresno, California. It is a high school established within the Fresno Unified School District. The high school mascot is the Rough Rider (in physical form it is a horse) named after the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Theodore Roosevelt organized and helped command during the Spanish–American War. The high school's colors are green and", "title": "Theodore Roosevelt High School (Fresno)" }, { "docid": "10177625", "text": "Theodore Roosevelt High School (Fresno) Theodore Roosevelt High School (RHS), is located in southeast Fresno, California. It is a high school established within the Fresno Unified School District. The high school mascot is the Rough Rider (in physical form it is a horse) named after the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Theodore Roosevelt organized and helped command during the Spanish–American War. The high school's colors are green and gold. The school was opened in 1928, and was both a junior and senior high school. It now serves grades 9-12. During the 2011–2012 school year 2,184 students attended RHS. The school", "title": "Theodore Roosevelt High School (Fresno)" }, { "docid": "920031", "text": "trails, is in North Fresno and is adjacent to the San Joaquin River Parkway. Roeding Park, near Downtown Fresno, is home to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, and Rotary Storyland and Playland. Kearney Park is the largest of the Fresno region's park system and is home to historic Kearney Mansion and plays host to the annual Civil War Revisited, the largest reenactment of the Civil War in the west coast of the U.S. In its 2013 ParkScore ranking, The Trust for Public Land, a national land conservation organization, reported that Fresno had the worst park system among the 50 most populous", "title": "Fresno, California" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5349439", "text": "Robin Roberts (newscaster) Robin René Roberts (born November 23, 1960) is an American television broadcaster. Roberts is the anchor of ABC's \"Good Morning America\". After growing up in Mississippi and attending Southeastern Louisiana University, Roberts was a sports anchor for local TV and radio stations. Roberts was a sportscaster on ESPN for 15 years (1990–2005). She became co-anchor on \"Good Morning America\" in 2005. Her treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome was chronicled on the program, which earned a 2012 Peabody Award for the coverage. Though born in Alabama, Roberts grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi, where she played basketball and tennis,", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "5349448", "text": "On May 19, 2018, Roberts co-anchored the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the American television star, at St. George's Chapel in London. Roberts is Presbyterian and a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation. In 2007, Roberts was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. She underwent surgery on August 3, and by January 2008 had completed eight chemotherapy treatments, followed by 6½ weeks of radiation treatment. In 2012, she was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a disease of the bone marrow. Be the Match Registry, a nonprofit organization run by the National Marrow Donor Program, experienced an 1,800% spike", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" } ]

[ { "docid": "16091900", "text": "he returned to make his last recordings with the band on the single \"You Don't Love Me\". In July 1967, he moved to San Francisco and began work as a chemist for the Crown Cork and Seal Company. Early in the morning of December 22, 1967, aged 27, Robin Roberts was killed in a head-on automobile accident after leaving a party. He was the passenger in a car traveling the wrong way on a divided freeway south of San Francisco and was killed on impact. Roberts is buried in Tacoma Cemetery located in Tacoma, Washington. In 1998, his original grave", "title": "Rockin' Robin Roberts" }, { "docid": "5349450", "text": "ESPYs. Roberts began a romantic relationship with massage therapist Amber Laign in 2005. Though friends and co-workers had known about her same-sex relationships, Roberts publicly acknowledged her sexual orientation for the first time in late December of 2013. In 2015, she was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the 2015 LGBT History Month. On October 10, 2018, Roberts was selected as a mentor for Disney's #DreamBigPrincess campaign. Robin Roberts (newscaster) Robin René Roberts (born November 23, 1960) is an American television broadcaster. Roberts is the anchor of ABC's \"Good Morning America\". After growing up in", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "16091901", "text": "marker was replaced with a more elaborate memorial highlighting his \"Louie Louie\" connection. Rockin' Robin Roberts Lawrence Fewell Roberts II (November 23, 1940 – December 22, 1967), known as Robin Roberts and in his music career as \"Rockin' Robin\" Roberts, was an American singer best known for his performances in the early 1960s with The Wailers, a rock and roll band based in Tacoma, Washington. His best known record was the earliest cover version of Richard Berry's \"Louie Louie\", recorded in 1960 and released the following year. Born in New York City, Roberts moved to the Pacific Northwest as a", "title": "Rockin' Robin Roberts" }, { "docid": "16091895", "text": "Rockin' Robin Roberts Lawrence Fewell Roberts II (November 23, 1940 – December 22, 1967), known as Robin Roberts and in his music career as \"Rockin' Robin\" Roberts, was an American singer best known for his performances in the early 1960s with The Wailers, a rock and roll band based in Tacoma, Washington. His best known record was the earliest cover version of Richard Berry's \"Louie Louie\", recorded in 1960 and released the following year. Born in New York City, Roberts moved to the Pacific Northwest as a child after his father died, settling with his mother in Tacoma. While at", "title": "Rockin' Robin Roberts" }, { "docid": "3311675", "text": "the remainder of their 2010 season, the Philadelphia Phillies wore a commemorative #36 patch on their uniforms and hung a Robin Roberts jersey in their dugout during home and away games. Roberts wrote two books about his baseball experiences: \"The Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant\" (1996, ), and \"My Life in Baseball\" (2003, ), both with C. Paul Rogers, III, a law professor at Southern Methodist University. Robin Roberts (baseball) Robin Evan Roberts (September 30, 1926 – May 6, 2010) was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies (1948–61). He spent the latter", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "6868755", "text": "hosting local school baseball teams including Robert Morris–Springfield Eagles and the Lanphier High School Lions, the latter of which neighbors the municipal athletic complex the stadium is situated upon. The stadium is the former home of the Benedictine University at Springfield Bulldogs baseball team. Robin Roberts Stadium Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park is a stadium in Springfield, Illinois. It is primarily used for baseball. It originally opened in 1928 and was renovated in 1977. It holds 5,200 people. The stadium is named after Robin Roberts (1926–2010), a Hall-of-Fame pitcher and a graduate of Lanphier High School, was Springfield's most", "title": "Robin Roberts Stadium" }, { "docid": "6868753", "text": "Robin Roberts Stadium Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park is a stadium in Springfield, Illinois. It is primarily used for baseball. It originally opened in 1928 and was renovated in 1977. It holds 5,200 people. The stadium is named after Robin Roberts (1926–2010), a Hall-of-Fame pitcher and a graduate of Lanphier High School, was Springfield's most accomplished ballplayer. The field has been home to a number of minor league teams. The AAA American Association Springfield Redbirds played there from 1978 to 1981. Two affiliates in the Class-A Midwest League also called Lanphier home; the Springfield Cardinals and the Springfield Sultans,", "title": "Robin Roberts Stadium" }, { "docid": "3311659", "text": "Robin Roberts (baseball) Robin Evan Roberts (September 30, 1926 – May 6, 2010) was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies (1948–61). He spent the latter part of his career with the Baltimore Orioles (1962–65), Houston Astros (1965–66), and Chicago Cubs (1966). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976. Roberts was born in Springfield, Illinois, the son of an immigrant Welsh coal miner. He arrived in East Lansing, Michigan as part of an Army Air Corps training program. After World War II, Roberts returned to Michigan State College to play", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "3311674", "text": "Vermont. On April 3, 2004, the Phillies new ballpark, Citizens Bank Park, officially opened, with a statue of Roberts outside the first-base gate. Also in 2004, Roberts was a member of the inaugural class inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. In Roberts' home town of Springfield, Illinois, Robin Roberts Stadium is named for the former ballplayer. Roberts was an outspoken critic of Little League baseball. His remarks on the organization appeared in a 1975 \"Newsweek\" article titled \"Strike Out Little League\". He died of natural causes on May 6, 2010, at his home in Temple Terrace, Florida. For", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "3311666", "text": "He went 42–36 with a 3.09 ERA in seasons with the Orioles. In his final year in Baltimore, he was the first road roommate and mentor to Jim Palmer, who made his major league debut in relief of Roberts in the third inning of a 12–9 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park on April 17, 1965. Palmer said 47 years later, \"Robin Roberts helped teach me even though he knew I was probably going to take his job.\" Dissatisfied with his new role as a spot starter and long reliever, Roberts requested his release, which was granted", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "2657192", "text": "What Went Wrong? What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response is a book by Bernard Lewis released in January 2002, shortly after the September 11 terrorist attack, but written shortly before. The nucleus of this book appeared as an article published in \"The Atlantic Monthly\" in January 2002. The book's thesis is that throughout recent history, specifically beginning with the failure of the second Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, the Islamic world has failed to modernize or to keep pace with the Western world in a variety of respects, and that this failure has been seen by", "title": "What Went Wrong?" }, { "docid": "3311668", "text": "honorary captain of the National League for the 1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which was hosted by the Phillies at Veterans Stadium. After one season (1976) as a color commentator on Phillies broadcasts, Roberts coached the University of South Florida Bulls baseball team from 1977–1985. He led the team to its first NCAA Tournament in 1982. His uniform number 36 was also honored on the center field wall at USF's now-demolished baseball venue, Red McEwen Field. During the baseball off–season, Roberts toured with the Robin Roberts All–Stars basketball team. The team played against other touring squads, such as the", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "2657193", "text": "many within the Islamic world as having allowed Western powers to acquire a disastrous position of dominance over those regions. What Went Wrong? What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response is a book by Bernard Lewis released in January 2002, shortly after the September 11 terrorist attack, but written shortly before. The nucleus of this book appeared as an article published in \"The Atlantic Monthly\" in January 2002. The book's thesis is that throughout recent history, specifically beginning with the failure of the second Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, the Islamic world has failed to modernize or", "title": "What Went Wrong?" }, { "docid": "3311673", "text": "All-Star game held at the Blue Rocks' Frawley Stadium. He was the first former player to ever have his number retired by the team. In 1999, he ranked No. 74 on \"The Sporting News\"' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. On July 21, 2003, Roberts returned to Montpelier, Vermont, to accept two honors: The Vermont Mountaineers retired his number from his playing days with the Barre-Montpelier Twin City Trojans, and Governor Jim Douglas presented him a proclamation that made the day \"Robin Roberts Day\" in the State of", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "16091897", "text": "Robin\" by Bobby Day, which gave him his new stage name. In 1959, the Bluenotes - without Roberts, who was a full-time student at the time - recorded a ballad, \"I Love An Angel\", sung by Englehart. Credited to Little Bill and the Bluenotes, the single was issued by Dolton Records and rose to no. 66 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Sidelined by the Bluenotes, Roberts left and, a few months later, joined rival local band The Wailers, whose instrumental \"Tall Cool One\" had also made the national charts. In 1960 he recorded \"Louie Louie\" with the Wailers, although for", "title": "Rockin' Robin Roberts" }, { "docid": "19676979", "text": "on the soundtrack for the video game \"MLB 15: The Show\". \"Everything Is Wrong\" was released as a limited edition vinyl 7\" as part of Record Store Day 2015. Only 4,000 copies of the single were made. The song was backed with \"What Is What\", a previously unreleased track. The artwork for the single was created by Shepard Fairey. A remix of the song was made by Bosnian DJ Solomun, which was released on April 29, 2016 by 2DIY4. Everything Is Wrong (song) \"Everything Is Wrong\" is a song by American rock band Interpol. It was released as the third", "title": "Everything Is Wrong (song)" }, { "docid": "20707329", "text": "can be.\" The book's cover, designed by Paul Sahre, was judged among the year's best, as chosen by the art director of \"The New York Times Book Review\". But What If We're Wrong? But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past is a 2016 non-fiction book by American author and essayist Chuck Klosterman. The premise of the book is that most of what we believe is likely to be wrong, but to avoid delusions in our perceptions, Klosterman advises us to “think about the present as if it were the distant past.” Klosterman", "title": "But What If We're Wrong?" }, { "docid": "20707325", "text": "But What If We're Wrong? But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past is a 2016 non-fiction book by American author and essayist Chuck Klosterman. The premise of the book is that most of what we believe is likely to be wrong, but to avoid delusions in our perceptions, Klosterman advises us to “think about the present as if it were the distant past.” Klosterman examines such things as: the history of scientific theories such as gravity, our perception of historical literary geniuses, our interests in entertainment and professional sports—as background examples to", "title": "But What If We're Wrong?" }, { "docid": "14318474", "text": "Rutherford, writing in \"The Guardian\", also reviewed the book negatively. What Darwin Got Wrong What Darwin Got Wrong is a 2010 book by philosopher Jerry Fodor and cognitive scientist Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, in which the authors criticize Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. It is an extension of an argument first presented as \"Why Pigs Don't Have Wings\" in the \"London Review of Books\". Fodor published an article, entitled \"Why Pigs Don't Have Wings\", in the \"London Review of Books\" in October 2007. It stated that \"In fact, an appreciable number of perfectly reasonable biologists are coming to think that the", "title": "What Darwin Got Wrong" }, { "docid": "14318464", "text": "What Darwin Got Wrong What Darwin Got Wrong is a 2010 book by philosopher Jerry Fodor and cognitive scientist Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, in which the authors criticize Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. It is an extension of an argument first presented as \"Why Pigs Don't Have Wings\" in the \"London Review of Books\". Fodor published an article, entitled \"Why Pigs Don't Have Wings\", in the \"London Review of Books\" in October 2007. It stated that \"In fact, an appreciable number of perfectly reasonable biologists are coming to think that the theory of natural selection can no longer be taken for", "title": "What Darwin Got Wrong" }, { "docid": "5425282", "text": "Everything Is Wrong (album) Everything Is Wrong is the third studio album by American electronica musician Moby, released on March 14, 1995 by record labels Mute in the United Kingdom and Elektra in the United States. It was released with a limited-edition bonus disc of ambient music titled \"Underwater\". Following the release of two albums, \"Moby\" and \"Ambient\", on Instinct, Moby signed to Mute and Elektra and began work on what he felt was his first \"legitimate\" album, seeking to create a record that encompassed his various musical influences. Moby has described \"Everything Is Wrong\" as \"a record that almost", "title": "Everything Is Wrong (album)" }, { "docid": "10021207", "text": "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby \"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby\" is a classic hit song, a soul ballad, written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, recorded in Memphis and sung by Sam & Dave, and first released in 1967 by Stax Records. The song is featured in 2012 film \"Stand Up Guys\", in a scene where Al Pacino asks a girl to dance with him. It's also featured in 1995 film \"Dead Presidents.\" In 1983, American contemporary R&B singer Johnny Gill covered \"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby\" and included it on his first eponymous", "title": "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" }, { "docid": "3723496", "text": "the wrong time. On December 15, 2003, at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, Howard Dean said Bush \"launched the wrong war, at the wrong time, with inadequate planning, insufficient help and at extraordinary cost.\" In a May 3, 2003 primary debate in South Carolina, Dean said: Let me be very clear about what I believe. I'm delighted to see Saddam Hussein gone. I appreciate the fact that we have a strong military in this country, and I'd keep a strong military in this country, but I think this was the wrong war at the wrong time", "title": "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy" }, { "docid": "14318471", "text": "Wings\", Tim Lewens states that Elliott Sober gave the following solution to this problem in 1984: Lewens continues: Fodor and Piattelli-Palmarini published a short summary of their book in \"New Scientist\". The philosopher Mary Midgley wrote that \"What Darwin Got Wrong\" \"strikes an outsider as an overdue and valuable onslaught on neo-Darwinist simplicities\". The journalist Oliver Burkeman wrote an article entitled \"Why everything you've been told about evolution is wrong\" in \"The Guardian\" but concludes \"It would be jawdroppingly surprising, to say the least, were Fodor to be right. A safer, if mealy-mouthed, conclusion to draw is that his work", "title": "What Darwin Got Wrong" }, { "docid": "14876577", "text": "Lawrence E. Roberts Lawrence Edward Roberts, Sr. (December 9, 1922 – October 12, 2004) was a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen and a colonel in the United States Air Force, with 32 years of total military service. He is the father of newscaster Robin René Roberts. Roberts was born on December 9, 1922, in Vauxhall, New Jersey. He was married to Lucimarian Tolliver for 57 years. They had four children: Lawrence E. Roberts II, Sally-Ann Roberts, Dorothy Roberts McEwen Ricketts, and Robin René Roberts. He taught his children to live their lives without limitations. Roberts was an active member of", "title": "Lawrence E. Roberts" }, { "docid": "10021210", "text": "A cover by American country music artist Joe Stampley peaked at number 67 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart in 1985. American folk-rock band Dawes has covered this song a multitude of times live, sung at some shows by Lenny Goldsmith, father of Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith. When Something Is Wrong with My Baby \"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby\" is a classic hit song, a soul ballad, written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, recorded in Memphis and sung by Sam & Dave, and first released in 1967 by Stax Records. The song is featured in 2012", "title": "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" }, { "docid": "8047209", "text": "Old Robin of Portingale Old Robin of Portingale is a Child ballad only found in the Percy Folio. It opens with a warning against old men marrying young women. Old Robin of Portingale marries the daughter of the mayor of Linn. She soon goes to Sir Gyles and asks his help in murdering her husband. They make plans to attack him with twenty-four knights. His foot page overhears and weeps in the garden. When Robin asks what it is wrong, the page tells him. He promises to make him his heir if he tells the truth, and kill him if", "title": "Old Robin of Portingale" }, { "docid": "5349445", "text": "\"Today\", which had held the top spot for the previous 16 years. Roberts is also known for her infamous interviews with Chris Brown and Nate Parker. On March 2011, while promoting his album F.A.ME. Chris Brown was interviewed by Roberts. Throughout the interview Roberts frequently asked Brown about his relationship with singer Rihanna. When Brown tried speaking about his album Roberts continued asking questions about their relationship, despite Brown's obvious signs of not wanting to bring it up. On November 2016, Nate Parker was interviewed by Roberts to promote his film Birth Of a Nation. While interviewing Parker, Roberts asked", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "20707326", "text": "challenge confidence in our contemporary perceptions, to try to detect how those perceptions might be mistaken. In a series of what have been called thought experiments, various topics (literary greats, multiverses, time, dreams, democracy, television shows, sports) are analyzed under “Klosterman’s Razor”: the concept that \"the best hypothesis is the one that reflexively accepts its potential wrongness to begin with.” \"But What If We're Wrong?\" reached \"The New York Times\" Best Seller list in the Culture category. Jim Holt wrote in \"The New York Times\" that while he was \"never bored\" and Klosterman's goals were admirable, the book left him", "title": "But What If We're Wrong?" }, { "docid": "5951852", "text": "People Are Wrong! People Are Wrong is a 2004 Off-Broadway musical written by Robin Goldwasser and Julia Greenberg, and stars John Flansburgh, Robin Goldwasser's husband, from the band They Might Be Giants. It played Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre from October 22, 2004 until December 11, 2004. The production starred John Flansburgh, Erin Hill, David Driver, Robin Goldwasser, Chris Anderson and Maggie Moore. The show tells the story of a young New York couple who move to the country upstate and are tormented by Xanthus, a cult leader posing as a gardener/landscape artist. The story is told entirely in music,", "title": "People Are Wrong!" }, { "docid": "5951853", "text": "making this musical a rock opera. People Are Wrong! People Are Wrong is a 2004 Off-Broadway musical written by Robin Goldwasser and Julia Greenberg, and stars John Flansburgh, Robin Goldwasser's husband, from the band They Might Be Giants. It played Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre from October 22, 2004 until December 11, 2004. The production starred John Flansburgh, Erin Hill, David Driver, Robin Goldwasser, Chris Anderson and Maggie Moore. The show tells the story of a young New York couple who move to the country upstate and are tormented by Xanthus, a cult leader posing as a gardener/landscape artist. The", "title": "People Are Wrong!" }, { "docid": "3723498", "text": "it say\" to U.S. troops and allies. Speaking of other world leaders, Bush said \"They're not going to follow somebody who says, 'This is the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time.'\" Bush recited versions of the quotation seven times, three times in one response. Although the saying was prominent in media coverage of the presidential race, practically no story made note of its source. The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy \"The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy\"", "title": "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy" }, { "docid": "3723490", "text": "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy \"The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy\" is General Omar Bradley's famous rebuke in his May 15, 1951 Congressional as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the idea of extending the Korean War into China, as proposed by General Douglas MacArthur, the commander of the U.N. forces in Korea before being relieved of command by President Harry Truman on April 11, 1951. A more complete passage of Bradley's testimony is: In China,", "title": "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy" }, { "docid": "15974068", "text": "if the scenery outside your windshield matches the sepia-toned music.\" At \"American Songwriter\", Paula Carino found that the release \"succeeds on its own terms, and will appeal to fans of solid roots-rock songwriting.\" Steven Hyden of \"The A.V. Club\" affirmed that on the album \"Dawes comes far, and appears to be only getting started.\" Beats per Minute's Johan Alm evoked that \"beyond the band's development as musicians and the excellent production, the growth and increasingly personal nature of Taylor Goldsmith’s songwriting is what makes \"Nothing Is Wrong\" the success it is. \" At \"Glide Magazine\", Chris Calarco touched on that", "title": "Nothing Is Wrong" }, { "docid": "5349440", "text": "among other sports. She attended Pass Christian High School and graduated as the class of 1979 salutatorian. She is the daughter of Lucimarian (née Tolliver) and Colonel Lawrence E. Roberts. In a 2006 presentation to the assembled student body at Abilene Christian University, Roberts credited her parents as cultivating the \"three 'D's: Discipline, Determination, and 'De Lord'.\" She is the youngest of four, following siblings Sally-Ann, Lawrence, Jr. (nicknamed Butch), and Dorothy. Her father was a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen. Roberts attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana, graduating \"cum laude\" in 1983 with a degree in communication. She", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "10087045", "text": "premiered his film of Lane's life and career, \"When Things Go Wrong\", followed by a Q & A and a set by Robin Lane & the Chartbusters, at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts. Robin Lane Robin Lane (born 1947, Los Angeles, California) is an American rock singer and songwriter. Her band, Robin Lane & the Chartbusters, released three albums on Warner Bros. Records in the early 1980s, and was best known for its single \"When Things Go Wrong\". Robin Lane grew up in Los Angeles. Her father was Ken Lane, songwriter and pianist for Dean Martin; her mother was", "title": "Robin Lane" }, { "docid": "3311667", "text": "by the Orioles on July 27, 1965. Roberts signed with the Houston Astros on August 5. He signed with the Chicago Cubs on July 13, 1966, with the additional capacity of assisting pitching coach Freddie Fitzsimmons. Roberts was also reunited with fellow Whiz Kid Curt Simmons. His final major league game was with the Cubs on September 3, 1966 at Forbes Field. He was released by the Cubs on October 3, 1966. He pitched for the Reading Phillies during 1967. Roberts was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976. Ahead of the August 1976 induction, Roberts was named", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "5349447", "text": "30, 2010, Roberts drove the Pace Car for the 2010 Indianapolis 500. Roberts was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Hall's class of 2012 for her contributions to and impact on the game of women's basketball through her broadcasting work and play. In 2014 Roberts was named one of ESPNW's Impact 25. In 2014, Roberts won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Roberts was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2016. She is the 2018 Radio Television Digital News Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "4345471", "text": "Wrong Is Right Wrong Is Right, released in the UK as The Man with the Deadly Lens, is a 1982 American comedy thriller film directed by Richard Brooks from his own script based on Charles McCarry's novel \"The Better Angels\". The film, starring Sean Connery as TV news reporter Patrick Hale, is about the theft of two suitcase nukes, and deals with media bias, reality television, government conspiracy, and Islamic terrorism. In the near future, violence has become something of a national sport and television news has fallen to tabloid depths. Patrick Hale, a globe-trotting reporter with access to a", "title": "Wrong Is Right" }, { "docid": "5321362", "text": "that historians deem unimportant, and \"historical facts\", information that the historians have decided is important. Carr contended that historians arbitrarily determine which of the \"facts of the past\" to turn into \"historical facts\" according to their own biases and agendas. For this reason, Carr argued that Leopold von Ranke's famous dictum \"wie es eigentlich gewesen\" (show what actually happened) was wrong because it presumed that the \"facts\" influenced what the historian wrote, rather than the historian choosing what \"facts of the past\" he or she intended to turn into \"historical facts\". At the same time, Carr argued that the study", "title": "What Is History?" }, { "docid": "15974071", "text": "that time been spent eking the emotion out of their own lives, rather than their record collections.\" At \"Rolling Stone\", Will Hermes highlighted that \"this tuneful but sometimes bland set could use more of that\", which is from \"Taylor's current side project, Middle Brother, shows his wilder, less studied side\". Dawes are: Additional Musicians consist of: Nothing Is Wrong Nothing Is Wrong is the second studio album by American folk-rock band Dawes, released on June 7, 2011. It is the only Dawes album to feature keyboard player Alex Casnoff. \"Nothing Is Wrong\" received favorable reviews from many music critics and", "title": "Nothing Is Wrong" }, { "docid": "15974067", "text": "Nothing Is Wrong Nothing Is Wrong is the second studio album by American folk-rock band Dawes, released on June 7, 2011. It is the only Dawes album to feature keyboard player Alex Casnoff. \"Nothing Is Wrong\" received favorable reviews from many music critics and Metacritic gave it a Metascore of 80 out of 100, based on 14 reviews. \"Uncut\" placed it at number 39 on its list of the \"Top 50 Albums of 2011.\" Andrew Leahey of Allmusic told that \"those looking to rock out won’t find many headbanging opportunities here\" because the album \"works well as driving music, particularly", "title": "Nothing Is Wrong" }, { "docid": "4345473", "text": "to the bottom of it all. Rosalind Cash was nominated for an Image Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture. Wrong Is Right Wrong Is Right, released in the UK as The Man with the Deadly Lens, is a 1982 American comedy thriller film directed by Richard Brooks from his own script based on Charles McCarry's novel \"The Better Angels\". The film, starring Sean Connery as TV news reporter Patrick Hale, is about the theft of two suitcase nukes, and deals with media bias, reality television, government conspiracy, and Islamic terrorism. In the near future, violence", "title": "Wrong Is Right" }, { "docid": "17581253", "text": "his previous three films. The film is a parody of Hollywood gangster and detective films. Tsui's initial idea was to make what he described as a \"silly movie. All the movies I've done before were very serious and very depressing\" \"All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution\" was released on 23 July 1981. The film was Tsui Hark's first major box office success grossing $7,479,976 in making it the fourth highest grossing film in Hong Kong. In 1983, the film was followed up with a sequel \"All the Wrong Spies\" directed by Teddy Robin Kwan. Tsui Hark won the", "title": "All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution" }, { "docid": "5349446", "text": "questions about his 1999 charges of rape. Despite being acquitted Roberts asked if Parker wanted to apologize. In the fall of 2005, Roberts anchored a series of emotional reports from the Mississippi Gulf Coast after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina; her hometown of Pass Christian was especially hard hit, with her old high school reduced to rubble. On February 22, 2009, Roberts hosted the Academy Awards preshow for ABC, and did so again in 2011. In 2010, Roberts guest starred on Disney Channel's \"Hannah Montana\", appearing in season 4, episode 10, \"Can You See the Real Me?\" On May", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "3311672", "text": "1978, the Philadelphia Phillies inducted Roberts as the first Phillie in the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame (along with Connie Mack as the first Athletics player in the Wall of Fame). In 1983—the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Phillies—Roberts was selected as one of only two right-handed pitchers on the Phillies Centennial Team. In 1992, Roberts was one of 30 members of the charter class of former Michigan State University Spartan athletes, coaches, and administrators inducted into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1998, the Wilmington Blue Rocks retired Roberts' No. 36 at the Carolina League", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "3311670", "text": "opening day starts for the same team with 12, from 1950 to 1961. Roberts was the only pitcher in major league history to defeat the Braves franchise in all three cities that the team has been based in: Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta. Roberts' record for home runs allowed can largely be attributed to his durability and his tendency to pitch inside the strike zone. Roberts threw 4688 innings over the course of his 19-year career, 21st on the all-time innings pitched list. Moreover, Roberts challenged hitters to put the ball in play, issuing relatively few walks (1.7 per 9 innings", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "16091898", "text": "contractual reasons it was released under Roberts' own name on a new record label, Etiquette, established by the band. The record was released in early 1961 and became a local hit in the Seattle area, before being reissued and promoted by Imperial Records in Los Angeles; however, it failed to chart. The song finally became a hit for Portland, Oregon band The Kingsmen in 1963, largely using the arrangement devised by Roberts and the Wailers, including Roberts' ad-lib \"Okay, let's give it to 'em right now!\". Known for his dynamic onstage performances, Roberts continued to sing with the Wailers, and", "title": "Rockin' Robin Roberts" }, { "docid": "14668545", "text": "to contract negotiation problems. Is That So Wrong \"Is That So Wrong\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Julianne Hough. It was released on June 21, 2010 as the lead-off single to her second studio album, \"Wildfire\", which was expected for release in November 2010, but ultimately went unreleased. \"Is That So Wrong\" is a moderate up-tempo song, backed by electric guitar and percussion with steel guitar fills. The song's female narrator has just experienced a breakup and describes the longing for someone to fill that vacancy. In the chorus, she finds herself explaining her desire", "title": "Is That So Wrong" }, { "docid": "14668541", "text": "Is That So Wrong \"Is That So Wrong\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Julianne Hough. It was released on June 21, 2010 as the lead-off single to her second studio album, \"Wildfire\", which was expected for release in November 2010, but ultimately went unreleased. \"Is That So Wrong\" is a moderate up-tempo song, backed by electric guitar and percussion with steel guitar fills. The song's female narrator has just experienced a breakup and describes the longing for someone to fill that vacancy. In the chorus, she finds herself explaining her desire to find a fast", "title": "Is That So Wrong" }, { "docid": "10344030", "text": "Sally-Ann Roberts Sally-Ann Roberts is a former American anchorwoman for WWL-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was been part of the news team from March 31, 1977 to 2018, and co-anchored the \"Eyewitness Morning News\" with Eric Paulsen. She is a 1974 graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi. Sally-Ann Roberts was born in Chandler, Arizona and is the daughter of Lawrence and Lucimarian Roberts. Her father was a Colonel in the Air Force and was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. She is the older sister of Robin Roberts, a co-anchor of ABC's \"Good Morning America\". Sally-Ann Roberts is the", "title": "Sally-Ann Roberts" }, { "docid": "10021208", "text": "album. The song was issued as the second and final single from the album; and it peaked at #57 on the \"Billboard\" R&B chart. In 1991, Australian singers Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham recorded and released \"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby\" as the second single from Barnes' fifth studio album, \"Soul Deep\". Released on 27 October 1991, the song peaked at Number 3 in Australia and Number 6 in New Zealand. The song was covered by: Otis Redding & Carla Thomas in 1967; by Charlie Rich in 1967; Sonny James in 1976; Hall & Oates with David Ruffin", "title": "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" }, { "docid": "5425285", "text": "was in terrible shape, and I thought, 'What small thing can I do to express my beliefs that the world is in such terrible shape?' And that’s where the title of the album came from.\" Inside the album's booklet, Moby provides two personal essays, quotes from notable figures (from Albert Einstein to St. Francis of Assisi), and facts that he has collected (e.g. regarding animal experiments). \"Everything Is Wrong\" was released to positive reviews from music critics. \"Spin\"s Barry Walters praised its diverse range of musical styles compared to most other \"one-dimensional\" electronic albums and dubbed it \"a hugely passionate", "title": "Everything Is Wrong (album)" }, { "docid": "5349449", "text": "in donors the day Roberts went public with her illness. She took a leave from \"GMA\" to get a bone marrow transplant, and went home in October 2012. She returned to \"GMA\" on February 20, 2013. Roberts received a 2012 Peabody Award for the program. The Peabody citation credits her for \"allowing her network to document and build a public service campaign around her battle with rare disease\" and \"inspir[ing] hundreds of potential bone marrow donors to register and heighten[ing] awareness of the need for even more donors.\" ESPN awarded its Arthur Ashe Courage Award to Roberts at the 2013", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "3311671", "text": "pitched) and strikeouts (4.5 per 9 innings pitched). In 1962, the Philadelphia Phillies honored Roberts with the retirement of his uniform number, 36. In 1966, Roberts was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. In 1969, in conjunction with Major League Baseball's celebration of the 100th anniversary of professional baseball, the Phillies conducted a fan vote to determine the Phillies all-time team. On August 5, 1969, at Connie Mack Stadium, the Phillies honored the members of the all-time team, including Roberts as the only right-handed pitcher. He was also honored as the greatest Phillies player of all time. In", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "3723497", "text": "because we have set a new policy of preventive war in this country, and I think that was the wrong thing to do because sooner or later we're going to see another country copy the United States, and sooner or later we're going to have to deal with the fact that there may well be a Shia fundamentalist regime set up in Iraq which will be a greater danger to the United States than Iraq is. During the first Presidential debate of 2004, George W. Bush repeatedly rebuked John Kerry for using Bradley's saying, asking, \"what kind of message does", "title": "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy" }, { "docid": "10344031", "text": "author of \"Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News\", and gives motivational speeches around the United States. With a foreword by her sister Robin Roberts, and photographs by her news colleague Eric Paulsen, Sally-Ann Roberts authored an inspirational book, \"Your Power is On!: A Little Book of Hope. In addition to these non-fiction books, Sally-Ann Roberts authored a novel \"Angel Vision\". Sally-Ann Roberts Sally-Ann Roberts is a former American anchorwoman for WWL-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was been part of the news team from March 31, 1977 to 2018, and co-anchored the \"Eyewitness Morning News\" with Eric Paulsen. She", "title": "Sally-Ann Roberts" }, { "docid": "6456901", "text": "A averaging 4.7 points and 4.9 rebounds. On February 4, 2015, Roberts left the team citing personal reasons. Roberts is the son of Lawrence E. \"Butch\" Jr., and Cynthia Roberts, nephew of former sportscaster Robin Roberts of \"Good Morning America\" fame and grandson of the late Col. Lawrence E. Roberts, Sr and Lucimarian Roberts. Lawrence Roberts (basketball) Lawrence Edward Roberts III (born October 20, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the power forward position. Roberts attended Baylor University for two seasons, where he made the Big 12 All-Freshman Team, but transferred to", "title": "Lawrence Roberts (basketball)" }, { "docid": "10033262", "text": "up stage play, \"You Couldn't Make It Up\". While strictly not a sequel to the original, \"You Couldn't Make It Up\" included two characters from \"What's Wrong with Angry?\", John and Kevin, plus a small cameo appearance from Steven Carter. \"You Couldn't Make It Up\" premiered at the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Fringe 2002, and transferred to the New End Theatre, Hampstead in 2003. Both productions were produced by Pete Shaw. What's Wrong with Angry? What's Wrong with Angry? is a stage play written in 1992 by Patrick Wilde about a gay love story between two British schoolboys.", "title": "What's Wrong with Angry?" }, { "docid": "10033258", "text": "What's Wrong with Angry? What's Wrong with Angry? is a stage play written in 1992 by Patrick Wilde about a gay love story between two British schoolboys. The play was the basis for the 1998 Paramount Classics feature film \"Get Real\". \"What's Wrong with Angry?\" was Wilde's first play. It was written in an era of British history when the age of consent for homosexuals was 5 years older than heterosexuals, and legislation called Section 28 prohibited schools and local authorities from depicting homosexual relationships as an acceptable view of family life. The central characters – Steven Carter and John", "title": "What's Wrong with Angry?" }, { "docid": "5349442", "text": "be a journalism scholarship by the time she would graduate. She went on to become a standout performer on the women's basketball team, ending her career as the school's third all-time leading scorer (1,446 points) and rebounder (1,034). Roberts is one of only three Lady Lions to score 1,000 career points and grab 1,000 career rebounds. During her senior season, she averaged a career-high 27.6 points per game. On February 5, 2011, Southeastern hosted a ceremony to retire Roberts' jersey, number 21. Roberts began her career in 1983 as a sports anchor and reporter for WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "3311660", "text": "basketball, not baseball. Roberts led the Spartans' basketball team in field-goal percentage in 1946–1947, was captain of the team during the 1946–1947 and 1949–1950 seasons, and earned three varsity letters in basketball. He wore number 17 for the Spartans. After his second season playing basketball, Roberts tried out for the Michigan State baseball team, becoming a pitcher because it was the position that coach John Kobs needed most. After playing for Michigan State and spending his second summer playing in Vermont with the Barre–Montpelier Twin City Trojans, he was signed by the Phillies. Roberts made his major league debut on", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "5175107", "text": "Robin Goldwasser Robin Goldwasser (born August 14, 1966) is an American singer and playwright. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. She is the co-writer of the musical \"People Are Wrong!\" with Julia Greenberg. She has a character in the play, as does the producer, her husband, John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants and Mono Puff. The musical opened at the Vineyard Theater in New York in November 2004, starring Robin, John Flansburgh, Erin Hill, David Driver, and Maggie Moore. Robin has sung on They Might Be Giants and Mono Puff tracks, including the \"\" song, \"\", \"The", "title": "Robin Goldwasser" }, { "docid": "4804938", "text": "There's Nothing Wrong with Love There's Nothing Wrong with Love is the second full-length album released by indie rock band Built to Spill. The line-up for the album was guitarist and vocalist Doug Martsch, bassist Brett Nelson, and drummer Andy Capps. \"There's Nothing Wrong with Love\" was recorded in May and June 1994, and released September 13, 1994, on the Up Records label. It was produced by Phil Ek. The songs \"Car\" and \"Distopian Dream Girl\" were released as singles. The video for \"In the Morning\" was featured on \"Beavis and Butt-head\". \"Pitchfork\" ranked \"There's Nothing Wrong with Love\" No.", "title": "There's Nothing Wrong with Love" }, { "docid": "14177537", "text": "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong \"Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong\", or its shortened name when released as a single, \"Wrong Baby Wrong\", is a song recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was written by Brad and Brett Warren (who comprise The Warren Brothers), along with Robert Ellis Orrall and Love and Theft member Stephen Barker Liles. The song was released in February 2010 as the third single from her tenth studio album, \"Shine\", as well as her last single for RCA Nashville. \"Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong\" is a moderate up-tempo, backed primarily by electric guitar, that features", "title": "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong" }, { "docid": "5349444", "text": "the Mel Greenberg Media Award, presented by the WBCA. For many years, Roberts worked at both ESPN and \"Good Morning America\", contributing to both programs. During that time, she served primarily as the news anchor at \"GMA\". In 2005, Roberts was promoted to co-anchor of \"Good Morning America\". In December 2009, Roberts was joined by George Stephanopoulos as co-anchor of \"GMA\" after Diane Sawyer left to anchor \"ABC World News\". Under their partnership, the Roberts-Stephanopoulos team led \"Good Morning America\" back to the top of the ratings; the program became the number-one morning show again in April 2012, beating NBC's", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "5425287", "text": "tangents.\" \"Everything Is Wrong\" was voted the third best album of 1995 in \"The Village Voice\"s year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll. By 2002, the album had sold over 180,000 copies in the United States. A two-disc remix album entitled \"Everything Is Wrong: Non-Stop DJ Mix\" was released in January 1996 by Mute. The album was mixed by Moby from various remixes that were commissioned by the label. Credits for \"Everything Is Wrong\" adapted from album liner notes. \"When It's Cold I'd Like to Die\" is featured in \"The Sopranos\"; it is heard at the end of the episode \"Join", "title": "Everything Is Wrong (album)" }, { "docid": "16390204", "text": "became aware of what was going to happen to them and that it was affecting them in the wrong way.\" She concluded that topics that achieve what Finlay's storyline did are \"really worthwhile\". Finlay first appears as a runaway who unsuccessfully attempts to get a free meal from the Diner and sleeps at the boat shed. She spends the night on one of the boats but wakes up to find it has been taken out by Nick Parrish (Bruce Roberts) and Lucinda Croft (Dee Smart). When they discover her, Lou gives her money to stay at the caravan park. She", "title": "Finlay Roberts" }, { "docid": "3311669", "text": "Harlem Globetrotters. Roberts was also the president of the Gold King Seafood Company in Philadelphia, even during his baseball career. He appeared on an episode of What's My Line? in his capacity as president of the company, even though the panelists recognized him as a baseball player. In his 19-season career, Roberts compiled a 286–245 record with 2,357 strikeouts, a 3.41 ERA, 305 complete games, 45 shutouts, and 4,688⅔ innings pitched in 676 games. He is second to Jamie Moyer for the major league record for home runs allowed by a pitcher (505) and holds the record for most consecutive", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "19676977", "text": "Everything Is Wrong (song) \"Everything Is Wrong\" is a song by American rock band Interpol. It was released as the third single from their fifth studio album, \"El Pintor\" (2014), on April 18, 2015. The single was released on Record Store Day as a limited edition vinyl 7\". A music video for the song was released on January 22, 2015. A remix of the song was later made by Bosnian DJ Solomun, which was released in April 2016. \"Everything Is Wrong\" peaked at No. 35 on the \"Billboard\" Alternative Songs chart and appeared on the soundtrack for \"\". The official", "title": "Everything Is Wrong (song)" }, { "docid": "14122179", "text": "Everything Wrong Is Imaginary Everything Wrong Is Imaginary is a 2006 album by Lilys, released on the Manifesto label. The album was written during a traumatic period in Lilys frontman Kurt Heasley's life; His partner disappeared after a psychotic episode and returned to her family leaving Heasley to look after his three children. Heasley therefore worked on the album mainly at home in his spare time. The recordings were then sent to producer Michael Musmanno, who finished the tracks with session musicians. Jason MacNeil of PopMatters described the album as (along with previous album \"Precollection\"), \"the closest thing to Britrock", "title": "Everything Wrong Is Imaginary" }, { "docid": "3723491", "text": "Bradley's words were misleadingly quoted. The Chinese people were told this story: \"the UN forces were heavily beaten by the Chinese army and the North Korean army. Even the top US general admitted that the Korean war was 'the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy.' ()\" And the rest of the words were ignored. Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy echoed Bradley's sentiments in a speech given on October 13, 1960. Should I become President… I will not risk American lives… by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong", "title": "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy" }, { "docid": "5425288", "text": "the Club\" (which originally aired in March 19, 2006). Additionally, the song was featured in season 1 of \"Stranger Things\". \"God Moving Over the Face of the Waters\" is featured in the closing moments of the 1995 movie, \"Heat\". \"First Cool Hive\" is featured in the final scene of the 1996 movie, \"Scream\". Everything Is Wrong (album) Everything Is Wrong is the third studio album by American electronica musician Moby, released on March 14, 1995 by record labels Mute in the United Kingdom and Elektra in the United States. It was released with a limited-edition bonus disc of ambient music", "title": "Everything Is Wrong (album)" }, { "docid": "14122181", "text": "the Highbold Press declared it, \"a wonderful expulsion of everything that is otherwise lacking in this sad world\". Everything Wrong Is Imaginary Everything Wrong Is Imaginary is a 2006 album by Lilys, released on the Manifesto label. The album was written during a traumatic period in Lilys frontman Kurt Heasley's life; His partner disappeared after a psychotic episode and returned to her family leaving Heasley to look after his three children. Heasley therefore worked on the album mainly at home in his spare time. The recordings were then sent to producer Michael Musmanno, who finished the tracks with session musicians.", "title": "Everything Wrong Is Imaginary" }, { "docid": "4804939", "text": "24 on its Top 100 Albums of the 90s list. An unlisted final track is a satirical preview of the next Built to Spill album. None of the clips on the track are real Built to Spill songs. Sub Pop reissued the album on vinyl in 2015. All songs written by Built to Spill. There's Nothing Wrong with Love There's Nothing Wrong with Love is the second full-length album released by indie rock band Built to Spill. The line-up for the album was guitarist and vocalist Doug Martsch, bassist Brett Nelson, and drummer Andy Capps. \"There's Nothing Wrong with Love\"", "title": "There's Nothing Wrong with Love" }, { "docid": "7297864", "text": "voice, coming out of nowhere, telling him he is in the wrong place. \"Where am I supposed to be?, he asks. The voice says, Oral Roberts University. In the Fall 1967, Roberts dropped out of the University of Kansas and enrolled in Oral Roberts University. In 1968 at the age of 19, two weeks before his birthday, Roberts dedicates his life to Jesus Christ and he joined his father’s ministry as a singer on television and in crusades. Roberts received his bachelor’s degree in communication arts from Oral Roberts University in 1985. He received his master’s degree from the Oral", "title": "Richard Roberts (evangelist)" }, { "docid": "11139287", "text": "part of the branch of the law that is called the civil law. A civil wrong is capable of being followed by what are called civil proceedings. It is a misnomer to describe a civil wrong as a \"civil offence\". The law of England recognised the concept of a \"wrong\" before it recognised the distinction between civil wrongs and crimes (which distinction was developed during the thirteenth century). Civil wrong A civil wrong or wrong is a cause of action under the law of the governing body. Tort, breach of contract and breach of trust are types of civil wrong.", "title": "Civil wrong" }, { "docid": "3311662", "text": "From 1950 to 1955 inclusive, Roberts won at least 20 games each season, leading the NL in victories from 1952 to 1955. Six times he led the league in games started, five times in complete games and innings pitched, and he once pitched 28 complete games in a row, with one game being 17 innings. During his career, Roberts never walked more than 77 batters in any regular season. He helped himself with his bat, hitting 55 doubles, 10 triples, and five home runs with 103 RBIs. His 28 wins in 1952, the year he won The Sporting News Player", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "5172040", "text": "the decision is wrong, it should be overruled. That's not activism. That's applying the law correctly.\" While working as a lawyer for the Reagan administration, Roberts wrote legal memos defending administration policies on abortion. At his nomination hearing Roberts testified that the legal memos represented the views of the administration he was representing at the time and not necessarily his own. \"Senator, I was a staff lawyer; I didn't have a position,\" Roberts said. As a lawyer in the George H. W. Bush administration, Roberts signed a legal brief urging the court to overturn \"Roe v. Wade\". In private meetings", "title": "John Roberts" }, { "docid": "3723494", "text": "on \"60 Minutes\", May 23, 2004, Zinni said, \"The plan was wrong, it was the wrong war, the wrong place and the wrong time— with little or no planning.\" He stated that serious \"derelictions of duty,\" \"criminal negligence,\" and poor planning put U.S. forces in harm's way and left Iraq in chaos after the invasion. He also said that Paul Bremer had made \"mistake after mistake after mistake.\" In \"The Independent\", April 15, 2004, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. wrote: The immediate reason that Mr Bush opened Pandora's box in the Middle East and invaded Iraq was his moral certitude that Saddam", "title": "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy" }, { "docid": "17581244", "text": "All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution () is a 1981 Hong Kong comedy film directed and co-written by Tsui Hark. The film stars George Lam as Yoho, Karl Maka as Ah Capone and Teddy Robin Kwan as Inspector Robin. Yoho is a down on his luck detective who find himself in trouble with the ganger Ah Capone who is planning to cheat elderly millionaires out of their stocks. The film was Tsui's first commercial success and was the fourth highest grossing Hong Kong film of 1981. It was nominated for", "title": "All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution" }, { "docid": "3311664", "text": "as the Redlegs) Bobby Adams and then he retired 27 consecutive batters to win 8–1, on a one-hit game. Roberts consistently (11 out of 14 years) had a better winning percentage than did the Phillies in games in which he had no decision. Overall, the Phillies were 1,020–1,136 from 1948–1961, a winning percentage of .4731. Roberts was 234–199 in that span, for a winning percentage of .5404. After the 1961 season, Roberts was sold to the New York Yankees, who acquired the slumping pitcher from the Phillies for slightly more than the $20,000 league waiver price. On February 6, 1962,", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "3311661", "text": "June 18, 1948, and in 1950 he led his Phillies—whose overall youth earned them the nickname the Whiz Kids—to their first National League pennant in 35 years. Roberts started three games in the last five days of the season, defeating the heavily favored Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in a pennant-deciding, season-ending, 10-inning game. This marked his 20th victory of the season and Roberts became the Phillies' first 20-game-winner since Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1917. Roberts also started a game in the 1950 World Series (not the opener, because of heavy use in the last days of the regular season).", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "10087041", "text": "Robin Lane Robin Lane (born 1947, Los Angeles, California) is an American rock singer and songwriter. Her band, Robin Lane & the Chartbusters, released three albums on Warner Bros. Records in the early 1980s, and was best known for its single \"When Things Go Wrong\". Robin Lane grew up in Los Angeles. Her father was Ken Lane, songwriter and pianist for Dean Martin; her mother was a model. While in her teens, Robin began singing and performing in folk-rock clubs in southern California. From 1968 to 1970 she was married to future Police lead guitarist Andy Summers. In 1969, she", "title": "Robin Lane" }, { "docid": "6128114", "text": "highlighted Bob's campaign advert and Kent Brockman's line: \"And the results are in. For Sideshow Bob, 100 percent. For Joe Quimby, 1 percent. And we remind you, there is a 1 percent margin of error.\" The episode has been used in a course at Columbia College Chicago. The course titled \"The Simpsons as Satirical Authors\" featured \"Sideshow Bob Roberts\" as one of the episodes screened for the \"What's (Not) Wrong with America? Critiquing the U.S. Government\" topic. Sideshow Bob Roberts \"Sideshow Bob Roberts\" is the fifth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> sixth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in", "title": "Sideshow Bob Roberts" }, { "docid": "3311663", "text": "of the Year Award, were the most in the National League since 1935, the year when Dizzy Dean won 28 games. Although he had 28 wins in 1952, Roberts had his best season in 1953, posting a 23–16 record and leading the NL pitchers in strikeouts with 198. In a career-high 346⅔ innings pitched he walked just 66 batters, and his 2.75 ERA was second in the league behind Warren Spahn's 2.10. One of the most memorable highlights of his career occurred on May 13, 1954, when Roberts gave up a lead-off home run to the Cincinnati Reds' (then known", "title": "Robin Roberts (baseball)" }, { "docid": "5084709", "text": "problem but eventually was able to quit altogether. In 2005, Smith's home and all of her belongings were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. During the aftermath of the hurricane, she stayed with family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She now runs a real estate appraisal business in Hammond, Louisiana. Rockin' Robin (wrestler) Robin Denise Smith (born October 9, 1964), better known by her ring name Rockin' Robin, is an American former professional wrestler. As the daughter of Aurelian \"Grizzly\" Smith, she is a second-generation wrestler. Her brother Sam Houston and half-brother Jake \"The Snake\" Roberts are also wrestlers. Smith worked for the", "title": "Rockin' Robin (wrestler)" }, { "docid": "13823417", "text": "Jordan. In 2010, Roberts guest-starred in the two-part Doctor Who Series 5 episode \"The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood\". More big-screen productions followed: She appeared in Hattie Dalton's \"Third Star\" (2010) and in Vertigo Films' The Facility (2012), an atmospheric, micro-budget horror film about volunteers fighting for their lives after a drug trial goes wrong. In 2014, Roberts appeared in the fourth episode of \"Y Gwyll\" (\"Hinterland\"), a highly acclaimed noir detective series shot in both Welsh and English. Roberts, her husband, and their daughter, Edith, live in Cardiff. Nia Roberts (actress) Nia Roberts (born 5 July 1972) is a Welsh actress.", "title": "Nia Roberts (actress)" }, { "docid": "8791219", "text": "his wife that was similar to that he gave to Robinson before his first game in 1947. In the speech, Rickey explained to Roberts that he needed to have a \"very even temper\" in order to succeed in the Major Leagues as racial abuse from the spectators was a common occurrence. Rickey later said that he selected Roberts to become the Pirates first black player owing to his skills and calm demeanor. In his first major league at bat, Roberts tripled against starting pitcher Robin Roberts. He also had a double in the game. Roberts hit his only career home", "title": "Curt Roberts" }, { "docid": "5583649", "text": "professor of Jazz Trombone at the Oberlin Conservatory. The article stated he was accused of violating Oberlin's Sexual Misconduct Policy after Oberlin's Title IX office received reports. Shortly after, he was also placed on leave for Fall 2018 from his position at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. With Geri Allen With Art Blakey With Steve Coleman With Craig Handy With Joe Henderson With Dave Holland With Ronald Shannon Jackson With Elvin Jones With Bobby Previte With Hank Roberts With Herb Robertson With others Robin Eubanks Robin Eubanks (born October 25, 1955) is an American jazz and jazz fusion slide", "title": "Robin Eubanks" }, { "docid": "5349443", "text": "1984, she moved to WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi. In 1986, she was sports anchor and reporter for WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee. She was also a sports anchor and reporter at WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1988 to 1990. She was also a radio host for radio station V-103 while in Atlanta. She joined ESPN as a sportscaster in February 1990, where she stayed until 2005. On \"SportsCenter\", she used the catchphrase, \"Go on with your bad self!\" Roberts began to work for ABC News, specifically as a featured reporter for \"Good Morning America\" in June 1995. In 2001, Roberts received", "title": "Robin Roberts (newscaster)" }, { "docid": "5084707", "text": "forming a tag team with Wendi Richter. She competed at LPWA's only pay-per-view, LPWA Super Ladies Showdown. Smith and her brother Sam Houston are the children of Aurelian \"Grizzly\" Smith and were born after his first marriage dissolved. Her half-brother is Jake \"The Snake\" Roberts, who was born during their father's first marriage. Robin and her brothers all wrestled in the WWF at the same time in the 1980s, but their relationship was never mentioned on-screen at the request of Robin. Author and former National Wrestling Alliance president Howard Brody alleges in his book \"Swimming with Piranhas\" that Robin was", "title": "Rockin' Robin (wrestler)" }, { "docid": "18087072", "text": "with the season finale on March 7, 2018. On November 28, 2018, OWN announced that the series would return with the fifth season set to premiere in January 2019. If Loving You Is Wrong If Loving You Is Wrong is an American prime time television soap opera created, executive produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry. The series premiered on September 9, 2014. It focuses on the lives and relationships of a group of five husbands and wives who live on the same street (Castillo Lane) in the fictional community of Maxine. The show stars Amanda Clayton, Edwina Findley, Heather", "title": "If Loving You Is Wrong" }, { "docid": "20492876", "text": "The Rundown with Robin Thede The Rundown with Robin Thede is an American late-night talk show and variety television program that premiered on October 12, 2017 on BET. The show is hosted by comedian and writer Robin Thede, the former head writer and correspondent on \"The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore\". On July 25, 2018, it was announced that BET had canceled the series. \"The Rundown with Robin Thede\" sees comedian Robin Thede's \"take on the week's headlines in politics and pop culture with a fast-paced, no-holds-barred show that will feature social commentary, sketch comedy and pop culture parodies.\" Thede", "title": "The Rundown with Robin Thede" }, { "docid": "4732248", "text": "radio show, which appears on the \"Dear Friends\" album. This album was originally released simultaneously on LP, 8 Track, Quadrophonic LP, and quadrophonic 8 track cartridge. It has been re-released on CD at least once Musical parodist Weird Al Yankovic used the title \"Everything You Know Is Wrong\" for an original song on his 1996 album \"Bad Hair Day\". Paranormal researcher Lloyd Pye used the title in his 1998 book \"Everything You Know is Wrong – Book One: Human Evolution\". Conspiracy theorist Russ Kick used it in a 2002 book he edited, \"Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide", "title": "Everything You Know Is Wrong" }, { "docid": "14908024", "text": "1972. What Is the Matter with Willi? What Is the Matter with Willi? (German:Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los) is a 1970 German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Heinz Erhardt, Ralf Wolter and Ruth Stephan. A tax inspector tries to reform the Ministry of Finance. It was based on a character Heinz Erhardt played on television. It was followed by a loose sequel \"That Can't Shake Our Willi!\" and in 1971 a third film \"Our Willi Is the Best\" was made with Erhard returning as Willi. The final film \"Willi Manages The Whole Thing\" was released", "title": "What Is the Matter with Willi?" }, { "docid": "14908023", "text": "What Is the Matter with Willi? What Is the Matter with Willi? (German:Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los) is a 1970 German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Heinz Erhardt, Ralf Wolter and Ruth Stephan. A tax inspector tries to reform the Ministry of Finance. It was based on a character Heinz Erhardt played on television. It was followed by a loose sequel \"That Can't Shake Our Willi!\" and in 1971 a third film \"Our Willi Is the Best\" was made with Erhard returning as Willi. The final film \"Willi Manages The Whole Thing\" was released in", "title": "What Is the Matter with Willi?" }, { "docid": "4732234", "text": "Everything You Know Is Wrong Everything You Know Is Wrong is the eighth comedy album by the Firesign Theatre. Released in October 1974 on Columbia Records, it satirizes UFO conspiracy theories and New Age paranormal beliefs such as Erich von Däniken's \"Chariots of the Gods\" and claimed psychic Uri Geller, which achieved wide public attention by that time. The four main characters are pictured on the album cover: The LP album is ostensibly the latest in Cox's series of \"mind-breaking records\" purveying his New Age revelations, augmented with mock commercial television news coverage. There are no track divisions. Cox starts", "title": "Everything You Know Is Wrong" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2011560", "text": "from slavery. The city in Davidson County where the Hermitage is located is known as Hermitage, Tennessee. A hotel named the Hermitage Hotel, located in downtown Nashville, opened in 1910 and is still operating. Many celebrities and U.S. presidents have spent time there. The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee) The Hermitage is a historical plantation and museum located in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, east of downtown Nashville. The plantation was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, from 1804 until his death at the Hermitage in 1845. Jackson only lived at the property occasionally until he retired", "title": "The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee)" }, { "docid": "15290593", "text": "Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at the corner of 16th Avenue and Division on Music Row in Nashville, TN. The Country Music Foundation is still housed with the Hall of Fame and Museum at its new location at 222 5th Avenue South in Downtown Nashville when the new building opened in 2001. The CMF was founded in 1964 and charged with operating the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, whose original location opened on Music Row in Nashville, TN on April 1, 1967. Until 1971, the CMF shared staff with the Country Music Association (CMA). It moved", "title": "Country Music Foundation" }, { "docid": "295054", "text": "Symphony Center opened as the home of the Nashville Symphony. As the city's name itself is a metonym for the country music industry, many popular tourist attractions involve country music, including the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Belcourt Theatre, and Ryman Auditorium. The Ryman was home to the \"Grand Ole Opry\" until 1974 when the show moved to the Grand Ole Opry House, east of downtown. The Opry plays there several times a week, except for an annual winter run at the Ryman. A multitude of music clubs and honky-tonk bars can be found in downtown Nashville, particularly", "title": "Nashville, Tennessee" } ]

[ { "docid": "4915320", "text": "with the United States Postal Service's ZIP code 37215, designated \"Green Hills Station\". It is, though, part of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Therefore, mailed items sent to residents of, and businesses in, Green Hills have \"Nashville, TN\" in the address, not \"Green Hills, TN.\" Green Hills, Nashville, Tennessee Green Hills is an area in Nashville, Tennessee. Although there were some preliminary plans toward making it an incorporated town in the late 1950s and early 1960s, these plans were never completed. Green Hills is located south of downtown Nashville on Hillsboro Pike (U.S. Highway 431/Tennessee State Route", "title": "Green Hills, Nashville, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "11884808", "text": "Third National Bank added a twelve-story air-conditioned extension to the original bank building and installed a new facade. The Third National Bank name is emblazoned on the building's western and northern walls. From 1968 to 1986 the building housed the offices of J.C. Bradford Company. After J.C. Bradford moved out, the building remained vacant until 1997, when it was restored and renovated for use as a hotel. Courtyard Nashville Downtown The Courtyard Nashville Downtown is a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, housed in the historic Art Deco-style First National Bank Building, built in 1904. The First National Bank of Nashville was", "title": "Courtyard Nashville Downtown" }, { "docid": "11884807", "text": "Courtyard Nashville Downtown The Courtyard Nashville Downtown is a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, housed in the historic Art Deco-style First National Bank Building, built in 1904. The First National Bank of Nashville was organized in 1863. The bank's twelve-story building, designed by architect Barnett, Hayes and Barnett and built in 1904, was the tallest building in the city at time of its construction and is known as \"Nashville's first skyscraper\". In later years, when the building housed other tenants, it was known first as the Independent Life Insurance Company Building and later as the Third National Bank. In 1936, the", "title": "Courtyard Nashville Downtown" }, { "docid": "9904238", "text": "forces and served as a military hospital during the Civil War. It temporarily became Nashville's Union Hospital No. 8, with 206 beds. The church has continued to be used as a refuge by Nashville's citizens from floods in the 1920s, by soldiers during the Second World War and presently has an active social ministry to the less fortunate. Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville) The Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, a part of the Presbyterian Church (USA), was formerly known as First Presbyterian Church. The church is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Church Street. As Old First Presbyterian", "title": "Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville)" }, { "docid": "14272243", "text": "Raleigh Downtown Live Raleigh Downtown Live was a free summer concert series held in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, in Moore Square Park, in the Moore Square Historic District of downtown from 2005-2009. It featured many top music artists from around the world, drawing over 70,000 music fans annually. It was a joint partnership between the City of Raleigh Convention Center and Deep South Entertainment of Raleigh, North Carolina. Deep South Entertainment continues to be based in downtown Raleigh, NC, with a second office in Nashville, TN. Deep South Entertainment currently produces the Oak City 7 summer concert series in", "title": "Raleigh Downtown Live" }, { "docid": "9904234", "text": "Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville) The Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, a part of the Presbyterian Church (USA), was formerly known as First Presbyterian Church. The church is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Church Street. As Old First Presbyterian Church it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993, for its distinctive Egyptian Revival architecture. The congregation began worshiping at this site in 1816. The first structure burned down in 1832, and a second sanctuary was constructed the same year. The third (and present) sanctuary was constructed after a fire in 1848 destroyed the previous structure. The", "title": "Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville)" }, { "docid": "9904235", "text": "name was changed to \"Downtown\" after First Presbyterian moved out of downtown Nashville in 1955. The present sanctuary was designed by William Strickland, who also designed the Tennessee State Capitol, in the Egyptian Revival style. Exterior design elements include Egyptian style lotus columns and a winged sun disk. Interior Egyptian style elements include stained glass windows, woodwork and perspective renderings of Egyptian scenes on the sanctuary walls. The design was commissioned during an era when archaeological reports from Egypt were being reported in western publications. The twin towers of Downtown Presbyterian Church are reminiscent of the twin towers of St.", "title": "Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville)" }, { "docid": "9904236", "text": "Stephen's Church in Philadelphia, the city that Strickland lived in before he moved to Nashville. Surviving drawings illustrate that he also designed Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville, which was demolished in 1979. Downtown Presbyterian Church is one of the few examples of Egyptian Revival architecture in the United States, and may be the best surviving ecclesiastical example. William Strickland also designed the second Mikveh-Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia in 1825 with Egyptian Revival elements, but it has not survived. Two other churches in the United States with Egyptian architectural themes that have survived are the First Baptist Church of Essex, Connecticut,", "title": "Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville)" }, { "docid": "8336995", "text": "the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The estimated population of the CSA as of July 1, 2017, was 2,027,471. Nashville metropolitan area The Nashville metropolitan area is centered on Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. It includes 14 counties in Middle Tennessee. The Office of Management and Budget defines the metro area as the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) designated for statistical use by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies. The area is the 36th largest MSA in the United States and is the largest metropolitan area in the state of Tennessee. The", "title": "Nashville metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "17331106", "text": "KEGH - Brigham City, UT WWYZ - Hartford, CT WGNE - Jacksonville, FL WUSJ - Jackson, MS WBQQ - Kennebunk Port, ME WTGE - Lafayette, Louisiana KUDD - Manti, UT WKSJ - Mobile, AL WTHT - Portland, ME KUPL - Portland, OR KPLM - Palm Springs, CA KEGA - Salt Lake City, UT CMR Nashville - London, England WKDF - Nashville, TN WITL - Lansing, MI WTNR - Grand Rapids, MI Cafe Nashville Café Nashville Radio Show is a syndicated radio program owned and operated by OnAir Broadcasting, LLC. Cafe Nashville. Café Nashville is hosted by Jody Van Alin. Café", "title": "Cafe Nashville" }, { "docid": "3188203", "text": "431 and TN-96, and a roundabout two blocks further north which continues the route of TN-96 to the east. US 31 then proceeds out of Franklin and to the northeast. As US 31 passes through Brentwood, the road widens, again to two lanes per side, and intersects with TN-254 at the point where it reaches less than a half of a mile from I-65 once again. At this point, US 31 remains within this distance from I-65 until reaching its split in downtown Nashville, traveling through the sites of the Battle of Franklin and the Battle of Nashville in the", "title": "U.S. Route 31" }, { "docid": "9469083", "text": "Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), known as of July 12, 2018 as WeGo Public Transit is a public transportation agency based in Nashville, Tennessee. Consisting of city buses and paratransit, the system serves Nashville and Davidson County. Most bus routes serve the downtown transit station, Music City Central. This makes MTA the largest transit agency where most of the bus routes terminate in a Central Business District with no crosstown service. The crosstown services that do not terminate in downtown Nashville are the University Connector (route 21), the Grassmere/Edmondson Connector (route 72), and the Madison", "title": "Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority" }, { "docid": "6015456", "text": "against this limit.) Canadian TN status workers are responsible for US Medicare, State, Federal and Social Security taxes in the US. US TN status workers in Canada are also subject to corresponding income tax liabilities and end-of-year filing of tax returns in Canada. In general, there will be income tax liabilities in accordance to where the employee works regardless of where legal or physical residence is maintained during employment. This is much like US citizens who live in one state but work in another who are then subject to state income and other taxes in the state in which they", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "19675817", "text": "Mirror\". A performance of the song was shown on the 12 May 1977 edition of \"Top of the Pops\". The song was followed by another de Paul/Moran penned release, \"Going to a Disco\", but did not chart although it received a positive review from the British DJ James Hamilton. \"Let Your Body Go Downtown\" is still played on the radio, most recently on the Ana Matronic Disco Devotion radio show on BBC Radio 2. Let Your Body Go Downtown \"Let Your Body Go Downtown\" is a song co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran, and recorded by the Martyn", "title": "Let Your Body Go Downtown" }, { "docid": "4126277", "text": "early 2019. Once restored to working order, the locomotive will be used for weekend excursion runs from Downtown Nashville east to Watertown, TN. Two other NC&StL steamers also survive. The steamers are 0-4-0T's that used to work in the shops. They are stored in Taylorsville Tennessee and are in either Private ownership or abandoned. But they have been confirmed to be actual NC&StL steamers. Photos of the engines can be found in the steam locomotive.com page. They even appear to still have yellow painted handrails. In 2004, a former NC&StL diesel locomotive 710, an EMD GP7 was restored to its", "title": "Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway" }, { "docid": "16932947", "text": "Flying Faders automation, and two smaller studio suites each feature Pro Tools HD systems. In 2014, Quad was purchased by hit songwriter Marti Frederiksen and CEO of Round Hill Music Joshua Carl Gruss. It is currently being renovated and restored. Clark, Rick (October 1, 2007) Nashville Skyline. \"Mix Magazine\" Cooper, Peter (May 1, 2008) Nashville Skyline. \"Mix Magazine\" Quad Studios Nashville Quad Studios Nashville is a four-studio recording facility located on Music Row in Nashville, TN. The studio was originally opened in 1971 as Quadrafonic Sound Studio by session musicians David Briggs and Norbert Putnam. The studio immediately became the", "title": "Quad Studios Nashville" }, { "docid": "9917132", "text": "Shane Owens. In 2006, Rust signed a partnership agreement with Aaron Tippin to release his work in partnership with his startup label Nippit Records and trio BlackHawk, who came over after being dropped from Columbia Records. In January 2007, Rust Records closed its doors due to issues with its financial partners. All artists were released from their recording obligations at that time. Rust Nashville Rust Nashville was a recording company founded by Ken Cooper in 1998, originally to promote his band Vertigogo. It was originally based out of Northeast Ohio, most notably Cleveland, before its move to Nashville, TN, in", "title": "Rust Nashville" }, { "docid": "9917129", "text": "Rust Nashville Rust Nashville was a recording company founded by Ken Cooper in 1998, originally to promote his band Vertigogo. It was originally based out of Northeast Ohio, most notably Cleveland, before its move to Nashville, TN, in 2005. The label represented notable country artists such as Aaron Tippin and Shane Owens. Ken Cooper started Rust Records as a way to promote his band rock band Vertigogo. Upon the band's major label signing to Atlantic Records and change of the band's name to Sinomatic due to infringement upon a recording group from France, Rust Records again went onto the back", "title": "Rust Nashville" }, { "docid": "13574344", "text": "22, 1973. Nashville Arcade The Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in 1902. The arcade was developed by Daniel Franklin Carter Buntin and constructed by the Edgefield and Nashville Manufacturing Company. It was Nashville's first shopping center, replacing the former Overton Alley. Located between Fourth and Fifth avenues, The Arcade is at the center of the downtown Nashville Arts District and houses a very vibrant arts community. The Downtown Nashville First Saturday Art Crawl is a monthly event that takes place the first Saturday of every month from 6pm to 9pm. and", "title": "Nashville Arcade" }, { "docid": "13574342", "text": "Nashville Arcade The Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in 1902. The arcade was developed by Daniel Franklin Carter Buntin and constructed by the Edgefield and Nashville Manufacturing Company. It was Nashville's first shopping center, replacing the former Overton Alley. Located between Fourth and Fifth avenues, The Arcade is at the center of the downtown Nashville Arts District and houses a very vibrant arts community. The Downtown Nashville First Saturday Art Crawl is a monthly event that takes place the first Saturday of every month from 6pm to 9pm. and draws large", "title": "Nashville Arcade" }, { "docid": "3106168", "text": "Clarksville Campus is located at 1760 Wilma Rudolph Blvd. Clarksville, TN 37040. Nashville State Community College Nashville State Community College is a comprehensive, regionally accredited, two-year community college in Nashville, Tennessee operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Nashville State shares a campus with the Tennessee Technology Center at Nashville. The Nashville State facilities include of space for classrooms, labs, offices, student services, and a library. Nashville State offers a wide array of programs and degrees including: degree and certificate studies, university parallel transfer programs, continuing education, adult education, MNPS's Middle College High School, Dual Enrollment and community service programs.", "title": "Nashville State Community College" }, { "docid": "18771486", "text": "The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 21, 2012. Unearthed Films handles the home video distribution. The film has yet to be released on streaming services. \"Where the Dead Go to Die\" was panned by many viewers and Internet animation critics, criticizing its three stories, animation, characters, voice acting, writing, use of music, and incredibly dark content, such as eating fetuses, genital mutilation, bestiality, and necrophilia. It was however reviewed well in many horror publications, such as Rue Morgue, DVDtalk, and horrornews. Where the Dead Go to Die Where the Dead Go to Die is a 2012", "title": "Where the Dead Go to Die" }, { "docid": "8336993", "text": "Nashville metropolitan area The Nashville metropolitan area is centered on Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. It includes 14 counties in Middle Tennessee. The Office of Management and Budget defines the metro area as the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) designated for statistical use by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies. The area is the 36th largest MSA in the United States and is the largest metropolitan area in the state of Tennessee. The metropolitan statistical area was first designated in 1950 and initially included only Davidson County. As surrounding counties increased in", "title": "Nashville metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "6015442", "text": "TN status TN status or TN visa is a special non-immigrant status in the United States, Canada, and Mexico that offers expedited work authorization to a citizen of these countries. It bears a similarity, in some ways, to the US H-1B visa, but also has many unique features. Within the TN set of occupations, a United States, Canadian, or Mexican citizen can work in the one of the other two countries for up to three years. The permit may be renewed indefinitely. The visa category \"Professionals Under the North American Free Trade Agreement\" (NAFTA), also known as a TN (Treaty", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "7722137", "text": "hand at writing her own. Eventually, Betsy shares her secret writings with her mother, who successfully encourages her to write fiction of more elevated character. Betsy's parents decide that in order to foster a love of classic literature and make Betsy a better writer, she will be allowed to go alone to the new Carnegie library every two weeks, with spending money for a special mid-day treat to let her stay all day. Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943) is the fourth volume in the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace. In this volume in", "title": "Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown" }, { "docid": "6015453", "text": "work for a US company in the U.S. or study in the U.S. A Mexican citizen must first obtain a U.S. TN-2 visa at an American consulate (generally in Mexico). Once the TN visa stamp is in the Mexican citizen's passport, they may enter the U.S. with TN status in a similar manner to a Canadian citizen. In fiscal years 2007 through 2009, between 4,000 and 5,000 TN visas (including TN-2 visas for Mexicans) were issued by U.S. consulates each year. Prior to 2004, Mexicans were subject to an annual quota and to procedures similar to an H-1B visa. Renewal/extension", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "6015460", "text": "Immigration Service or Labor Department, the employer must show that the worker is in valid status. An employer must complete the Form I-9 for employees in TN visa status, as with all other employees. The following professions qualify for the TN visa. They are covered by Appendix 1603.D.1 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. TN status TN status or TN visa is a special non-immigrant status in the United States, Canada, and Mexico that offers expedited work authorization to a citizen of these countries. It bears a similarity, in some ways, to the US H-1B visa, but also has", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "6015454", "text": "of TN status can be done either by mail (which requires filing of form I-129 \"Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker\" by the employer, along with proof of the TN holder's citizenship and education, and an extension letter similar to the original offer letter) or by duplication of the original process (for Mexican citizens, a trip to a US consulate; for Canadians leaving and re-entering U.S., document requirements are similar to those for obtaining the original TN). TN holders (and any dependents) are required to leave the U.S. as soon as the TN status expires or the job is terminated; there", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "9917131", "text": "its run. Starting with the alternative rock group Cherry Monroe, Rust became a Universal Imprint and was among the first labels to sign a deal with the then new Fontana Distribution company. They then released records by other local artists Between Home and Serenity, Blush, View From Everest, Southcott, and Lareau before venturing into country music with artist Shane Owens. In 2005, Rust Records made the move from Cleveland, OH, to Nashville, TN, where the company made a major change: it switched genres from rock & roll to country. In 2005, the band signed emerging artists The Povertyneck Hillbillies and", "title": "Rust Nashville" }, { "docid": "12872325", "text": "MT-TN Mitochondrially encoded tRNA asparagine also known as MT-TN is a transfer RNA which in humans is encoded by the mitochondrial \"MT-TN\" gene. The \"MT-TN\" gene is located on the p arm of the non-nuclear mitochondrial DNA at position 12 and it spans 73 base pairs. The structure of a tRNA molecule is a distinctive folded structure which contains three hairpin loops and resembles a three-leafed clover. MT-TN is a small 73 nucleotide RNA (human mitochondrial map position 5657-5729) that transfers the amino acid asparagine to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosome site of protein synthesis during translation. Mutations", "title": "MT-TN" }, { "docid": "12872327", "text": "with complex IV deficiency of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, also known as the cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency is a rare genetic condition that can affect multiple parts of the body, including skeletal muscles, the heart, the brain, or the liver. Common clinical manifestations include myopathy, hypotonia, and encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. 5709T>C mutations in \"MT-TN\" have been found in patients with the deficiency. MT-TN Mitochondrially encoded tRNA asparagine also known as MT-TN is a transfer RNA which in humans is encoded by the mitochondrial \"MT-TN\" gene. The \"MT-TN\" gene is located on the p", "title": "MT-TN" }, { "docid": "6015450", "text": "status is a fairly streamlined procedure. The Canadian at the U.S. port of entry, must: The U.S. immigration officer will then adjudicate the application on the spot and grant or deny TN status. If the decision is to grant TN status, the Canadian immediately enters the U.S. and begins TN employment. If the decision is to deny, the immigration officer will often detail the shortcomings in the application; if these are relatively straightforward to correct, the Canadian will often correct the problem in a day or so and then return to the border to reapply. Alternatively, a prospective TN employer", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "3152997", "text": "TN 75 The TN 75 is a French-built thermonuclear warhead used on France's M45 SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missiles, carried by the last of the \"Redoutable\" class submarines, S616 \"Inflexible\", and by the \"Triomphant\" class submarines. The French Navy has 290 TN-75 warheads. It is a miniaturized, hardened and stealthy successor to the TN 71. Development began in 1987 and developmental testing of the warhead ended in 1991, but French president Jacques Chirac asserted in June 1995 (50 years after the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) that a full yield proof test was needed prior to deployment, causing an international", "title": "TN 75" }, { "docid": "19313348", "text": "Go Where You Wanna Go \"Go Where You Wanna Go\" is a 1965 song written by John Phillips. It was originally recorded by The Mamas & the Papas on their LP \"If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears\" and given limited release as a single. However, the record was withdrawn and its B-side reassigned to \"California Dreamin'.\" \"Go Where You Wanna Go\" was later made into a hit by The 5th Dimension. P.F. Sloan played guitar on the song. John Phillips said that he wrote it about Michelle Phillips' affair with Russ Titelman, a songwriter and record producer. The", "title": "Go Where You Wanna Go" }, { "docid": "6015448", "text": "are admitted into the United States in TN-1 status at the border. Canadian citizens are not required to obtain a visa, but instead receive TN status with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at their port of entry (most commonly it is done upon entry to the United States from Canada, but entry in TN status is permitted at any port of entry, such as an airport with United States border preclearance). It must be noted that the TN status will only be granted if the period of stay is \"temporary\". There is no appeal recourse if one is refused", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "16932945", "text": "Quad Studios Nashville Quad Studios Nashville is a four-studio recording facility located on Music Row in Nashville, TN. The studio was originally opened in 1971 as Quadrafonic Sound Studio by session musicians David Briggs and Norbert Putnam. The studio immediately became the home of many major recording sessions including Neil Young's \"Harvest\" album which included the single \"Heart of Gold,\" Jimmy Buffett's biggest hit \"Margaritaville\" from his best selling album Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes, much of Joan Baez' early 1970s work, including her hit recording of \"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down\" and Dobie Gray's R&B classic", "title": "Quad Studios Nashville" }, { "docid": "12872326", "text": "in \"MT-TN\" have been associated with isolated ophthalmoplegia. Ophthalmoplegia is a condition characterized by eye muscle weakness. Common symptoms of the disorder include hearing loss, loss of sensation in the limbs, ataxia, and neuropathy. Multiple mutations of 5692A>G and 5703G>A have been found in patients with ophthalmoplegia. Such mutations in \"MT-TN\" resulted in a failure in oxidative phosphorylation and protein synthesis of the mitochondria. In addition, a 5728A>G transition of \"MT-TN\" was found to result in a combined deficiency of complex I and IV, with symptoms of failure to thrive, renal failure, and mental retardation. \"MT-TN\" mutations have been associated", "title": "MT-TN" }, { "docid": "8720520", "text": "Inman of Brentwood, TN. In 1989, after years as a national newspaper sales representative based in New York, Albie Delfavero recognized the need of his hometown, Nashville, to have an alternative weekly paper. The \"alternative paper\" format made news in cities across the country, especially on the east coast. The industry itself made news, took journalistic risk, provided arts criticism, schedules, and \"happenings,\" and did not mince words re local and national politics. Delfavero enlisted Bruce Dobie, political reporter for Nashville's soon to be \"late\" daily, The Nashville Banner, to become editor. The both of them, with an array of", "title": "Nashville Scene" }, { "docid": "6015458", "text": "the regular Social Security benefit calculation minus the Windfall Elimination Provision will be applied. Therefore, the worker may receive 3 cheques, one each from the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security and US Social Security. TN status has some similarities with the H-1B visa. TN status may be easier for some Canadians or Mexicans to obtain, as they are not subject to the annual cap for H-1B visas issued. But the most important difference is that TN status does \"not\" include the doctrine of dual intent. Therefore, Canadians or Mexicans on TN status must be careful if they desire to", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "19313349", "text": "5th Dimension recorded \"Go Where You Wanna Go\" for their debut studio album in 1967, \"Up, Up and Away\". Johnny Rivers suggested the group cover the song. The song was the group's first single, and reached number 16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also did well in Canada. It is among the group's 10 biggest hits. Go Where You Wanna Go \"Go Where You Wanna Go\" is a 1965 song written by John Phillips. It was originally recorded by The Mamas & the Papas on their LP \"If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears\" and given limited", "title": "Go Where You Wanna Go" }, { "docid": "3152998", "text": "outcry. Its first full-yield test was probably the 110 kt detonation on 1 October 1995 at Fangataufa. It will be succeeded by the TNO, the \"Tête nucléaire océanique\". TN 75 The TN 75 is a French-built thermonuclear warhead used on France's M45 SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missiles, carried by the last of the \"Redoutable\" class submarines, S616 \"Inflexible\", and by the \"Triomphant\" class submarines. The French Navy has 290 TN-75 warheads. It is a miniaturized, hardened and stealthy successor to the TN 71. Development began in 1987 and developmental testing of the warhead ended in 1991, but French president Jacques Chirac", "title": "TN 75" }, { "docid": "7722135", "text": "Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943) is the fourth volume in the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace. In this volume in the series, horseless carriages arrive in Deep Valley for the first time when Mr. Poppy, the owner of the Opera House, buys an automobile. Betsy's friend Tib is his first passenger — along with his wife — due simply to her having the boldness to ask for a ride. Although the girls' classmate Winona Root is initially jealous of Tib over this experience, she soon gets over it and invites Betsy, Tacy, and", "title": "Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown" }, { "docid": "9469097", "text": "location founded at the Dickson Walmart (located off Highway 46 and Beasley Drive), bus service from Dickson to Nashville began on Monday, January 5, 2015 as the 88X Dickson Express. Light Rail & Bus Rapid Transit The MTA took over operation of the Music City Star commuter train in 2008 after initial service began in 2006. Clarksville, TN is one step closer to having commuter rail to Nashville, after a firm was selected to conduct a study. The Regional Transportation Authority has hired the firm of Parsons Brinkerhoff to conduct a study to provide consensus among the RTA, the Nashville", "title": "Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority" }, { "docid": "17851557", "text": "single club for the 2014 NPSL season. The club had two teams participating in the Middle Tennessee Soccer Alliance, Nashville's largest competitive adult league, and had partnered with the TN State Soccer Association (TSSA), an organization with over 20,000 registered players in the middle Tennessee area alone. On May 24, 2014, Nashville FC held its first ever home match at Vanderbilt Stadium, defeating the Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves 3–1 in front of a crowd of nearly 2,000 fans. After a maiden season in which fourth place in the Southeastern Conference garnered the club a playoff spot, Nashville was eliminated at the", "title": "Nashville FC" }, { "docid": "18463215", "text": "TN! Theatre Company The TN! Theatre Company (1979–1991) was a theatre company in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The TN! Theatre Company had its roots in the Twelfth Night Theatre Company which was established in 1936. The company established its own theatre building in Bowen Hills in 1971, but the costs of operating the theatre lead to conflicts between artistic and commercial considerations, leading to a decoupling of the premises and the performing arts aspects of the organisation in 1979. The TN! Theatre Company was the resultant performing company which would lease premises as it required for performance. The TN! Theatre Company", "title": "TN! Theatre Company" }, { "docid": "2766544", "text": "season at the desk. Joining her were country singers Randy Owen (lead singer of Alabama) and Blake Shelton. The standings for 2007 were: The above ten were chosen from over fifty Regional Finalists, selected from local area callbacks and auditions. The Regional Finals were held in Nashville, TN on November 1, 2, and 3, 2006 at The Stage. The 2007 winner of \"Nashville Star\" was 29-year-old Angela Hacker from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, who finished just ahead of her younger brother, Zac. It was the first time that siblings had competed, let alone finished in the top two. The fifth season", "title": "Nashville Star" }, { "docid": "19675816", "text": "Let Your Body Go Downtown \"Let Your Body Go Downtown\" is a song co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran, and recorded by the Martyn Ford Orchestra as a single on 18 March 1977 on the Mountain record label. A 12-inch single was also released. It was also released in France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands on Vertigo Records. As noted by \"Record World\" magazine, it took the single three months to enter the UK Singles Chart. However, this insistent funk/soul/disco song reached No. 38 on that chart, and No. 12 on the UK Disco Chart, published by \"Record", "title": "Let Your Body Go Downtown" }, { "docid": "18771485", "text": "Where the Dead Go to Die Where the Dead Go to Die is a 2012 American computer-animated anthology horror crime drama written, directed, composed, edited, and animated by James \"Jimmy ScreamerClauz\" Creamer. The film revolves around a group of kids living on the same block. The kids named Tommy, Sofia, and Ralph are being haunted by a talking, black, red-eyed dog named Labby, who takes them on a hellish ride through dimensions and time periods. The first segment is called \"Tainted Milk\", the second is called \"Liquid Memories\", and the last segment is called \"The Mask That the Monsters Wear\".", "title": "Where the Dead Go to Die" }, { "docid": "16746373", "text": "extends down to the keel. All the tail surfaces are straight tapered; there is a trim tab on the starboard elevator. The TN-1 lands on a fixed, unsprung but braked monowheel undercarriage, assisted by a tailskid. Some fifteen months after its first flight, the TN-1 was undergoing its certification trials but no further progress had been reported by 1980. Tainan TN-1 The Tainan TN-1, alternatively known by the manufacturer's name Tainan F-5, is a single seat glider built in Japan in the 1970s. There was no series production. Though its construction began in 1974, the Tainan TN-1 is a conservative", "title": "Tainan TN-1" }, { "docid": "13459612", "text": "disco progenitors Jean-Marc Cerrone and Giorgio Moroder. \"Where You Go I Go Too\" is often classified as \"space disco\" due to these influences and because it possesses a \"spacey, psychedelic\" sound. Lindstrøm listened to the Beach Boys, the Eagles, and Kirsty MacColl while writing the album. \"Where You Go I Go Too\" debuted at No. 11 on the Norwegian music chart. The following week it fell to No. 27 before leaving the list. The record did not chart internationally. In 2009, \"Where You Go I Go Too\" received a Spellemannprisen award for \"best electronica album\". The album was well received", "title": "Where You Go I Go Too" }, { "docid": "13459605", "text": "Where You Go I Go Too Where You Go I Go Too is the first studio album by Norwegian electronica artist Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. It was first released in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2008 and was subsequently released the next day in the United States. The album comprises three tracks, roughly 30, 10, and 15 minutes in length. \"Where You Go I Go Too\" is usually labeled \"space disco\" due to its \"spacey, psychedelic\" feel and four-to-the-floor beats. Production of the album followed the 2006 release of \"It's a Feedelity Affair\", a compilation of singles. Lindstrøm had become dissatisfied", "title": "Where You Go I Go Too" }, { "docid": "11746989", "text": "tracks... And, as on so many Atkins albums, there is at least one track that one can develop a guilty addiction to for no particular reason; here, it's the happy-go-lucky \"Always on Saturday.\"\" Our Man in Nashville Our Man in Nashville is the twentieth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1963. RCA did a series of \"Our Man in ...\" and Chet was indeed their man in Nashville. He was producing and developing the \"Nashville sound\". \"Our Man in Nashville\" is out of print. Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album \"Chester remains", "title": "Our Man in Nashville" }, { "docid": "8336994", "text": "population and population densities and in the number of the number of their residents employed in Davidson County, the OMB added new counties to the MSA. Today, the metro area includes Davidson and 13 other counties. Principal cities in the Nashville metro area include: <nowiki>*</nowiki> County was not a part of this statistical area at the time of this Census and the county's population is not included in the total. The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro, TN, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is the result of the addition of the Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Shelbyville (Bedford County), Lawrenceburg (Lawrence County) and Lewisburg (Marshall County) to", "title": "Nashville metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "6015443", "text": "NAFTA) visa, is available only to citizens of Canada and Mexico, under the terms of the NAFTA. Starting in 1989 and continuing through 1993, qualifying individuals practicing one of the professions identified in the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) were able to obtain TC status for legal work in the United States and Canada, creating freedom of labor movement. In 1994, TN status became effective through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which superseded CUSFTA. A person may be eligible for TN status, if: Once TN status is granted, it is valid for up to three years, but", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "6015449", "text": "TN status. Canadian citizenship for TN status purposes may be by descent or naturalization. Those with qualifications from sources outside Canada or the U.S. must prove equivalency to the U.S. requirements. Canadians have two alternative procedures to apply for TN status. One by going directly to their port of entry and the other one by mailing their application to the designated processing office prior to their intended trip into the United States [two- six months processing time, unless you use the Premium Processing service]; Canadians already in the US could do the same, without having to leave. Applying for this", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "13380304", "text": "TN Mobile tn mobile, first introduced as Cell One and then Leo, is a mobile telecommunications company in Namibia providing cellular coverage. It is the second largest mobile operator in Namibia with around 300.000 active subscribers. The company is 100% owned by Telecom Namibia, which is in turn wholly owned by the Namibian government. In 2012, state-owned Telecom Namibia took full control of Leo, when the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) approved the takeover. The company was fully incorporated by Telecom Namibia in 2013 as its mobile division and renamed to tn mobile (Telecom Namibia Mobile). Telecom expanded and", "title": "TN Mobile" }, { "docid": "6015447", "text": "permitted to attend school. In most states, non-resident tuition rates will apply for post-secondary institutions. If the spouse requesting TD status is not a Canadian citizen, he or she will usually still qualify for TD status, but must first request a formal TD visa at a US consulate. The US consulates report 3,000 to 4,000 TD visas issued in each US fiscal year from 2007 to 2009; this includes visas issued both to family members of Mexican TN-2 visa holders and to non-Canadian family members of Canadian TN-1 entrants. For Canadians, TN status does not involve a visa. Canadian professionals", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "19814739", "text": "TN4F in 1970 and the TN4H in 1971. Solido produced a die-cast model of the TN6C version from the 1960s onward. This model was made of metal and plastic and was to a scale of 1:50. Renault TN The Renault TN is a range of buses produced from 1931 until 1971 for the Paris service. They have been described by \"Le Monde\" as a \"symbol of a Paris era\". In 1931, the first TN model, the TN4, a bus with a length of 9.5 metres, was introduced at the request of Société des transports en commun de la région parisienne", "title": "Renault TN" }, { "docid": "19814736", "text": "Renault TN The Renault TN is a range of buses produced from 1931 until 1971 for the Paris service. They have been described by \"Le Monde\" as a \"symbol of a Paris era\". In 1931, the first TN model, the TN4, a bus with a length of 9.5 metres, was introduced at the request of Société des transports en commun de la région parisienne (STCRP), the predecessor of the RATP. The TN4 introduced the radiator in front of the engine instead of behind as used on previous Renault buses. The TN4, more powerful and with a larger capacity (up to", "title": "Renault TN" }, { "docid": "6015459", "text": "ultimately pursue the green card. Either they should first switch to the H-1B visa before applying for the green card, or they must carefully time things to ensure they do not attempt to renew TN status after the green card application is formally pending (generally meaning that Form I-485 package has been filed for TN holder; those pursuing consular process can renew until just before the interview appointment at an immigrant-visa–issuing U.S. consulate). Employers do not need to maintain extensive documents and records on TN workers, unlike with H-1B employees. In the case of an investigation or audit by the", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "11874435", "text": "thunderstorms along it. At around 6:45 p.m. local time—approximately one hour after sunset—one thunderstorm neared what is now the Nashville metropolitan area. Shortly before 7:30 p.m. a tornado touched down west of downtown Nashville, along the Charlotte Pike and 51st Avenue. The tornado intensified as it proceeded into downtown Nashville, shattering windows in the Tennessee State Capitol. The tornado extensively damaged many structures in downtown Nashville and passed only several hundred feet from the U.S. Weather Bureau office. As it crossed the Cumberland River into East Nashville, the tornado burgeoned to wide, damaging several four-story factories. Within a segment of", "title": "March 1933 Nashville tornado outbreak" }, { "docid": "20030086", "text": "stars out of a possible five stating that the album was \"great\" for \"worship leaders or any body who loves new, fresh worship music.\" Adapted from AllMusic. Where You Go I Go Where You Go I Go is the third live album by American Christian worship duo Brian & Jenn Johnson. The album was released on September 30, 2008 by ION Records. Jeremy Edwardson and Brian Johnson worked together on the production of the album. The album was recorded live at Bethel Church in Redding, California. In a review for Cross Rhythms, Adrian Cherrill bestowed the album eight squares out", "title": "Where You Go I Go" }, { "docid": "20030085", "text": "Where You Go I Go Where You Go I Go is the third live album by American Christian worship duo Brian & Jenn Johnson. The album was released on September 30, 2008 by ION Records. Jeremy Edwardson and Brian Johnson worked together on the production of the album. The album was recorded live at Bethel Church in Redding, California. In a review for Cross Rhythms, Adrian Cherrill bestowed the album eight squares out of ten, saying \"Lyrically strong and excellently played, the whole album exudes a powerful worship atmosphere.\" Justin K of NewReleaseToday rated the album four and a half", "title": "Where You Go I Go" }, { "docid": "6015446", "text": "on the mood of the individual border official. Some Canadians have successfully renewed TN status for a decade or more; others have found that after 3–4 years a border official may deny renewal. The spouse and dependent children under the age of 21 of a TN professional may apply for TD status (TD-1 for the family members of a Canadian citizen worker, or TD-2 for those of a Mexican worker). TD status can't be granted for longer than the period of time granted to the principal TN professional holder. TD status does not allow them to work, although they are", "title": "TN status" }, { "docid": "15705521", "text": "Where You Came From\"'s viewing figures made it the highest-rating programme for SBS in 2011. An estimated 524,000 metropolitan viewers watched the first episode, followed by 569,000 for the second and 600,000 for the third. The broadcaster subsequently held a televised forum event to reflect on the series and the public debate about asylum seekers. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 The series has had international versions after the concept was sold to the following countries: Go Back to Where You Came From Go Back To Where You Came From is a Logie Award-winning", "title": "Go Back to Where You Came From" }, { "docid": "17798919", "text": "second single from the release is \"Greater\" that peaked at No. 2 on the same chart for the charting week of September 6, 2014. The album \"Welcome to the New\" released on April 8, 2014 by Fair Trade Services and Columbia Records. The producers of the album are David Garcia and Ben Glover. The material for the album was recorded in 2013 and 2014 in various studios in and around Music City, and those studios are as follows; Fab Music in Franklin, TN, The Glove Box Nashville, TN, The House of Blues in Nashville, TN and DarkHorse Studios in Franklin,", "title": "Welcome to the New" }, { "docid": "6943343", "text": "in the latter two configurations. Three wheel bases were available, with gross weight ratings ranging from 2.55 to 4.6 tonnes. Mercedes-Benz-built gasoline or diesel engines were available as powerplant options for the rear-wheel drive chassis. The best known 4x4 Versions of the Mercedes TN/T1 were made by Iglhaut by adjusting parts of the G-Wagen to the TN/T1-chassis. The TN/T1 van was also used as a campervan conversion, being much larger than the Volkswagen Transporter. Its closest European competitors were the Volkswagen LT and the Ford Transit. In 1995, after 18 years of production, the TN/T1 van series was discontinued, succeeded", "title": "Mercedes-Benz TN" }, { "docid": "18463216", "text": "formed an alliance with the Brisbane College of Education and used its performance space (the former Fortitude Valley Methodist Church) in Brookes Street, Fortitude Valley. In 1986, the TN! Theatre Company entered into a 10 year lease of the Princess Theatre in Woolloongabba. However, financial difficulties resulted in the closure of the company with its last performance in 1991. The University of Queensland Fryer Library holds a substantial collections of records of the company. TN! Theatre Company The TN! Theatre Company (1979–1991) was a theatre company in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The TN! Theatre Company had its roots in the Twelfth", "title": "TN! Theatre Company" }, { "docid": "18558078", "text": "project covers 6.17 Lakh Hectares of Ayacut areas in four phases. 55 sub basins were covered in year 2013 with an outlay of Rs.2547 crores. The Coordinating line departments of TN-IAMWARM are as follows TN-IAMWARM Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water-Bodies Restoration and Management (TN-IAMWARM) is a multidisciplinary project funded by the World Bank and implemented by the Water Resources Organization (WRO), PWD and Government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu as the Nodal Agencies. Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (TNAU) concentrates on the upscaling of water saving technologies in rice and major garden land crops. The total out", "title": "TN-IAMWARM" }, { "docid": "14691945", "text": "East Nashville, Tennessee East Nashville is an area east of downtown Nashville, Tennessee across the Cumberland River. The area is mostly residential and mixed-use areas with businesses lining the main boulevards. The main thoroughfare is Gallatin Avenue and Ellington Parkway with smaller arteries interconnecting the neighborhoods. Some of these smaller arteries include Main Street, Shelby Avenue, Porter Road, Riverside Drive, Eastland Avenue, McFerrrin Avenue, and Woodland Street in no significant order. Ellington Parkway, which parallels Gallatin Avenue and Main Street, bypasses I-24 and I-65 and connects Briley Parkway and downtown Nashville and many other secondary streets along the way. The", "title": "East Nashville, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "16746371", "text": "Tainan TN-1 The Tainan TN-1, alternatively known by the manufacturer's name Tainan F-5, is a single seat glider built in Japan in the 1970s. There was no series production. Though its construction began in 1974, the Tainan TN-1 is a conservative design both structurally, with little use of composite materials, and aerodynamically, employing well tested Göttingen airfoils from forty years before. Consequently, its performance is modest. It first flew in December 1976. The TN-1 has high mounted wings of straight tapered, square tipped plan, forward swept by 2° 4' at one quarter-chord and with 3° of dihedral. They are built", "title": "Tainan TN-1" }, { "docid": "7610112", "text": "Nashville Knights The Nashville Knights are a women's American football team of the Legends Football League (LFL) based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Knights are the LFL's 22nd team in the history of the LFL's U.S. league. The team plays its home games at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in downtown Nashville. In 2010, the then-Lingerie Football League almost established a franchise for the Nashville area, but the plans were canceled due to a successful petition by locals to keep it out of the area. This was due to the controversy of the uniforms worn by LFL players when the league started. The", "title": "Nashville Knights" }, { "docid": "3987797", "text": "were working on a further sequel, \"Farewell Marie-Claire,\" in which the story was brought to a conclusion. The song was to feature the same waltz feel as the original. But Sarstedt's retirement from the music industry meant that the track was abandoned. Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? \"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?\" is a song by the British singer–songwriter Peter Sarstedt. Its recording was produced by Ray Singer, engineered by John Mackswith at Lansdowne Recording Studios and released in 1969. It was a number-one 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in 1969,", "title": "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" }, { "docid": "295092", "text": "if routes were expanded, but conceded that it would be nearly impossible to resume Amtrak service to Nashville without a substantial investment from the state because federal money has dried up. Nashville launched a passenger commuter rail system called the Music City Star on September 18, 2006. The only currently operational leg of the system connects the city of Lebanon to downtown Nashville at the Nashville Riverfront station. Legs to Clarksville, Murfreesboro and Gallatin are currently in the feasibility study stage. The system plan includes seven legs connecting Nashville to surrounding suburbs. Bridges within the city include: Nashville is an", "title": "Nashville, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "15705518", "text": "Go Back to Where You Came From Go Back To Where You Came From is a Logie Award-winning Australian TV documentary series, produced by Cordell Jigsaw Productions and broadcast in 2011 (Season 1), 2012 (Season 2) and 2015 (Season 3) on SBS. The series followed two parties, each of six Australians, all members having differing opinions on Australia's asylum seeker debate, being taken on a journey in reverse to that which refugees have taken to reach Australia. The six Australian participants were Gleny Rae, Adam Hartup, Raquel Moore, Darren Hassan, Raye Colbey, and Roderick Schneider. Deprived of their wallets, phones", "title": "Go Back to Where You Came From" }, { "docid": "20498060", "text": "amend the Metro charter to continue existing activities at the fairgrounds site. The amendment was passed by over 70 percent of voters. In 2016, mayor Megan Barry proposed demolishing several buildings on the fairgrounds to make way for community parks and soccer fields. The plan, which also includes a new soccer stadium for the new Nashville MLS team, would displace the fair by 2019. Nashville Fairgrounds The Nashville Fairgrounds, also known as The Fairgrounds Nashville and the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, is an entertainment complex in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The site is located southeast of Downtown Nashville on the Nolensville", "title": "Nashville Fairgrounds" }, { "docid": "20498058", "text": "Nashville Fairgrounds The Nashville Fairgrounds, also known as The Fairgrounds Nashville and the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, is an entertainment complex in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The site is located southeast of Downtown Nashville on the Nolensville Pike. It is home to the Tennessee State Fair, and also hosts the Fairgrounds Speedway, the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena, and the Nashville Flea Market. The site is planned to be redeveloped into a mixed-use development, with commercial and residential use, a community park, and a soccer stadium. The fairgrounds originally opened in 1891 as a horse racing track named Cumberland Park. The", "title": "Nashville Fairgrounds" }, { "docid": "12498147", "text": "Where do you want to go today? “Where do you want to go today?” was the title of Microsoft’s 2nd global image advertising campaign. The broadcast, print and outdoor advertising campaign was launched in November 1994 through the advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, the firm best known for its work on behalf of Nike, Inc. The campaign, which \"The New York Times\" described as taking “a winsome, humanistic approach to demystifying technology”, had Microsoft spending $100 million through July 1995, of which $25 million would be spent during the holiday shopping season ending in December 1994. Tony Kaye directed a series of", "title": "Where do you want to go today?" }, { "docid": "3987790", "text": "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? \"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?\" is a song by the British singer–songwriter Peter Sarstedt. Its recording was produced by Ray Singer, engineered by John Mackswith at Lansdowne Recording Studios and released in 1969. It was a number-one 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in 1969, and was awarded the 1969 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In the United States, the record reached No. 61 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles. The single also peaked at No. 70 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100", "title": "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" }, { "docid": "13459617", "text": "generic library music...\" While Draper considered it a solid song, he decided it was a \"little too saccharine for its own good\". Hoffman enjoyed the song and wrote \"the vibe is rangy and exultant [...] as blissful and bemused as the vehemently unpretentious [cover] shot of Lindstrøm.\" All songs written by Hans-Peter Lindstrøm except where noted. Original release iTunes bonus song (also available on Spotify) Special edition Where You Go I Go Too Where You Go I Go Too is the first studio album by Norwegian electronica artist Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. It was first released in the United Kingdom on August", "title": "Where You Go I Go Too" }, { "docid": "12498150", "text": "New York Times\" as mutual. Dan Wieden, president and chief creative officer of the advertising agency, characterized the relationship with Microsoft as “intense” and said that it had “run its course”. The slogan is used on some Australian commercials. Where do you want to go today? “Where do you want to go today?” was the title of Microsoft’s 2nd global image advertising campaign. The broadcast, print and outdoor advertising campaign was launched in November 1994 through the advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, the firm best known for its work on behalf of Nike, Inc. The campaign, which \"The New York Times\" described", "title": "Where do you want to go today?" }, { "docid": "5403667", "text": "in Nashville should be desegregated, West agreed that they should. After subsequent negotiations between the store owners and protest leaders, an agreement was reached during the first week of May. On May 10, six downtown stores began serving black customers at their lunch counters for the first time. Although the initial campaign successfully desegregated downtown lunch counters, sit-ins, pickets, and protests against other segregated facilities continued in Nashville until passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended overt, legally sanctioned segregation nationwide. Many of the organizers of the Nashville sit-ins went on to become important leaders in the", "title": "Nashville sit-ins" }, { "docid": "16089071", "text": "the 2017 \"Nashville Scene\" \"Best of Nashville\" awards. 505 (Nashville) 505, previously known as 505 CST and Paramount, is a residential skyscraper in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, located at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Church Street. 505 stands on the location originally intended for the cancelled Signature Tower. The 45-story building is tall and feature of floor space. 505 is the tallest building in Nashville based on occupied floors, and the second tallest overall behind the AT&T Building. It includes 500 apartment units ranging from under to more than , with an option to later convert the top 175 units", "title": "505 (Nashville)" }, { "docid": "9541491", "text": "and dining room sets. Rooms To Go began selling Eric Church's \"Highway to Home\" furniture collection in 2016. \"This collection of bedroom, dining room, upholstery and occasional pieces is inspired by Eric's eclectic music and lifestyle.\" Before moving to Nashville, Church worked in a furniture manufacturing plant, and his father continues to work in the industry. Rooms To Go Rooms To Go Incorporated is an American furniture store chain. Based in Seffner, Florida the company operates 226 stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in September", "title": "Rooms To Go" }, { "docid": "13459610", "text": "\"Where You Go I Go Too\" was released by Smalltown Supersound on August 18, 2008 in the United Kingdom, and August 19 in the United States. A special edition was issued on December 23, 2008. The album featured a bonus disc with edited versions of the original tracks by frequent Lindstrøm collaborator Prins Thomas. Lindstrøm toured in Austria, Germany, Spain, and the United States that fall. \"Where You Go I Go Too\" comprises three tracks, roughly 30, 10, and 15 minutes in duration, which seamlessly flow into each other in transitions that were described as \"gradual and subtle\". The songs", "title": "Where You Go I Go Too" }, { "docid": "13459614", "text": "pleasure [...] \"Where You Go I Go Too\" would make even the most hellish of journeys seem like a first-class trip.\" Jim Brackpool of Yahoo! Music felt audience reactions would be polarized; some would find it \"sophisticated and lovingly crafted\", while others might be put off by its \"unabashed opulence\". No Ripcord writer Sam Draper christened the record \"one of the finest pieces of music [he had] heard in years.\" \"Pitchfork\" editor Tim Finney believed \"Where You Go I Go Too\" showed signs of a masterpiece, but also possessed \"bloat, excess, and splendor\" reminiscent of disco revivalists. \"Pitchfork\" named it", "title": "Where You Go I Go Too" }, { "docid": "14691972", "text": "East Nashville, is trying to set stricter building codes and design the city around pedestrians rather than cars. Along with building design and function, mass transit train system is also in the plans, which will run from the East Nashville neighborhood to midtown, just west of downtown Nashville. In \"The Plan of Nashville\" Gallatin Pike will be greatly affected with a complete overhaul in its function and design. In the Plan of Nashville the east bank of the Cumberland River will be greatly changed as LP Field will be surrounded by greenways and walkable streets. East Nashville, Tennessee East Nashville", "title": "East Nashville, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "1700870", "text": "for later broadcast by CMA broadcast partner ABC. The CMA Music Festival is considered one of the largest country music festivals in the world, takes place in Nashville, TN every summer. Hundreds of thousands of fans flock to downtown Nashville, TN to listen to hundreds of artists perform on 11+ stages. All day long fans have a chance to meet their favorite country music artists at Fan Fair X. The four days of events are later re-edited into a three-hour special, also aired on ABC during the summer months. Country Music Association The Country Music Association (CMA) was founded in", "title": "Country Music Association" }, { "docid": "15675402", "text": "singing about a growing apart and making choices when a relationship changes. He serenades the camera, pleading, \"Where do we go from here? My heart, my soul, won't let you go,\" as he tosses a notebook of lyrics across the room and stares hopelessly off into the distance. \"Where Do We Go\" may be his venture into ballads and an acoustic side. Credits adapted are taken from Allmusic. Where Do We Go \"Where Do We Go\" is a song by British recording artist, Jay Sean, taken from his mixtape album,\"The Mistress\" and is the mixtape's lead single. The song was", "title": "Where Do We Go" }, { "docid": "7610115", "text": "tryouts were held at Boost Fit Club in Nashville on December 8, 2018 in preparation for the 2019 season. The Knights 2019 schedule basically mirrors that of last year, except in reverse, but instead of Seattle, the schedule includes a rematch of the 2018 Eastern Conference Championship game against the Chicago Bliss. Nashville Knights The Nashville Knights are a women's American football team of the Legends Football League (LFL) based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Knights are the LFL's 22nd team in the history of the LFL's U.S. league. The team plays its home games at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in downtown", "title": "Nashville Knights" }, { "docid": "295037", "text": "a day's driving distance. Nashville's first skyscraper, the Life & Casualty Tower, was completed in 1957 and launched the construction of other high rises in downtown Nashville. After the construction of the AT&T Building (commonly referred to by locals as the \"Batman Building\") in 1994, the downtown area saw little construction until the mid-2000s. The Pinnacle, a high rise office building, opened in 2010, the first Nashville skyscraper completed in more than 15 years. Ten more skyscrapers have since been constructed or are under construction. Many civic and infrastructure projects are being planned, in progress, or recently completed. A new", "title": "Nashville, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "6943342", "text": "Mercedes-Benz TN In 1977 Mercedes-Benz introduced a new van/truck (a.k.a. transporter), called T1 internally. Other designations were series TN / T1N (\"Transporter Neu\" / \"Transporter 1Neu\") and Bremer Transporter, since the vehicle was built in the Transporter-Plant in Bremen, Germany, first. In the years 1983/1984 production went - piece by piece - to the Transporter-Plant-Düsseldorf (city in the Rhineland, Germany). The internal chassis-designations (Baumuster, \"BM\") are: 601 (2,55-2,8t GVWR), 602 (3,2-3,5t GVWR) and 611 (4,6t GVWR). The TN/T1 was available as a minibus or fitted with a cargo box body or flat cargo bed. A double cab version was offered", "title": "Mercedes-Benz TN" }, { "docid": "6943347", "text": "having a modified cylinder head and less bore which lowered the capacity from 2404 cc to 2399 cc, but producing slightly more power (72 bhp) and using 5-speed-gearboxes instead of the early 4-speed-versions. In autumn 1988, two new diesel engines - called OM 601/23 and OM 602/29 - were offered, awarded the \"Diesel 1989\" award. After 18 years of production, 970,000 of the Bremer Transporter were produced. In 1995 the Mercedes-Benz T1N Sprinter was launched, replacing the T1. TN / T1 Diesel (1977-1995) TN / T1 Petrol (1977-1995) TN / T1 Electro (1978-1980?) The internal chassis-designations: 601 - 2,55-2,8 t", "title": "Mercedes-Benz TN" }, { "docid": "7031602", "text": "North, and Broadway in the city marks the site of his home. In 1996 a monument sculpted by Alan LeQuire to honor Demonbreun was erected near Fort Nashborough overlooking the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. Demonbreun Street crosses Interstate 40 in downtown Nashville. He was most likely buried at Nashville City Cemetery but early records no longer exist. A monunument has been erected in honor of Timothy Demonbreun at Carney Cemetery in Ashland City, TN. It is not probable that he is buried there. At the time of his death this was the farm of his past mistress Elizabeth Bennett", "title": "Timothy Demonbreun" }, { "docid": "814965", "text": "in six games, and then lost to the Winnipeg Jets in seven games in the second round. The Nashville Predators have played their home games at Bridgestone Arena since their inaugural season in 1998. Opened in 1996, Bridgestone Arena is a multi-purpose venue in downtown Nashville. The Predators' practice facility is located at Centennial Sportsplex, a multi-use athletic complex located next to Centennial Park. Both facilities are owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Fans of the Nashville Predators have modified the octopus-throwing tradition of Detroit Red Wings fans to show their support: on occasion, a fan", "title": "Nashville Predators" }, { "docid": "3192600", "text": "is a Nashville metropolitan tradition, specially-designed Gibson Les Paul guitars are presented to race winners in place of conventional trophies. The track also has a reputation for producing many first-time winners. The track is referred by the classic term of a \"superspeedway\" (a track of one mile (1.6 km) or longer, compared to a short track), and is named to differentiate itself from the .596 mile Fairgrounds Speedway (previously known as Nashville Speedway USA) at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville. Until 1984, Nashville Speedway USA had conducted a pair of 420-lap Cup races, but NASCAR pulled its sanctioning", "title": "Nashville Superspeedway" }, { "docid": "5403692", "text": "interviewed by Robert Penn Warren for his book \"Who Speaks for the Negro?\", in which they reflected on their experiences. Several events were held during 2010 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Nashville sit-ins. Nashville sit-ins The Nashville sit-ins, which lasted from February 13 to May 10, 1960, were part of a nonviolent direct action campaign to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The sit-in campaign, coordinated by the Nashville Student Movement and Nashville Christian Leadership Council, was notable for its early success and emphasis on disciplined nonviolence. It was part of a broader sit-in", "title": "Nashville sit-ins" } ]

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[ { "docid": "13953957", "text": "equivalent to a municipality in that they do not have regulatory powers, they have gained limited autonomy in recent years, and the representatives to the head of government are now elected by the citizens as well. In 2016, the name was changed to Mexico City and the 16 delegations were transformed into municipalities, each one with its own mayor. Federal government of Mexico The Federal government of Mexico (alternately known as the Government of the Republic or \"\") is the national government of the United Mexican States, the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republic", "title": "Federal government of Mexico" }, { "docid": "13953950", "text": "Federal government of Mexico The Federal government of Mexico (alternately known as the Government of the Republic or \"\") is the national government of the United Mexican States, the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republic with the governments of the 31 individual Mexican states, and to represent such governments before international bodies such as the United Nations. The Mexican federal government has three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial and functions per the Constitution of the United Mexican States, as enacted in 1917, and as amended. The executive power is exercised by the executive branch,", "title": "Federal government of Mexico" } ]

[ { "docid": "13810778", "text": "week.\" VanDerWerff of the \"LA Times\", Ryan of the \"Chicago Tribune\", Sepinwall of \"The Star-Ledger\", Jensen of \"Entertainment Weekly\" and Mark Medley of the \"National Post\" also found the episode to contain humorous lines. This episode was watched by 11 million American viewers and 1.57 million Canadian viewers. What Kate Does \"What Kate Does\" is the 106th television episode of the American Broadcasting Company's \"Lost\" and third episode of the sixth season. It was written by executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed in September 2009 by Paul Edwards. \"What Kate Does\" was first aired February 9, 2010,", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "13810760", "text": "What Kate Does \"What Kate Does\" is the 106th television episode of the American Broadcasting Company's \"Lost\" and third episode of the sixth season. It was written by executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed in September 2009 by Paul Edwards. \"What Kate Does\" was first aired February 9, 2010, on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada. Kate Austen is the character on whom the episode is centered. In December 2007, Kate Austen chases after James \"Sawyer\" Ford (Josh Holloway), who escapes from the Others' captivity in the island's temple and is grieving over", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "10945153", "text": "What She Does Best What She Does Best is a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1988. It was her only album with Mercury records. Notable due to featuring her last charting single, \"What She Does Best\" did not chart and was commercially unsuccessful. It would be her last album for four years, as Anderson went into a brief retirement and officially retired from releasing singles. The singles from this disc were \"Under the Boardwalk\" (a cover version of The Drifters' hit), \"What He Does Best\", and \"How Many Hearts\". \"Under the Boardwalk\" reached No. 24; the", "title": "What She Does Best" }, { "docid": "13810767", "text": "reviews\"; however, this was down significantly from the previous episode's 89 and Bonnie Covel of About.com noted that \" 'What Kate Does' brought us a bit of negativity. In general, fans just didn't like the episode\". \"What Kate Does\" was largely considered to be a step down from the season premiere in pacing, revelations and writing; Mike Hale of \"The New York Times\" described the episode as \"contemplative\", \"anticlimactic\" and \"subdued\" and the flash sideways as \"kind of boring and seemingly pointless.\" Chris Carabott of IGN, who gave the episode a score of 7.3 summed up that \" 'What Kate", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "11812750", "text": "Government of New Mexico The government of New Mexico is the governmental structure of the state of New Mexico as established by the Constitution of New Mexico. The executive is composed of the Governor, several other statewide elected officials and the Governor's cabinet. The New Mexico Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and Senate. The judiciary is composed of the New Mexico Supreme Court and lower courts. There is also local government, consisting of counties, municipalities and special districts. The statewide elected officials are: The New Mexico Governor's Cabinet includes: The New Mexico Legislature is a bicameral body made", "title": "Government of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "10945154", "text": "other singles charted far outside the Top 40. \"How Many Hearts\" was the last single Anderson released, and it peaked at No. 69 on the country charts in 1989. The album's cover shows Anderson leaning on a fancy sports car, wearing a classic 1980s outfit. What She Does Best What She Does Best is a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1988. It was her only album with Mercury records. Notable due to featuring her last charting single, \"What She Does Best\" did not chart and was commercially unsuccessful. It would be her last album for four", "title": "What She Does Best" }, { "docid": "9926460", "text": "P.S.K. What Does It Mean? \"P.S.K. What Does It Mean?\" (also written as \"P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)\") is a song released in 1985 by Philadelphia rapper Schoolly D on his independent label Schoolly D Records. P.S.K. is the abbreviation for Park Side Killas, a street gang with which Schoolly D was affiliated. The highly influential song is considered the first hardcore rap song and features incidents of graphic sex, gunplay, drug references and one of the first uses of the word \"nigga\" in a rap song (earlier uses include \"Scoopy Rap\" and \"Family Rap\" in 1979, and \"New York", "title": "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" }, { "docid": "8014931", "text": "What Difference Does It Make? \"What Difference Does It Make?\" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. It was the band's third single and is featured on their debut album, \"The Smiths\". A different version, recorded for the John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1, is included in the compilation album \"Hatful of Hollow\". The song was one of the band's first significant chart hits, peaking at No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart. However, Morrissey has said \"What Difference Does It Make?\" is among his least favourite songs", "title": "What Difference Does It Make?" }, { "docid": "8050855", "text": "of its icy church keyboards and delay-ridden guitars\". Chris Jenkins, in the book \"The Rough Guide to Rock\", however, called it \"as half-baked as its title\". What Does Anything Mean? Basically What Does Anything Mean? Basically is the second studio album by English post-punk band the Chameleons. It was recorded in January 1985 and released 1 October 1985 by record label Statik. One single was released from the album: \"Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)\". \"What Does Anything Mean? Basically\" was recorded in January 1985 at Highland Studios in Inverness, Scotland. The album's sole single, \"Singing Rule Britannia", "title": "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" }, { "docid": "8050853", "text": "What Does Anything Mean? Basically What Does Anything Mean? Basically is the second studio album by English post-punk band the Chameleons. It was recorded in January 1985 and released 1 October 1985 by record label Statik. One single was released from the album: \"Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)\". \"What Does Anything Mean? Basically\" was recorded in January 1985 at Highland Studios in Inverness, Scotland. The album's sole single, \"Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)\", was released on 1 August 1985. This song used uncredited Lennon-McCartney lyrics, with the final passage of the song quoting key", "title": "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" }, { "docid": "8014933", "text": "and the covers featuring Morrissey are now very rare and collectible. \"What Difference Does It Make?\" was released without an accompanying music video. Speaking to Tony Fletcher on \"The Tube\" in 1984, Morrissey remarked that he felt that the video market was something that was going to \"die very quickly\", and that he wanted to \"herald the death\" of it. What Difference Does It Make? \"What Difference Does It Make?\" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. It was the band's third single and is featured on their debut", "title": "What Difference Does It Make?" }, { "docid": "11812755", "text": "Counties are usually governed by an elected five-member county commission, sheriff, assessor, clerk and treasurer. A municipality may call itself a village, town, or city, and there is no distinction in law and no correlation to any particular form (Mayor-Council, Commission-Manager, etc.). Municipal elections are non-partisan. In addition, limited local authority can be vested in special districts and landowners' associations. Government of New Mexico The government of New Mexico is the governmental structure of the state of New Mexico as established by the Constitution of New Mexico. The executive is composed of the Governor, several other statewide elected officials and", "title": "Government of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "9926463", "text": "was first used on the song \"Rock 'N' Roll\" which later became \"You'll Be Under My Wheels\". The second time they used it is from a song called \"Lyrical Terrorist\" which later became \"Serial Thrilla\", but it was soon used on the album \"The Day Is My Enemy\". P.S.K. What Does It Mean? \"P.S.K. What Does It Mean?\" (also written as \"P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)\") is a song released in 1985 by Philadelphia rapper Schoolly D on his independent label Schoolly D Records. P.S.K. is the abbreviation for Park Side Killas, a street gang with which Schoolly D was", "title": "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" }, { "docid": "13810761", "text": "the death of his love Juliet Burke (Elizabeth Mitchell) just hours earlier. In flash sideways to September 22, 2004, Kate assists a pregnant Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) while on the run as a fugitive. The title alludes to the second season episode \"What Kate Did\". \"What Kate Does\" was watched by eleven million Americans and received mixed reviews by audiences and critics alike. In flash sideways, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) flees LAX in a taxicab she has hijacked, in which a pregnant Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) is a passenger. The cab driver (David H. Lawrence XVII) bails and", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "19980606", "text": "What Does the K Stand For? What Does the K Stand For? is a BBC Radio Four sitcom series based on the experiences of comedian Stephen K. Amos growing up as a teenager in south London in the 1980s. The broadcast of the first series began in November 2013; the third series commenced in January 2017. Reviewing Series 1, Episode 1 for \"Radio Times\", Tristram Fane Saunders found the show suited Amos \"down to the ground; there's a touch of \"Seinfeld\" about \"What Does the K Stand for?\" in the way it flows from stand up into a deliciously awkward", "title": "What Does the K Stand For?" }, { "docid": "935053", "text": "built from primitive types. A type system associates types with computed values. By examining the flow of these values, a type system attempts to prove that no \"type errors\" can occur. The type system in question determines what constitutes a type error, but a type system generally seeks to guarantee that operations expecting a certain kind of value are not used with values for which that operation does not make sense. A compiler may use the static type of a value to optimize the storage it needs and the choice of algorithms for operations on the value. In many C", "title": "Data type" }, { "docid": "13953955", "text": "Mexico City; and 32 are elected by proportional representation with closed-party lists, for which the country forms a single constituency. The judiciary consists of The Supreme Court of Justice, composed of eleven judges or ministers appointed by the President with Congress approval, who interpret laws and judge cases of federal competency. Other institutions of the judiciary are the Electoral Tribunal, collegiate, unitary and district tribunals, and the Council of the Federal Judiciary. The ministers of the Supreme Court will serve for 15 years and cannot be appointed to serve more than once. Mexico City does not belong to any state", "title": "Federal government of Mexico" }, { "docid": "8050854", "text": "lyrics of the Beatles song \"She Said, She Said\". \"What Does Anything Mean? Basically\" was released 1 October 1985 on record label Statik. \"What Does Anything Mean? Basically\" has been generally well received by critics. In his retrospective review, Ned Raggett of AllMusic called it \"[a] rarity of sophomore albums, something that at once made the band all the more unique in its sound while avoiding a repetition of earlier work. [...] an astounding record.\" \"Trouser Press\" called it \"even better\" than \"Script of the Bridge\", \"with much stronger production underscoring both the band's direct power and the ghostly atmospherics", "title": "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" }, { "docid": "11958746", "text": "The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said \"According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgment,", "title": "The purpose of a system is what it does" }, { "docid": "16663178", "text": "the bomb that Slater set explodes, badly burning one of them. \"What Does The Bee Do?\" is a children's poem from the late 1800s by Christina Rossetti. Margaret Schroeder's daughter recites it in the episode. \"IGN\" gave the episode a score of 8.5 out of 10, saying that it \"effortlessly hits that sweet spot between advancing the plot while developing characters, much in the same way that the Season 2 premiere did.\" \"The A.V. Club\" rated the episode an \"A-\". The episode was watched by 2.546 million viewers. It fell two tenths, to 1.0 million adults 18-49 rating. What Does", "title": "What Does the Bee Do?" }, { "docid": "11958748", "text": "be balanced by a more straightforwardly descriptive view. The term is used in many fields including biology and management. The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said \"According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes", "title": "The purpose of a system is what it does" }, { "docid": "16663175", "text": "What Does the Bee Do? \"What Does the Bee Do?\" is the fourth episode of the second season of the HBO television series \"Boardwalk Empire\", and 16th episode overall. First aired on October 16, 2011, it was written by executive story editor Steve Kornacki and directed by Ed Bianchi. Nucky looks to Rothstein for a port to receive alcohol, since the Coast Guard is blockading Atlantic City. Rothstein instructs Lansky and Luciano to oversee the Philadelphia delivery. Nucky also sends Owen Sleater to bomb Doyle's still. Margaret asks for 'money for the children' from Nucky, which she proceeds to hide", "title": "What Does the Bee Do?" }, { "docid": "17958238", "text": "and in September 2008 the US Department of Justice recorded the APD as the 49th largest police department in the United States. Government of Albuquerque, New Mexico The government of Albuquerque is the government of Albuquerque, New Mexico as defined by its charter. The city has a mayor-council government, divided into an executive branch headed by the Mayor and the nine-member City Council which holds the legislative authority. The Mayor of Albuquerque holds a full-time paid elected position with a four-year term. Elections for Mayor are nonpartisan. The current mayor is Tim Keller, who was elected in 2017. Each year,", "title": "Government of Albuquerque, New Mexico" }, { "docid": "17958235", "text": "Government of Albuquerque, New Mexico The government of Albuquerque is the government of Albuquerque, New Mexico as defined by its charter. The city has a mayor-council government, divided into an executive branch headed by the Mayor and the nine-member City Council which holds the legislative authority. The Mayor of Albuquerque holds a full-time paid elected position with a four-year term. Elections for Mayor are nonpartisan. The current mayor is Tim Keller, who was elected in 2017. Each year, the Mayor submits a city budget proposal for the year to the Council by April 1, and the Council must act on", "title": "Government of Albuquerque, New Mexico" }, { "docid": "13810770", "text": "doesn't quite know how to write a woman of action who's also in love … many of the show's Kate flashbacks are just plain silly … there have been a lot of pretty dire Kate episodes.\" Whitney Matheson of \"USA Today\" said that she \"wanted to stab Kate with a hot poker\" after watching \"What Kate Does\". Josh Holloway's supporting performance as a grieving Sawyer was commended by Carabott of IGN, who said that his acting on the dock as he cried and revealed to Kate that he was going to ask Juliet to marry him was \"one of Josh", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "13810777", "text": "that it by no means compared to \"LA X\", but stated that it \"contain[ed] scenes of incredible beauty, based on character work and stakes earned over five seasons [that] made it a fine, if imperfect, hour.\" McGee also commented that the scene in which Claire arrives at the hospital and is helped by Ethan as \"freakin' outstanding\" and called \"What Kate Does\" \"one of the funniest in the show's history. Aldo, Hurley, and Miles all got off plenty of zingers, which will be necessary in a season in which both mythological and dramatic stakes are raising higher and higher each", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "13810766", "text": "had hidden and later talks with Kate at Dharma's dock. He explains that he planned to propose to Juliet and that he blames himself for her death, saying that he convinced her to stay on the island with him because he was lonely. Meanwhile, Jin is caught by the Others, who want to kill him instead of taking him back. Suddenly, someone shoots them and Jin is shocked to see that the shooter is Claire. The episode has received mixed reviews. Critical review aggregate website Metacritic awarded \"What Kate Does\" a score of 64 out of 100, indicating \"generally favorable", "title": "What Kate Does" }, { "docid": "19980608", "text": "feel less like real people than excuses to weave in a few good dad jokes\". Overall, Elan found, \"What lifts the show are the elements of diaspora life weaved throughout, as when Aunty Princess visits from Nigeria and accuses Virginia [Stephen's mother] of cultural betrayal ('You have adopted too many fine and fancy British ways'). Stephen defends the family by suggesting she should 'go back home', prompting him to reflect that he has turned into his own racist enemy. It's unexpectedly thoughtful stuff, suggesting the third series may be even better.\" What Does the K Stand For? What Does the", "title": "What Does the K Stand For?" }, { "docid": "13410465", "text": "U.S. provisional government of New Mexico Under the provisions of the Kearny Code as promulgated in 1846, the first legislature of New Mexico commenced its session on December 6, 1847. The Council consisted of seven members, with Antonio Sandoval, of Bernalillo County, as president, and the House of twenty-one members, with W.Z. Angney as speaker. It passed an act providing for a convention to consider a permanent form of government for New Mexico, and the delegates for this purpose met on October 10, 1848. It adopted a memorial to Congress asking for a regular territorial government, and declared against the", "title": "U.S. provisional government of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "17819346", "text": "type of employment and the government allowed the establishment of a Japanese-language school in Mexico City. They had been forbidden from having meetings with over 10 persons and from traveling during the night since 1941. The Japanese community in Mexico City housed new arrivals in a large building that they got permission to use, and they formed their own mutual aid committee, the \"Comité Japonés de Ayuda Mutua\" (CJAM; \"Japanese Committee of Mutual Aid\"). The CJAM was founded by March 4, 1942, the day a circular announced the foundation of the organization. The CJAM, the sole official Japanese organization in", "title": "Japanese community of Mexico City" }, { "docid": "16212612", "text": "usage and legal promotion of Spanish in New Mexico; however, the state has no official language. New Mexico's laws are promulgated bilingually in Spanish and English. Although English is the state government's paper working language, government business is often conducted in Spanish, particularly at the local level. The original state constitution of 1912, renewed in 1931 and 1943, provided for a bilingual government with laws being published in both languages. The constitution does not identify any language as official. While the legislature permitted the use of Spanish there until 1935, in the 21st century all state officials are required to", "title": "Hispanos of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "10142579", "text": "higher. It covered 100% of tuition when it was first instated in 1996, decreased to 90%, then dropped to 60% in 2017. In 2018 the value has slightly increased, and new legislation has been passed to outline what funds are available per type of institution. New Mexico Lottery The New Mexico Lottery is run by the government of New Mexico. It was established in 1996. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). It offer draw games and scratch off games. As of December 2014, draw games are Powerball, Mega Millions, Monopoly Millionaires' Club, Hot Lotto, Roadrunner Cash,", "title": "New Mexico Lottery" }, { "docid": "3703477", "text": "began a similar copycat advertising campaign in Ireland stating that its product \"does exactly what it says on the tube\". The phrase is a registered trademark of the Sherwin-Williams Company, the owner of Ronseal, across the European Community for products including paints, varnishes, and wood preservatives (E3085826). In 2007, a song titled \"What It Says on the Tin\" was released by the British singer Katie Melua. Although the song is about relationships, the phrase has a similar meaning. Does exactly what it says on the tin \"It does exactly what it says on the tin\" was originally an advertising slogan", "title": "Does exactly what it says on the tin" }, { "docid": "15880348", "text": "Provisional Government of Mexico (1823–24) The Provisional Government of Mexico, was an organization denominated Supreme Executive Power () which served as Executive to govern México between 1823 and 1824, after the fall of the Mexican Empire of Agustín I. The organization was responsible for convening the creation of a Federal Republic, the United Mexican States and was in effect from April 1, 1823 to October 10, 1824. On September 27, 1821 after three centuries of Spanish rule, Mexico reached its independence. The Treaty of Córdoba recognized part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain as an Independent Empire, which was recognized", "title": "Provisional Government of Mexico (1823–24)" }, { "docid": "15880353", "text": "4, 1824 by which was officially founded the United Mexican States. On October 10, 1824, Guadalupe Victoria took office as the first President of Mexico. Provisional Government of Mexico (1823–24) The Provisional Government of Mexico, was an organization denominated Supreme Executive Power () which served as Executive to govern México between 1823 and 1824, after the fall of the Mexican Empire of Agustín I. The organization was responsible for convening the creation of a Federal Republic, the United Mexican States and was in effect from April 1, 1823 to October 10, 1824. On September 27, 1821 after three centuries of", "title": "Provisional Government of Mexico (1823–24)" }, { "docid": "16816410", "text": "New Mexico Department of Game and Fish The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) is a department of the Government of New Mexico, United States, that is responsible for maintaining wildlife and fish in the state. The NMDGF undertakes protection, conservation and propagation, and regulates the use of game and fish to ensure there is an adequate supply for recreation and food. Territorial legislature created what would become the game department in 1903. With New Mexico statehood 1912, the Legislature created the Department of Game and Fish by name, and in 1921 Legislature created a three-member commission. Today", "title": "New Mexico Department of Game and Fish" }, { "docid": "11812754", "text": "one for each of New Mexico's thirty-three counties. The New Mexico municipal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and do not hold jury trials. They hear cases involving: petty misdemeanors, DWI/DUI, traffic violations and other municipal ordinance violations. The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court is a court of limited jurisdiction of Bernalillo County. It hears cases involving: tort, contract, landlord/tenant rights ($0-10,000); felony first appearances; misdemeanor, DWI/DUI, domestic violence and other traffic violations. Local government in New Mexico consists of counties and municipalities. There are thirty-three counties, of which Bernalillo County, containing the state's largest city Albuquerque, is the most populous.", "title": "Government of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "8893621", "text": "Taxicabs of Mexico The taxicabs of Mexico are a common form of transportation in most cities of the country. Taxicabs in Mexico tend to have very low fares compared to that in more economically developed countries. There are more than 140,000 taxicabs in Mexico City, making it one of the largest taxicab fleets in the world. Modern taxicabs in the country had their origin in 1970, when the government took measures to give Mexico City an affordable taxi transport. Instead of the big cars used through the 50's and 60's, the Volkswagen Sedán (Beetle type 1) was the car selected", "title": "Taxicabs of Mexico" }, { "docid": "17544507", "text": "neighborhood in Edwards Landing, Leesburg, Virginia, who every Halloween creates an LED light show with a hit song. This song appears in \"Just Dance 2015\". This song for Leicester City title song parody \"What do the Foxes Say?\" in 442oons video. !scope=\"col\" colspan=\"3\"| Streaming Note: The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) \"The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)\" is an electronic dance novelty song and viral video by Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis. The top trending video of 2013 on YouTube, \"The Fox\" was posted on the video-sharing website on 3 September 2013, and has received over 800 million views", "title": "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" }, { "docid": "13519959", "text": "G (with Ellis Hall on vocals) covered this tune on his 1986 album \"Duotones\". What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) \"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)\" is a 1968 song that was a 1969 hit single by Jr. Walker & The All Stars. The single was one of Jr. Walker's most successful releases, becoming a hit on both the R&B and pop singles charts. \"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love),\" written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, and Vernon Bullock, made it into the top five on the Hot 100, and became Jr. Walker's second", "title": "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" }, { "docid": "13519957", "text": "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) \"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)\" is a 1968 song that was a 1969 hit single by Jr. Walker & The All Stars. The single was one of Jr. Walker's most successful releases, becoming a hit on both the R&B and pop singles charts. \"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love),\" written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, and Vernon Bullock, made it into the top five on the Hot 100, and became Jr. Walker's second number one on the R&B charts. The song was also a hit in the", "title": "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" }, { "docid": "10550772", "text": "What Has Government Done to Our Money? What Has Government Done to Our Money? is a 1963 book by Murray N. Rothbard that details the history of money, from early barter systems, to the gold standard, to present day systems of paper money. Rothbard explains how money was originally developed, and why gold was chosen as the preferred commodity to use as money. The essay, \"What Has Government Done to Our Money?\" was written by Rothbard as an objective historical account with a provocative title. In contrast, \"The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar\" was an essay with an", "title": "What Has Government Done to Our Money?" }, { "docid": "20955331", "text": "Rio Grande to be discretely channeled away for use within New Mexico and of depriving Texas of its equal share in the river's resources. Asserting that the violation was an injury to the general interests of the United States, the federal government followed suit and filed a complaint against New Mexico the same year, which raised the question of whether the federal government has the legal right to intervene in matters regarding the relevant type of interstate compact. The federal government and all three of the states then agreed to take the conflict before the Supreme Court, which granted the", "title": "Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado" }, { "docid": "7309973", "text": "Punitive Expedition led by U.S. General John J. Pershing in 1916 to attempt to capture Pancho Villa, use of the railway for transporting supplies was a point of contention between the US expedition and the provisional Mexican government of Venustiano Carranza. US troops employed \"truck trains\" to supply troops due to Carranza's refusal to allow the Americans use of the rail line. Currently, most of the ex-MNW is not in use; what is being used is now part of Ferromex. Mexico North Western Railway The Mexico North-Western Railway or Compañía del Ferrocarril Nor-Oeste de México was a railroad that operated", "title": "Mexico North Western Railway" }, { "docid": "17544483", "text": "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) \"The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)\" is an electronic dance novelty song and viral video by Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis. The top trending video of 2013 on YouTube, \"The Fox\" was posted on the video-sharing website on 3 September 2013, and has received over 800 million views as of November 2018. \"The Fox\" peaked at the top of the Norwegian Singles Chart and was hugely successful in the United States, where it peaked at number six on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks, and was, before the US release of", "title": "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" }, { "docid": "6512801", "text": "history of use in Mesoamerica. Its use in northern Mexico among the Huichol has been written about extensively. It is thought that since peyote only grows in certain regions of Mexico, the Aztecs would receive dried buttons through long-distance trade. Peyote was viewed as being a protective plant by the Aztec. Sahagún suggested that the plant is what allowed the Aztec warriors to fight as they did. R. Gordon Wasson has posited that the plant known as \"pipiltzintzintli\" is in fact \"Salvia divinorum\". It is not entirely known whether or not this plant was used by the Aztecs as a", "title": "Aztec use of entheogens" }, { "docid": "19095970", "text": "What Does It Take (Dave Days song) \"What Does It Take\" is a song by American singer Dave Days. It served as the third and final single from his 2010 EP \"Dinner and a Movie\". It is one of Dave's most recognizable songs, and was also played on Disney Channel's So Random!. The song's music video is set in a high school, where Dave realizes he has gotten the lead part in the school play. Amanda Lynn (Days' interest in the video) sees she has gotten the second lead, and runs to her boyfriend, who ignores her. Days and Lynn", "title": "What Does It Take (Dave Days song)" }, { "docid": "3167802", "text": "the Constituent Congress was losing time with the debate of Palavincini, while Villa remained strong in Chihuahua and the United States might intervene in Mexico to oppose the new constitution. Foreign governments were concerned with the deliberations at the Palace of Fine Arts in Querétaro. According to Cándido Aguilar, \"The American Government does not under any circumstances want this constitution completed.\" The German ambassador to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt, wrote his government that the constitution was \"the result of two months' worth of labor by men of whom only a handful, by general consensus, are really up to the task.\"", "title": "Constitution of Mexico" }, { "docid": "17942255", "text": "Center of government The center of government (CoG) is the institution or group of institutions that provide direct support to the chief executive (president or prime minister) in leading the management of government. Unlike line ministries and other government agencies, the CoG does not deliver services directly to the citizens, and it does not focus on a specific policy area. On the contrary, the CoG performs cross-government functions. A similar concept is \"Core Executive\". Two types of CoG definition exist: by structure or by function. In the first type, the defining criterion is the position in the structure of the", "title": "Center of government" }, { "docid": "17942261", "text": "East and North Africa region. Center of government The center of government (CoG) is the institution or group of institutions that provide direct support to the chief executive (president or prime minister) in leading the management of government. Unlike line ministries and other government agencies, the CoG does not deliver services directly to the citizens, and it does not focus on a specific policy area. On the contrary, the CoG performs cross-government functions. A similar concept is \"Core Executive\". Two types of CoG definition exist: by structure or by function. In the first type, the defining criterion is the position", "title": "Center of government" }, { "docid": "13252681", "text": "the H.N. Werkmanprize for the design. Ten years after Trinité, De Does designed his second serif typeface, Lexicon, for the Van Dale dictionary. This typeface was specifically designed for use at small pointsizes. Bram de Does Bram de Does (19 July, 1934 – 28 December, 2015) was a graphic and type designer.Born in Amsterdam, De Does studied at the Amsterdamse Grafische School in the 1950s. De Does came into contact with the printing trade at an early age, as his father had a printing office in the east of Amsterdam. From 1958 to 1988 he worked, with several intervals, at", "title": "Bram de Does" }, { "docid": "259027", "text": "emerging market, Mexico holds a significant global presence. As of 2009, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs has over 150 representations at its disposal overseas, which include: In the early 1970s, Mexico recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole and legitimate government of China, therefore issues related to the Republic of China (Taiwan) are managed through the Office of Consular Liaison under the circumscription of the Consulate General of Mexico in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. In addition, Mexico does not recognize Kosovo as an independent country. Historically, Mexico has remained neutral in international conflicts.", "title": "Foreign relations of Mexico" }, { "docid": "13410472", "text": "occupation of the U.S. although there were county boundary changes. In 1847 the General Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico passed an \"Act Regulating the Holding of Circuit Courts.\" Three circuits were established: The Central, the Northern, and the Southeastern. U.S. provisional government of New Mexico Under the provisions of the Kearny Code as promulgated in 1846, the first legislature of New Mexico commenced its session on December 6, 1847. The Council consisted of seven members, with Antonio Sandoval, of Bernalillo County, as president, and the House of twenty-one members, with W.Z. Angney as speaker. It passed an act", "title": "U.S. provisional government of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "3981794", "text": "to municipalities, limited local authority can be vested in landowners' associations and districts. An example of the former is the Madrid Landowners' Association, which is the closest thing to local government in Madrid, New Mexico. Its authority comes from the restrictive covenants that are written into all deeds. Local government in New Mexico Local government in New Mexico consists of counties and municipalities. A municipality may call itself a: village, town, or city. There is no distinction in the statutes and no correlation to any particular form (Mayor-Council, Commission-Manager, etc.). Unless provided otherwise in a municipality's charter, municipal elections are", "title": "Local government in New Mexico" }, { "docid": "1413578", "text": "familial ties, gender, religion, location and social class, among other factors. In many ways, contemporary life in the cities of Mexico has become similar to that in neighboring United States and Europe, with provincial people conserving traditions more so than the city dwellers. The Spanish arrival and colonization brought Roman Catholicism to the country, which became the main religion of Mexico. Mexico is a secular state, and the Constitution of 1917 and anti-clerical laws imposed limitations on the church and sometimes codified state intrusion into church matters. The government does not provide any financial contributions to the church, and the", "title": "Culture of Mexico" }, { "docid": "1865321", "text": "row. If a governor serves two consecutive terms, he or she is eligible to run again after sitting out one full term. The Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico is elected jointly as the running mate of the gubernatorial candidate in the general election. While the governor heads the Executive Branch of the New Mexico state government, the governor does not have absolute power. Other state executives, such as the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, and the attorney general are also elected to office. Since 1954, the Governor of New Mexico has resided in the New Mexico Governor's Mansion. Prior", "title": "Governor of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "1966886", "text": "type of the function codice_1 is formula_1, where formula_2 is a type variable. Type variable In type theory and programming languages, a type variable is a mathematical variable ranging over types. Even in programming languages that allow mutable variables, a type variable remains an abstraction, in the sense that it does not correspond to some memory locations. Programming languages that support parametric polymorphism make use of universally quantified type variables. Languages that support existential types make use of existentially quantified type variables. For example, the following OCaml code defines a polymorphic identity function that has a universally quantified type, which", "title": "Type variable" }, { "docid": "3703475", "text": "Does exactly what it says on the tin \"It does exactly what it says on the tin\" was originally an advertising slogan in the United Kingdom, which then became a common idiomatic phrase. It colloquially means that the name of something is an accurate description of its qualities. It is akin to the previously existing phrases \"by name and by nature\" and \"it lives up to its name\". It originated in a series of television advertisements by the woodstain and wood-dye manufacturer Ronseal, initiated in 1994 and still being broadcast . The slogan was created by Liz Whiston and Dave", "title": "Does exactly what it says on the tin" }, { "docid": "8014932", "text": "of the Smiths'. The character Ray Smith in the Jack Kerouac novel \"The Dharma Bums\" repeatedly says \"What difference does it make?\" as well as \"Pretty girls make graves\", the title of another track featured on \"The Smiths\". The single cover is a photograph of Terence Stamp, taken on the set of the film \"The Collector\". Originally Stamp denied permission for the still to be used, and some pressings featured Morrissey in a re-enacted scene. In the re-enactment, Morrissey is holding a glass of milk, as opposed to a chloroform pad in the original. However, Stamp later changed his mind,", "title": "What Difference Does It Make?" }, { "docid": "9483955", "text": "also true of the non-European members of the Commonwealth of Nations. An older, chiefly Commonwealth usage, is the term \"ministry\", as in \"Churchill Ministry\", which is still in official and academic use in Britain, Australia and Canada to refer the terms of prime ministers. Depending on the type of government, the word coalition may be used for a specific government. In the Netherlands, cabinet is the most-used term (as in \"the fourth Balkenende cabinet\"), although \"coalition\" or \"government\" are also used when one does not refer to a specific coalition (note that the two terms have slightly different meanings). Administration", "title": "Administration (government)" }, { "docid": "20238901", "text": "Government patent use (United States) Government patent use law is a statute codified at 28 USC § 1498(a) that is a \"form of government immunity from patent claims.\" Section 1498 gives the federal government of the United States the \"right to use patented inventions without permission, while paying the patent holder 'reasonable and entire compensation' which is usually \"set at ten percent of sales or less\". This statute \"allows federal agencies and thirdparty government contractors to manufacture and/or use any invention without authorization from the patent holder. The federal government's rights are without an obligation for prior negotiation.\" Although Congress", "title": "Government patent use (United States)" }, { "docid": "1966885", "text": "Type variable In type theory and programming languages, a type variable is a mathematical variable ranging over types. Even in programming languages that allow mutable variables, a type variable remains an abstraction, in the sense that it does not correspond to some memory locations. Programming languages that support parametric polymorphism make use of universally quantified type variables. Languages that support existential types make use of existentially quantified type variables. For example, the following OCaml code defines a polymorphic identity function that has a universally quantified type, which is printed by the interpreter on the second line: In mathematical notation, the", "title": "Type variable" }, { "docid": "13953951", "text": "which is headed by the president and his Cabinet, which, together, are independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested upon the Congress of the Union, a bicameral legislature comprising the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Judicial power is exercised by the judiciary, consisting of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, the Council of the Federal Judiciary, and the collegiate, unitary, and district courts. The federal government, known as the Supreme Power of the Federation, is constituted by the Powers of the Union: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Mexico City, as the capital, the seat", "title": "Federal government of Mexico" }, { "docid": "13953956", "text": "in particular, but to the federation, being the capital of the country and seat of the powers of the Union. As such, it is constituted as a special jurisdiction, ultimately administered by the Powers of the Union. Nonetheless, since the late 1990s certain autonomy and powers have been gradually devolved. The executive power is vested upon a head of government elected by first-past-the-post plurality. The legislative power is vested upon a unicameral Legislative Assembly. The judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice and the Judiciary Council. Mexico City was divided into \"delegaciones\" or boroughs. Though not fully", "title": "Federal government of Mexico" }, { "docid": "9422226", "text": "which also simulcasts in Maine as WJTO 730) plays the original vinyl \"\" edit. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? \"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?\" is a song by the rock band Chicago. It was included on their 1969 debut album \"Chicago Transit Authority\" and released as a single in 1970. The song was written and sung by Robert Lamm. The song was not released as a single until two tracks from the band's second album, \"Make Me Smile\" and \"25 or 6 to 4\", had become hits. It became the band's third straight Top", "title": "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" }, { "docid": "9422222", "text": "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? \"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?\" is a song by the rock band Chicago. It was included on their 1969 debut album \"Chicago Transit Authority\" and released as a single in 1970. The song was written and sung by Robert Lamm. The song was not released as a single until two tracks from the band's second album, \"Make Me Smile\" and \"25 or 6 to 4\", had become hits. It became the band's third straight Top 10 single, peaking at in the U.S. and No. 2 in Canada. Because the", "title": "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" }, { "docid": "258953", "text": "amount of imports from the United States. This program has been successful, and in 2004, roughly only 15% of corn imports are white corn –the one used for human consumption and the type that is mostly grown in Mexico– as opposed to 85% of yellow and crashed corn –the one use for feeding livestock, and which is barely produced in Mexico. In spite of being a staple in the Mexican diet, Mexico's comparative advantage in agriculture is not in corn, but in horticulture, tropical fruits, and vegetables. Negotiators of NAFTA expected that through liberalization and mechanization of agriculture two-thirds of", "title": "Economy of Mexico" }, { "docid": "20238906", "text": "described Louisiana as Americas's \"public-health-crisis cradle\", was investigating the use of the \"government patent use\" as a strategy. to make Sofosbuvir, a highly effective treatment for hepatitis C which cost $84,000 for a treatment in 2016. Gilead's CEO John Martin has been questioned by Congress on the prohibitive pricing. Louisiana and other states were forced to ration Sofosbuvir by delaying treatment of Medicaid hepatitis patients until the liver presented more severe damage. Government patent use (United States) Government patent use law is a statute codified at 28 USC § 1498(a) that is a \"form of government immunity from patent claims.\"", "title": "Government patent use (United States)" }, { "docid": "6320911", "text": "Cabinet of Mexico The cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet () and is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. It consists of nineteen Secretaries of State, the head of the federal executive legal office and the Attorney General. In addition to the legal Executive Cabinet there are other Cabinet-level administration offices that report directly to the President of the Republic (\"Gabinete Ampliado\"). Officials from the legal and extended Cabinet (\"Gabinete Legal y Ampliado\") are subordinate to the President. The term \"Cabinet\" does not appear in the Constitution, where reference is made only to the Secretaries", "title": "Cabinet of Mexico" }, { "docid": "10126643", "text": "City does not belong to any particular state, but to the federation, it is a federal district, and as such, a first-level administrative division \"on par\" with the states of Mexico, even if it differs in the nature of its autonomy and legislative powers. The 16 boroughs in which the Federal District is divided are semi-autonomous, in that a head of government, called simply \"head of the borough\" (\"jefe delegacional\", in Spanish), is elected by the residents through direct suffrage. However, unlike the municipalities of Mexico, they do not have regulatory powers, and many of the services are still provided", "title": "Boroughs of Mexico" }, { "docid": "17641597", "text": "Marxist Workers Bloc of Mexico The Marxist Workers Bloc of Mexico () was a communist political organization in Mexico. The organization was founded in 1937. Gustavo de Anda was the general secretary of the movement. The organization published \"La Batalla\", named after the Spanish POUM publication by the same name. The organization called for critical support to the Lázaro Cárdenas del Río government against what it described as 'reactionary' sectors, but at the same time arguing for organizing workers and peasants in struggle against government control. The Marxist Workers Bloc was the sole group in Latin America with a formal", "title": "Marxist Workers Bloc of Mexico" }, { "docid": "16025356", "text": "For residents 18 and older. It usually has a validity of 3 years or permanent (in Mexico City this option was available), depending on the jurisdiction. The holder can drive any vehicle intended for 'personal use', such as motorbikes (any type), or cars whose weight does not exceed 3.5 tons. For residents 18 and older who wish to drive a taxi, with a validity of 2 or 3 years. The holder can drive a taxi as per state regulations. Currently, most state governments are implementing modern licences with embedded chips. This is to avoid corruption (due to police officers having", "title": "Driving licence in Mexico" }, { "docid": "16062228", "text": "Barrios Mágicos of Mexico City The “Barrios Mágicos” of Mexico City is a list of twenty one areas in the Federal District, which have been named “magical neighborhoods” in order to attract tourism to them. The program is sponsored by the city government but is patterned after the “Pueblos Mágicos” (Magical Towns) program of the Mexican federal government. However, one difference is that the city does not require the “barrios” to make changes in their appearance to be accepted. The first of the barrios were named in 2011 by city Secretary of Tourism Alejandro Rojas Díaz Durán. Each of the", "title": "Barrios Mágicos of Mexico City" }, { "docid": "2377927", "text": "an object. For example: Also, the built-in functions codice_15 and codice_16 can be used to determine what an object \"is\" while codice_17 can determine what an object \"does\". For example: In Python 2 but not Python 3, declaring codice_18 instead of codice_19 will result in codice_15 returning the generic codice_21 type instead of the class. In ActionScript the function flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName can be used to retrieve the Class/Type name of an arbitrary Object. Or alternatively in actionscipt the operator is can be used to determine if an object is of a specific type This second function can be used to test", "title": "Type introspection" }, { "docid": "13850638", "text": "Museum of the City of Mexico The Museum of the City of Mexico (Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico) is located at Pino Suarez 30, a few blocks south of the Zocalo, on what was the Iztapalapa Causeway, near where Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma II met for the first time. This building used to be the palace of the Counts of Santiago de Calimaya, who were the descendents of one of the conquistadors with Cortés. The house was extensively remodeled to much the appearance that it has today and remained in the family until 1960, when the Mexico City government", "title": "Museum of the City of Mexico" }, { "docid": "12619716", "text": "use a combination used in the past. Another type of license plate is for the operation of public transport in metropolitan routes crossing to the State of Mexico metropolitan area. Vehicle registration plates of Mexico Vehicle registration plates of Mexico are issued with unique visual designs by each state, but with a single national numbering system, such that serials are not duplicated in multiple states. Most states change designs approximately every three years, with each state having its own plate replacement cycle. Every year, owners of Mexican-registered vehicles pay the \"tenencia\" or \"revalidación de placas\" (car plates renewal tax). A", "title": "Vehicle registration plates of Mexico" }, { "docid": "1623895", "text": "only implement a data structure such as a list or an associative array once, rather than once for each type of element with which they plan to use it. For this reason computer scientists sometimes call the use of certain forms of polymorphism \"generic programming\". The type-theoretic foundations of polymorphism are closely related to those of abstraction, modularity and (in some cases) subtyping. In \"duck typing\", a statement calling a method codice_11 on an object does not rely on the declared type of the object; only that the object, of whatever type, must supply an implementation of the method called,", "title": "Type system" }, { "docid": "17779971", "text": "Jarvis. The song was released as a single officially in June 1967. \"What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)\" reached a peak of number five on the \"Billboard Magazine\" Hot Country Singles chart later that year. The single became Davis' first top-ten country hit in three years since 1964's \"Gonna Get Along Without You Now\" reached number eight. Additionally, \"What Does It Take\" was Davis' first entry onto the \"Billboard\" Bubbling Under Hot 100 since 1965, reaching a peak of twenty-one. The song was eventually released onto a studio album of the same name. What Does", "title": "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" }, { "docid": "17779970", "text": "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) \"What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)\" is a song written by Jim Glaser, that was recorded and released as a single in 1967 by American country artist, Skeeter Davis. Jim Glaser was a member of the popular country music group, Tompall and the Glaser Brothers. \"What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)\" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on May 1, 1967, one month before it was released. The session was produced by Felton", "title": "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" }, { "docid": "11812751", "text": "up of the 70-member New Mexico House of Representatives and the 42-member New Mexico Senate. The New Mexico Constitution limits the regular session to sixty calendar days, and every other year it is thirty days. The Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate, while the Speaker of the House is elected from that body in a closed door majority member caucus. Both have wide latitude in choosing committee membership in their respective houses and have a large impact on lawmaking in the state. The New Mexico Supreme Court is the highest court. It is primarily an appellate court, only having original", "title": "Government of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "6859102", "text": "is used functionally, on the type(s) of material, and duration of use. The type of edge damage also varies among different tools. But a distinction is necessary between the intended use, what the tool maker designed the tool for, and actual use. This is an important distinction to note as tools can be used for more than its intended function or designed for several purposes. An often noted example from modern culture are screwdrivers which are designed for driving screws but are regularly used to open cans of paint. This type of multi-purpose tool is noted in lithic assemblages by", "title": "Use-wear analysis" }, { "docid": "11486309", "text": "Nationalist Front of Mexico The Nationalist Front of Mexico (), formerly known as the Organization for the National Will () and the Mexicanist Nationalist Front (), is a far-right Mexican nationalist group, known for its use of Falangist paraphernalia. Since its formation in 2006, the Nationalist Front of Mexico claims it was formed by people coming from different political tendencies, social positions and cultural backgrounds who fight legally and peacefully for the national renewal of their country and for the unity of the Mexican nation. The organization opposes what it sees as \"Anglo\"-U.S. culture and influences and rejects the Treaty", "title": "Nationalist Front of Mexico" }, { "docid": "3981793", "text": "Local government in New Mexico Local government in New Mexico consists of counties and municipalities. A municipality may call itself a: village, town, or city. There is no distinction in the statutes and no correlation to any particular form (Mayor-Council, Commission-Manager, etc.). Unless provided otherwise in a municipality's charter, municipal elections are held on the first Tuesday in March of every even-numbered year. Elections are non-partisan, and election materials (cards, signs, ads, etc.) are exempted from the requirements for all other elections that the responsible party be identified (as in \"paid for by Committee to Elect Joe Candidate\"). In addition", "title": "Local government in New Mexico" }, { "docid": "258891", "text": "use both written and spoken Amerindian languages. During the first half of the 20th century the government promoted a policy of \"castellanización\", that is, promoting the use of Spanish as a way to integrate indigenous peoples into Mexican society. Later, this policy changed, and since the 1980s the government has sponsored bilingual and intercultural education in all indigenous communities. This policy has mainly been successful in large communities with a significant number of speakers. While some languages, with less than 1,000 speakers, are still facing extinction. The second most spoken language in Mexico, however, is English. It is used extensively", "title": "Demographics of Mexico" }, { "docid": "19856338", "text": "otherwise. Pope Francis himself said that decriminalizing the drug does not solve the addiction problem, and only by educating the young is what builds values and gives them hope for the future. Furthermore, the most popular Catholic newspaper in Mexico published opinion-based articles in which claimed that cannabis had no medical benefits. In November 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that four individuals from the Mexican Society for Responsible and Tolerant Personal Use (SMART) would be permitted to grow and smoke their own cannabis. The court voted 4–1 that prohibiting people from growing the drug for personal consumption was unconstitutional as", "title": "Cannabis in Mexico" }, { "docid": "19980607", "text": "sitcom\". Writing in \"The Guardian\" in February 2015, Priya Elan judged that, \"Standup comedian Stephen K Amos's jaunty sitcom \"What Does The K Stand For?\" (Radio 4) reaches the end of its second series with possibly the best episode yet. With shades of Chris Rock's \"Everybody Hates Chris\", Amos takes us back to his 80s childhood, growing up gay and black in a dysfunctional household\". However, he added, \"Playing it broad by mixing farce with double entendres, the sitcom is slightly uneven: although the family are drawn with wit and sympathy, minor characters like the actress turned teacher Miss Bliss", "title": "What Does the K Stand For?" }, { "docid": "17958237", "text": "four or five Councilors elected every two years. Each December, a new Council President and Vice-President are chosen by members of the Council. The Council meets two times a month, with meetings held in the Vincent E. Griego Council Chambers in the basement level of Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center in Downtown Albuquerque. The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) is the police department with jurisdiction within the city limits, with anything outside of the city limits being considered the unincorporated area of Bernalillo County and policed by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department. It is the largest municipal police department in New Mexico,", "title": "Government of Albuquerque, New Mexico" }, { "docid": "6856940", "text": "overloading the equality operator through the use of type classes in Haskell does not require extensive modification of the compiler frontend or the underlying type system. Since their creation, many other applications of type classes have been discovered. The programmer defines a type class by specifying a set of function or constant names, together with their respective types, that must exist for every type that belongs to the class. In Haskell, types can be parameterized; a type class codice_5 intended to contain types that admit equality would be declared in the following way: class Eq a where The type variable", "title": "Type class" }, { "docid": "5924222", "text": "Oblique type Oblique type is a form of type that slants slightly to the right, used for the same purposes as italic type. Unlike italic type, however, it does not use different glyph shapes; it uses the same glyphs as roman type, except slanted. Oblique and italic type are technical terms to distinguish between the two ways of creating slanted font styles; oblique designs may be labelled italic by companies selling fonts or by computer programs. Oblique designs may also be called \"slanted\" or \"sloped roman\" styles. Oblique fonts, as supplied by a font designer, may be simply slanted, but", "title": "Oblique type" }, { "docid": "11812753", "text": "New Mexico district courts are courts of general jurisdiction. They hear cases involving: tort, contract, real property rights, estate; exclusive domestic relations, mental health, appeals for administrative agencies and lower courts, miscellaneous civil jurisdiction; misdemeanor; exclusive criminal appeals jurisdiction; and exclusive juvenile jurisdiction. There are thirteen judicial districts. The New Mexico magistrate courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They hear cases involving: tort, contract, landlord/tenant rights ($0-10,000); felony preliminary hearings; and misdemeanor, DWI/DUI and other traffic violations. There are fifty-four magistrate courts. The New Mexico probate courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and do not hold jury trials. There is", "title": "Government of New Mexico" }, { "docid": "2946610", "text": "a polymorphic function. The syntax used for function types in several programming languages can be summarized, including an example type signature for the higher-order function composition function: When looking at the example type signature of, for example C#, the type of the function is actually codice_2. Due to type erasure in C++11's codice_3, it is more common to use templates for higher order function parameters and type inference (codice_4) for closures. The function type in programming languages does not correspond to the space of all set-theoretic functions. Given the countably infinite type of natural numbers as the domain and the", "title": "Function type" }, { "docid": "5924231", "text": "comes from (whether it is a correctly installed oblique font or an automatically-slanted design, which may look worse) unless they check their installed fonts. Slanting the regular style to create an oblique was particularly often done on early computer and phototypesetting systems in the 1970s and -80s to save time and memory space, especially in lower-quality printing of ephemera and newspapers. Oblique type Oblique type is a form of type that slants slightly to the right, used for the same purposes as italic type. Unlike italic type, however, it does not use different glyph shapes; it uses the same glyphs", "title": "Oblique type" }, { "docid": "14773453", "text": "Library of the Congress of Mexico The Library of the Congress of Mexico (, formerly the Santa Clara Church) mostly contains the records of the country's legislative sessions since its Independence. It is located at 29 Tacuba Street, near the corner with Bolivar in the historic center of Mexico City. This structure was originally part of a Poor Clares convent founded in the 16th century, but was shut down by the Reform Laws of the 19th century. Since then, this building has been used as government offices, barracks and even a cantina. It current use was established in 1962, when", "title": "Library of the Congress of Mexico" }, { "docid": "12762411", "text": "sale) of a product to a customer that imposes a restriction on what the customer may subsequently do with the product. Such sales are governed by the “exhaustion doctrine,” rather than the \"General Talking Pictures\" doctrine. Enforced with fines and often much bad publicity. Furthermore, when field-of-use licensing is used to create a horizontal cartel by which product markets are allocated among what would otherwise be competitive licensees, the \"General Talking Pictures\" doctrine does not shield the arrangement from the antitrust laws. In \"Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States\", such a cartel based on patents was condemned as an antitrust violation.", "title": "Field-of-use limitation" }, { "docid": "2325478", "text": "Type rule In type theory, a type rule is an inference rule that describes how a type system assigns a type to a syntactic construction. These rules may be applied by the type system to determine if a program is well typed and what type expressions have. A prototypical example of the use of type rules is in defining type inference in the simply typed lambda calculus, which is the internal language of Cartesian closed categories. An expression formula_1 of type formula_2 is written as formula_3. The typing environment is written as formula_4. The notation for inference is the usual", "title": "Type rule" }, { "docid": "18581101", "text": "roasting peppers. \"Horno\"-roasting the chiles, while done less often, is a traditional method of roasting the chile. A more common method is simply roasting over an open flame on gas stove-tops and grills. A ristra is an arrangement of drying chile pods, and is a popular decorative design in the state of New Mexico. Some households use ristras as a means to dry and procure red chile. The red and green chile peppers are often depicted in New Mexican artwork as symbols of New Mexican cuisine. Though most New Mexico type peppers are long pod-type peppers, that ripen from green", "title": "New Mexico chile" }, { "docid": "18214124", "text": "census. The census only requests place of birth (administrative division or country), the government does not ask its citizens for ancestry nor additional citizenship. According to the British Embassy in Mexico, there were about 15,000 British citizens living in Mexico. British immigrants established several institutions of their own, among others: Britons in Mexico British Mexicans are Mexicans of British descent or British-born persons who have become naturalized citizens of Mexico. The British have had a presence in Mexico since the Colonial era. However, the greatest exchange occurred following independence, notably with the Cornish miners in Hidalgo. During the Colonial era,", "title": "Britons in Mexico" }, { "docid": "17536320", "text": "when the Syrian government accepted a US–Russian negotiated deal to turn over \"every single bit\" of its chemical weapons stockpiles for destruction and declared its intention to join the Chemical Weapons Convention. The bill never received a floor vote. Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of Syria to Respond to Use of Chemical Weapons The Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of Syria to Respond to Use of Chemical Weapons () is a United States Senate Joint Resolution that would have authorized President Barack Obama to use the American military to intervene", "title": "Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of Syria to Respond to Use of Chemical Weapons" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2726003", "text": "Rasheed Wallace Rasheed Abdul \"Sheed\" Wallace (born September 17, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Philadelphia, Wallace played college basketball at the University of North Carolina before moving on to the NBA in 1995. Originally selected by the Washington Bullets (now known as the Washington Wizards) as the fourth pick in the 1995 NBA draft, Wallace was named to the All-Rookie second team following his first season. He was then traded to the Portland Trail Blazers after the season. With Portland he was a key", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726004", "text": "member of the Trail Blazers team that made it to the Western Conference Finals in 1999 and 2000, and was an NBA All-Star in 2000 and 2001. Wallace averaged a career best 19.4 points per game in 2002 for the Trail Blazers. During the 2003–04 season Portland traded him to the Atlanta Hawks where he played one game before he was traded to the Detroit Pistons. With the Pistons, Wallace won the NBA championship in 2004, but lost the NBA Finals in the following season. Individually, Wallace was an NBA All-Star in 2006 and 2008. After the 2008–09 season, Wallace", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726023", "text": "leading to technical fouls and ejections) but also moments of humor. Wallace holds the league records for most career technical fouls, most technical fouls in a season, and most ejections in a season. During the 2008 Playoffs Wallace went on an expletive-laced tirade following Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics in which he lashed out at the officiating. Wallace popularized the phrase \"Ball don't lie\", used when a player on the opposing team misses a free throw after a disputed call by the referees. One notable incident occurred in a December 2, 2012, game against", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726022", "text": "eight weeks. He was scheduled for surgery. He returned for a final game on April 15, 2013, playing three minutes off the bench. On April 17, 2013, after a short return, Wallace announced his second retirement. In July 2013, Wallace joined the Detroit Pistons staff as an assistant coach after signing a two-year contract with the team. He worked for the Pistons for the 2013–14 season, but was not rehired to the staff of new coach Stan Van Gundy following that season. Wallace was known for his intensity and unique personality, resulting in frequent confrontations with opponents and officials (often", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726020", "text": "guard and 2004 Finals MVP Chauncey Billups to Denver. It was to be Wallace's last year with the team; after the season came to a close, Wallace and the Pistons decided to part ways. Wallace signed a three-year contract with the Boston Celtics on July 8, 2009. During the regular season, Wallace struggled, averaging career lows in points per game and rebounds per game. Also, he shot 28% on three pointers and 40% from the field. The Celtics reached the NBA Finals in 2010 but lost the series to the Los Angeles Lakers four games to three. In Game 6", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726021", "text": "of the Finals, the Celtics' starting center Kendrick Perkins injured his right knee, so Wallace started Game 7. Wallace scored 11 points and was 5 of 11 from the field in the loss. Wallace's agent Bill Strickland announced on June 25, 2010 that Wallace would likely retire from the NBA, which was made official on August 10, following the buyout of his contract by the Celtics. On October 3, 2012, Wallace came out of retirement, and signed with the New York Knicks. On February 27, 2013, Wallace announced that he had a broken left foot and was expected to miss", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726024", "text": "the Phoenix Suns. After Wallace pushed Luis Scola and received a technical foul, Goran Dragić missed the technical free throw, to which Wallace responded by saying \"Ball don't lie.\" Wallace then received a second technical, leading to his ejection. He played 1:25 before his ejection. During the 2010 NBA Playoffs Wallace, a native of Philadelphia and Flyers fan, frequently wore hats and other articles of clothing with the Philadelphia Flyers logo during Boston Celtics press conferences and interviews. This caused a stir with fans throughout the Boston area as the Philadelphia Flyers were playing the Boston Bruins in the NHL", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726005", "text": "left the Pistons as a free agent and signed with the Boston Celtics, where he played until retiring in 2010. He returned to sign a one-year deal to play for the New York Knicks in 2012. On April 17, 2013, Wallace announced his second retirement. Wallace holds the single-season record for technical fouls. In the 2000–01 season, Wallace received 41 technical fouls over a span of 80 games, about one technical foul for every two games. Wallace was born and raised in the inner city neighborhoods of Philadelphia, where he began his basketball career and attended Simon Gratz High School.", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726009", "text": "season. Wallace scored 655 points and played 1,788 minutes during his rookie season in Washington. After the season, Wallace was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, along with Mitchell Butler in exchange for Rod Strickland and Harvey Grant. This move proved beneficial for both sides: Strickland averaged 17.2 ppg and 8.9 apg after the trade, helping the Bullets make the playoffs in 1997 for the first time in eight seasons, and upped those stats to 17.8 ppg and a league-leading 10.5 apg the following year. Meanwhile, Wallace ranked third in the league in field goal percentage. However, just as his", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726012", "text": "Lakers, respectively. Both teams would go on to win the NBA Finals. The 2000 series against the Lakers was most noted for the underdog Blazers squandering a 15-point lead going into the fourth quarter of Game 7. On February 9, 2004, Wallace was traded to the Atlanta Hawks along with Wesley Person for Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Theo Ratliff and Dan Dickau. Wallace played only one game for the Hawks, scoring 20 points through three quarters. He also had six rebounds, five blocks, two assists and a steal in a close loss on the road against the New Jersey Nets, though he", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726018", "text": "with a referee. Prior to the 2007–08 NBA season, the Pistons would not re-sign Chris Webber, and putting Antonio McDyess as a starting power forward, put Wallace at center. On February 10, 2008, it was announced that Wallace would be replacing Boston Celtics' injured forward Kevin Garnett in the 2008 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans. The decision was made by NBA commissioner David Stern. This was Wallace's fourth All-Star appearance. In the 2008 Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons played Garnett and the Celtics. This marked the sixth consecutive time that the Pistons had made it to this point, and", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" } ]

[ { "docid": "2726025", "text": "Playoffs at the time. The resentment by Bostonians only grew after the Flyers' comeback from a 0–3 game deficit to win the series 4–3. Wallace continued to wear his Flyers gear despite criticism from sports commentators and fans. Wallace has three children with his former wife Fatima. He is a Muslim. His nephew, Quadir Welton, is a professional basketball player. Wallace roots for his hometown Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) and Philadelphia Phillies (MLB), but not the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. Instead, he is a longtime fan of the Kansas City Chiefs. Rasheed Wallace Rasheed Abdul \"Sheed\" Wallace (born September 17,", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726010", "text": "season was gaining momentum, Wallace again broke his left thumb and was forced to miss the next month of the season, but he returned in time for a strong performance in the first round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers, which the Trail Blazers lost. Next season, he signed a long-term contract to stay with the Trail Blazers. He began extending himself into the community more than ever, most notably with his Rasheed Wallace Foundation, but his career suffered from numerous missteps on and off the court. He set an NBA record with 38 technical fouls for the season.", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726007", "text": "30 points in a losing effort. Wallace, along with Randy Livingston and Jerry Stackhouse, were considered the top three players in the 1993 class. University of North Carolina coach Dean Smith recruited Wallace to Chapel Hill, North Carolina for his college years. Smith was a revered mentor both to Wallace and Wallace's eventual Detroit coach Larry Brown. Wallace has indicated that this North Carolina bond with Brown helped him adjust quickly to the Pistons system. During his brief time at North Carolina, Wallace had success in the national spotlight. He was named a second-team All-American by the AP his second", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726006", "text": "He was named \"USA Today High School Player of the Year\" after his senior season and was selected first team All America by Basketball Times. Wallace was also a two-time Parade All-American first teamer. Despite playing time of just 19 minutes per game, Wallace averaged 16 points, 15 rebounds and seven blocks his senior year. In addition to basketball, Wallace also ran track and high jumped as a teenager. Wallace was outplayed by Darnell Robinson in the McDonald's Game, where his battle with Robinson caused him to get ejected from the game, but he rebounded in the Roundball Classic, getting", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726008", "text": "year at UNC. Wallace and fellow future NBA player Jerry Stackhouse helped lead the Tar Heels to the NCAA Final Four in 1995. He left North Carolina to enter the 1995 NBA draft after his sophomore season, being selected with the fourth pick overall by the Washington Bullets. As a rookie with the Bullets, Wallace played in 65 games, of which he started 51 for the injured Chris Webber. Wallace was selected to the rookie team for the All-Star Weekend. Late that year, he fractured his left thumb during a game against Orlando and did not return until the following", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726017", "text": "to capture their first NBA title. On March 26, 2007, in a game against the Denver Nuggets, Wallace threw up a 60-foot shot off a stolen inbound pass with 1.5 seconds remaining and banked it in from just behind halfcourt to force overtime letting out a huge roar from what was left of the Palace crowd. The Pistons went on to win the game, 113–109. On June 2, 2007, Wallace fouled out of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals after committing a foul on LeBron James and then received two technical fouls, resulting in an automatic ejection, for arguing", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2726019", "text": "five times they had gotten there with Wallace in the lineup. Still, Detroit lost a third consecutive year in the Conference Finals, losing to Boston 4–2. After the game, Wallace reportedly told reporters, without taking any questions, \"It's over, man\", perhaps indicating that Pistons' General Manager Joe Dumars would break up the core of the team following the defeat. He changed his number from 36 back to his original 30, perhaps to change his and the team's fortunes, but sure enough, Dumars did indeed break up the core: at the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Dumars traded longtime starting point", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "11300380", "text": "CEO of Rasheed & Associates. Kenyon Rasheed Kenyon Rasheed is a former National Football League running back for the New York Giants. Kenyon was born August 23, 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri. After graduating Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri, he attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played football for four years. As a Sooner, he served as the captain of the team, and also was named to the All-Big 8 academic team four years straight. At 5'10\" and 245 pounds, Kenyon was drafted to the New York Giants, where he played for four years from 1993 to", "title": "Kenyon Rasheed" }, { "docid": "2726014", "text": "promise he helped fulfill. Wallace helped the Pistons win an unexpected NBA title, beating the heavily favored Lakers four games to one. After the championship season, he paid for replica WWE World Heavyweight Championship belts to be made for each of his teammates and presented them as gifts when the 2004–05 regular season started. In the off-season following the Pistons' championship win, Wallace signed a five-year, $57 million contract to remain with Detroit. He also changed the number of his jersey from #30 to #36. Throughout the 2004–05 season, Wallace often carried the belt into his locker before games to", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "6953100", "text": "the Australian Davis Cup team in 2006. Rasheed then coached Gaël Monfils from July 2008 to July 2011 which coincided with Monfils rise in rankings from 38 to 7 in the ATP World Rankings. Since, Rasheed coached Frenchman and former Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga over between October 2012 and 2013. Tsonga achieved considerable success over this period, including defeating Roger Federer in straight sets at the French Open. Since October 2013, Rasheed agreed to coach Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the most successful Bulgarian male tennis player, both in financial and ranking terms, in history. Dimitrov credited Rasheed for his success", "title": "Roger Rasheed" }, { "docid": "6953102", "text": "and geographic boundaries. Greg Norman is the Foundation's patron. The organisation's first project is developing the Rajah Street Community Reserve in the City of Marion, Adelaide. He is Australian of Lebanese descent. Born in Adelaide, Rasheed played Australian rules football, including seven games in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) with the Sturt Football Club. He also coached the Pembroke School football team. He is a keen supporter of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Roger Rasheed Roger Rasheed (born 10 March 1969) is a former Australian rules football player, tennis player, tennis coach,", "title": "Roger Rasheed" }, { "docid": "2726011", "text": "However, he would be fifth in the league in field goal percentage. The following year, he broke his own record with 40 technicals. Wallace was also suspended by the NBA for seven games for threatening then-referee Tim Donaghy on an arena loading dock after a home game in 2003. That was the league's longest suspension for an offense that did not involve violence or substance abuse. Wallace was named an NBA All-Star in 2000 and 2001 and led the Trail Blazers to the Western Conference Finals in 1999 and 2000, losing to the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "19807919", "text": "Premier League. It is believed that the decision to dissolve the club was made by Saddam Hussein, due to Saddam being fed up that the club was very unpopular among supporters and players and fans often chanted against the team. In 1984, Al-Rasheed took over the Al-Karkh Stadium and turned it into theirs after renovating it and allowing shops to be opened around it. In the dissolving of Al-Rasheed, the stadium returned to its old name as the stadium of Al-Karkh SC. Al-Rasheed SC Al-Rasheed Sports Club () was an Iraqi sports club based in Karkh, Baghdad. Its professional football", "title": "Al-Rasheed SC" }, { "docid": "19807911", "text": "Al-Rasheed SC Al-Rasheed Sports Club () was an Iraqi sports club based in Karkh, Baghdad. Its professional football team played in the Iraqi Premier League, the top tier of the Iraqi football, from 1984 until 1990. The club's home stadium was Al-Karkh Stadium (then known as Al-Rasheed Stadium). Founded in 1983 by Uday Hussein, the son of Saddam Hussein, Al-Rasheed were promoted to the top tier in their first season of existence and went on to win 3 league titles in the row, 2 FA Cups, 3 Arab Champions Cup titles, and reach the final of the 1988–89 Asian Club", "title": "Al-Rasheed SC" }, { "docid": "2726015", "text": "inspire the Pistons' title defense. He had several notable moments in the playoffs. After the second-round elimination of the Pacers, Wallace played his best series of the postseason in the Eastern Conference finals against the top-seeded Miami Heat. After falling behind again, he again \"guaranteed success\". He shot a 50% field goal percentage and averaged 14.5 points per game in the series' seven games, and saved his hottest-shooting night for the decisive Game 7. Against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals, Wallace was criticized for leaving Robert Horry open for the game-winning three-pointer in Game 5. Wallace's defense", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "8082040", "text": "The FBI also posted his photograph on its Web site. The sudden bulletin, distributed worldwide, said Al-Rasheed was \"armed and dangerous\" and his whereabouts were unknown. Reuters reported that FBI spokesman Bill Carter declined to say what the materials were or where they were found. But it was later revealed that his passport had been discovered in Afghanistan. Two days later, Saudi Arabia announced that Al-Rasheed was a prisoner, in custody at Riyadh, on August 22, 2002. Saud A.S. Al-Rasheed Saud A.S. Al-Rasheed (Arabic: سعود الرشيد) (born January 30, 1981 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) became briefly wanted in 2002, by", "title": "Saud A.S. Al-Rasheed" }, { "docid": "11300379", "text": "Kenyon Rasheed Kenyon Rasheed is a former National Football League running back for the New York Giants. Kenyon was born August 23, 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri. After graduating Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri, he attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played football for four years. As a Sooner, he served as the captain of the team, and also was named to the All-Big 8 academic team four years straight. At 5'10\" and 245 pounds, Kenyon was drafted to the New York Giants, where he played for four years from 1993 to 1996. He is now the", "title": "Kenyon Rasheed" }, { "docid": "16994316", "text": "Rasheed Sulaimon Rasheed Wesley Sulaimon (born March 9, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Levallois Metropolitans of the LNB Pro A. He was selected as a McDonald's All-American as well as a Jordan Brand Classic All-American in 2012. He was the primary reserve off the bench for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team during the 2014–15 season before being dismissed from the team on January 29, 2015. He subsequently transferred to Maryland for his senior season. Receiving offers from many colleges around the country, including North Carolina, Arizona, Baylor, Texas, and Texas A&M, Sulaimon committed to Duke", "title": "Rasheed Sulaimon" }, { "docid": "12329782", "text": "Sheikh Hussain Rasheed's father is a famous, well-recognized and respected personality in the South of Maldives; Ahmed Manikfaan (Seenu Hithadhoo Thubbeege Ali Thakkhaanuge Ahmed Manikfaan). His mother, Aishath Manikfaan (Ali Manikuge Aisha Manikfaan was a niece of Sheikh Hussain Sharafuddin Al-Azhary (Sheikh Hussain Rahaa). He has 3 brothers, Ibrahim Rasheed Ahmed (eldest brother to Sheikh Husaain Rasheed), Mohamed Rasheed Ahmed (elder brother to Sheikh Hussain Rasheed) and Sheikh Abdul Rasheed Ahmed (younger brother of Sheikh Hussain Rasheed) and 7 children: Aisha Hussain Rasheed, Mohamed Hussain Rasheed, Abdulla Hussain Rasheed, Ibrahim Hussain Rasheed, Ismail Hussain Rasheed, Amina Hussain Rasheed, Ameera Hussain", "title": "Hussain Rasheed Ahmed" }, { "docid": "19807916", "text": "they achieved the league in the 1986–87 season,<ref name=\"Iraq 1986/87\"></ref> along with the Iraq FA Cup, after beating Al-Jaish. In the 1987 Asian Club Championship they were knocked out in the final group stage. Another double success came under the management of Jamal Salih in the 1987–88 season.<ref name=\"Iraq 1987/88\"></ref> In the 1988–89 season, Al-Rasheed achieved the league to be their last ever achievement.<ref name=\"Iraq 1988/89\"></ref> Al-Rasheed became the first team to win the Iraqi Premier League three times in the row since it started in 1974. Al-Rasheed also achieved the Arab Champions Cup three times in the row; defeating", "title": "Al-Rasheed SC" }, { "docid": "6953101", "text": "in the 2014 Australian Open. Following a run of poor results in 2015, which culminated in a straight-sets defeat to Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon, Rasheed parted ways with Dimitrov. With Paul Annacone, Brad Gilbert and Darren Cahill, Rasheed developed ProTennisCoach.com — a professional and open coaching website launched in 2013. Rasheed regularly commentates both men's and women's matches in the Australian Open for Channel Seven. In particular, Rasheed is known for his court side commentary at the Open. In addition, Rasheed has launched the \"Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation\" a not for profit organisation which focuses on children's health across socioeconomic", "title": "Roger Rasheed" }, { "docid": "6953098", "text": "Roger Rasheed Roger Rasheed (born 10 March 1969) is a former Australian rules football player, tennis player, tennis coach, and tennis commentator. Rasheed is best known as Grand Slam coach of Australian former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, former World No. 6 Gaël Monfils, former World No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, former World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov and through ProTennisCoach.com. In addition, Rasheed is a media personality on Channel Seven and is the founder of the Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation. Prior to his work as a coach, Rasheed was the youngest ever player to qualify for an Australian Open in 1985", "title": "Roger Rasheed" }, { "docid": "19807912", "text": "Championship. In 1990, the club was dissolved and all its properties as well as its place in the top division were transferred to Al-Karkh SC. Taking the Al-Karkh Stadium as his club's, on 23 November 1983, Uday Hussein founded a new sports club named Al-Rasheed. The team was put straight into the second division of Iraqi football by Uday. A few days after their foundation, they played their first match in the second division (Baghdad Group) and it was against Al-Karkh, the team that would replace them seven years later; Al-Rasheed won the game 4–0. They were promoted to the", "title": "Al-Rasheed SC" }, { "docid": "6607883", "text": "In February 2012, Rasheed was charged with food stamp fraud and falsifying documents in Birmingham, Alabama. He pleaded guilty to receiving $5,551 dollars in food stamps while falsely claiming to be unemployed and, in July 2012, he was sentenced to eight months in prison. Rasheed also pleaded guilty to immigration fraud arising from his allegedly marrying a Moroccan woman and subsequently marrying an American woman without divorcing his first wife. Saleem Rasheed Saleem Abdul Rasheed (born June 15, 1981) is a former American and Canadian football linebacker. Rasheed formerly played for the San Francisco 49ers for four seasons in the", "title": "Saleem Rasheed" }, { "docid": "19822949", "text": "by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. Abdullah Rasheed Abdullah Rasheed (1952) from Male, Maldives served as the Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Scout Bureau, and serves as a Consultant at World Scout Bureau Kuala Lumpur Office. Rasheed is a member of the ISGF regional board for Asia Pacific region. Rasheed attended Majeediyya School, where he joined the Sea Scouts at the end of the 1960s. He served as the Chief Commissioner of the Scout Association of Maldives between 1994 and 1997. In 2013, Rasheed was awarded the 341st \"Bronze Wolf\", the", "title": "Abdullah Rasheed" }, { "docid": "19822948", "text": "Abdullah Rasheed Abdullah Rasheed (1952) from Male, Maldives served as the Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Scout Bureau, and serves as a Consultant at World Scout Bureau Kuala Lumpur Office. Rasheed is a member of the ISGF regional board for Asia Pacific region. Rasheed attended Majeediyya School, where he joined the Sea Scouts at the end of the 1960s. He served as the Chief Commissioner of the Scout Association of Maldives between 1994 and 1997. In 2013, Rasheed was awarded the 341st \"Bronze Wolf\", the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded", "title": "Abdullah Rasheed" }, { "docid": "16319960", "text": "Ismail Rasheed Ismail Rasheed (born 20 April 1976) is a Maldivian film actor. Ismail Rasheed is a son of Maldivian poet, writer and the founder of the K.M.R. Production, Mohamed Rasheed. Ismail Rasheed worked at the Maldives Airports Company Ltd, but he left his job to give more time for his Acting career. He began his career in 1996 with a comedic role from Maldives Airport Authority's Tele Drama \"Zimmaa\". He received the Best Comedian Award form the Tele Drama Awards for his role in \"Zimmaa\". In the following year, he received the Best Comedian Award and the Best Actor", "title": "Ismail Rasheed" }, { "docid": "2726013", "text": "did not score in the fourth quarter. Wallace was again traded, in a deal that saw him go from the Hawks along with guard Mike James from the Celtics to the Pistons. In turn, Detroit sent guards Chucky Atkins, Lindsey Hunter and a first-round draft pick to Boston and guard Bob Sura, center Željko Rebrača and a first-round draft pick to Atlanta. Boston also sent forward Chris Mills to Atlanta to complete the deal. After falling behind against the Indiana Pacers in the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals, he stated boldly in an interview that \"We will win Game 2,\" a", "title": "Rasheed Wallace" }, { "docid": "2763508", "text": "acquisition of star power forward Rasheed Wallace to further improve the team's defense and scoring. In the playoffs, the Pistons handily defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in five games in the first round, before facing New Jersey for the second straight year. Despite taking a 2-game lead to open the series, the Nets would win 3 straight games, and the Pistons responded with a road win in New Jersey (in which Wallace grabbed 20 rebounds) before wrapping up the series in game 7. The Pistons would then face the Ron Artest and Reggie Miller-led, league-leading Indiana Pacers, and the two teams", "title": "Ben Wallace" }, { "docid": "8477270", "text": "of Muslims. Perhaps we need more scholars of his kind today. It is sad that they are in such short supply. The memory of Allama Rasheed Turabi has become all the more instructive and therapeutic in view of the steadily increasing sectarian wedge in the country. Turabiat(MEMORIAL) \"Compiled and edited by Taha Turabi Allama Rasheed Turabi Memorial Centre, Karachi 143pp.\" Rasheed Turabi He delivered more than 5,000 religious lectures and speeches over the period of 57 years that he spent out of his 65 years of total life in the service of Ahlul Bayt. Allamah Rasheed Turabi introduced many dimensions", "title": "Rasheed Turabi" }, { "docid": "6953099", "text": "at 16 years of age, a feat eclipsed by Lleyton Hewitt, whom Rasheed later coached. Rasheed also competed in the ATP Challenger Series and won four titles in 1992. He reached number 192 in ATP rankings and number 132 in the doubles rankings in 1992. In Australia, Rasheed is notable as Lleyton Hewitt's coach from 2003 until 2007. During Rasheed's tenure as coach, Hewitt enjoyed significant domestic and international success, including becoming the first Australian in seventeen years to reach the Australian Open final and winning the 2006 Queen's Club Championships. Whilst Hewitt's coach, Rasheed also was the coach of", "title": "Roger Rasheed" }, { "docid": "6607882", "text": "Saleem Rasheed Saleem Abdul Rasheed (born June 15, 1981) is a former American and Canadian football linebacker. Rasheed formerly played for the San Francisco 49ers for four seasons in the National Football League. He also played for the Houston Texans during the 2006 NFL season, though was cut during the preseason. Rasheed played college football for the University of Alabama between 1999–2001. The Calgary Stampeders signed him on May 7, 2008. He helped the Stampeders win the 2008 Grey Cup. On May 4, 2009, he was released. From 2009–11 he worked as a teacher and coach at Erwin High School.", "title": "Saleem Rasheed" }, { "docid": "18530407", "text": "from the majority of the crowd inside Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. Following Lopez' progress towards the final, Rasheed was scheduled to fight against Mexico's Víctor Estrada in the first playoff of the repechage bracket, but pulled himself out of tournament due to injuries sustained from the opening bout. Raid Rasheed Raid Rasheed Abbas (; born January 1, 1976 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's welterweight category at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Rasheed qualified as a lone taekwondo fighter for the Iraqi squad in the men's welterweight class (80 kg) at the 2004 Summer", "title": "Raid Rasheed" }, { "docid": "18530406", "text": "Raid Rasheed Raid Rasheed Abbas (; born January 1, 1976 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's welterweight category at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Rasheed qualified as a lone taekwondo fighter for the Iraqi squad in the men's welterweight class (80 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by granting a tripartite invitation from the International Taekwondo Federation under the Olympic Solidarity program. Rasheed suffered in a merciless 0–12 defeat to U.S. taekwondo jin and eventual Olympic champion Steven López during his opening match, stimulating a mighty hoot and a raucous chant \"Iraq, Iraq!\"", "title": "Raid Rasheed" }, { "docid": "15637737", "text": "Turkey. Awatef Rasheed was also a Media journalist, news anchor, for the Basra TV Directorate, Iraqi Ministry of Information (1972 -1986). Awatef Rasheed Awatef Rasheed (; born 1956 in Basra, Iraq) is an Iraqi Canadian writer, secular women's rights activist, and the first Iraqi female recipient of Femmy Award. She is a recipient of the Iraqi Women's Initiative Award from the Iraqi Women's Network in 2010. Awatef Rasheed is currently a Regional Adviser for the, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Rights in USA. She served as a Board member for the Canadian Research Institute for Advancement of Women (CRIAW) from", "title": "Awatef Rasheed" }, { "docid": "13350818", "text": "Anwar Rasheed Anwar Rasheed is an Indian film director and producer who works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2005 with \"Rajamanikyam\", a masala entertainer starring Mammootty. He continued films in the same genre with \"Chotta Mumbai\" (2007) and \"Annan Thambi\" (2008). He followed that by \"Ustad Hotel\" (2012), written by Anjali Menon, which was a commercial success and won critical accolades such as the National Award for Best Popular Film. Also, he produced blockbuster films \"Bangalore Days\" and \"Premam\" under the banner Anwar Rasheed Entertainments. Rasheed debuted as a director in the 2005 movie \"Rajamanikyam\" (രാജമാണിക്യം) where", "title": "Anwar Rasheed" }, { "docid": "12082201", "text": "film was Syed Noor's \"Dakait\". He also worked in Shoaib Mansoor's film \"Khuda Ke Liye\". Rasheed Naz also worked in a Shoaib Mansoor's video song \"Ishq Mohabbat Apna Pan\" with Iman Ali. He won the biggest civilian award, Pride Of Performance, in 2009. Rasheed Naz Rasheed Naz (born 9 September 1948) is a Pakistani film and television actor. He was born in Peshawar, N W F P(now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). In 1971, he started his television career as an actor in \"Pushto\" television play. Rasheed Naz has worked in several Pashto, Hindko and Urdu language plays. His first Urdu play was", "title": "Rasheed Naz" }, { "docid": "7213099", "text": "in one way or another, related to Aligarh but one also catches glimpses of Mariyahu, his place of birth. However, Aligarh is invariably the main source of his inspiration and creativity. He received the 1971 Sahitya Akademi Urdu Award for his book \"Ghalib ki Shakhsiyat aur Shairi\". His works include (i) Mazameen-e-Rasheed; (ii) Khundaan; and (iii) Ashufta Bayaani meri. Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui died in 1977. Articles Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui (1892–1977) was a noted Urdu writer and a professor at Aligarh Muslim University in India. Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui was born in 1892 in Mariyahu in, U.P. He was", "title": "Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui" }, { "docid": "19807914", "text": "perform up to standards by ordering his guards to beat them, and often forced them to completely shave their heads before matches to embarrass them in public. The club's taking of most of Iraq's best players as well as the fact that they made domestic football much less competitive made the team very unpopular among fans. Al-Rasheed dominated the Iraqi football from the club's foundation until its dissolving. In their first season in the Iraqi Premier League, the 1984–85 season, Al-Rasheed were in 1st place, at 41 points, but because of the league being abandoned, no champions were announced.<ref name=\"MB", "title": "Al-Rasheed SC" }, { "docid": "15589154", "text": "Jamiatur Rasheed, Karachi Jamiatur Rasheed, Karachi, also known as Kulya-tush-Shariah, Jamia-tur-Rasheed, is an Islamic institution situated in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Hazrat Mufti Rasheed Ahmed Ludhianwi has established the Jamiah. It is a distinctive institution of religious studies providing for a comprehensive system of imparting religious studies. The Jamiah is a great addition in the leading educational and religious institutions of the country. Within a short period of time, the Jamiah has become well-known both in home and abroad and has joined the rank of huge seminaries of Pakistan. Jamiatur Rasheed, Karachi gives education without charging any fee instead students are", "title": "Jamiatur Rasheed, Karachi" }, { "docid": "12329783", "text": "Rasheed. >1972 - Jamia Dharul Uloom, Daabeel / Gujrat / India >1973 - Jamia Dharul Uloom, Taraj / India Hussain Rasheed Ahmed Hussain Rasheed Ahmed (; born March 18, 1957) is a Maldivian Sunni Islamic scholar (Shaafi'ee school of belief) and political leader in Republic of the Maldives. He is also the first elected President of Adhaalath Party (Adhaalath Party), a political party in the Republic of Maldives known for its Sunni Islamic positions. He is very fluent in Arabic, Urdu (other than \"Dhivehi\" Maldivian official language). Sheikh Hussain Rasheed is well known for his controversial public talks on political", "title": "Hussain Rasheed Ahmed" }, { "docid": "18944507", "text": "In 1972, Mr. Abedi founded the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) during the wave of nationalization in Pakistan, and took a number of his colleagues with him to BCCI. Among them was Abdul Rasheed Khan who, upon joining BCCI, was tasked with establishing the bank's presence in Lusaka, Zambia. Abdul Rasheed Khan Abdul Rasheed Khan was the Chairman of Commerce Bank Limited and Regional General Manager of Bank of Credit and Commerce International in Lusaka, Zambia. Abdul Rasheed Khan was born in a Sunni Muslim family in Baroda, British India and migrated to Nowshera after the creation of", "title": "Abdul Rasheed Khan" }, { "docid": "18542820", "text": "RISEAP AGM in Malaysia, Rasheed was selected to participate. Rasheed featured regularly in the New Zealand media and was one of the first Muslims to respond and interact proactively. In December 1980 he was first interviewed by New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, on the Auckland regional programme “Top Half” talking about the ongoing construction of the mosque in Ponsonby. He was also interviewed three years later on television in June 1983 for an item on Ramadan in New Zealand. Overall Rasheed featured prominently in various newspaper articles on Islam. In 1992 Rasheed retired from many of this tasks owing to ill", "title": "Abdul Rahim Rasheed" }, { "docid": "18542815", "text": "Abdul Rahim Rasheed Hajji Abdul Rahim Rasheed QSO (1938–2006) was a Fiji born Indian Muslim community leader and lawyer to the New Zealand Muslim minority. Abdul Rahim Rasheed was born in Fiji in 1938. In 1967 he migrated to New Zealand to study law at the University of Auckland where he realised his LLB degree and undertook the Law Professional exams in 1972. He practised as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand for over 21 years and is remembered for “introducing the \"mens rea\" ingredient to the offence of overstaying”. In 1969 Rasheed and several", "title": "Abdul Rahim Rasheed" }, { "docid": "15801416", "text": "Rasheed Air Base Al Rasheed Air Base is a major Iraqi Air Force base on the south east outskirts of Baghdad in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. It is located approximately 11 kilometers southeast of downtown Baghdad. The airbase is served by an 8,300 foot long runway. According to the Gulf War Air Power Survey, there were 10 hardened aircraft shelters at Rasheed of 1991. 109 Squadron which flies the Sukhoi Su-25 is based there. Al Rasheed Air Base was originally a British Military base and airfield developed after the First World War and from 1922 became the main base", "title": "Rasheed Air Base" }, { "docid": "14160691", "text": "house was too small for him. In November 2000, Rasheed Raji declared for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Rasheed Adisa Raji Navy Captain Rasheed Adisa Raji was Military Administrator of Bauchi State in Nigeria from 14 September 1994 to 22 August 1996 and then of Sokoto State from 22 August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. Rasheed Adisa Raji was born in Abeokuta in Ogun State. As governor of Bauchi State, Raji’s tenure was relatively uneventful. He enforced all government programs and policies, and supported traditional institutions. He initiated, built and commissioned the", "title": "Rasheed Adisa Raji" }, { "docid": "13052460", "text": "Maldivian to hold a graduate degree in Economics. On 27 July 2013, Mr Abdul Rasheed Hussain was awarded the Most Honourable Order of Distinguished Rule of Izzudheen (Nishaan Izzuddeen Izzathuge Verikan), the second highest honour conferred by the Maldivian State. Abdul Rasheed Hussain is currently retired and serves as chairman of Liyuntheringe Gulhun, a literary organization of distinguished writers in the Maldives. He lives in the capital with his wife Moonisa Ibrahim. Abdul Rasheed Hussain Abdul Rasheed Hussain (born September 16, 1946) is a historian, linguist and poet, and a former Minister of Cabinet of the Maldives during the Maumoon", "title": "Abdul Rasheed Hussain" }, { "docid": "17474135", "text": "Saudi Airlines Catering Company, the New Cities Foundation, and the Foundation Board of the Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum. Fahd Al-Rasheed Fahd Al-Rasheed () is the Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Emaar the Economic City (EEC), the master developer of King Abdullah Economic City, the world’s first publicly-listed city. Previously, he was the CFO and Deputy Governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) from 2006-2007. Prior to working at SAGIA, Al-Rasheed also led strategic initiatives in investments and corporate finance for Saudi Aramco (1999-2003). Al-Rasheed was educated at Washington University in St. Louis,", "title": "Fahd Al-Rasheed" }, { "docid": "17474131", "text": "Fahd Al-Rasheed Fahd Al-Rasheed () is the Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Emaar the Economic City (EEC), the master developer of King Abdullah Economic City, the world’s first publicly-listed city. Previously, he was the CFO and Deputy Governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) from 2006-2007. Prior to working at SAGIA, Al-Rasheed also led strategic initiatives in investments and corporate finance for Saudi Aramco (1999-2003). Al-Rasheed was educated at Washington University in St. Louis, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He also holds an MBA from the Stanford Business School and completed", "title": "Fahd Al-Rasheed" }, { "docid": "15589155", "text": "given monthly stipend. The education system of the Jamiah is arranged into the following categories: These persist throughout the educational year (lasting from the Islamic month of Shawwal till Rajab) and include the following: These courses are taught at appropriate times for a certain period during the educational year or during vacations. These courses vary in duration, including mostly non-curricular activities. Jamiatur Rasheed, Karachi Jamiatur Rasheed, Karachi, also known as Kulya-tush-Shariah, Jamia-tur-Rasheed, is an Islamic institution situated in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Hazrat Mufti Rasheed Ahmed Ludhianwi has established the Jamiah. It is a distinctive institution of religious studies providing for", "title": "Jamiatur Rasheed, Karachi" }, { "docid": "9729181", "text": "9th Gwangju Biennale (2012). In December 2017 a major retrospective of Araeen's work which spotted 60 years of his work was presented at Van Abbemuseum in Rotterdam and then toured to MAMCO in Geneva, the BALTIC in Gateshead, and Garage Museum in Moscow. From \"Third Text\", Kala Press [incorporating \"Black Phoenix\"], London 1987: Zero to Infinity, deconstructing spaces in Lima. A work by Rasheed Araeen. Rasheed Araeen Rasheed Araeen (; born 1935) is a London-based conceptual artist, sculptor, painter, writer, and curator. He graduated in civil engineering from the NED University of Engineering and Technology in 1962, and has been", "title": "Rasheed Araeen" }, { "docid": "7091589", "text": "his slow batting in the 1979 Semi Final. Haroon Rasheed Haroon Rasheed Harry (born 25 March 1953) is a retired Pakistani cricketer who played in 23 Tests and 12 ODIs from 1977 to 1983. As a child he attended the Church Mission School (CMS) in Karachi. Product of the Muslim Gymkhana in Karachi, he was picked up for the squad but in 1978 he was exposed of the moving ball. But Rasheed showed grit in the Jamaica Test of 1976–77 where most of the top order feared the mighty West Indian attack. Is from one of the only two families", "title": "Haroon Rasheed" }, { "docid": "7091587", "text": "Haroon Rasheed Haroon Rasheed Harry (born 25 March 1953) is a retired Pakistani cricketer who played in 23 Tests and 12 ODIs from 1977 to 1983. As a child he attended the Church Mission School (CMS) in Karachi. Product of the Muslim Gymkhana in Karachi, he was picked up for the squad but in 1978 he was exposed of the moving ball. But Rasheed showed grit in the Jamaica Test of 1976–77 where most of the top order feared the mighty West Indian attack. Is from one of the only two families in the world, apart from the Fosters of", "title": "Haroon Rasheed" }, { "docid": "5421043", "text": "second all-time at West Virginia for a quarterback behind Pat White. Marshall's 69 total touchdowns scored in his career was a school record, before Pat White broke it in 2007. Rasheed Marshall was selected in the 5th round, 174 overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2005 NFL Draft. During training camp, Rasheed Marshall underwent the process of being converted from quarterback, his college position, to receiver. Rasheed Marshall recorded one reception for -1 yards and a rush for -7 yards. He played most of the 2005 NFL season as a kick returner, however. He registered 488 yards on", "title": "Rasheed Marshall" }, { "docid": "20760811", "text": "wife Sofiya Khan. Kaleed Rasheed Kaleed Rasheed is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Rasheed earned a BBA from University of Guelph (Guelph-Humber) and M.B.A from University of Bradford. Prior to entering politics, he worked in banking, telecommunications and the service sector. He also worked as the top Enterprise Account Executive at BlackBerry. In 2018 he was elected as MPP for Mississauga East—Cooksville, defeating Liberal incumbent Dipika Damerla. He has three children", "title": "Kaleed Rasheed" }, { "docid": "20760810", "text": "Kaleed Rasheed Kaleed Rasheed is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Rasheed earned a BBA from University of Guelph (Guelph-Humber) and M.B.A from University of Bradford. Prior to entering politics, he worked in banking, telecommunications and the service sector. He also worked as the top Enterprise Account Executive at BlackBerry. In 2018 he was elected as MPP for Mississauga East—Cooksville, defeating Liberal incumbent Dipika Damerla. He has three children together with his", "title": "Kaleed Rasheed" }, { "docid": "15637731", "text": "Awatef Rasheed Awatef Rasheed (; born 1956 in Basra, Iraq) is an Iraqi Canadian writer, secular women's rights activist, and the first Iraqi female recipient of Femmy Award. She is a recipient of the Iraqi Women's Initiative Award from the Iraqi Women's Network in 2010. Awatef Rasheed is currently a Regional Adviser for the, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Rights in USA. She served as a Board member for the Canadian Research Institute for Advancement of Women (CRIAW) from 2009- 2012 and previously served on the steering committee for Feminists for Just and Equitable Public Policy (FemJEPP). She has also", "title": "Awatef Rasheed" }, { "docid": "14152799", "text": "Reportedly they then went to Lawal's favorites. Rasheed Shekoni Colonel Rasheed Shekoni was a Military Administrator of Jigawa State from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha, and then of Kwara State from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar. He built the Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital in Dutse, capital of Jigawa state, but it was then abandoned for ten years before it could be equipped and put to use. In Kwara State he completed building the 360-unit Adinimole Housing Estate. However, the succeeding government of Mohammed Lawal", "title": "Rasheed Shekoni" }, { "docid": "14152798", "text": "Rasheed Shekoni Colonel Rasheed Shekoni was a Military Administrator of Jigawa State from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha, and then of Kwara State from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar. He built the Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital in Dutse, capital of Jigawa state, but it was then abandoned for ten years before it could be equipped and put to use. In Kwara State he completed building the 360-unit Adinimole Housing Estate. However, the succeeding government of Mohammed Lawal took four years to allocate the flats.", "title": "Rasheed Shekoni" }, { "docid": "13336053", "text": "as an Online 'agony uncle' style coach. He enjoys great popularity across public, business and spiritual development circles—and can often be seen at events inspiring new and established entrepreneurs. Ogunlaru also produced his own TV pilot \"The Rasheed Show...Be the Change, See the Change\" which features an interviews with [Dame Tanni Grey-Thomson]. In 2009 he also became an expert panel member for [\"Leadsure\"], The University of London Computer Centre's online resource for small business. Rasheed Ogunlaru Rasheed Ogunlaru is a life coach, speaker, author of \"Soul Trader - Putting the Heart Back into Your Business\", \"The Gift of Inner Success\",\"", "title": "Rasheed Ogunlaru" }, { "docid": "12082200", "text": "Rasheed Naz Rasheed Naz (born 9 September 1948) is a Pakistani film and television actor. He was born in Peshawar, N W F P(now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). In 1971, he started his television career as an actor in \"Pushto\" television play. Rasheed Naz has worked in several Pashto, Hindko and Urdu language plays. His first Urdu play was \"Aik Tha Gaoon\" (1973). His first popular play was \"Namoos\". He also worked in Pakistan's first private television play \"Dasht\", telecast on N T M. In 1988, he worked in his first Pashto film \"Zama Jang\" (in Urdu \"Meri Jang\"). His first Urdu", "title": "Rasheed Naz" }, { "docid": "2657308", "text": "Rasheed Carbine The Rasheed (or \"Rashid\") is a semi-automatic carbine, derived from the Hakim Rifle and used by the Egyptian military. a carbine was valued at approximately USD $900 to 1,000, depending on condition. Around 8,000 were made, making it an extremely rare rifle. The Rasheed was designed by the Swedish engineer Erik Eklund, who based it on his previous Hakim Rifle (8×57mm Mauser cartridge), which was itself a slightly modified version of the Swedish Ag m/42 rifle (6.5×55mm Swedish cartridge). The carbine resembles the Soviet SKS carbine, particularly in the permanently attached pivoting-blade bayonet, which appears identical to its", "title": "Rasheed Carbine" }, { "docid": "10382777", "text": "Anderson, Doug Edwards, Allan Houston, Bobby Hurley, Jim Jackson 1st team: Damon Bailey, Shawn Bradley, Jamie Brandon, Eric Montross, Ed O'Bannon 1st team: Alan Henderson, Juwan Howard, Glenn Robinson, David Vaughn, Chris Webber 1st team: Donta Bright, Othella Harrington, Jason Kidd, Rodrick Rhodes, Corliss Williamson, 1st team: Randy Livingston, Jerry Stackhouse, Jacque Vaughn, Rasheed Wallace, Dontonio Wingfield 1st team: Jelani Gardner, Raef LaFrentz, Felipe López, Ricky Price, Jerod Ward 1st team: Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury, Ron Mercer 1st team: Mike Bibby, Kobe Bryant, Ronnie Fields, Winfred Walton, Tim Thomas 1st team: Chris Burgess, Baron Davis, Mark", "title": "USA Today All-USA high school basketball team" }, { "docid": "12835190", "text": "In August 2005, he decided to join the Pakistan Muslim League due to differences with the party policies and because his supporters were finding it difficult to adjust with the PPP in the ARD. Tahir Rasheed was followed by Ex-Punjab Food Minister Hafiz Iqbal Khakwani, Ex-MNA Syed Javed Ali Shah, sitting MPA Syed Mujahid Ali Shah, PML-N Ex-MPA Khalid Khokhar and the son of Ex-MPA Sheikh Amir Khalil to join PML. Tahir Rasheed lost. On 4 May 2011, Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed announced its separation from Pakistan Muslim League. On 25 February 2012, Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed 's younger brother", "title": "Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed" }, { "docid": "7665462", "text": "she is Visiting Research Professor at the Middle East Institute, at the National University of Singapore. She is active on Twitter. Madawi al-Rasheed Madawi al-Rasheed (; born ) is a Saudi Arabian professor of social anthropology. She was at the department of Theology and Religious Studies in King's College London. She is currently Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She gives occasional lectures in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. She is the granddaughter of Mohammed bin Talal al-Rasheed, the last prince of Emirate of Ha'il. She has", "title": "Madawi al-Rasheed" }, { "docid": "7665461", "text": "Madawi al-Rasheed Madawi al-Rasheed (; born ) is a Saudi Arabian professor of social anthropology. She was at the department of Theology and Religious Studies in King's College London. She is currently Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She gives occasional lectures in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. She is the granddaughter of Mohammed bin Talal al-Rasheed, the last prince of Emirate of Ha'il. She has written several books and articles in academic journals on the Arabian Peninsula, Arab migration, globalisation, gender and religious transnationalism. In 2016", "title": "Madawi al-Rasheed" }, { "docid": "7213096", "text": "Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui (1892–1977) was a noted Urdu writer and a professor at Aligarh Muslim University in India. Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui was born in 1892 in Mariyahu in, U.P. He was one of the most distinguished Urdu writers of the 20th century, known for his unique style of expressing himself in speech as well as in his writings. He was not only a satirist and a humorist, but also a critic, a biographer, a writer of life-sketches and an accomplished essayist. Noted for his mild satire and humour, impressionistic criticism, a lively style of expression and an", "title": "Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui" }, { "docid": "20036385", "text": "\"No Instructions for Assembly.\" Kameelah Janan Rasheed Kameelah Janan Rasheed (born 1985) is an American writer, educator, and artist from East Palo Alto, California. She is known for her work in installations, book arts, immersive text-based installations, large-scale public text pieces, publications, collage, and audio recordings. Rasheed’s art explores memory, ritual, discursive regimes, historiography, and archival practices through the use of fragments and historical residue. Based in Brooklyn, NY, she is currently the Arts Editor for SPOOK magazine and is also a contributing editor for The New Inquiry. Born in East Palo Alto, California to Sunni Muslim parents, Rasheed characterizes", "title": "Kameelah Janan Rasheed" }, { "docid": "20036378", "text": "Kameelah Janan Rasheed Kameelah Janan Rasheed (born 1985) is an American writer, educator, and artist from East Palo Alto, California. She is known for her work in installations, book arts, immersive text-based installations, large-scale public text pieces, publications, collage, and audio recordings. Rasheed’s art explores memory, ritual, discursive regimes, historiography, and archival practices through the use of fragments and historical residue. Based in Brooklyn, NY, she is currently the Arts Editor for SPOOK magazine and is also a contributing editor for The New Inquiry. Born in East Palo Alto, California to Sunni Muslim parents, Rasheed characterizes herself as \"a Muslim", "title": "Kameelah Janan Rasheed" }, { "docid": "18944506", "text": "Abdul Rasheed Khan Abdul Rasheed Khan was the Chairman of Commerce Bank Limited and Regional General Manager of Bank of Credit and Commerce International in Lusaka, Zambia. Abdul Rasheed Khan was born in a Sunni Muslim family in Baroda, British India and migrated to Nowshera after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. He was educated in Sindh Muslim College in Karachi and initiated his banking career with Habib Bank. After ascending into management at a remarkably accelerated pace, Khan departed from Habib Bank and followed his mentor Agha Hasan Abedi to United Bank Ltd where he continued his banking career.", "title": "Abdul Rasheed Khan" }, { "docid": "18542824", "text": "Rasheed at Auckland University and described him as \"both my student and my teacher\", said he was a voice for tolerance at a time when more strident voices hogged the headlines. \"His whole philosophy as a Muslim leader was to say, 'Here in this country are many religions and it behoves us to (a) be good citizens, and (b) lead our religious lives in such a way that we can be good neighbours and live in dialogue.' \"To that extent he was a unique voice,\" Professor Pratt said. Abdul Rahim Rasheed Hajji Abdul Rahim Rasheed QSO (1938–2006) was a Fiji", "title": "Abdul Rahim Rasheed" }, { "docid": "18542823", "text": "Australian WAMY office) and Dr Pratt. Rasheed was appointed a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order (QSO) for his decades of community service in June 2002. On 3 October 2006 Abdul Rahim Rasheed died in Auckland. A Commemorative Dinner was undertaken at the Auckland Chancery Chambers on 1 December and this was attended by the Governor-General, several prominent government ministers (past and present), and many lawyers, judges, doctors, academics and other friends. A resolution was made to continue Rasheed’s work in the creation of the Rasheed Memorial Da’wah Trust. Waikato University Associate Professor Douglas Pratt, who lectured the late Mr", "title": "Abdul Rahim Rasheed" }, { "docid": "18542818", "text": "initiated dialogue on the urgent necessity of creating a nationwide Islamic entity to represent all their collective communal aims, interests and objectives. In April 1979 the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) was established with Rasheed’s friend and colleague from the NZMA, Mazhar Krasniqi, as the first president. Six months later in September 1979 Rasheed was voted president. Rasheed maintained this title until the FIANZ AGM of 6 April 1980, and was re-elected in April 1981 for two consecutive years. Under Rasheed the Federation devoted itself to the welfare of all Muslims, to efforts to educate the wider", "title": "Abdul Rahim Rasheed" }, { "docid": "18542817", "text": "Vermont Street Islamic Centre in Ponsonby and Rasheed was confirmed as Association president. He subsequently held the job for ten years. In February 1987 Rasheed stood down from the post but was directly selected to be the Association Patron. He maintained this title until 1990. In November 1979, the Auckland City Council sanctioned plans for the first purpose built mosque in all New Zealand. Rasheed, Said Alvi, Patel, Mazhar Krasniqi and Hajji Mohammed Hussein Sahib all mortgaged their private homes in order to ensure the Association had enough money to follow the project through. Elsewhere Muslims throughout New Zealand had", "title": "Abdul Rahim Rasheed" }, { "docid": "16215990", "text": "Ismail Khilath Rasheed Ismail Khilath Rasheed (also known as Hilath) is a Maldivian blogger known for his support of religious tolerance and his involvement in several national controversies. Reporters Without Borders has described him as a \"leading journalist\" and \"one of his country’s leading free speech advocates\". Rasheed worked for a time as an editor of the Maldivian newspaper \"Haveeru\". He came to national attention in early 2010, when he was charged by the government with atheism, drug use, and homosexuality, allegedly in retaliation for his human rights reporting. He also received several death threats, and material appeared on Maldivian", "title": "Ismail Khilath Rasheed" }, { "docid": "16215984", "text": "Ismail Khilath Rasheed Ismail Khilath Rasheed (also known as Hilath) is a Maldivian blogger known for his support of religious tolerance and his involvement in several national controversies. Reporters Without Borders has described him as a \"leading journalist\" and \"one of his country’s leading free speech advocates\". Rasheed worked for a time as an editor of the Maldivian newspaper \"Haveeru\". He came to national attention in early 2010, when he was charged by the government with atheism, drug use, and homosexuality, allegedly in retaliation for his human rights reporting. He also received several death threats, and material appeared on Maldivian", "title": "Ismail Khilath Rasheed" }, { "docid": "15801440", "text": "Iranian signals intelligence unit was also reportedly deployed at the airfield to intercept electronic communications between ISIS fighters and commanders. The airbase is used by No. 109 Squadron IqAF which flies the Sukhoi Su-25. Rasheed Air Base Al Rasheed Air Base is a major Iraqi Air Force base on the south east outskirts of Baghdad in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. It is located approximately 11 kilometers southeast of downtown Baghdad. The airbase is served by an 8,300 foot long runway. According to the Gulf War Air Power Survey, there were 10 hardened aircraft shelters at Rasheed of 1991. 109", "title": "Rasheed Air Base" }, { "docid": "14160689", "text": "Rasheed Adisa Raji Navy Captain Rasheed Adisa Raji was Military Administrator of Bauchi State in Nigeria from 14 September 1994 to 22 August 1996 and then of Sokoto State from 22 August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. Rasheed Adisa Raji was born in Abeokuta in Ogun State. As governor of Bauchi State, Raji’s tenure was relatively uneventful. He enforced all government programs and policies, and supported traditional institutions. He initiated, built and commissioned the Legislative Quarters, often called the \"Raji Quarters\" today. On April 20, 1996, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the 18th Sultan of", "title": "Rasheed Adisa Raji" }, { "docid": "12329780", "text": "Hussain Rasheed Ahmed Hussain Rasheed Ahmed (; born March 18, 1957) is a Maldivian Sunni Islamic scholar (Shaafi'ee school of belief) and political leader in Republic of the Maldives. He is also the first elected President of Adhaalath Party (Adhaalath Party), a political party in the Republic of Maldives known for its Sunni Islamic positions. He is very fluent in Arabic, Urdu (other than \"Dhivehi\" Maldivian official language). Sheikh Hussain Rasheed is well known for his controversial public talks on political issues (especially regarding the former president of Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Qayyoom) and his Islamic lectures and sermons (Khutbahs). He's", "title": "Hussain Rasheed Ahmed" }, { "docid": "11789429", "text": "Si\". The name of the street was then inscribed on a ceramic plate and placed on the main wall of Sultan Ali Mosque. The sign lasted until the mid-1950s. In 1917, Al Rasheed Street was the first street to be electrically illuminated in Baghdad city. Al Rasheed Street Al Rasheed Street or Al Rashid Street (Arabic: شارع الرشيد) is one of the main streets in downtown Baghdad. Its origin goes back to the Ottomans who ruled Iraq from 1534 to 1918. During that time, the only known public street in Baghdad was Al Naher Street (Shari al-Naher). Al Naher means", "title": "Al Rasheed Street" }, { "docid": "19807918", "text": "In the next edition of the Asian Club Championship in 1989–90, Al-Rasheed were very close to reaching the final again, but they failed to. They also failed to win the league title, and they failed to win the cup as they were immediately knocked out embarrassingly by Al-Tijara, who weren't even in the top division, 3–2 on aggregate. Therefore, they ended the season without winning a single trophy. On 18 August 1990, the Iraqi Olympic Committee decided to dissolve Al-Rasheed Sports Club and transfer all of its properties to Al-Karkh Sports Club and replacing Al-Rasheed with Al-Karkh in the Iraqi", "title": "Al-Rasheed SC" }, { "docid": "19807915", "text": "86 - RSSSF — Iraq 1984/85\"></ref> After the abandonment of the league, Al-Rasheed set up the Al-Rasheed Cup which contained 12 of the 14 Iraqi League teams as well as four lower division teams. Al-Rasheed won this tournament by beating Al-Zawra'a in the final. They participated in the 1985–86 Asian Club Championship but were knocked out in round 2 of the qualifiers. They finished 2nd in the 1985–86 Iraqi League,<ref name=\"Iraq 1985/86\"></ref> but won the 1986 Saddam International Tournament which contained teams from all around the world including Iraq, Brazil, Kenya, Jordan, Morocco and Kuwait. Being managed by Ammo Baba,", "title": "Al-Rasheed SC" }, { "docid": "12145182", "text": "is also member of Muslim World league [(Rābiṭat al-ʿĀlam al-Islāmī)]. Abdul Rasheed Turabi was born in 1954 and he belongs to Azad Jammu Kashmir’s village Chattar. He completed his matriculation from Bagh High School and received his MA degree in Islamiat from Punjab University as well as he completed his LLB from Karachi University. During his student life, Abdul Rasheed took active part in politics and played his important role as Nazim of Islami Jamiat of Student of Azad Jammu Kashmir.After completion of education, Abdul Rasheed Turabi started advocating in the year 1983 and joined Jamaat-e-Islami Azad Kashmir during advocating.", "title": "Abdur Rasheed Turabi" }, { "docid": "8477269", "text": "discussed Allama Turabi’s distinguished career as a scholar of Ahl-e-Bayt, specifically the chronicle of Karbala tragedy, are Syed Hashim Raza, Dr Syed Taqi Abidi, Dr Hilal Naqvi, Prof Sahar Ansari, Firdous Alam, Syed Muhammad Abidi, Iftikhar Arif and Naseer Turabi. The section of original contributions has been enormously beefed up by excerpts from published articles of a galaxy of eminent scholars from across the board. A rich collection of photographs constituting the pictorial biography of Allama Rasheed Turabi is a great feast for the eyes. The pictures tell us all as to what made him so appealing to all sections", "title": "Rasheed Turabi" }, { "docid": "15326361", "text": "chain in 2012 and was renamed the Rixos Al Rasheed Baghdad Hotel. It transferred to the Golden Tulip Hotels chain in 2014, and was renamed the Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel. Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel (sometimes spelled Al-Rashid) (Arabic,فندق الرشيد) is an 18-story hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, often visited by journalists and media personnel due to its location within Baghdad's Green Zone. It is named after the eighth century Caliph Harun Al-Rashid. It has been a focal point in a number of conflicts in the region, most recently the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In", "title": "Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel" }, { "docid": "13030347", "text": "Wallace and the \"New York\" club in what has been called the first indoor pro football game. However Blondy would get a second chance winning the series after Glenn \"Pop\" Warner of the Syracuse Athletic Club suffered a head injury and was replaced by Wallace. Syracuse would go on to win the series championship by a score of 36-0. In 1903, Bill Prince, the manager of the Franklin Athletic Club, loaded his team with every star football player available. That year, Wallace became the team's captain. That year Franklin posted a 12-0 record and won the 1903 World Series of", "title": "Blondy Wallace" }, { "docid": "5918808", "text": "Game 1, falling 78-74. Prior to Game 2, Rasheed Wallace famously guaranteed a Detroit victory. With Detroit clinging to a 69-67 lead with under 30 seconds to play, after Billups recovered the basketball after a Jermaine O'Neal blocked shot of Rasheed Wallace, Jamaal Tinsley stripped Billups and found Reggie Miller open down the court for what appeared to be the tying lay-up. As Miller approached the basket, Tayshaun Prince ran in from the left wing and blocked Miller's lay-up as it left his fingertips. Richard Hamilton recovered the loose ball before it went out of bounds and was fouled by", "title": "2004 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "12835188", "text": "and PML-N's Javed Hashmi. However, Tahir Rasheed once again managed to defeat former federal ministers. During this time, Sheikh Tahir Rasheed became a member of Parliamentary Steering Committee (PSC). The PSC was created in response to UNDP's assistance to enhance the professional capacity of the parliamentarians and National Assembly Secretariat and to support other democratic processes. He was one of the members of parliament who were also interested in assistance regarding relations between the Parliament and the media and in making television coverage of Parliament more effective. In 1998, Sheikh Tahir Rasheed was one of the foremost supporters of the", "title": "Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed" }, { "docid": "12835183", "text": "Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed, also known as Tahir Rashid, , (born in Multan) is a Pakistani politician who is affiliated with Pakistan Muslim League. He was previously Member of National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA) (1993–1996, 1997–1999) and Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) (1990–1993). He was also the Central Vice-President of the Pakistan Muslim League. He completed his initial education at Millat High School and then Government College in Multan and graduated from the University of Sindh, Jamshoro. Tahir Rasheed hails from a family that traces its roots to Jhajjar tehsil located in Rohtak district India. His", "title": "Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5313349", "text": "Fullerton. Palm Springs International Airport Palm Springs International Airport , formerly Palm Springs Municipal Airport, is a public airport two miles (3 km) east of downtown Palm Springs, California. The airport covers and has two runways. The airport is highly seasonal, with most flights operating during the winter. The airport was named one of \"America's Most Stress-Free Airports\" by \"Smarter Travel\". PSP was built as a United States Army Air Corps emergency landing field in 1939 on land owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians due to its clear weather and its proximity to March Field and the", "title": "Palm Springs International Airport" }, { "docid": "5313335", "text": "Palm Springs International Airport Palm Springs International Airport , formerly Palm Springs Municipal Airport, is a public airport two miles (3 km) east of downtown Palm Springs, California. The airport covers and has two runways. The airport is highly seasonal, with most flights operating during the winter. The airport was named one of \"America's Most Stress-Free Airports\" by \"Smarter Travel\". PSP was built as a United States Army Air Corps emergency landing field in 1939 on land owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians due to its clear weather and its proximity to March Field and the Los", "title": "Palm Springs International Airport" }, { "docid": "5313344", "text": "with such turboprop aircraft types as the Beechcraft 1900C, British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31, de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8, Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, Fokker F27 and Saab 340 primarily with service to Los Angeles (LAX) but also to Las Vegas (LAS) and Phoenix (PHX). Several of the smaller airlines flew Cessna and Piper twin prop aircraft as well. On December 30, 2006 a U.S. Air Force Presidential Boeing VC-25 (the USAF military version of the Boeing 747), departed Palm Springs International Airport with the body of the 38th President of the", "title": "Palm Springs International Airport" }, { "docid": "7467757", "text": "picture companies in movies set during the second world war. Located on the north-east side of the Palm Springs International Airport, the Air Museum is housed in a new structure that includes three main display hangars, theater, gift shop, ramp and airport access for flight demonstrations and visiting planes, research library, simulator and education center. The museum has also been rented as the site for celebrity galas, private parties and balls. The museum is available for rent. An extensive collection of aviation art by Stan Stokes. The Flying Collection includes: Static Display includes: In 2001 Huell Howser Productions, in association", "title": "Palm Springs Air Museum" } ]

[ { "docid": "5313338", "text": "declared surplus on May 12, 1945, and the main airfield was declared excess and transferred to the War Assets Administration for disposal in 1946 and it was sold to private buyers. The City of Palm Springs purchased the land in 1961 and converted it to Palm Springs Municipal Airport. Palm Springs had scheduled passenger service in 1934 operated by Palm Springs Air Lines with Ford Trimotor aircraft with flights to the Union Air Terminal (now the Hollywood Burbank Airport) in Burbank. Western Airlines flights began in 1945–46 followed by Bonanza Airlines in 1957–58. In 1964 Western was operating nonstop flights", "title": "Palm Springs International Airport" }, { "docid": "5313336", "text": "Angeles area. In March 1941 the War Department certified improvements to the existing airport in Palm Springs as essential to National Defense. The airport was approved to serve as a staging field by the Air Corps Ferrying Command 21st Ferrying Group in November 1941. Land was acquired to build a major airfield a half mile from the old airfield site. The new airfield, Palm Springs Army Airfield was completed in early 1942, and the old air field was then used only as a backup. (Aerial pic of the old airfield at , looking ENE) Many of the field's Air Transport", "title": "Palm Springs International Airport" }, { "docid": "5313348", "text": "a designer roofline similar to that of the Denver International Airport. The older unnamed concourse on the south side, simply known in signage as \"Gates 12–20\", is at the tarmac level and hosts smaller aircraft. Boarding uses ramps or airstairs. PSP is served by both municipal and regional routes. Sunline's \"SunBus\" route 24 provides direct service to downtown Palm Springs via the bus stops at El Cielo/Kirk Douglas and Tahquitz/Civic. Morongo Basin Transit Authority provides service to Twentynine Palms. An Amtrak Thruway bus stop is located just outside the baggage claim area, with service to Cabazon (Morongo Casino), Riverside, and", "title": "Palm Springs International Airport" }, { "docid": "5313346", "text": "the airport directly off of Tahquitz Canyon Way (from downtown) or Kirk Douglas Way, itself fed by Ramon Road from points east. Uncovered parking areas are directly in front of the building. The center section houses the security screening area and automatic doors to/from the open-air walkways airside. Ticketing is on the right (south) wing, while baggage claim and car rental counters are on the left (north). Departing passengers are routed first to airline ticket counters or kiosks for checking in. Since all gates at Palm Springs are in the two outlying concourses, passengers must pass through the security screening", "title": "Palm Springs International Airport" }, { "docid": "9959867", "text": "library, sewer system and wastewater treatment plant, international airport, and planning and building services. The city government is a member of the Southern California Association of Governments. The current mayor is Robert Moon, elected in 2015. Mr. Moon is the City's third openly gay mayor in the city's history. Palm Springs' longest-tenured mayor was Frank Bogert (1958–66 and 1982–88), but the best-known mayor in the city's history was Sonny Bono. Bono served from 1988 to 1992 and was eventually elected to the U.S. Congress. Palm Springs is in Supervisorial District 4 of Riverside County. In the California State Legislature, Palm", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "5313339", "text": "with Lockheed L-188 Electra propjets to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Diego. Bonanza and successors Air West and Hughes Airwest served Palm Springs for many years with such aircraft as the Fairchild F-27 turboprop followed by Douglas DC-9-10 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets. American Airlines appeared in winter of 1967–68 with Boeing 707 jetliners. By 1969, American was operating four Boeing 707 departures a day from the airport with two nonstops to Los Angeles and two nonstops to Phoenix with these latter flights both offering direct one stop service to Chicago. Trans World Airlines (TWA) began service in 1978", "title": "Palm Springs International Airport" }, { "docid": "12068601", "text": "Palm Springs (band) Palm Springs is a Brighton-based independent British rock band. Established in 2004 with \"a firm DIY ethic – put off today what you can do tomorrow and persevere without instructions or guidance,\" the band writes, records and releases records through their own label Random Acts of Vinyl. The group comprises songwriting duo and instrumentalists Palm Springs describe their music as \"acoustic, melancholic and slightly car boot electronic\" although reviewers have used adjectives ranging from \"lush,\" \"orchestral\" and \"majestic\" to \"folksy,\" \"gentle\" and \"understated.\" The addition of non-standard instruments such as melodica, glockenspiel, Casio VL-1, Stylophone and strings", "title": "Palm Springs (band)" }, { "docid": "12068608", "text": "with Les Homme Sauvage and Fran Healy & Andy Dunlop from Travis. The band played at the opening night of the 26th Haldern Pop Festival in Germany in August 2009. Second LP \"The Hope That Kills You\" followed in January 2010. Palm Springs (band) Palm Springs is a Brighton-based independent British rock band. Established in 2004 with \"a firm DIY ethic – put off today what you can do tomorrow and persevere without instructions or guidance,\" the band writes, records and releases records through their own label Random Acts of Vinyl. The group comprises songwriting duo and instrumentalists Palm Springs", "title": "Palm Springs (band)" }, { "docid": "8651495", "text": "Palm Springs Stadium Palm Springs Stadium is a stadium in Palm Springs, California. It is primarily used for baseball. It used to be named Angels Stadium and was the home field of the Palm Springs Suns of the Western Baseball League in 1995 and 1996. Palm Springs Stadium is the home of the Palm Springs Power, of the collegiate summer Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association. In 2018 the stadium is now the official home of the Palm Springs Collegiate League. The stadium has a seating capacity of 5,185. Formerly a polo ground, the present-day stands opened in 1949 and were", "title": "Palm Springs Stadium" }, { "docid": "8651503", "text": "amateur/semi-pro baseball leagues: the American Legion. In the past, automobile exhibits or car shows, monster truck rallies and music concerts were also held in the stadium's field. Palm Springs Stadium Palm Springs Stadium is a stadium in Palm Springs, California. It is primarily used for baseball. It used to be named Angels Stadium and was the home field of the Palm Springs Suns of the Western Baseball League in 1995 and 1996. Palm Springs Stadium is the home of the Palm Springs Power, of the collegiate summer Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association. In 2018 the stadium is now the official", "title": "Palm Springs Stadium" }, { "docid": "12311409", "text": "front of 2,500 fans at Palm Springs Stadium. Palm Springs Chill The Palm Springs Chill are an independent baseball team based in Palm Springs, California. They are co-owned by the Palm Springs Power and play their home games at Palm Springs Stadium. Andrew Starke is the team president and Darrell Evans is the manager. They were a member of the Arizona Winter League, a short-season instructional winter league affiliated with the Golden Baseball League in 2008 and 2009, making the playoffs and championship game both seasons, before losing to the Blythe Heat and Yuma Scorpions respectively. The Chill ownership created", "title": "Palm Springs Chill" }, { "docid": "9959868", "text": "Springs is in , and in . In the United States House of Representatives, Palm Springs is in . Public education in Palm Springs is under the jurisdiction of the Palm Springs Unified School District, an independent district with five board members. The Palm Springs High School is the oldest school in the district, built in 1938. Originally it was a K–12 school in the 1920s and had the College of the Desert campus from 1958 to 1964. And Raymond Cree Middle School in its current site since the mid 1960s. Elementary schools in Palm Springs include: Alternative education is", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "5313342", "text": "operating jet service into Palm Springs in the past included Air21, Air California and its successor Air Cal, America West Airlines, CP Air, the original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986), Hughes Airwest, Pacific Express, Pan Am, Reno Air, Republic Airlines (1979-1986) and USAir. According to the OAG, jet aircraft operated by these airlines included the Boeing 727-200, 737-200 and 737-300, the British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven, the Fokker F28 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 and MD-80. According to various Official Airline Guide (OAG) editions, a number of commuter and regional airlines also served Palm Springs primarily with turboprop aircraft over the years", "title": "Palm Springs International Airport" }, { "docid": "17488200", "text": "Palm Springs General Hospital Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus is a 247-bed acute care hospital located on a 15-acre campus in Hialeah, Florida. Services include orthopedic surgery (hips, knees, shoulders), cardiac implants, pacemakers, interventional radiological procedures such as endovascular aneurysm repair of abdominal aortic aneuryisms (AAA). In 1965, the hospital opened in what was then the rural outskirts of Hialeah in northwest Miami-Dade County, Florida. Due to the rapid influx of Hispanic-Americans, the hospital became largely bilingual in both Spanish and English as well as Haitian Creole. Palm Springs General Hospital has undergone several renovations and expansion. In 1995,", "title": "Palm Springs General Hospital" }, { "docid": "1040799", "text": "Opa-locka,) and the eighty-first-highest concentration of Colombian residents, which made up 1.9% of the population (tied with West Miami.) Businesses, concentrated on Congress Avenue and Tenth Avenue North, include several shopping centers, the largest of which are Greenwood and Palm Springs. Palm Springs is served by the School District of Palm Beach County; the district has its headquarters in the Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center in Palm Springs. The village of Palm Springs is home to three public schools, while other nearby public schools serve students in Palm Springs. The public schools include: St. Luke's Catholic School, a private school, is", "title": "Palm Springs, Florida" }, { "docid": "1040789", "text": "Palm Springs, Florida Palm Springs is a village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, situated between Greenacres, Lake Clarke Shores, Lake Worth, and West Palm Beach. As of the 2010 United States Census, had a population of 18,928. It is a minor city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census. It was the 30th incorporated municipality in Palm Beach County, with the establishment charter approved by the Florida Legislature on July 4, 1957. The village name was likely derived from the resort city of Palm Springs, California. Palm Springs", "title": "Palm Springs, Florida" }, { "docid": "9959874", "text": "City. Also in Cathedral City is the Forest Lawn Cemetery, maintained by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries. Over 300 Palm Springs residents have been recognized on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. Besides its tradition of mid-century modern architecture, Palm Springs and the region features numerous noted architects. Other (non-Mid-Century Modern) include Edward H. Fickett, Haralamb H. Georgescu, Howard Lapham, and Karim Rashid. The Palm Springs area has been a filming location, topical setting, and storyline subject for many films, television shows, and literature. The fauna of Palm Springs is mostly species adapted to desert, temperature extremes and to lack", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "9959870", "text": "have satellite campuses available within the College of the Desert campus, but now have their own buildings in Palm Desert. Private post-secondary education institutions include Brandman University (branch in Palm Desert), California Desert Trial Academy College of Law (in Indio), Kaplan College (Palm Springs), University of Phoenix (Palm Desert), Mayfield College (Cathedral City), and California Nurses Educational Institute (Palm Springs). Palm Springs is the 144th largest TV market as defined by AC Nielsen. The Palm Springs DMA is unique among TV markets as it is entirely located within only a small portion of Riverside County. Also, while most areas received", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "17765042", "text": "their acquisition of the ownership and operational rights of Wet'n'Wild Hawaii and Wet'n'Wild Phoenix. As part of the transaction with Australian firm, Village Roadshow Theme Parks, CNL also acquired rights to the Wet'n'Wild brand in the United States. In December 2013, CNL announced the Palm Springs water park would operate as Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs from the 2014 season. Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs is a water park located in Palm Springs, California. The park operated under Cedar Fair's ownership as Knott's Soak City until 2013 when CNL Lifestyle Properties acquired it. It is one of seven water parks operating", "title": "Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs" }, { "docid": "12311405", "text": "Palm Springs Chill The Palm Springs Chill are an independent baseball team based in Palm Springs, California. They are co-owned by the Palm Springs Power and play their home games at Palm Springs Stadium. Andrew Starke is the team president and Darrell Evans is the manager. They were a member of the Arizona Winter League, a short-season instructional winter league affiliated with the Golden Baseball League in 2008 and 2009, making the playoffs and championship game both seasons, before losing to the Blythe Heat and Yuma Scorpions respectively. The Chill ownership created a brand new winter league in 2010, the", "title": "Palm Springs Chill" }, { "docid": "1034163", "text": "at 2.4% of all residents. The community is named after Palm Springs Estates, an unincorporated community surrounded by the City of Hialeah, just a few miles south. Public schools that serve Palm Springs North are: Private schools that serve Palm Springs North are: Palm Springs North, Florida Palm Springs North is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,253 at the 2010 census. Palm Springs North is located at (25.932904, -80.332871). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of", "title": "Palm Springs North, Florida" }, { "docid": "9959841", "text": "era) in Palm Springs is backed by architecture enthusiasts, artistic designers and local historians to preserve many of Central Palm Springs' buildings and houses of famous celebrities, businessmen and politicians. Palm Springs is located at (33.823990, −116.530339) in the Sonoran Desert. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (1%) is water. Located in the Coachella Valley desert region, Palm Springs is sheltered by the San Bernardino Mountains to the north, the Santa Rosa Mountains to the south, by the San Jacinto Mountains to the west and by", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "8907018", "text": "small. The nearest Elementary School was in Desert Hot Springs K-6, Junior High and High Schools were in Palm Springs. North Palm Springs, California North Palm Springs is an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California, United States. North Palm Springs is located at the intersection of Dillon Road and North Indian Canyon Drive near the northern border of Palm Springs, south of Interstate 10. In the 1950s and early 1960s North Palm Springs hosted several businesses including a shoe repair shop, coin laundry, 2 bars that served basic burgers etc. one of which is still open under a new name,", "title": "North Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "12311406", "text": "California Winter League, to offer more opportunities for aspiring players to flourish. They will be joined by the Coachella Valley Snowbirds, the Palm Desert Coyotes and the Canada A's. Former Major Leaguer and former Victoria Seals manager Darrell Evans was named commissioner of this new league. Arizona Winter League: California Winter League: Tundra is the official mascot of the Palm Springs Chill. During the 2012 California Winter League baseball season the Palm Springs Chill started to become very popular in the Palm Springs area. Due to the success of the Palm Springs Power college baseball team in the summer the", "title": "Palm Springs Chill" }, { "docid": "1040800", "text": "located in Palm Springs. The village is also home to G-Star School of the Arts, which is a charter school and the largest high school for acting, animation, and film in the United States. The Palm Springs Public Library is located in the Village Government Complex. State Road 802 (locally known as Lake Worth Road) passes east-west near the southern end of the village. Congress Avenue (designated as State Road 807) is a north-south oriented road close to the eastern boundary of Palm Springs. The far western edges of Palm Springs border Military Trail (designated as State Road 809). State", "title": "Palm Springs, Florida" }, { "docid": "8600738", "text": "Palm Springs High School Palm Springs High School is a public high school for grades 9 through 12 located in Palm Springs, California as part of the Palm Springs Unified School District. It was built in 1938 in an effort led by city pioneer Nellie Coffman. Palm Springs High School is in the Desert Valley League, which also includes Cathedral City High School, Coachella Valley High School, Indio High School, La Quinta High School and Palm Desert High School. Palm Springs High School football won their first California Interscholastic Federation championship in the fall of 2009. Boys varsity football won", "title": "Palm Springs High School" }, { "docid": "16793656", "text": "Palm Springs (film) Palm Springs (alternate title: Palm Springs Affair) is a 1936 film directed by Aubrey Scotto which features an early performance by David Niven. A father and daughter pair who love to gamble throw a party one night in her honor before shoving off to finishing school. When she gets to the school, she’s caught gambling and is expelled. While she tries to locate her father in Palm Springs, California, she meets a cowboy named Slim and a wealthy gentleman named George Brittel. He also has an aunt who is very against gambling. But still the same her", "title": "Palm Springs (film)" }, { "docid": "9964005", "text": "Palm Springs station Palm Springs is a train station in Palm Springs, California, United States, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The \"Sunset Limited\" and the \"Texas Eagle\", combined, provide a thrice-weekly service in each direction. This is not a full-service station. The station comprises a single platform and an open-air shelter with a roof. It was built in 1999, and the property is owned by the City of Palm Springs. No services are offered at this unmanned station. Although there is a restroom, its door appears to be permanently locked and thus the restroom is not available", "title": "Palm Springs station" }, { "docid": "9959861", "text": "Palm Springs POWER, a semi-pro collegiate league baseball team composed of college all-stars of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association. It has a winter league baseball team, the POWER winter team and Palm Springs Chill of the California Winter League (2010) consists of 12 other teams as of 2016. The League plays its games in Palm Springs Stadium and also on the baseball field in nearby Palm Springs High School. Both sites feature 6 teams of the Palm Springs Collegiate League in the summer. The Palm Springs stadium was once the spring training site of the Major League Baseball California", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "1040801", "text": "Road 882 (locally known as Forest Hill Boulevard) moves west-east near the village's northern boundary. Two entrance and exit ramps for Interstate 95 are located along state roads 802 and 882, just outside the village limits. Several Palm Tran routes serve Palm Springs. Palm Springs, Florida Palm Springs is a village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, situated between Greenacres, Lake Clarke Shores, Lake Worth, and West Palm Beach. As of the 2010 United States Census, had a population of 18,928. It is a minor city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people", "title": "Palm Springs, Florida" }, { "docid": "8236670", "text": "Palm Springs Art Museum The Palm Springs Art Museum (formerly the Palm Springs Desert Museum) was founded in 1938, and is a regional art, natural science and performing arts institution for Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, in Riverside County, California, United States. The Palm Springs Desert Museum was first housed in 1938 in a small room in La Plaza Arcade on Palm Canyon Drive near 'downtown' Palm Springs. The museum focused on the Colorado Desert natural environment and the original local Native Americans, such as the Cahuilla people. On the edge of the present-day business district, the arcade was", "title": "Palm Springs Art Museum" }, { "docid": "17765038", "text": "Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs is a water park located in Palm Springs, California. The park operated under Cedar Fair's ownership as Knott's Soak City until 2013 when CNL Lifestyle Properties acquired it. It is one of seven water parks operating under the Wet'n'Wild brand globally. Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs officially opened as Oasis Water Park by Waterpark Associates in 1986. By 2001, Oasis Water Park spanned of a property, featured 20 attractions and had a seasonal attendance of 200,000 people. In May 2001, Cedar Fair entered into an agreement to acquire the park. The deal was finalised one month", "title": "Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs" }, { "docid": "9959856", "text": "has the fifth-highest percentage of same-sex households in the nation. Former mayor Ron Oden estimated that about a third of Palm Springs is gay. Over various times, the city has catered to LGBT tourists with an increasing amount of clothing-optional resorts and events. Palm Springs is host to the Greater Palm Springs Pride Celebration. This celebration, held every year in November, includes events such as the Palm Springs Pride Golf Classic, the Stonewall Equality Concert, and a Broadway in Drag Pageant. The city also held same-sex wedding ceremonies at the iconic 'Forever Marilyn' statue located downtown, before its relocation in", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "9959817", "text": "Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla: Se-Khi) is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately east of San Bernardino, east of Los Angeles, northeast of San Diego, and west of Phoenix, Arizona. The population was 44,552 as of the 2010 census. Palm Springs covers approximately , making it the largest city in the county by land area. Biking, golf, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, and tennis in the nearby desert and mountain areas are major forms of recreation in Palm Springs. The city is also known for its mid-century modern", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "9959824", "text": "in Californian place names, it usually refers to the native California fan palm, \"Washingtonia filifera\", which is abundant in the Palm Springs area. Other early names were \"Palmetto Spring\" and \"Big Palm Springs\". The first European resident in Palm Springs itself was Jack Summers, who ran the stagecoach station on the Bradshaw Trail in 1862. Fourteen years later (1876), the Southern Pacific railroad was laid 6 miles to the north, isolating the station. In 1880, local Indian Pedro Chino was selling parcels near the springs to William Van Slyke and Mathew Bryne in a series of questionable transactions; they in", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "8907017", "text": "North Palm Springs, California North Palm Springs is an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California, United States. North Palm Springs is located at the intersection of Dillon Road and North Indian Canyon Drive near the northern border of Palm Springs, south of Interstate 10. In the 1950s and early 1960s North Palm Springs hosted several businesses including a shoe repair shop, coin laundry, 2 bars that served basic burgers etc. one of which is still open under a new name, Chinese Restaurant, and a gas station that was connected to a restaurant/bar. There was one general store type market very", "title": "North Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "9959877", "text": "Coachella Valley. The last documented Jaguar sighting in Palm Springs, was in 1860.|| Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla: Se-Khi) is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately east of San Bernardino, east of Los Angeles, northeast of San Diego, and west of Phoenix, Arizona. The population was 44,552 as of the 2010 census. Palm Springs covers approximately , making it the largest city in the county by land area. Biking, golf, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, and tennis in the nearby desert and mountain areas are major forms of", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "8600740", "text": "round in the California Interscholastic Federation with all returning freshman now juniors. Boys varsity basketball won 4 straight DVL titles from 2010–2013. In 2013, they made it to first round of CIF. Boys soccer went undefeated in the 2012–2013 season retaining the DVL title, since 1999. Palm Springs High School Palm Springs High School is a public high school for grades 9 through 12 located in Palm Springs, California as part of the Palm Springs Unified School District. It was built in 1938 in an effort led by city pioneer Nellie Coffman. Palm Springs High School is in the Desert", "title": "Palm Springs High School" }, { "docid": "8727974", "text": "Palm Springs Angels The Palm Springs Angels were a minor league baseball team of the Class A California League from 1986 to 1993 and an affiliate of the California Angels. They began in 1986 when the Redwood Pioneers relocated to Palm Springs and they relocated to Lake Elsinore, California after the 1993 season and became the Lake Elsinore Storm. The team was brought to this desert city in 1986 (formerly the Redwood Pioneers), where the major league team under country music legend and team owner Gene Autry had the Angels use Palm Springs as a spring training camp in Palm", "title": "Palm Springs Angels" }, { "docid": "9964007", "text": "8-9 passengers daily, making Palm Springs the 71st-busiest of the 74 stations served by Amtrak in California in FY2013. Following the 2016 schedule change for the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle, inbound trains only depart at 2:02am and outbound trains arrive at 12:36am, making ridership decrease sharply through 2016-18. Greyhound Bus Lines also has a stop (no ticketing) at the station. Palm Springs station Palm Springs is a train station in Palm Springs, California, United States, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The \"Sunset Limited\" and the \"Texas Eagle\", combined, provide a thrice-weekly service in each direction. This", "title": "Palm Springs station" }, { "docid": "9959860", "text": "evening event, drawing tourists and locals alike to Palm Canyon Drive to stroll amid the food and craft vendors. Events related to films and film-craft are sponsored by the Desert Film Society. The city council has established a 7-member commission to promote art in the city. The commission has sponsored several notable public art projects in the city, including: Numerous galleries and studios are located in the city and region. The California Art Club has a chapter in Palm Springs. The Desert Art Center of Coachella Valley was established in Palm Springs in 1950. Palm Springs is home to the", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "9959859", "text": "Committee celebrates Black History Month with a parade and town fair every February. The following three parades, held on Palm Canyon Drive, were created by former Mayor Will Kleindienst: For many years, The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies was a stage-show at the historic Plaza Theatre featuring performers over the age of 55. \"\" is a 1997 Mel Damski short documentary film about the Follies. The Palm Springs Follies closed for good after the 2013-14 season. Starting in 2004, the city worked with downtown businesses to develop the weekly Palm Springs VillageFest. The downtown street fair has been a regular Thursday", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "8651500", "text": "a possible site of interest for the independent Golden Baseball League later became the North American League in 2010, before the league folded. However, the current tenant, the Palm Springs Power, draw in more fans and local media than previous baseball teams. In 2018 the Palm Springs Collegiate League has taken residence at the stadium. The Palm Springs Chill is the founder of the California Winter League (2010) who used to play in the Arizona Winter League, and their 5 opponents are the Canada A's, Coachella Valley Snowbirds, Palm Desert Coyotes, and Blythe Heat-later replaced by the Washington BlueSox. The", "title": "Palm Springs Stadium" }, { "docid": "1040792", "text": "Silvers (D) of the Florida House of Representatives's 87th district and Lori Berman (D) of the Florida Senate's 31st district. Nationally, the village is served by Lois Frankel (D) of Florida's 21st congressional district and U.S. Senators Bill Nelson (D) and Marco Rubio (R). In 1957, Florida House of Representatives member Ralph Blank, Jr. of Palm Beach County introduced legislation to establish the village of Palm Springs. The bill passed unanimously and Palm Springs was chartered on July 4, 1957. The village was likely named after the resort city of Palm Springs, California. Originally, the townsite mainly consisted of about", "title": "Palm Springs, Florida" }, { "docid": "9959837", "text": "Palm Springs counted just 19 courses, which had grown to 125 by 2010. Similar to the pre-war era, Palm Springs remained popular with the rich and famous of Hollywood, as well as retirees and Canadian tourists. Between 1947 and 1965, the Alexander Construction Company built some 2,200 houses in Palm Springs effectively doubling its housing capacity. As the 1970s drew to a close, increasing numbers of retirees moved to the Coachella Valley. As a result, Palm Springs began to evolve from a virtual ghost town in the summer to a year-round community. Businesses and hotels that used to close for", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "20165384", "text": "State Route 111 was designated the \"Officer Jose 'Gil' Vega and Officer Lesley Zerebny Memorial Highway\" in their honor. Palm Springs Police Department The Palm Springs Police Department (PSDP) is the agency responsible for law enforcement within the city of Palm Springs, California. The headquarters is located at 200 South Civic Drive. The mission of the department is \"The men and women of the Palm Springs Police Department, empowered by and in partnership with the community, are dedicated to providing professional, ethical, and courteous service to all.\" On October 8, 2016, two police officers, Jose \"Gil\" Vega and Lesley Zerebny,", "title": "Palm Springs Police Department" }, { "docid": "20165383", "text": "Palm Springs Police Department The Palm Springs Police Department (PSDP) is the agency responsible for law enforcement within the city of Palm Springs, California. The headquarters is located at 200 South Civic Drive. The mission of the department is \"The men and women of the Palm Springs Police Department, empowered by and in partnership with the community, are dedicated to providing professional, ethical, and courteous service to all.\" On October 8, 2016, two police officers, Jose \"Gil\" Vega and Lesley Zerebny, were shot and killed in the line of duty, the first since 1962. In 2017, a section of California", "title": "Palm Springs Police Department" }, { "docid": "12642669", "text": "Plaza Theatre (Palm Springs) The Plaza Theatre is a historic theater located at 128 South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California. From 1990 through 2014 the theatre housed The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies which was featured on ABC's \"20/20\", \"The Today Show\", the \"New York Times\", NPR and other media since its founding. It was December 12, 1936 that the historic Plaza Theatre opened with the Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor premiere \"Camille\". The theatre's owner at the time, Earle C. Strebe, sold the very first ticket to Annette Freeman. In the early days of Palm Springs began the", "title": "Plaza Theatre (Palm Springs)" }, { "docid": "9959872", "text": "market. Additionally, Palm Springs and the surrounding area are served by AM and FM radio stations including the following: The city's library was started in 1924 and financed by Martha Hitchcock. It expanded in 1940 on land donated to the newly incorporated city by Dr. Welwood Murray and was financed through the efforts of Thomas O'Donnell. The present site now operates as a branch library, research library for the Palm Springs Historical Society, and tourism office for the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism. One of the first transportation routes for Palm Springs was on the Bradshaw Trail, an historic overland", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "16793657", "text": "and George bet and before they know it they’re having dinner at a fancy restaurant. In the gambling room, Joan discovers her father gambling and finds out the truth behind their financial situation. So, she decides to marry George for his money. Complications ensue when she changes her identity to Lady Sylvia of Dustin and she realizes the cowboy is the one she is in love with. The film recorded a loss of $154,089. Palm Springs (film) Palm Springs (alternate title: Palm Springs Affair) is a 1936 film directed by Aubrey Scotto which features an early performance by David Niven.", "title": "Palm Springs (film)" }, { "docid": "9959857", "text": "2014. Though celebrities still retreat to Palm Springs, many today establish residences in other areas of the Coachella Valley. The city's economy now relies on tourism, and local government is largely supported by related retail sales taxes and the TOT (transient occupancy tax). It is a city of numerous festivals, conventions, and international events including the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The world's largest rotating aerial tramcars (cable cars) can be found at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. These cars, built by Von Roll Tramways, ascend from Chino Canyon two-and-a-half miles up a steep incline to the station at .", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "9959858", "text": "The San Jacinto Wilderness is accessible from the top of the tram and there is a restaurant with notable views. The Palm Springs Convention Center underwent a multimillion-dollar expansion and renovation under Mayor Will Kleindienst. The City Council Sub-Committee of Mayor Kleindienst and City Council Member Chris Mills selected Fentress Bradburn Architects from Denver, Colorado for the redesign. Numerous hotels, restaurants and attractions cater to tourists, while shoppers can find a variety of high-end boutiques in downtown and uptown Palm Springs. The city is home to 20 clothing-optional resorts including many catering to gay men. The Palm Springs Black History", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "9468105", "text": "Palm Springs International Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival (sometimes stylized shortly as PSIFF) is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. Originally promoted by Mayor Sonny Bono and then sponsored by Nortel, it started in 1989 and is held annually in January. It is run by the Palm Springs International Film Society, which also runs the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (ShortFest), a festival of short films and film market in June. Though the festival does feature American independent films, the focus from its inception was to shine a spotlight on international cinema. Michael Barker,", "title": "Palm Springs International Film Festival" }, { "docid": "8607527", "text": "Day holiday. These former Presidents of the United States lived in the Palm Springs area after their retirement. Palm Springs has been famous as a winter resort and second home community for personalities in show business. These honorees include actors, performers, directors and cinematographers of stage, radio, film, and television. Early pioneers and other contributors to the community are also honored. These honorees include authors, playwrights, screenwriters, singers, composers and musicians. Palm Springs Walk of Stars The Palm Springs Walk of Stars is a walk of fame in downtown Palm Springs, California, where \"Golden Palm Stars\", honoring various people who", "title": "Palm Springs Walk of Stars" }, { "docid": "9964006", "text": "for service. The station is approximately from downtown Palm Springs, and there are no connecting transportation services between the station and downtown except for taxi cabs and app-based ride services. Ridership at the Palm Springs station declined from 2010 to 2013, in large part due to the normally inconvenient service times to and from Los Angeles. In FY2010, the station served 6,061 passengers. This declined to 5,897 passengers in FY2011 (-2.71%), and then to 4,945 passengers in FY2012 (-16.14%). As of FY2013, Palm Springs station's ridership further declined to 3,113 passengers, corresponding to an average boarding or detraining of just", "title": "Palm Springs station" }, { "docid": "18829474", "text": "Palm Springs School of Architecture The Palm Springs School of Architecture - often called Desert Modernism - is a regional style of post-war architecture that emerged in Palm Springs, California. Many of the architects who pioneered this style became world-renowned later in their own careers. Numerous buildings and homes by these architects remain in the Coachella Valley. The Palm Springs School of Architecture is characterized by its adaptation to the desert's brutal climate. Block walls, clerestory windows, long, low rooflines and the inclusion of the desert itself in the design highlight the common elements of the Palm Springs School. Architectural", "title": "Palm Springs School of Architecture" }, { "docid": "9959823", "text": "Alta California; on their expedition they first recorded the existence of \"Agua Caliente\" at Palm Springs, California. With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after the Mexican-American war, the region became part of the United States in 1848. One possible origin of \"palm\" in the place name comes from early Spanish explorers who referred to the area as \"La Palma de la Mano de Dios\" or \"The Palm of God's hand\". The earliest use of the name \"Palm Springs\" is from United States Topographical Engineers who used the term in 1853 maps. According to William Bright, when the word \"palm\" appears", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "12632947", "text": "Palm Springs Weekend Palm Springs Weekend is a 1963 Warner Bros. bedroom comedy film directed by Norman Taurog. It has elements of the beach party genre (AIP's \"Beach Party\" became a smash hit in July, while Warner Bros. was still putting this film together) and has been called “a sort of Westernized version of \"Where the Boys Are\"\" by \"Billboard\" magazine. It stars Troy Donahue, Stefanie Powers, Robert Conrad, Ty Hardin, and Connie Stevens. A group of college students from Los Angeles travel to Palm Springs to spend the Easter weekend there. Student Jim Munroe (Troy Donahue) falls for Bunny", "title": "Palm Springs Weekend" }, { "docid": "8236678", "text": "encompasses , with additional exhibition space in Palm Desert as of March 2012. On March 15, 2012, the museum opened a satellite facility in the nearby community of Palm Desert. The inaugural exhibition was \"Rodin to Now\" a survey of modern sculpture from the groundbreaking French artist's work which arguably began the modern epoch in sculpture through to the immediately contemporary works of artists such as Tracey Emin, Anthony Gormley and Jennifer Steinkamp. Palm Springs Art Museum The Palm Springs Art Museum (formerly the Palm Springs Desert Museum) was founded in 1938, and is a regional art, natural science and", "title": "Palm Springs Art Museum" }, { "docid": "18842896", "text": "a private company. Altogether, the networks comprised about seventy-five stations, mainly including ground response stations, but also included seventeen buildings, nine dams, a power plant, and a freeway interchange. The stations were triggered at distances of up to , with a strong motion duration of greater than three seconds at five of the closest stations. The strongest acceleration (.778\"g\") occurred at the North Palm Springs Post Office on the vertical axis. The maximum intensity for the event was VII (\"Very strong\"). At Desert Hot Springs, effects aligned with this rating were broken underground pipes (including a 5-inch water main) and", "title": "1986 North Palm Springs earthquake" }, { "docid": "8727976", "text": "a new spring training facility in Tempe, Arizona. Former Palm Spring Angels players include Pete Rose, Jr., Dante Bichette, J. T. Snow, Tim Salmon, Garret Anderson, Troy Percival and Jim Edmonds. Palm Springs Angels The Palm Springs Angels were a minor league baseball team of the Class A California League from 1986 to 1993 and an affiliate of the California Angels. They began in 1986 when the Redwood Pioneers relocated to Palm Springs and they relocated to Lake Elsinore, California after the 1993 season and became the Lake Elsinore Storm. The team was brought to this desert city in 1986", "title": "Palm Springs Angels" }, { "docid": "8607525", "text": "Palm Springs Walk of Stars The Palm Springs Walk of Stars is a walk of fame in downtown Palm Springs, California, where \"Golden Palm Stars\", honoring various people who have lived in the greater Palm Springs area, are embedded in the sidewalk pavement. The walk includes portions of Palm Canyon Drive, Tahquitz Canyon Way, La Plaza Court and Museum Drive. Among those honored are Presidents of the United States, show business personalities, literary figures (authors, playwrights, screenwriters), pioneers and civic leaders (early settlers, tribal leaders, civic personalities), humanitarians, and Medal of Honor recipients. This listing is a selection of notable", "title": "Palm Springs Walk of Stars" }, { "docid": "7051569", "text": "Palm Springs Unified School District The Palm Springs Unified School District, or PSUSD, is one of three public education governing bodies in the Coachella Valley desert region of Southern California. PSUSD governs the western half of the valley; the Coachella Valley Unified School District and Desert Sands Unified School District oversee communities in the eastern half. Administrative offices are located in Palm Springs. The PSUSD was established in 1958 from the Palm Springs Public Schools, later included Palm Springs High School in the 1960s. PSUSD employs more than 2000 administrators, certificated staff and classified staff. More than 23,000 students are", "title": "Palm Springs Unified School District" }, { "docid": "1984348", "text": "Palm Beach International Airport Palm Beach International Airport is a public airport in Palm Beach County, Florida, west of the city of West Palm Beach, Florida. It is the primary airport for West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, and the surrounding area. It is also one of three major airports serving the South Florida metropolitan area. The airport is operated by Palm Beach County's Department of Airports. Road access to the airport is direct from I-95, Southern Boulevard, and Congress Avenue. The airport is bordered on the west by Military Trail. Palm Beach International Airport began operations in 1936", "title": "Palm Beach International Airport" }, { "docid": "12642672", "text": "1998. The Follies held their last show in May 2014. Plaza Theatre (Palm Springs) The Plaza Theatre is a historic theater located at 128 South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California. From 1990 through 2014 the theatre housed The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies which was featured on ABC's \"20/20\", \"The Today Show\", the \"New York Times\", NPR and other media since its founding. It was December 12, 1936 that the historic Plaza Theatre opened with the Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor premiere \"Camille\". The theatre's owner at the time, Earle C. Strebe, sold the very first ticket to Annette", "title": "Plaza Theatre (Palm Springs)" }, { "docid": "16790028", "text": "of production or performance.\" One of the first significant films shot in Palm Springs was Frank Capra's 1937 \"Lost Horizon\", with scenes filmed in Tahquitz Canyon. For a list of movies and television programs filmed in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley area, see: List of films shot in Palm Springs, California. Palm Springs in popular culture The resort towns of Palm Springs, California and other communities in the Coachella Valley, as a filming location, topical setting, and storyline subject for films, television shows, literature, and music, are frequently featured in popular culture. Besides Palm Springs, other nearby communities include", "title": "Palm Springs in popular culture" }, { "docid": "9959843", "text": "mean annual temperature is . There are 180 days with a high reaching , and can be seen on 116 days. The highest temperature on record in Palm Springs is , most recently achieved on July 28 and 29, 1995. The locale features a variety of native Low Desert flora and fauna. A notable tree occurring in the wild and under cultivation is the California Fan Palm, \"Washingtonia filifera\". The City of Palm Springs has developed a program to identify distinctive neighborhoods in the community. Of the 33 neighborhoods, 7 have historical and cultural significance. The Movie Colony is just", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "20744520", "text": "Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Mountain Station The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Mountain Station, also known as Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Alpine Station, is a historic building located in Mount San Jacinto State Park near Idyllwild, California. The building is a fine example of a commercial building designed by Palm Springs architect E. Stewart Williams for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. It is located at an elevation of , and its design is based on a Swiss chalet with large windows to take in views of the surrounding forests and the dessert in the Coachella Valley below. The three-story structure follows", "title": "Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Mountain Station" }, { "docid": "9959818", "text": "architecture, design elements, and arts and cultural scene. Palm Springs is a popular retirement destination, as well as a winter snowbird destination; during the winter months (November to March), the city's population triples. The first humans to settle here were the Cahuilla people, 2,000 years ago. Cahuilla Indians lived here in isolation from other cultures for hundreds of years prior to European contact. They spoke Ivilyuat, which is a dialect of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Numerous prominent and powerful Cahuilla leaders were from Palm Springs, including Cahuilla Lion (Chief Juan Antonio). While Palm Canyon was occupied during winter months, they", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "18829477", "text": "Lautner, Richard Neutra, Donald Wexler, E. Stewart Williams, and Paul Revere Wiliams are the leading names of this regional style. Other architects contributing to the Palm Springs School of Architecture include; Barry Berkus, Herbert Burns, Charles DuBois, Edward Fickett, Rick Harrison, Howard Lapham, Harold Levitt, James McNaughton, Val Powelson, Robert Ricciardi, Stan Sackly, Laszlo Sandor. Donald Wexler's Steel House #2 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Architect and historian Alan Hess is a leading advocate of the Palm Springs School of Architecture. Palm Springs School of Architecture The Palm Springs School of Architecture - often called Desert", "title": "Palm Springs School of Architecture" }, { "docid": "7467758", "text": "with KCET/Los Angeles, featured the Air Museum in \"California's Gold\"; the program is available as a VHS videorecording. Palm Springs Air Museum The Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM), is a non-profit educational institution in Palm Springs, Riverside County, California. The Museum's mission is to exhibit, educate and eternalize the role of the World War II combat aircraft and the role the pilots and American citizens had in winning the war. In addition to flying aircraft, related artifacts, artwork, and library sources are used to perpetuate American history. It contains one of the world's largest collections of flying World War II", "title": "Palm Springs Air Museum" }, { "docid": "9959838", "text": "the months of July and August instead remained open all summer. As commerce grew, so too did the number of families with children. The recession of 1973–1975 affected Palm Springs as many of the wealthy residents had to cut back on their spending. Later in the 1970s numerous Chicago mobsters invested $50 million in the Palm Springs area, buying houses, land, and businesses. While Palm Springs faced competition from the desert cities to the east in the later 1980s, it has continued to prosper into the 21st century. Since the early 1950s the city had been a popular spring break", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "1034159", "text": "Palm Springs North, Florida Palm Springs North is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,253 at the 2010 census. Palm Springs North is located at (25.932904, -80.332871). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (12.66%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,460 people, 1,630 households, and 1,449 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 7,885.2 people per square mile (3,055.2/km²). There were 1,656 housing units at an average density of", "title": "Palm Springs North, Florida" }, { "docid": "9959865", "text": "the Independent Women's Football League in 2011, but the team's season was cancelled and they moved to play as an affiliate team in the Women's Spring Football League. In 1931 the Desert Riders was established. Starting off as a social organization for the cream of Palm Springs society, the group sponsors horseback riding and trail building for equestrians, hikers, and bicyclists. The Desert Riders were also significant in providing combination chuckwagon meals and rides through nearby canyons to hotel guests as Palm Springs developed its tourist industry. Business owners in the village first established a Palm Springs Board of Trade", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "9959839", "text": "resort. Glamorized as a destination in the 1963 movie \"Palm Springs Weekend\", the number of visitors grew and at times the gatherings had problems. In 1969 an estimated 15,000 people had gathered for a concert at the Palm Springs Angel Stadium and 300 were arrested for drunkenness or disturbing the peace. In the 1980s 10,000+ college students would visit the city and form crowds and parties – and another rampage occurred in 1986 when Palm Springs Police in riot gear had to put down the rowdy crowd. In 1990, due to complaints by residents, mayor Sonny Bono and the city", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "18243039", "text": "to the Children's Museum of the Desert. The Palm Springs chapter of Women in Film sponsored the award ceremony. Awards included Best Female Director, Best New Director, The Hadassah Award, The Passion Latino Award, Best Jewish Film, The Diversity Awareness Award, Audience Awards and the Vision Award, given to the best digital film. Palm Springs Festival of Festivals Palm Springs Festival of Festivals used to take place in October/November Palm Springs, California. It was established in 2001 by Craig Prater, Executive Director, as a showcase of short and feature films as a challenge to the longer-standing Palm Springs International Film", "title": "Palm Springs Festival of Festivals" }, { "docid": "9959871", "text": "their first local television stations during the 1950s, Palm Springs did not receive its first TV stations until October 1968 when stations KPLM-TV (now KESQ) and KMIR-TV debuted. Prior to that time, Palm Springs was served by TV stations from the Los Angeles market, which were carried on the local cable system that began operations in the 1950s and which predated the emergence of local broadcast stations by more than a decade. TV stations serving the Palm Springs and Coachella Valley area include: The CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS and other networks are covered by low power TV stations in the", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "8651498", "text": "with a 4–10 record before they folded operations. So has the 2007–09 Desert Valley Knights. The status of Palm Springs Stadium was unclear in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade). The city council had refused to pay for renovation in the past, when Sonny Bono, then-mayor of Palm Springs, had shown little interest. As a result, baseball was lost, teams left, and locals debated whether baseball could survive in an area known for summer heat and more local interest in golf and tennis. But the issue has largely been resolved. The City of Palm Springs repainted the entire stadium", "title": "Palm Springs Stadium" }, { "docid": "7467756", "text": "Palm Springs Air Museum The Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM), is a non-profit educational institution in Palm Springs, Riverside County, California. The Museum's mission is to exhibit, educate and eternalize the role of the World War II combat aircraft and the role the pilots and American citizens had in winning the war. In addition to flying aircraft, related artifacts, artwork, and library sources are used to perpetuate American history. It contains one of the world's largest collections of flying World War II warplanes, many of which were built in Southern California. Many of these aircraft have been used by motion", "title": "Palm Springs Air Museum" }, { "docid": "9959847", "text": "on what would become the Tennis Club in 1937. Another artist in the neighborhood, who built his Moroccan-style \"Dar Marrac\" estate in 1924, was Gordon Coutts. Other estates include Samuel Untermyer's Mediterranean style villa (now The Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn), the Casa Cody Inn, built by Harriet and Harold William Cody (cousin of Buffalo Bill Cody) and the Ingleside Inn, built in the 1920s by the Humphrey Birge family. The neighborhood now has about 400 homes, condos, apartments, inns and restaurants. To the west of Palm Canyon Drive are the Vista Las Palmas, Old Las Palmas, and Little Tuscany", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "10414288", "text": "Festival, PSISF has hosted 97 short films in its 19-year history that went on to secure Oscar nominations in the short film categories. The Festival of Short Films is a spin-off of the Palm Springs International Film Festival which takes place each January. Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (a.k.a. Palm Springs International ShortFest) held annually in Palm Springs, California is the largest film festival for short films in the United States. The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films takes place across seven days each June, showing more than 350", "title": "Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films" }, { "docid": "9959831", "text": "in 1934 and the Chi Chi nightclub opening in 1936. Besides the gambling available at the Dunes Club, other casinos included The 139 Club and The Cove Club outside of the city. Southern California's first self-contained shopping center was established in Palm Springs as the Plaza Shopping Center in 1936. When the United States entered World War II, Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley were important in the war effort. The original airfield near Palm Springs became a staging area for the Air Corps Ferrying Command's 21st Ferrying Group in November 1941 and a new airfield was built ½ mile", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "3258547", "text": "Palm Springs Aerial Tramway The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California, is the largest rotating aerial tramway in the world. It was opened in September 1963 as a way of getting from the floor of the Coachella Valley to relatively near the top of San Jacinto Peak and was constructed in rugged Chino Canyon. Before its construction, the only way to the top of the mountain was to hike a number of hours from Idyllwild. The twelve-and-a-half minute ride begins at the Valley Station (coordinates: ) at and passes up North America's sheerest mountain face through five life", "title": "Palm Springs Aerial Tramway" }, { "docid": "3258558", "text": "Buttons and Beau, macaques, and various species of primates (including \"Suzie, the show-off chimpanzee\"). The animals performed in regularly scheduled shows. Both tramway stations were designed by notable mid-century modern architects. The Valley Station, finished in 1963, was designed by Albert Frey and Robson C. Chambers. The Mountain Station, built in 1961, was designed by architect E. Stewart Williams. Additionally, the distinctive Tramway Gas Station at the foot of Tramway Road was designed by Frey and Chambers. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California, is the largest rotating aerial tramway in the world. It", "title": "Palm Springs Aerial Tramway" }, { "docid": "1984363", "text": "traffic controllers for Miami and Fort Lauderdale international airports. Donald Trump sued to block the expansion of one of the runways at PBIA in 2010. In 2015 he initiated a lawsuit over the flight path that passes over his Mar-a-Lago estate. Palm Beach International Airport Palm Beach International Airport is a public airport in Palm Beach County, Florida, west of the city of West Palm Beach, Florida. It is the primary airport for West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, and the surrounding area. It is also one of three major airports serving the South Florida metropolitan area. The airport", "title": "Palm Beach International Airport" }, { "docid": "18243038", "text": "Palm Springs Festival of Festivals Palm Springs Festival of Festivals used to take place in October/November Palm Springs, California. It was established in 2001 by Craig Prater, Executive Director, as a showcase of short and feature films as a challenge to the longer-standing Palm Springs International Film Festival, of which Prater had previously been director. The festival aimed to attract all ages of the community, with the inclusion of a four-day International Children's Film Festival complete with a youth panel of jurors and awards created by elementary age children to acknowledge participants. All profits from the Children's Festival were donated", "title": "Palm Springs Festival of Festivals" }, { "docid": "6276099", "text": "County Park Airport is owned by Palm Beach County and operated by the Palm Beach County Airport Department. The airport is on the west side of Lake Osborne. Palm Beach County Park Airport Palm Beach County Park Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) south of the central business district of West Palm Beach, Florida. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a \"reliever airport\". It is also commonly referred to as the", "title": "Palm Beach County Park Airport" }, { "docid": "9959876", "text": "species of rattlesnakes (11) than anywhere else in the world. The most common species is the extremely venomous Mojave rattler, which is considered the world's most dangerous rattlesnake. The largest rattle snake species here is the Western diamondback rattlesnake, while other species include the Black-tailed rattlesnake, Tiger rattler and Sidewinder rattler. Palm Springs is home to Tarantulas and various Scorpion species, including the Vinegaroon. Although Black bears are not common in the Coachella Valley, bears have been observed in Palm Springs and other parts of California. Today, Jaguars roam the northern Mexican dry-lands, however, they were previously common throughout the", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "15794692", "text": "None at the moment. Eliye Springs Airport Eliye Springs Airport is an airport in the Turkana County, Kenya. Eliye Springs Airport is located in Eliye Springs, a village in Turkana County in northwestern Kenya, on the western shores of Lake Turkana. By air, Eliye Springs Airport is situated approximately , by air, northwest of Nairobi International Airport, Kenya's largest civilian airport. The geographic coordinates of this airport are:3° 13' 12.00\"N, 36° 0' 0.00\"E (Latitude:3.220000; Longitude:36.000000). Eliye Springs Airport is a small civilian airport, serving the village of Eliye Springs. Situated at above sea level, the airport has a single unpaved", "title": "Eliye Springs Airport" }, { "docid": "15794691", "text": "Eliye Springs Airport Eliye Springs Airport is an airport in the Turkana County, Kenya. Eliye Springs Airport is located in Eliye Springs, a village in Turkana County in northwestern Kenya, on the western shores of Lake Turkana. By air, Eliye Springs Airport is situated approximately , by air, northwest of Nairobi International Airport, Kenya's largest civilian airport. The geographic coordinates of this airport are:3° 13' 12.00\"N, 36° 0' 0.00\"E (Latitude:3.220000; Longitude:36.000000). Eliye Springs Airport is a small civilian airport, serving the village of Eliye Springs. Situated at above sea level, the airport has a single unpaved runway measuring in length.", "title": "Eliye Springs Airport" }, { "docid": "16790027", "text": "Palm Springs in popular culture The resort towns of Palm Springs, California and other communities in the Coachella Valley, as a filming location, topical setting, and storyline subject for films, television shows, literature, and music, are frequently featured in popular culture. Besides Palm Springs, other nearby communities include Bermuda Dunes, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Mecca, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, and the Salton Sea. All are in Riverside County, southern California. This list focuses on the popular cultures of literature and music. \"Listed alphabetically by title, series, author last name.\" \"Listed by earliest date", "title": "Palm Springs in popular culture" }, { "docid": "9959864", "text": "architects Lawrence Hughes and Johnny Dawson and in 1955 it hosted the 11th Ryder Cup championship. In the 1970s the area had over 40 courses and in 2001 the 100th course was opened. The area is also home to the PGA Tour's Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation (formerly the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic), the LPGA's ANA Inspiration and the Canadian Tour's Desert Dunes Classic. The Palm Springs AYSO Region 80 plays in Section 1H of the American Youth Soccer Organization. The Desert Fire Cats women's football team plays in Palm Springs. They were scheduled to play in", "title": "Palm Springs, California" }, { "docid": "8651502", "text": "Winter League . In addition to being the home stadium of Power and Chill baseball (who also have year round offices in the stadium), Palm Springs Stadium hosts an amateur football team, the Desert Valley Spartans, who are members of the LaBelle Community Football League (LCFL) and LCFL-West, from August to October, a springtime USABF Amateur Baseball tournament, pop-warner football, numerous local festivals, and softball tournaments throughout the year. Palm Springs Stadium is used for community events and local sports/athletics, namely youth based programs (the AYSO or youth soccer tournaments, amateur teams of all ages such as softball, and veterans'", "title": "Palm Springs Stadium" }, { "docid": "6276088", "text": "Palm Beach County Park Airport Palm Beach County Park Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) south of the central business district of West Palm Beach, Florida. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a \"reliever airport\". It is also commonly referred to as the Lantana Airport. The land the airport was to be built on was donated to Palm Beach County by philanthropic minded families under the condition that the land be", "title": "Palm Beach County Park Airport" }, { "docid": "10414287", "text": "Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (a.k.a. Palm Springs International ShortFest) held annually in Palm Springs, California is the largest film festival for short films in the United States. The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films takes place across seven days each June, showing more than 350 short films every year, and hosting a Short Film Market with over 3,000 new short films annually. It also presents a three-day program of seminars, master classes, panels and roundtable discussions with free admission for all filmmaking and industry guests. An AMPAS qualifying", "title": "Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films" }, { "docid": "12632959", "text": "A book of the same title by Marvin H. Albert was released by Dell Publishing at the same time. The film was released on VHS on September 1, 1998, whereas the DVD version was released in 2009. The DVD is part of the \"Warner Bros. Romance Classics Collection\", which also contains three other films starring Troy Donahue: \"Parrish\" (1961), \"Rome Adventure\" (1962) and \"Susan Slade\" (1961). Palm Springs Weekend Palm Springs Weekend is a 1963 Warner Bros. bedroom comedy film directed by Norman Taurog. It has elements of the beach party genre (AIP's \"Beach Party\" became a smash hit in", "title": "Palm Springs Weekend" } ]

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[ { "docid": "1293457", "text": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film) Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States. The film stars Raymond Massey and Howard Da Silva, who revived their roles from the original Broadway production of \"Abe Lincoln in Illinois\" playing Abe Lincoln and Jack Armstrong respectively. Herbert Rudley, who had portrayed Seth Gale in the play, also repeated his role in the film version. This film was the screen acting debut of Ruth Gordon as Mary Todd Lincoln.", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)" } ]

[ { "docid": "15098271", "text": "Young Abe Lincoln Young Abe Lincoln, is a 1962 public artwork by American artist David K. Rubins, located outside of the government center near the Indiana State House, in Indianapolis, Indiana, US. This bronze sculpture is a depiction of a young Abraham Lincoln, an Abraham Lincoln that spent the majority of his formative years in Indiana. Young Abe Lincoln is an oversized, rough style bronze sculpture of an adolescent Abraham Lincoln. He wears a shirt, pants raised above the ankle and is barefoot. His left hand holds a book with the index finger holding his place. The sculpture sits outside", "title": "Young Abe Lincoln" }, { "docid": "11865800", "text": "Abe Lincoln (musician) Abram \"Abe\" Lincoln (March 29, 1907 – June 8, 2000) was an American Dixieland jazz trombonist. He never led his own recording session, though he recorded copiously as a sideman. Lincoln was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, one of six brothers. He began playing trombone at age five, instructed by his cornet playing father, John. His older brother Bud, would also become a professional musician, as would brothers Roy and Chet. Lincoln began working professionally in the early 1920s. In the 1920s and 1930s he spent time playing with Adrian Rollini's California Ramblers (and was the replacement trombonist", "title": "Abe Lincoln (musician)" }, { "docid": "15098285", "text": "Evans Wollens Sr. Rubins' work has been exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Academy of Design, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Architectural League of New York, and the \"American Sculpture Today\" show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Rubins' inspiration for Young Abe Lincoln came after reading several books on Lincoln and his life, as well as looking at other sculptures of Lincoln. Some of these others sculptures included the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Mount Rushmore depiction by Gutzon Borglum, and the Lincoln sculpture by Henry Hering in Indianapolis' University Park. Young Abe Lincoln", "title": "Young Abe Lincoln" }, { "docid": "1293463", "text": "RKO's history. \"Abe Lincoln in Illinois\" was dramatized as an hour-long radio play on the April 22, 1940, broadcast of \"Lux Radio Theater\", again starring Raymond Massey as Lincoln. It was also adapted to the February 8, 1948, broadcast of the Ford Theatre. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film) Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States. The film stars Raymond Massey and Howard Da Silva, who revived their roles from the original Broadway production of", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)" }, { "docid": "11865802", "text": "Jack Teagarden, and Matty Matlock. Lincoln played his trombone for music and sound effects \"for Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker cartoons and some Buster Keaton comedies\". He recorded with Wild Bill Davison and did freelance work into the 1970s, though he went into semi-retirement by the 1980s. Lincoln married Isabelle Welch in early 1929 at age 20. They had four children: Abe Jr, Joyce, Lois and Robert. He was a resident of Van Nuys, California. from 1939 until his death.He retired around 1980 but would occasionally perform at weddings and other special occasions. He died in 2000 in Van Nuys. Abe", "title": "Abe Lincoln (musician)" }, { "docid": "4555485", "text": "suggest great stature simply by standing tall and motionless. Linda Winer suggested that the TV miniseries had taken over as audiences' preferred format for such historical or biographical dramas. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play) Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a play written by the American playwright Robert E. Sherwood in 1938. The play, in three acts, covers the life of President Abraham Lincoln from his childhood through his final speech in Illinois before he left for Washington. The play also covers his romance with Mary Todd and his debates with Stephen A. Douglas, and uses Lincoln's own words in some", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)" }, { "docid": "4555466", "text": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play) Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a play written by the American playwright Robert E. Sherwood in 1938. The play, in three acts, covers the life of President Abraham Lincoln from his childhood through his final speech in Illinois before he left for Washington. The play also covers his romance with Mary Todd and his debates with Stephen A. Douglas, and uses Lincoln's own words in some scenes. Sherwood received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1939 for his work. The play premiered on Broadway on October 15, 1938, at the Plymouth Theatre and closed in", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)" }, { "docid": "1293462", "text": "presidential election looming, Abe's party is so split that the favorites are unacceptable to all. The party leaders compromise on \"dark horse\" Abe Lincoln. He engages in a series of debates with Stephen Douglas, the opposing candidate. A main issue is slavery. In a stirring speech, Abe contends that \"a house divided against itself cannot stand\". He wins the election. As the film ends, Abe bids his friends goodbye and boards the train to go to Washington, DC. Filming took place in Eugene, Oregon. The film recorded a loss of $740,000, making it one of the biggest financial disasters in", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)" }, { "docid": "4555480", "text": "from Springfield's railroad station (the present Lincoln Depot) and go to Washington, D.C. for his inauguration. His Secret Service bodyguards worry about protecting him in the face of the many death threats he has received even before taking office. Lincoln appears before a crowd and gives a farewell address. As the train pulls out, the crowd sings (anachronistically), \"His soul goes marching on.\" The play was adapted into a film, also called \"Abe Lincoln in Illinois\", which was released in 1940 and was directed by John Cromwell. When Sherwood agreed to sell the film rights, he added a condition that", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)" }, { "docid": "1293458", "text": "The movie was adapted by Grover Jones and Robert E. Sherwood from Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title. It was directed by John Cromwell. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Raymond Massey) and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (James Wong Howe). Abe Lincoln (Raymond Massey) leaves home for the first time, having been hired along with two of his friends by Denton Offutt (Harlan Briggs) to take a load of pigs by water to New Orleans. When the boat gets stuck at a dam at the settlement of New Salem, Abe sees and", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)" }, { "docid": "13174888", "text": "cultivate and become part of (\"Mrs. Abraham Lincoln\"). Abe’s friend and colleague, Billy Herndon, a staunch abolitionist, introduces a game to the Cotillion guests (\"What Am I Bid?\"). The seemingly innocent entertainment turns into a riot, underscoring the slavery conflict that is consuming the nation. \"Scene 1\"<br> Though Mary continues to pursue Abe, her family believes the match is not suitable. Abe proposes to her in December 1840 and agrees to a New Year’s Day wedding, but never appears. Mary remains steadfast in her hopes; two years later they are finally wed (\"Mrs. Abraham Lincoln\" reprise). \"Scene 2\"<br> Elected to", "title": "Abe (musical)" }, { "docid": "4555484", "text": "was viewed as too long and outdated. Some critics praised its sweep and Sam Waterston's performance, but others, like David Richards of \"The New York Times\", felt it was too \"didactic or melodramatic\". He wrote, \"'Abe Lincoln in Illinois' is an endeavor of daunting dimensions...for all its loftiness of purpose and the generosity of Lincoln's own words, some of which are incorporated into the script, Sherwood's dramaturgy seems dismayingly earthbound today. When the dialogue is not clumsy... it smacks of simple-mindedness... When Lincoln finds his life's purpose and steels himself for the ordeals to come, Mr. Waterston is able to", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)" }, { "docid": "8908533", "text": "issues. Lorne Lanning, \"Oddworld\"s creator, has stated that its \"characters are driven in a way that is fired by larger issues.\" Abe was the first protagonist that Oddworld Inhabitants developed. Lanning stated that Abe was named after Abraham of the Old Testament, because of the similarities between Abe trying to discover himself and for what he believes was the difficulty in trying to determine the true source of Abraham's discovery of monotheism: Originally, the game's developers envisioned Abe and a mule-like creature called \"Elum\" beginning the game together, living off the land and being thrust into an industrialized factory slave", "title": "Abe (Oddworld)" }, { "docid": "2963388", "text": "When Abe suggested that Kasahara leave his wife to marry her, he refused. She then asked Kasahara to allow her to take another lover, which he also refused to do. Afterwards, their relationship ended, and to escape him Abe left for Nagoya. Kasahara ended his testimony with an angry remark about Abe, \"She is a slut and a whore. And as what she has done makes clear, she is a woman whom men should fear.\" Likewise, Abe remembered Kasahara in less than flattering terms, saying, \"He didn't love me and treated me like an animal. He was the kind of", "title": "Sada Abe" }, { "docid": "20239816", "text": "actor. As an actor his stage name was . He made his acting debut in the television drama \"Fukei-san wa Majo\" (TBS) with as Yuji Date. Yuji Abe He was born from Itabashi, Tokyo. He graduated from Yayoi Elementary School, Daiichi Junior High School, Koishikawa High School, and Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics. His height is . His wife is professional golfer Masago Abe (maiden name: Isomura). Their eldest daughter Momoko Abe was selected as Miss Universe Japan in 2017 while working as a fashion model and \"tarento\". He currently lives in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture. Before he", "title": "Yuji Abe" }, { "docid": "1582926", "text": "Abe received were the Akutagawa Prize in 1951 for \"The Crime of S. Karuma,\" the Yomiuri Prize in 1962 for \"The Woman in the Dunes,\" and the Tanizaki Prize in 1967 for the play \"Friends.\" Kenzaburō Ōe credited Abe and other modern Japanese authors for \"[creating] the way to the Nobel Prize\", which he himself won. Abe was mentioned multiple times as a possible recipient, but his early death precluded that possibility. Kōbō Abe , pen name of , was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his", "title": "Kōbō Abe" }, { "docid": "13456962", "text": "Lincoln Unmasked Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe is Thomas DiLorenzo's follow-up to \"The Real Lincoln\", a book highly critical of the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. In his reappraisal of the famed president, DiLorenzo is highly critical of Lincoln. Within the book he argues that states within the union had the right at the time of the American Civil War to secede and that the more centralized government that emerged after the war was incompatible with democracy. DiLorenzo also claims that most scholars of the Civil War are biased in their approach to the history", "title": "Lincoln Unmasked" }, { "docid": "3393307", "text": "Abe Sapien Abraham \"Abe\" Sapien, born Langdon Everett Caul, is a fictional character introduced in the comic book series \"Hellboy\", created by Mike Mignola. He takes his name from \"\"Ichthyo sapien\"\", the fanciful species designation chosen for him by his colleagues in the 19th-century Oannes Club, and from Abraham Lincoln, on whose assassination date the Oannes Club abandoned Abe's body, leaving only a cryptic note as explanation, in a suspended animation tank beneath a Washington D.C. hospital. He is occasionally referred to as an \"amphibious man.\" As well as regular appearances in \"Hellboy\" and \"B.P.R.D.\", Sapien has also starred in", "title": "Abe Sapien" }, { "docid": "20239815", "text": "Yuji Abe He was born from Itabashi, Tokyo. He graduated from Yayoi Elementary School, Daiichi Junior High School, Koishikawa High School, and Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics. His height is . His wife is professional golfer Masago Abe (maiden name: Isomura). Their eldest daughter Momoko Abe was selected as Miss Universe Japan in 2017 while working as a fashion model and \"tarento\". He currently lives in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture. Before he turned into a reporter in \"Big Morning\" (Tokyo Broadcasting System), he acted as a model in the magazine \"Popeye\", and appeared in television dramas as an", "title": "Yuji Abe" }, { "docid": "13174884", "text": "Civil War Era. The Lincoln Bicentennial Commission recognized the creative team of \"Abe\" along with a select group of artists inspired by Lincoln's life. The Hannibal Courier-Post cited the musical as \"an entertaining evening, merging history and insight into the personalities of people in Lincoln’s life.\" \"Other roles include\": Jim Rutledge, Denton Offutt, Jack Armstrong, Mrs. Cameron, Elizabeth Edwards, and Lincoln's sons Robert, Willie and Tad. \"Scene 1 (Prelude)\"<br> In 1829 New Orleans a nineteen-year-old Abe Lincoln witnesses a slave auction. \"Scene 2\"<br> Three years later Abe is working as a store clerk in the struggling river town of New", "title": "Abe (musical)" }, { "docid": "13174883", "text": "to his sons. During the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Year, Muddy River Opera Company in Quincy, Illinois (a city which hosted one of the historic Lincoln-Douglas debates) produced the World Premiere of \"Abe\". The production team included stage director Mark Meier, musical director/conductor Scott Schoonover and choreographer Drew Quintero. In advance of the work's premiere on February 20, publishing house Samuel French added \"Abe\" to its catalog of dramatic works. Theatre in the Park of New Salem, Illinois, mounted a second production at the New Salem State Historic Site that same year as part of its season celebrating Lincoln and the", "title": "Abe (musical)" }, { "docid": "13456964", "text": "habeas corpus in 1861–62, allowing the indefinite detention of citizens without trial. Still, DiLorenzo's work is more of a diatribe against a mostly unnamed group of Lincoln scholars than a real historical analysis.\" Other reviewers, like \"Publishers Weekly\", while calling the book a \"laughable screed,\" suggest that DiLorenzo's main target are \"scholars who dominate American universities (most notably Eric Foner)\". Lincoln Unmasked Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe is Thomas DiLorenzo's follow-up to \"The Real Lincoln\", a book highly critical of the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. In his reappraisal of the famed president, DiLorenzo is", "title": "Lincoln Unmasked" }, { "docid": "816383", "text": "epilogue shows modern Los Angeles and San Francisco in the early 1960s, including the four-level downtown freeway interchange and Golden Gate Bridge. This section also was directed by Henry Hathaway. The film marked then 66-year-old Raymond Massey's last appearance as Abraham Lincoln, a role that he previously played on stage (\"Abe Lincoln in Illinois\" and the stage adaptation of \"John Brown's Body\"), on screen (\"Abe Lincoln in Illinois\"), and on television (\"The Day Lincoln Was Shot\", and two more productions of \"Abe Lincoln in Illinois\"). MGM had enjoyed a great success with the big screen remake of \"Ben Hur\" (1959)", "title": "How the West Was Won (film)" }, { "docid": "19789527", "text": "What a Beautiful Name \"What a Beautiful Name\" is a song by Australian praise and worship group Hillsong Worship. The song, written and led by Brooke Ligertwood and co-written with Ben Fielding, refers to the promise of salvation through Jesus Christ as represented by His Holy Name. The \"genre-smashing single\" contributed to Hillsong being named \"Billboard\"s Top Christian Artist of 2017. \"What a Beautiful Name\" won two Dove Awards for Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year in 2017. It won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. \"What a Beautiful Name\" was released", "title": "What a Beautiful Name" }, { "docid": "16247019", "text": "Friends of Abe The Friends of Abe, Inc. (FOA) was a support and networking group for politically conservative members of the Hollywood elite. The organization was formed in 2004 by actor Gary Sinise. Screenwriter Lionel Chetwynd helped organize the group. \"Friends of Abe\" is a reference to \"Friends of Bill\", which is how members of Alcoholics Anonymous sometimes identify themselves, and \"Friends of Dorothy\" (a euphemism for male homosexuals), while \"Abe\" refers to Abraham Lincoln. As of January 2012, the organization had more than 1,800 members. In addition to Sinise, Pat Boone, Jon Voight, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Sorbo, and Scott", "title": "Friends of Abe" }, { "docid": "13174882", "text": "Abe (musical) Abe is a musical in two acts based on the life of President Abraham Lincoln with book & lyrics by Lee Goldsmith, music by Roger Anderson and orchestration by Greg Anthony. The musical covers the life of Abraham Lincoln from his earliest attempts at self-improvement through the 1860 election which made him the 16th president of an already fracturing United States. Also explored is Lincoln's youth as a flatboat pilot on the Mississippi, his early love for Ann Rutledge, his troubled marriage to the difficult and mentally fragile Mary Todd, and his attempt to be a good father", "title": "Abe (musical)" }, { "docid": "11504548", "text": "to the trains' equipment. The new cars seated 68 and 31, respectively. Abraham Lincoln (train) The Abraham Lincoln was a named passenger train operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1935 into the 1960s. The \"\"Abe Lincoln\"\" ran between Chicago and St. Louis on the B&O's subsidiary Alton Railroad. The train later passed to the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and then finally to Amtrak, which retained the name until 1978. Service between Chicago and St. Louis is now known by the umbrella term \"\"Lincoln Service\"\". This train was the first streamlined passenger service to travel the 284 miles", "title": "Abraham Lincoln (train)" }, { "docid": "11504543", "text": "Abraham Lincoln (train) The Abraham Lincoln was a named passenger train operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1935 into the 1960s. The \"\"Abe Lincoln\"\" ran between Chicago and St. Louis on the B&O's subsidiary Alton Railroad. The train later passed to the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and then finally to Amtrak, which retained the name until 1978. Service between Chicago and St. Louis is now known by the umbrella term \"\"Lincoln Service\"\". This train was the first streamlined passenger service to travel the 284 miles between Chicago and St. Louis, with Joliet, Bloomington-Normal, Springfield and Alton in", "title": "Abraham Lincoln (train)" }, { "docid": "9004132", "text": "\"Waltz Time\" every Friday evening and on NBC, \"Coast to Coast\". Under the name \"Rose Blane\" Lyman's wife was vocalist with the band during this period. Lyman and his orchestra sat in for Phil Harris on the Jack Benny program in 1943 when Harris served in the Merchant Marines. When Lyman was 50 years old, he left the music industry and went into the restaurant management business. He died in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 60. Abe Lyman Abe Lyman (August 4, 1897 – October 23, 1957) was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He", "title": "Abe Lyman" }, { "docid": "5983535", "text": "summit. October 2018 saw Abe making a landmark trip to China. Despite the Abe administration efforts to promote \"multilateralism\" on the global scale, Abe conceeded in his China visit the benefits of strong foundations on the bi-lateral level, pledging to see bilateral relations into further \"dimensions\". China`s enthusiasm with the visit of Japan`s Prime Minister showed reciprocity, with China announcing it`s invitation to Japan to participate in the maritime Belt and Road (丝绸之路经济带和21世纪海上丝绸之路) initiative. On 20 September 2018, Abe was re-elected as leader of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The victory puts him on track to become Japan’s longest-serving", "title": "Shinzō Abe" }, { "docid": "7761395", "text": "to know which were related to the Abe clan of Iga and Mutsu. Abe no Nakamaro, a major court noble of the 8th century, for example, was from the town of Abe, near Nara, and derived his family name thus. A family by the name of Abe also proved significant during the Edo period, serving successively in the post of \"Rōjū\", or Elders, who advised the Tokugawa shōgun. Again, it is difficult to determine whether or not this line was directly related to the much earlier Abe clan, but it is of an importance itself nevertheless. Abe Tadaaki was the", "title": "Abe clan" }, { "docid": "9840085", "text": "Abe Okpik Abraham \"Abe\" Okpik, CM (12 January 1928 – 10 July 1997) was an Inuit community leader in Canada. He was instrumental in helping Inuit obtain surnames rather than disc numbers. He was also the first Inuk to sit on what is now the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and worked with Thomas Berger. Okpik (the name means \"snowy owl\" in Inuvialuktun), an Inuvialuit, was born in the Mackenzie Delta area of the Northwest Territories, near Aklavik at a summer fishing camp. As a youth he, like many other Aboriginal people, contracted tuberculosis and was sent to the", "title": "Abe Okpik" }, { "docid": "6435428", "text": "the full four years. Lincoln College - Normal opened in 1979 as an extension of the Lincoln campus of Lincoln College. The Accelerated Bridge to Education program known as ABE offers non-traditional students the opportunity to finish their Bachelor's Degree in an accelerated format one night a week with supplemental online work. Both Bachelor of Arts degrees and Bachelor of Science degrees are offered. The ABE program has campuses in Normal, at IVCC in Oglesby, and Peoria at ICC. Enrollment in the ABE program is approximately 550 students. The average class size is 16 people, and the student-faculty ratio is", "title": "Lincoln College (Illinois)" }, { "docid": "19527565", "text": "is a firefighter at the Kobe City Fire Department. he was often Thrown by Nami Nabekura when they were in elementary school.He said such an experience made me what I am. His name in kanji reads, \"one, two, three\". Abe won his first national tournament while attending Kobe Ikuta junior high school, winning in the under 55 kg category. He then embarked on his junior career while attending Shinko Gakuen Shinko high school. While still a high school student, he had won the national Inter-High School championships multiple times. He graduated in 2016. Abe is presently training at the Nittadai.", "title": "Hifumi Abe" }, { "docid": "5626988", "text": "later would bear his name. Today, his name has been closely associated with SC Heerenveen and its stadium: The (first and second) Abe Lenstra Stadion has been named in his honour as a lasting memorial to this Dutch football hero. Yme Kuiper, 'Abe Lenstra (1920–1985). Van Us Abe tot nationaal idool,' in: \"Fryslân, Nieuwsblad voor geschiedenis en cultuur\", jg. 6 (2000), nr. 2, pp. 50–53. Online site Abe Lenstra Abe Minderts Lenstra (27 November 1920 – 2 September 1985) was a Dutch football player and national football icon in the 1950s who played as a forward. He was also a", "title": "Abe Lenstra" }, { "docid": "13640356", "text": "Abe Manley Abraham L. \"Abe\" Manley (December 22, 1885 – December 9, 1952) was an American sports executive and husband of the first woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Effa Manley. Abe Manley co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro Leagues with his wife from 1935 to 1946. Manley bought the Brooklyn Eagles and Newark Dodgers and merged them into the Newark Eagles in . An active owner, Manley also served as vice president and treasurer of the Negro National League at one point. He met his wife, Effa, at a New York", "title": "Abe Manley" }, { "docid": "10357581", "text": "William S. Lincoln William Slosson Lincoln (August 13, 1813 – April 21, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Berkshire (now Newark Valley), Tioga County, New York, Lincoln attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and subsequently in the manufacture of leather. Postmaster of Newark Valley from September 20, 1838, to February 24, 1841, and from December 19, 1844, to September 19, 1866. He served as supervisor in 1841, 1844, 1865, and 1866. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1852 and 1855. Lincoln was", "title": "William S. Lincoln" }, { "docid": "15253582", "text": "Tomoji Abe Tomoji Abe was born in Yunogō, Mimasaka, Okayama, the second son of Ryōhei Abe, a junior-high-school teacher of natural history, and his wife Hayo Mori. Ryōhei's job postings took his family to Yonago in Tottori Prefecture and Kizuchi in Shimane Prefecture; Tomoji attended Yōran elementary school, Himeji Middle School in Himeji, Hyōgo and Dai-hachi High School in Nagoya. In 1921, while in high school, Abe took a one-year leave to recover from a lung illness, which proved to be non-threatening, and during this year began to write tanka poems under the guidance of Kōhei. In 1923, Abe published", "title": "Tomoji Abe" }, { "docid": "2963411", "text": "occupying authorities, the Yoshida government encouraged a \"3-S\" policy—\"sports, screen, and sex\". Pre-war writings, such as \"The Psychological Diagnosis of Abe Sada\" (1937) depict Abe as an example of the dangers of unbridled female sexuality and as a threat to the patriarchal system. In the postwar era, she was treated as a critic of totalitarianism, and a symbol of freedom from oppressive political ideologies. Abe became a popular subject in literature of both high and low quality. The \"buraiha\" writer Oda Sakunosuke wrote two stories based on Abe, and a June 1949 article noted that Abe had recently tried to", "title": "Sada Abe" }, { "docid": "1277535", "text": "sticks, the model is called Cool Breeze (which is Abe's nickname of sorts) and has the same specifications as the previous one. Abe lives in Sacramento, California with his family. He has two sons with his ex-wife, Annalynn Seal; Sidney & Daniel. Annalynn made a guest appearance on \"MX\" singing along with Chino Moreno. Abe Cunningham Abraham Benjamin \"Abe\" Cunningham, (born July 27, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the alternative metal band Deftones. Abe Cunningham was born in Long Beach, California. When he was young, his family moved to Sacramento. He first started drumming", "title": "Abe Cunningham" }, { "docid": "2109400", "text": "Awaji. Another candidate was Abe no Miushi (), who appeared as an \"Udaijin\" (右大臣 \"Minister of the Right\") in \"The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter\". Seimei might also have been a descendant of Abe no Nakamaro as Abe-no-Sukune-no-Seimei (安倍宿禰晴明), although some other sources recorded his name as Abe-no-Asomi-no-Seimei (安倍朝臣晴明), which refers to the Abe-no-Asomi descending from Abe no Miushi. The name Sukune (宿禰), through the Abe clan, was taken from Naniwa no Imiki (難波忌寸, later Naniwa no Sukune) of the Naniwa clan (難波氏), also known as the Naniwa no Kishi (難波吉士), which Naniwa no Mitsuna (, \"\") established. According to", "title": "Abe no Seimei" }, { "docid": "2963412", "text": "clear her name after it had been used in a \"mountain\" of erotic books. In 1946 the writer Ango Sakaguchi interviewed Abe, treating her as an authority on both sexuality and freedom. Sakaguchi called Abe a \"tender, warm figure of salvation for future generations\". In 1947 Ichiro Kimura's \"The Erotic Confessions of Abe Sada\" became a national best-seller, with over 100,000 copies sold. The book was in the form of an interview with Sada Abe, but was actually based on the police interrogation records. As a response to this book, Abe wrote her own autobiography, \"Memoirs of Abe Sada\", which", "title": "Sada Abe" }, { "docid": "1293460", "text": "does not know when he will return. Abe seizes the opportunity to express his love for her; she is unsure of her feelings for him and asks for a little time. She soon dies from \"brain fever\", telling Abe on her deathbed that she could have loved him. Abe is asked to run for the State Assembly. He reluctantly accepts and wins, but after his first term in Springfield, Illinois, he decides to study the law instead. When Mary Todd (Ruth Gordon) visits her sister Elizabeth Edwards (Dorothy Tree) and her wealthy, influential husband Ninian (Harvey Stephens), a party is", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)" }, { "docid": "7761394", "text": "In what has come to be termed the \"Earlier Nine Years' War\" (前九年合戦, \"Zenkunen kassen\"), Abe Yoritoki was killed, and his son Abe no Sadato defeated, by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and \"his\" son, Minamoto no Yoshiie. This war broke the power of the Abe family, but in the prolonged fighting that took place the Minamoto would not have prevailed had it not been for the aid of another powerful family, the Kiyowara. The Kiyohara clan of nearby Dewa province, aided the Minamoto in defeating the Abe. Though many other major figures throughout history have been called Abe, it is difficult", "title": "Abe clan" }, { "docid": "15253597", "text": "School of The Ohio State University\". 1999. Published online. Tomoji Abe Tomoji Abe was born in Yunogō, Mimasaka, Okayama, the second son of Ryōhei Abe, a junior-high-school teacher of natural history, and his wife Hayo Mori. Ryōhei's job postings took his family to Yonago in Tottori Prefecture and Kizuchi in Shimane Prefecture; Tomoji attended Yōran elementary school, Himeji Middle School in Himeji, Hyōgo and Dai-hachi High School in Nagoya. In 1921, while in high school, Abe took a one-year leave to recover from a lung illness, which proved to be non-threatening, and during this year began to write tanka poems", "title": "Tomoji Abe" }, { "docid": "10357582", "text": "elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869). He was not a candidate for reelection. He engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his death on April 21, 1893. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery. William S. Lincoln William Slosson Lincoln (August 13, 1813 – April 21, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Berkshire (now Newark Valley), Tioga County, New York, Lincoln attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and subsequently in the manufacture", "title": "William S. Lincoln" }, { "docid": "2963418", "text": "published in 2005. Japanese Noise musician Merzbow adopted the alias Abe Sada for an early musical project. He released only one record under this name, the 1994 7\" \"Original Body Kingdom/Gala Abe Sada 1936\". In March 2007, a four-bass noise band from Perth, Western Australia, named Abe Sada won a Contemporary Music Grant from the Australian Department of Culture and the Arts to tour Japan in June and July 2007. \"Selected major writings on Sada Abe\" Also, there have been at least five films based on her life: Sada Abe Sada Abe was the seventh of eight children of Shigeyoshi", "title": "Sada Abe" }, { "docid": "4555471", "text": "of death and disaster, prefiguring the bloodshed of the American Civil War and his own assassination. Ann Rutledge, the first great love of his life, is portrayed as Lincoln sees her, as a selfless but ultimately unattainable embodiment of female perfection. His wife Mary, by contrast, is portrayed with an increasingly sharp edge that foreshadows her descent into insanity. Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln's political opponent in 1858, is portrayed as an adept politician rather than as a villain. The opening scene of the play depicts New Salem's schoolmaster teaching grammar to Lincoln and encouraging him to appreciate poetry and oratory.", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)" }, { "docid": "2963417", "text": "her disappearance, Sada Abe continues to draw public interest. In addition to the documentary in which Abe herself appeared shortly before she disappeared from the public eye, and the 1976 Japanese-language \"In the Realm of the Senses\", at least three successful films have been made based on the story. The 1983 film, \"Sexy Doll: Abe Sada Sansei\", made use of Abe's name in the title. In 1998, a 438-page biography of Abe was published in Japan, and the first full-length book on Abe in English, William Johnston's \"Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star: A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan\", was", "title": "Sada Abe" }, { "docid": "6273826", "text": "\"he who crosses the seas\"). Abe was named Nichiren Shoshu Sōkan (the school's second-highest ranking priest) in early 1979. On 22 July 1979, Abe took over as high priest shortly after the passing of the former 67th High Priest Nittatsu Hosoi. At the time, he changed his name three times: he initially changed his name to \"Nichi-gō\" (the name beginning with \"Nichi\" that all priests have but use publicly after certain seniority) from \"Nichiji\" (日慈) to finally \"Nikken\" (日顕) in deference to a more-senior priest who is the next high priest, Nichinyo's, father. On 4 December 2005, Abe announced his", "title": "Nikken Abe" }, { "docid": "16388114", "text": "John Wilkinson (Jason Vail) protests the killing and asks to remain behind as the rest of the group heads into the township to kill off the infected. Being greatly outnumbered, only Abe, Theodore, and Sophia return when the others are slaughtered. Wilkinson, who is revealed to be a spy, plots to kill Lincoln while he is alone but changes his mind when he catches Abe praying, as in his mind prayer would ensure Lincoln's soul going to heaven. After being convinced by Pat Garrett that Lincoln is right and escape is unlikely, Stonewall shows Abe a secret cache of gunpowder.", "title": "Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies" }, { "docid": "13640357", "text": "Yankees game in 1935, and involved her in the operation of his club. Manley was born in Hertford, North Carolina and died in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was among the 94 Negro League figures on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot in , but was not selected, although his wife became the first woman to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Abe Manley Abraham L. \"Abe\" Manley (December 22, 1885 – December 9, 1952) was an American sports executive and husband of the first woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Effa Manley. Abe Manley", "title": "Abe Manley" }, { "docid": "2963391", "text": "opened the Yoshidaya in Tokyo's Nakano neighborhood in 1920. When Abe joined his restaurant, Ishida had become known as a womanizer who by that time did little in the way of actually running the restaurant, which had become in fact managed primarily by his wife. Not long after Abe began work at Yoshidaya, Ishida began making amorous advances towards her. Ōmiya had never satisfied Abe sexually, and she gave in to Ishida. In mid-April, Ishida and Abe initiated their sexual relationship in the restaurant to the accompaniment of a romantic ballad sung by one of the restaurant's geishas. On April", "title": "Sada Abe" }, { "docid": "15253593", "text": "of the Vietnam War. In May 1965, Abe, Rokurō Hidaka, a prominent academic and author of \"The Price of Affluence: Dilemmas of Contemporary Japan\", and Yoshio Nakano, editor of the left-wing journal \"Heiwa\" (\"Peace\") protested against the Vietnam War and called for a united anti-war movement. In October 1966, Abe and Nakano called for a strike against the Vietnam War. In March 1968, Abe resigned from Meiji University and, with scientist Minoru Oda, called for a nationwide movement against the Vietnam War. In 1969, on a trip with his wife to Europe, Abe visited Edmund Blunden, his university lecturer. In", "title": "Tomoji Abe" }, { "docid": "18662611", "text": "Abe L. Biglow Abraham \"Abe\" Lincoln Biglow (April 27, 1872 – March 15, 1923) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Farmer, Ohio, Biglow went to school in Ada, Ohio and Washington, Pennsylvania. He then taught school. In 1893, he worked for the Williams County Telephone Company. Then in 1910, Biglow moved to Ashland, Wisconsin and worked for the telephone company as general manager. He then worked for the chemical and mining businesses. He served on the Ashland County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors in 1914. In 1921, Biglow served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. Biglow", "title": "Abe L. Biglow" }, { "docid": "9004128", "text": "Abe Lyman Abe Lyman (August 4, 1897 – October 23, 1957) was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He made recordings, appeared in films and provided the music for numerous radio shows, including \"Your Hit Parade\". His name at birth was Abraham Simon. He and his brother, Mike, changed their last name to Lyman because they both thought it sounded better. Abe learned to play the drums when he was young, and at the age of 14 he had a job as a drummer in a Chicago café. Around 1919, he was regularly playing music with two", "title": "Abe Lyman" }, { "docid": "3393312", "text": "entered Caul's body prior to his transformation, creating a spiritual/mystical time loop before Abe returned to life in the present, making a fast recovery and began to do research into his past life. As a result, Abe learns of Edith Howard, Langdon Caul's wife, who drowned herself out of madness, becoming a spectre that was forced to be exorcised after she attempts to have Sapien resume his life as Caul, leaving Sapien with the memory of a wife he could never know. In \"Garden of Souls\", Sapien was contacted by Panya, an ageless mummy trapped by the Oannes Society, Sapien's", "title": "Abe Sapien" }, { "docid": "8538444", "text": "and Capitals. On March 9, 2009, Pollin was inducted into the George Washington University School of Business Sports Executives Hall of Fame. In March 2011, he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Pollin's building and financing of the Verizon Center is often given credit for revitalizing Downtown Washington, D.C. The Verizon Center block of F Street NW is named \"Abe Pollin Way\" in his honor. The Irene Apartments at 4701 Willard Ave, Chevy Chase, Maryland, were built by Abe and named after his wife. Mayor Adrian Fenty named December 3, 2007, \"Abe Pollin Day\" in Washington,", "title": "Abe Pollin" }, { "docid": "18662612", "text": "died in Mark Center, Ohio while visiting friends. Abe L. Biglow Abraham \"Abe\" Lincoln Biglow (April 27, 1872 – March 15, 1923) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Farmer, Ohio, Biglow went to school in Ada, Ohio and Washington, Pennsylvania. He then taught school. In 1893, he worked for the Williams County Telephone Company. Then in 1910, Biglow moved to Ashland, Wisconsin and worked for the telephone company as general manager. He then worked for the chemical and mining businesses. He served on the Ashland County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors in 1914. In 1921, Biglow served in the", "title": "Abe L. Biglow" }, { "docid": "4555477", "text": "is in peril and urges his friend not to give up. He prays for help from God and urges the Almighty to grant his friend's child and all men their birthrights. Lincoln heads back to Springfield in Scene 8 and meets again with Mary Todd. He appeals to her to marry him, telling her, \"The way I must go is the way you have always wanted me to go.\" He promises to devote the rest of his life to doing \"what is right.\" Mary falls into his arms and declares that she loves him eternally. Scene 9 opens with Lincoln", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)" }, { "docid": "19885329", "text": "Third Abe Cabinet The Third Abe Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe from December 2014 to November 2017. The government is a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito (which had changed its name from \"New Komeito\" in the 2012–2014 term) and controls both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet. Following the 2017 general election the Third Abe cabinet was dissolved on November 1, 2017, and replaced with the Fourth Abe cabinet. Following the snap \"Abenomics Dissolution\" and general election of 2014, Abe was re-elected by the Diet and chose", "title": "Third Abe Cabinet" }, { "docid": "20727367", "text": "Abe clan, which had been administering Oshi for 114 years, was forced to relocate to Shirakawa. In the midst of this move, Masanori died. Since he died, without having ever been formally received in audience by the Shōgun, he was never awarded a formal court rank or courtesy title. The succession passed to his cousin Abe Masaatsu. Abe Masanori Masanori was born as the second son of Abe Masayoshi, \"daimyō\" of Oshi Domain. His childhood name was Kanemaru (銕 丸). When he was three years old, his father died and Masanori became heir and chieftain of his branch of the", "title": "Abe Masanori" }, { "docid": "20727366", "text": "Abe Masanori Masanori was born as the second son of Abe Masayoshi, \"daimyō\" of Oshi Domain. His childhood name was Kanemaru (銕 丸). When he was three years old, his father died and Masanori became heir and chieftain of his branch of the Abe clan. However, since Masanori was under age and also of feeble constitution, his mother took over the administration of the domain and Masanori was placed under the guardianship of Abe Masakiyo, \"daimyō\" of Fukuyama Domain in Bingo Province. In 1822, the Tokugawa shogunate issued a decree rotating the \"daimyō\" of Oshi, Kuwana and Shirakawa Domains. The", "title": "Abe Masanori" }, { "docid": "19789533", "text": "Beautiful Name\" earned two Dove awards, Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year. \"What a Beautiful Name\" won the award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song at the 60th Grammy Awards, the first for Hillsong Worship. The song was recorded at a live performance at the annual Hillsong Conference in 2016. Hillsong performed the song at the 48th Annual Dove Awards held at Allen Arena in Nashville. The performance was well received and \"had audience members on their feet with their hands in the air.\" When asked about performing the song in an interview with \"Billboard\"s Jim", "title": "What a Beautiful Name" }, { "docid": "6273827", "text": "intention to step down as high priest before the end of the year. He performed the ceremony of transferral of the Heritage of the Law on 12 December 2005, in which he appointed Nichinyo Hayase (1935—) as his successor. He officially retired on 15 December 2005, four days before his 83rd birthday after a total of 26 years as high priest. 68th High Priest Nichinyo Shōnin ascended to the high priest's seat at a ceremony on 16 December 2005. Abe has a wife, Masako Abe and a child born in 1944, Mr. Akira Abe. Abe's tenure as high priest was", "title": "Nikken Abe" }, { "docid": "3323909", "text": "Yoshitoshi ABe He is a colleague and friend of Chiaki J. Konaka, with whom he collaborated on the series \"Serial Experiments Lain\" and \"Texhnolyze\". He usually uses the Romaji form of his name instead of the kanji, with the \"B\" in \"ABe\" capitalized, as a reminder of his early works, for which he used the pen name \"AB\". Abe Yoshitoshi first began his career as a teen in Tokyo who was first recognized as a graffiti artist, who regularly got into legal problems with his art. His concepts for all his later works are said to be inspired by this", "title": "Yoshitoshi ABe" }, { "docid": "5934889", "text": "Asami Abe Following in her sister's footsteps, Abe hit the music scene in 2003 and has achieved some success. Her debut single was \"Riyū\" which was released in June of that year. To date she has released a total of six singles, one novel, two full albums, three photobooks, and has also starred in three movies and two TV dramas. In 2006, Abe and older sister Natsumi played the title roles in a Japanese TV drama about the 60's Japanese female pop duo The Peanuts. She also played the role of Chava in the Japanese production of Fiddler on the", "title": "Asami Abe" }, { "docid": "16388110", "text": "falls victim to an illness that requires her to be tied to her bed, vicious and cannibalistic, 10-year-old Abe Lincoln (Brennen Harper) sees his father Thomas Lincoln (Kent Igleheart) commit suicide at her bedside. Taking up a scythe, the distraught young Abe tells his mother that he loves her before beheading her. He then joins others in his community in containing a local zombie outbreak. When an adult Abraham Lincoln (Bill Oberst Jr.) has become President of a fracturing United States, he is apprised of rumors concerning a prominent Confederate stronghold. He is told that a regiment of 30 men", "title": "Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies" }, { "docid": "9840090", "text": "volunteer organisations and committees. Okpik died in Iqaluit 10 July 1997 after an illness and his funeral service was held in St. Jude's Cathedral 15 July. The \"Abe Okpik Hall\" in Apex is named for him. The former mayor of Iqaluit, Jimmy Kilabuk, had a mural painted on the side of his home in 1998 that included Okpik. Abe Okpik Abraham \"Abe\" Okpik, CM (12 January 1928 – 10 July 1997) was an Inuit community leader in Canada. He was instrumental in helping Inuit obtain surnames rather than disc numbers. He was also the first Inuk to sit on what", "title": "Abe Okpik" }, { "docid": "9792865", "text": "was extradited to Guam, where a military tribunal convicted him on 23 May 1946 of \"violation of the law and custom of war and the moral standards of civilized society.\" Abe was executed by hanging on 19 June 1947 on Guam. His remains were not returned to his family. Obara was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, and Naiki to five years imprisonment for their parts in the executions. Kōsō Abe A native of what is now the town of Mikawa, Yamagata prefecture in northern Japan, Abe was a graduate of the 40th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in", "title": "Kōsō Abe" }, { "docid": "17091767", "text": "Diet of Japan, but was not elected. He retired thereafter from public life, and died in 1989 at the age of 95. Genki Abe Abe was born in Kumage District, Yamaguchi, in what is now part of the town of Hirao, as the eldest son of an ex-samurai. After his graduation in 1920 from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University, he entered the Home Ministry. In 1932, Abe was appointed Bureau Chief of the \"Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu\" (\"Tokkō\"), the Japanese special higher police force equivalent to the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, combining both criminal investigation and counter-espionage functions.", "title": "Genki Abe" }, { "docid": "17091763", "text": "Genki Abe Abe was born in Kumage District, Yamaguchi, in what is now part of the town of Hirao, as the eldest son of an ex-samurai. After his graduation in 1920 from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University, he entered the Home Ministry. In 1932, Abe was appointed Bureau Chief of the \"Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu\" (\"Tokkō\"), the Japanese special higher police force equivalent to the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, combining both criminal investigation and counter-espionage functions. Under the Peace Preservation Laws, the \"Tokkō\" was especially tasked to investigate and control political groups and ideologies deemed to be a", "title": "Genki Abe" }, { "docid": "18189111", "text": "legacy, specifically in the line: \"Abraham Lincoln, we owe it to you, to protect this great country today\". This idea of indebtedness is also reflected in the illustration on the cover of the sheet music; Schwartz comments that the United States is portrayed as Columbia, a woman draped in the American Flag with open arms looking up to Lincoln's statue and seeking to follow his example. Abraham Lincoln, what would you do? \"Abraham Lincoln, what would you do?\" is an American patriotic musical composition released in 1918. Its lyrics were written by Carol Hirsch and its music composed by Baker", "title": "Abraham Lincoln, what would you do?" }, { "docid": "13034436", "text": "Sarah Lincoln Grigsby Sarah Lincoln Grigsby (February 10, 1807 – January 20, 1828) was the older sister of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and cared for him when they were young. Sarah Lincoln was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln in 1807. After their mother's death in 1818, Sarah was in charge of taking care of the house, her brother Abe and their cousin Dennis Hanks, who was living with them. Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston in 1819, and brought her home to be a stepmother to his children. In August 1826,", "title": "Sarah Lincoln Grigsby" }, { "docid": "7761392", "text": "the government in Kyoto simply did not have control over the region, and was recognizing this fact by appointing the Abe. The Abe for their part used their position to take control over the so-called six districts \"roku-oku-gun\" located in what is now central Iwate prefecture surrounding the Kitakami river. In time, they began to have disputes with the governor of Mutsu, an office held by a branch of the Fujiwara family, which erupted into violence in 1051. The main reason given for the attack on the Abe was that they stopped paying taxes to Kyoto, and stopped contributing to", "title": "Abe clan" }, { "docid": "15098277", "text": "actual statue. On September 26, 1963, Rubins' Young Abe was dedicated to great enthusiasm. Garo Z. Antreasian was selected as the official mural winner. The creation of this sculpture was postponed several times due to controversy dealing with funding for this piece and because there were arguments of foul play when the winners of the competition were finally chosen. Many citizens of Indianapolis were upset because their tax money was being used to commission this piece. Many thought the money allocated for this artwork could be used for other things, such as helping the mentally handicapped. It was thought that", "title": "Young Abe Lincoln" }, { "docid": "4281732", "text": "Abe confronted, and managed to distinguish and overcome, a \"positive nihilism\" associated with the secular, irreligious philosopher Frederich Nietzsche. Reflecting on his life development, Abe acknowledged the crucial role of Shin'ichi Hisamatsu in his spiritual formation. \"Without him I am not what I am.\" Among Abe's chief academic influences would be the aforementioned Shin'ichi Hisamatsu (1889–1980) and also Keiji Nishitani (1900–1990), as well as Hajime Tanabe (1885–1962), key professors for Abe at Kyoto University, and Kitaro Nishida (1870–1945), teacher of Hisamatsu and Nishitani, and teacher of his own successor Tanabe. Abe follows Nishida's Kyoto school of philosophy. During the 1950s", "title": "Masao Abe" }, { "docid": "5983540", "text": "2007 commented for instance: What part of 'Japanese Army sex slaves' does Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, have so much trouble understanding and apologizing for? ... These were not commercial brothels. Force, explicit and implicit, was used in recruiting these women. What went on in them was serial rape, not prostitution. The Japanese Army's involvement is documented in the government's own defense files. A senior Tokyo official more or less apologized for this horrific crime in 1993 ... Yesterday, [Abe] grudgingly acknowledged the 1993 quasi-apology, but only as part of a pre-emptive declaration that his government would reject the call,", "title": "Shinzō Abe" }, { "docid": "2963405", "text": "also struck a chord with the \"ero-guro-nansensu\" (\"erotic-grotesque-nonsense\") style popular at the time, and the Sada Abe Incident came to represent that genre for years to come. When the details of the crime were made public, rumors began to circulate that Ishida's penis was of extraordinary size; however, the police officer who interrogated Abe after her arrest denied this, saying, \"Ishida's was just average. [Abe] told me, 'Size doesn't make a man in bed. Technique and his desire to please me were what I liked about Ishida. After her arrest, Ishida's penis and testicles were moved to Tokyo University Medical", "title": "Sada Abe" }, { "docid": "3393317", "text": "headquarters suddenly worsened, and, despite they manage to take him to life support to keep his body alive, he suffered extensive brain damage and the doctors declared him brain dead. However, he miraculously recovered but began mutating further, growing taller, his limbs and neck lengthening and lost his nose, all while comatose. Abe eventually awakened, discovered his transformation, and stumbled into the empty monitor room, to discover the world in apocalypse while he was out. Panya confronted Abe, telling him what happened and that Hellboy has died. Taking Panya's advice, Abe fled the B.P.R.D., stealing a truck, to go out", "title": "Abe Sapien" }, { "docid": "1582914", "text": "Abe, who told Nancy Shields in a 1978 interview, \"I am essentially a man without a hometown. This may be what lies behind the 'hometown phobia' that runs in the depth of my feelings. All things that are valued for their stability offend me.\" As a child, Abe was interested in insect-collecting, mathematics, and reading. His favorite authors were Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Edgar Allan Poe. Abe returned to Japan briefly in April 1940 to study at Seijo High School, but a lung condition forced his return to Mukden, where he read Jaspers,", "title": "Kōbō Abe" }, { "docid": "1421354", "text": "Chinese media mistook Obama's pet turkey \"Abe\" taken from Abe Lincoln (monosyllabic) for Shinzo Abe (disyllabic). One place where Japanese names may be translated into Chinese languages phonetically is in Japanese video games, anime and manga series. In May 2016, Nintendo sparked anger among fans in Hong Kong by announcing that its new \"Pokémon\" games, \"Sun\" and \"Moon\", would be translated into Mandarin across all parts of China and Taiwan, meaning that names of well-known characters such as Pikachu would no longer have the correct pronunciation when read in places such as Hong Kong and other regions where Mandarin is", "title": "Japanese name" }, { "docid": "18189109", "text": "Abraham Lincoln, what would you do? \"Abraham Lincoln, what would you do?\" is an American patriotic musical composition released in 1918. Its lyrics were written by Carol Hirsch and its music composed by Baker and Blink. The song is considered to be part of a larger effort to create support for American efforts during World War I. The composition was published in 1918 by the Metropolitan Music Company, with Carol Hirsch as the lyricist, and Baker and Blink (of the Metropolitan Music Company) composing the score. The piece was arranged for piano and includes a single voice part. The song", "title": "Abraham Lincoln, what would you do?" }, { "docid": "1293461", "text": "held in her honor. All the eligible bachelors show up, including Abe's fiercest political rival, Stephen Douglas (Gene Lockhart). However, it is the homely, unpolished Abe who catches Mary's fancy, much to her sister's chagrin. Ambitious, Mary senses greatness in him and is determined to drive him to his rightful destiny, despite his lack of ambition. Abe does ask her to marry him, but changes his mind at the last minute, discomfited by her drive, and leaves town. After thinking things over, however, he asks for her hand again. She accepts. Years pass, and they have several children. With a", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)" }, { "docid": "1293459", "text": "loses his heart to Ann Rutledge (Mary Howard), the beautiful daughter of the local tavern keeper. When Denton later offers him a job at the store he has decided to set up in New Salem, Abe readily accepts. Abe discovers however that Ann already has a beau. Nonetheless, he settles in, making himself the most popular man around with his ready, good-natured humor, and taking lessons from schoolteacher Mentor Graham (Louis Jean Heydt). When his rival for Ann's affections leaves to better himself, Ann waits for him two years before receiving a letter from him in which he states he", "title": "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)" }, { "docid": "20991924", "text": "honor of his family. Mitsunao, who has succeeded his father and is now the new feudal lord, punishes the Abe clan for Yaichi'emon's failure to obey this order. The Abe clan shuts itself up in its manor in protest of the unfair treatment as Mituano's troops approach. The film is a television film adaptation of the 1913 short story \"Abe ichizoku\" by Mori Ōgai (translated into English under the titles \"The Abe Family\" as well as \"The Abe Clan\"), which was inspired by the junshi loyalty suicides committed by the Russo-Japanese War hero General Nogi Maresuke and his wife on", "title": "The Abe Clan (1995 film)" }, { "docid": "8471244", "text": "Jasper remounted a 30th-anniversary production of \"Young Abe Lincoln\" as part of the 2017 season. It was performed again in 2018 as an \"Encore\" Production. There is currently a new Lincoln drama in the works and will premiere in 2019. Seasonal programs are offered at the Lincoln Interpretive Center, the park's nature center, which also features natural history exhibits. Lincoln State Park Lincoln State Park is a state park of Indiana, United States. It is located in southern Indiana in Spencer County approximately east of Evansville. The park was established in 1932 and encompasses . There are of trails in", "title": "Lincoln State Park" }, { "docid": "14189645", "text": "ABe 4/4 class railcars, as well as Gem 4/4 class electro-diesel locomotives. Much use is made of the ABe 4/4 s' multiple unit control systems in the Bernina Railway's daily operations. Combined operation of two ABe 4/4 s under multiple unit control theoretically leaves sufficient power reserves for the haulage of no more than a further , as the maximum towing capacity of cannot be exceeded. As of 2018 it was roumered that one ABe 4/4 III of the first batch in 1988 is set to be preserved by Rhb Historic as part of their fleet but the number hasn't", "title": "Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/4 III" }, { "docid": "11929126", "text": "Abe Vigoda (band) Abe Vigoda is a punk rock band based in Los Angeles, California, originally from Chino, California; a city in the Inland Empire. They frequently perform at the Smell. The band formed right after the members finished high school.. The name is a reference to Abe Vigoda. \"Skeleton\", Abe Vigoda's third full-length album, was released on July 8, 2008. In 2009, the EP \"Reviver\" followed. They finished recording their fourth full-length album titled \"Crush\" on February 24, 2010 and it was released on September 20, 2010 and was ranked 40th on Pitchfork Media's list \"The Top 50 Albums", "title": "Abe Vigoda (band)" }, { "docid": "1582913", "text": "Kōbō Abe , pen name of , was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his modernist sensibilities and his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society. Abe was born on March 7, 1924 in Kita, Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Mukden (now Shenyang) in Manchuria. Abe's family was in Tokyo at the time due to his father's year of medical research in Tokyo. His mother had been raised in Hokkaido, while he experienced childhood in Manchuria. This triplicate assignment of origin was influential to", "title": "Kōbō Abe" }, { "docid": "13008263", "text": "names, including masked characters Mr. X and the Purple Phantom. He also worked as \"Mr. E\" as well as under his real name, playing off his Russian heritage. Zvonkin retired in 1961. Abe Zvonkin Abe Zvonkin (March 6, 1910 – August 22, 2002) was a Canadian track and field athlete, an all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football player and professional wrestler. He was born in New York City, United States and died in Hamilton, Ontario. Abe Zvonkin was born in New York, New York, son of Russian immigrants. The family later moved to Canada when Zvonkin was only two", "title": "Abe Zvonkin" }, { "docid": "10650487", "text": "What Happened Was What Happened Was... is a 1994 American independent film written for the screen, directed by and starring Tom Noonan. It is an adaptation of Noonan's original stage play of the same name. It depicts two people, played by Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan, on a first date; their conversation gradually reveals their lonely lives and hidden personalities. \"What Happened Was...\" has an overall approval rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. On the \"Siskel & Ebert\" show, Gene Siskel gave the film a thumbs up, stating that \"For what is really just one long night of conversation, the", "title": "What Happened Was" }, { "docid": "11929127", "text": "of 2010\". Their album, Crush was a full transition for the band from their earlier sounds. Some critics compared their music to another band, Vampire Weekend Abe Vigoda (band) Abe Vigoda is a punk rock band based in Los Angeles, California, originally from Chino, California; a city in the Inland Empire. They frequently perform at the Smell. The band formed right after the members finished high school.. The name is a reference to Abe Vigoda. \"Skeleton\", Abe Vigoda's third full-length album, was released on July 8, 2008. In 2009, the EP \"Reviver\" followed. They finished recording their fourth full-length album", "title": "Abe Vigoda (band)" }, { "docid": "17091764", "text": "threat to public order. Abe quickly made a name for himself in this position by spearheading a vigorous campaign against the Japan Communist Party and suspected sympathizers and supporters from 1932 to 1933, during which time at least 19 people arrested for political crimes died during interrogation while in police custody, including noted proletarian literature movement author Takiji Kobayashi. Following the February 26 incident, Abe was a member of the council supervising enforcement of martial law in Tokyo. In 1937, Abe rose to the position of Superintendent-General of the Police, the highest ranking office in the police administration. He was", "title": "Genki Abe" }, { "docid": "5983478", "text": "percent of leadership positions should be held by women by 2020. Abe cited the \"womenomics\" ideas of Kathy Matsui that greater participation by women in the workforce, which is relatively low in Japan, especially in leadership roles, could improve Japan's GDP and potentially fertility rates, in spite of declining population figures. The Abe cabinet has introduced measures to expand childcare and legislation to force public and private organisations to publish data on the number of women they employ, and what positions they hold. In November 2013 the Abe cabinet passed a bill to liberalise Japan's electricity market by abolishing price", "title": "Shinzō Abe" }, { "docid": "13174889", "text": "one term in the United States House of Representatives in 1846, Abe finds it impossible, despite attempts from family and friends, to compromise his ideals (\"Someone\"). \"Scene 3\"<br> Years later Abe and Mary with their sons Bob, Willie and Tad celebrate Christmas Eve. Tad, the youngest, questions his father how life would be different had one of the boys been a girl (\"What Would I Do With Daughters?\"). Soon after Mary criticizes Abe on the manner in which he treats her in public, but admits to being overly sensitive since he lost the election to the United States Senate the", "title": "Abe (musical)" }, { "docid": "5122239", "text": "period, including \"Camptown Races\" and \"On Springfield Mountain\". Copland finished \"Lincoln Portrait\" in April 1942. The first performance was by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on 14 May 1942, with William Adams as the narrator. Together with some descriptive comments on Lincoln (\"Abe Lincoln was a quiet and a melancholy man\"), the work contains the following excerpts from his speeches: Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light", "title": "Lincoln Portrait" }, { "docid": "8829803", "text": "the school from the government for 14% of its appraised value. The Moritomo Gakuen scandal highlighted the complicated role of the prime minister's wife in Japan: although Abe herself was not considered a civil servant, she was supported by a staff of five civil servants seconded from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, thus implying that her role carries public duties. Abe was the first spouse of a Japanese prime minister to actively use social media, and was particularly personally active on Facebook and Instagram, but dramatically reduced her social media activities and", "title": "Akie Abe" }, { "docid": "7163753", "text": "wife, Susie, had three children. Gibron was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1976. Abe Gibron Abraham \"Abe\" Gibron (September 22, 1925 – September 23, 1997) was a professional American football player and coach. Gibron played 11 seasons as a guard in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) in the 1940s and 1950s, mostly with the Cleveland Browns. He was then hired as an assistant coach for the NFL's Washington Redskins and Chicago Bears before becoming head coach of the Bears between 1972 and 1974. Gibron grew up in Indiana, where he was", "title": "Abe Gibron" } ]

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[ { "docid": "19334529", "text": "What We Do in Secret What We Do In Secret is an American Christian hardcore band from Memphis, Tennessee. They have toured with bands such as War of Ages, Phinehas, Silent Planet, Sleepwave, We Came As Romans, '68, For Today and Norma Jean. They have released two EPs. What We Do In Secret was formed in Memphis in March 2012 by Josh Adams, Drew Nance, Devin Harris and Nathan Moody. They recorded their first EP, \"New Eyes\", and released it on August 31, 2013. Moody left the band after this and was replaced by Clay Crenshaw and Austin Barnes. The", "title": "What We Do in Secret" }, { "docid": "19334526", "text": "What We Do in Secret What We Do In Secret is an American Christian hardcore band from Memphis, Tennessee. They have toured with bands such as War of Ages, Phinehas, Silent Planet, Sleepwave, We Came As Romans, '68, For Today and Norma Jean. They have released two EPs. What We Do In Secret was formed in Memphis in March 2012 by Josh Adams, Drew Nance, Devin Harris and Nathan Moody. They recorded their first EP, \"New Eyes\", and released it on August 31, 2013. Moody left the band after this and was replaced by Clay Crenshaw and Austin Barnes. The", "title": "What We Do in Secret" }, { "docid": "17742879", "text": "the silly to the satiric may bite, but the anemic pic isn't remotely weird or witty enough for cult immortality.\" \"What We Do in the Shadows\" grossed US $2 million in New Zealand and $3.4 million in the US. \"What We Do in the Shadows\" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 26 November 2014 by Weltkino Filmverleih. A sequel to the film, which focused on the werewolves depicted in \"What We Do in the Shadows\", was in development but stopped due to some unresolved production issues. Originally rumoured to be titled \"What We Do in the Moonlight\", the working", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows" }, { "docid": "20703078", "text": "What We Do in the Shadows (TV series) What We Do in the Shadows is an upcoming American comedy television series based on the 2014 film of the same name that is set to premiere in 2019 on FX. \"What We Do in the Shadows\" is set in New York City and follows \"three vampires who have been roommates for hundreds and hundreds of years.\" On January 22, 2018, it was announced that FX had given the production a pilot order. The series is set to be written by Jemaine Clement and directed by Taika Waititi both of whom are", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6394817", "text": "the form of a fist that becomes a hammer (a hammer that would reappear in the animated sequence of \"Waiting for the Worms\"). \"What Shall We Do Now?\" would be performed at all concerts for \"The Wall\", and so appears on \"Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81\". It was also included in Waters' 1990 \"The Wall\" Concert in Berlin, therefore appears on the album \"The Wall – Live in Berlin\". Waters also performed it on his 2010-2013 tour. What Shall We Do Now? \"What Shall We Do Now?\" (working title \"Backs to the Wall\") is a song", "title": "What Shall We Do Now?" }, { "docid": "15322900", "text": "We Do What We Want We Do What We Want is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Emery. The album was released on March 29, 2011 through Tooth & Nail Records and Solid State Records. Shortly after announcing the release of \"We Do What We Want\", founding bassist Devin Shelton announced he would be taking an indefinite hiatus from Emery. Emery was in the process of working on more stripped-down acoustic album when guitarist/vocalist Devin Shelton decided to take an indefinite leave of absence from the group. After his departure, the remaining four members made the conscious", "title": "We Do What We Want" }, { "docid": "17742876", "text": "New York City and Los Angeles, followed by a screening in San Francisco, Irvine, Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The film received a regional release in the U.S. in March 2015, by Unison Films, The Orchard, and Paramount Pictures in association with Funny or Die and Paladin Pictures. The film was heavily pirated. After the shutting down of a piracy website based in Mount Wellington, Auckland, the website revealed that, at 277,000 downloads, 'What We Do in the Shadows' was one of its most heavily pirated films. \"What We Do in the Shadows\" received critical acclaim and has an", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows" }, { "docid": "3749222", "text": "Do We Know!?—Discovering the Endless Possibilities of Your Everyday Reality\". HCI president Peter Vegso stated that in regard to this book, \"What the Bleep is the quantum leap in the New Age world,\" and \"by marrying science and spirituality, it is the foundation of future thought.\" On August 1, 2006 \"What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole - Quantum Edition\" multi-disc DVD set was released, containing two extended versions of \"What the Bleep Do We Know!?,\" with over 15 hours of material on three double-sided DVDs. The film features interview segments of: What the Bleep Do We Know!? What the", "title": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" }, { "docid": "15322901", "text": "decision to write a heavier and more hardcore album than they had done in the past. Commenting on the band's evolved sound, bassist/vocalist Toby Morrell said, \"I don't think we ever thought we'd get as heavy as we are now, but I'm glad we have.\" Though Shelton was not an active member of Emery during the writing process for \"We Do What We Want\", he wrote the final track on the standard edition titled \"Fix Me,\" and the song \"Crumbling\" from the deluxe edition. Regarding the album's lyrical themes, vocalist Toby Morrell stated: In the month of March 2011, an", "title": "We Do What We Want" }, { "docid": "15322902", "text": "MP3 for the song \"Scissors\" was divided into seven sections. For seven consecutive days, one new piece of the song was revealed through a different online media outlet. The band would give a clue as to where the next clip would be released on their Facebook page, and fans were encouraged to collect all of the parts and put the song back together. Also prior to the release of \"We Do What We Want\", Emery previewed \"The Cheval Glass,\" \"I Never Got to See the West Coast\" and \"The Curse of Perfect Days.\" \"We Do What We Want\" was released", "title": "We Do What We Want" }, { "docid": "15322903", "text": "on March 29, 2011 through Tooth & Nail Records, and it is also Emery's first album co-released by Tooth & Nail's heavy metal/hardcore punk subdivision Solid State Records. Vocalist Toby Morell has said that he was \"proud\" of the signing to Solid State, and also described it as \"just kind of a good feeling to be wanted by another part of your company and be able to join all the awesome bands.\" All songs composed by Emery, except \"Fix Me\" composed by Devin Shelton. Deluxe edition Emery Production We Do What We Want We Do What We Want is the", "title": "We Do What We Want" }, { "docid": "3749202", "text": "What the Bleep Do We Know!? What the Bleep Do We Know!? (stylized as What tнē #$*! D̄ө ωΣ (k)πow!? and What the #$*! Do We Know!?, with \"Bleep\" being a pronounceable placeholder for a grawlix) is a 2004 American film that combines documentary-style interviews, computer-animated graphics, and a narrative that posits a spiritual connection between quantum physics and consciousness. The plot follows the fictional story of a photographer as she encounters emotional and existential obstacles in her life and begins to consider the idea that individual and group consciousness can influence the material world. Her experiences are offered by", "title": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" }, { "docid": "17742868", "text": "What We Do in the Shadows A documentary crew (who are wearing crucifixes) follows four vampire roommates—Viago, Vladislav, Deacon, and Petyr—who share a flat in the Wellington suburb of Te Aro. Although Viago, Vladislav and Deacon are all several centuries old, they have retained normal human appearances, but the 8,000-year-old Petyr resembles Count Orlok and acts more savagely than the younger vampires. Each night, Viago, Vladislav, and Deacon prowl the streets of Wellington searching for people to kill, but they must stay in the flat during the day to avoid sunlight—which is lethal to vampires—and thus have not adapted to", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows" }, { "docid": "18063251", "text": "playlist in April 2014. The cover painting is by David Storey. \"What Have We Become?\" received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album received an average score of 76/100 from 14 reviews on Metacritic, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". In his review for AllMusic, David Jeffries wrote that, \"Anyone who enjoys their pop with extra wry and some sobering awareness should love What Have We Become?, but it's the Beautiful South faithful who will rightfully gush over the release, as these antiheroes have lost none of their touch or fatalistic flair.\" What Have We Become? What Have We Become? is", "title": "What Have We Become?" }, { "docid": "9871204", "text": "Elation\" (1995). All tracks written by John Scofield. What We Do What We Do is the second studio album by jazz group The John Scofield Quartet. It was recorded in May 1992 and released the following year on the Blue Note label. Besides John Scofield on guitar, the quartet features saxophonist Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart on drums and Dennis Irwin on bass, replacing Marc Johnson. Irwin and Scofield (both born in 1951) had already recorded together in the mid-1980s with Bennie Wallace on a track for his album \"Sweeping Through the City.\" Irwin would be the bassist on two more", "title": "What We Do" }, { "docid": "9871203", "text": "What We Do What We Do is the second studio album by jazz group The John Scofield Quartet. It was recorded in May 1992 and released the following year on the Blue Note label. Besides John Scofield on guitar, the quartet features saxophonist Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart on drums and Dennis Irwin on bass, replacing Marc Johnson. Irwin and Scofield (both born in 1951) had already recorded together in the mid-1980s with Bennie Wallace on a track for his album \"Sweeping Through the City.\" Irwin would be the bassist on two more albums by Scofield, \"Hand Jive\" (1994) and \"Groove", "title": "What We Do" }, { "docid": "6988633", "text": "Amazon.co.uk, \"Her most outrageous but greatest video moment is where she parodies certain movie stars in the chic video for \"What Do I Have to Do?\", and because of her heavy eye make-up almost earns herself the title drag-queen Kylie (watch out for sister Dannii who briefly stars in the video, wearing a blonde wig).\" These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of \"What Do I Have to Do\". Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours: The song was also performed on: What Do I Have to Do \"What Do I Have to Do\"", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "6394812", "text": "sped up, to raise its key to E minor, with re-recorded vocals and guitar. The members of Pink Floyd have contributed to the confusion regarding the identity of this track, misidentifying \"What Shall We Do Now?\" as \"Empty Spaces\" on multiple occasions, such as in the track listing for the film version of \"The Wall\", and on Waters' \"The Wall Live in Berlin\". On other occasions (such as the officially released live version), the first and second parts of the track are divided and identified as \"Empty Spaces\" and \"What Shall We Do Now?\" respectively, even though they are in", "title": "What Shall We Do Now?" }, { "docid": "20703080", "text": "had the potential to recur should the production receive a series order. On April 11, 2018, it was reported that Hayden Szeto had been cast in the pilot. On October 7, 2018, the series held a panel at the annual New York Comic Con moderated by \"Rolling Stone\"s Alan Sepinwall and featuring co-creators Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, along with fellow executive producer Paul Simms. Before the panel began, the first episode of the series was screened for the audience. What We Do in the Shadows (TV series) What We Do in the Shadows is an upcoming American comedy television", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18983722", "text": "Maurice, in turn triggering Maurice's own repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse. The film had its theatrical premiere in 2014 at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, but wider release was delayed until 2015 due to producer Damon D'Oliveira's commitments to the promotion of the television miniseries \"The Book of Negroes\". What We Have What We Have () is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Maxime Desmons. It was the first feature film ever made under Telefilm Canada's new microbudget funding program. The film stars Desmons as Maurice Lesmers, a gay French expatriate living in North Bay, Ontario", "title": "What We Have" }, { "docid": "18983721", "text": "What We Have What We Have () is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Maxime Desmons. It was the first feature film ever made under Telefilm Canada's new microbudget funding program. The film stars Desmons as Maurice Lesmers, a gay French expatriate living in North Bay, Ontario who takes a job tutoring Allan, a high school student, in French while auditioning for a stage production of Molière's \"The Miser\". Drawn to protect and defend Allan from the bullying that he faces at school for being gay, their student-teacher relationship is soon complicated when Allan falls in love with", "title": "What We Have" }, { "docid": "17516670", "text": "though. Producer Joey Moi (Jake Owen, Nickelback) is a fine match for the duo’s country-meets-alt-rock sound.\" The album peaked at number 18 on the Top Country Albums chart. Additionally, it peaked on number 105 on the US \"Billboard\" 200, on number 45 on the Independent Albums chart, and reached number one on the Top Heatseekers chart. The EP starts off with \"Cruise\" and also includes \"Get Your Shine On\", \"Tip It Back\", \"Tell Me How You Like It\", and the title track \"It'z Just What We Do\". It'z Just What We Do It'z Just What We Do is the second", "title": "It'z Just What We Do" }, { "docid": "16774476", "text": "Do Not Ask What Good We Do Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives is a 2012 book by the author Robert Draper and published by Free Press. It details the activities of Republicans and Democrats in the United States House of Representatives and the Senate during the first term of Barack Obama's presidency. The book was republished under the title When the Tea Party Came to Town. In order to research the activities and politics within the House of Representatives, Draper \"embedded with new and senior House members\" that had been elected in", "title": "Do Not Ask What Good We Do" }, { "docid": "16774477", "text": "the 2010 election. A majority of those he spoke with and listened to were Republicans, especially among the 87 new legislators. The title of the book, \"Do Not Ask What Good We Do\", is taken from a sentence in a letter from Fisher Ames to Thomas Dwight, dated May 30, 1796: \"Do not ask what good we do : that is not a fair question, in these days of faction.\" The prologue to the book details how, on the night of Obama's inauguration, a group of around 15 Republican Representatives and Senators met in the Caucus Room, a \"high-end D.C.", "title": "Do Not Ask What Good We Do" }, { "docid": "17742881", "text": "'open' to production of a second season, but has yet to secure funding from New Zealand On Air, the New Zealand broadcasting funding agency An American version of the film is being planned, to be developed as a television series. A pilot has been ordered by FX. The pilot will feature Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, and Harvey Guillen; and executive produced by Scott Rudin, Paul Simms, Garrett Basch, and Eli Bush. On 3 May 2018, FX picked up the pilot to series with an order of 10 episodes set to premiere in 2019. What We Do in the", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows" }, { "docid": "17742877", "text": "approval rating of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 163 reviews with an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. It is rated #68 on the website's list of Top 100 comedies of all time. The critical consensus states: \"Smarter, fresher, and funnier than a modern vampire movie has any right to be, \"What We Do in the Shadows\" is bloody good fun.\" The film also has a score of 76 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 33 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Fearnet called the film \"a great vampire comedy\". Film School Rejects wrote a predominantly positive review,", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows" }, { "docid": "7137684", "text": "What We Do Is Secret (novel) What We Do Is Secret is a novel by Thorn Kief Hillsbery, published by Villard in 2005. \"What We Do Is Secret\" takes place in Los Angeles in 1981, six months after the death of Darby Crash (lead singer of the Germs). It is narrated by a gay street kid named Rockets Redglare, who knew Darby personally. All the action occurs over the course of 24 hours, on Rockets' 13th birthday. Rockets was ten years old when he first met Darby Crash, lead singer of LA punk band the Germs. He and Darby had", "title": "What We Do Is Secret (novel)" }, { "docid": "17742873", "text": "a vampire and ensuring they can be together forever. Scenes during the credits reveal that Vladislav has gotten back together with Pauline and Jackie has made her husband her new familiar. A post-credits scene shows Deacon attempting to hypnotize the audience to forget the events of the film. The film is based on a 2005 short film—\"What We Do In The Shadows: Interviews With Some Vampires\"—written and directed by Waititi and Clement, and starring Jonny Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer and Stu Rutherford in their roles of Deacon, Nick and Stu respectively. The feature film adaptation was shot in Wellington in September", "title": "What We Do in the Shadows" }, { "docid": "11105337", "text": "You\" are outtakes from Little Man. What We Have Sown What We Have Sown (2007) is the sixth album by The Pineapple Thief, recorded over the span of eight weeks during the development of Tightly Unwound (compare with 8 Days and 8 Days Later). The record was released through Cyclops Records as a \"thank you\" to the label for supporting the band before their departure for Kscope. Most of the album's songs are holdovers from earlier albums; \"All You Need to Know\" was written for 10 Stories Down, and \"Well, I Think That's What You Said?\" (formerly titled \"Blood on", "title": "What We Have Sown" }, { "docid": "11105336", "text": "What We Have Sown What We Have Sown (2007) is the sixth album by The Pineapple Thief, recorded over the span of eight weeks during the development of Tightly Unwound (compare with 8 Days and 8 Days Later). The record was released through Cyclops Records as a \"thank you\" to the label for supporting the band before their departure for Kscope. Most of the album's songs are holdovers from earlier albums; \"All You Need to Know\" was written for 10 Stories Down, and \"Well, I Think That's What You Said?\" (formerly titled \"Blood on Your Hands\") and \"Take Me with", "title": "What We Have Sown" }, { "docid": "3749212", "text": "\"What the Bleep Do We Know!?\" have described distinct assertions made in the film as pseudoscience. Lisa Randall refers to the film as \"the bane of scientists\". Amongst the assertions in the film that have been challenged are that water molecules can be influenced by thought (as popularized by Masaru Emoto), that meditation can reduce violent crime rates, and that quantum physics implies that \"consciousness is the ground of all being.\" The film was also discussed in a letter published in \"Physics Today\" that challenges how physics is taught, saying teaching fails to \"expose the mysteries physics has encountered [and]", "title": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" }, { "docid": "6988625", "text": "What Do I Have to Do \"What Do I Have to Do\" is a song performed by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue taken from her third studio album \"Rhythm of Love\" (1990). The song was written and produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Originally, the song was planned to be released after the single \"Better the Devil You Know\", but instead \"Step Back in Time\" was released and this was released as the third single on 21 January 1991. The song received positive reviews from most music critics, who thought the song was an instant rave classic. The song", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "18063250", "text": "What Have We Become? What Have We Become? is a studio album released by the former The Beautiful South collaborators Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, which was released on 19 May 2014 through Virgin EMI Records. It has charted at number three in the UK Albums Chart, just behind Michael Jackson's posthumous album \"Xscape\" and Coldplay's \"Ghost Stories\" at number one. The album was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry on 30 October 2015 for sales over 100,000 copies. The album's first single, \"D.I.Y\", reached number 75 on the UK Singles Chart, and was added to BBC Radio 2's", "title": "What Have We Become?" }, { "docid": "6394809", "text": "What Shall We Do Now? \"What Shall We Do Now?\" (working title \"Backs to the Wall\") is a song by Pink Floyd, written by Roger Waters. It was originally intended to be on their 1979 album \"The Wall\", and appeared in demo versions of \"The Wall\", but was omitted due to the time restraints of the vinyl format. In its place is a much shorter song, titled \"Empty Spaces\", which segues directly into \"Young Lust\". This was a last-minute decision; the album's sleeve notes still feature the song in its track listing, and include its lyrics. The beginning of the", "title": "What Shall We Do Now?" }, { "docid": "17516669", "text": "It'z Just What We Do It'z Just What We Do is the second EP by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was released in May 2012, by Big Loud Mountain. All five songs from the album later appeared on their debut studio album, \"Here's to the Good Times\" (2012). Jessica Nicholson of \"Country Weekly\" gave the album a very positive review, saying that \"Newcomers Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line first met while students at Nashville’s Belmont University, and melded their diverse musical backgrounds to create their first five-song EP. No softhearted love songs here,", "title": "It'z Just What We Do" }, { "docid": "3749204", "text": "film has been described as an example of quantum mysticism, and has been criticized for both misrepresenting science and containing pseudoscience. While many of its interviewees and subjects are professional scientists in the fields of physics, chemistry, and engineering, several have noted that the film quotes them out of context. Filmed in Portland, Oregon, \"What the Bleep Do We Know!?\" presents a viewpoint of the physical universe and human life within it, with connections to neuroscience and quantum physics. Some ideas discussed in the film are: In the narrative segments of the movie, Marlee Matlin portrays Amanda, a photographer who", "title": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" }, { "docid": "3749211", "text": "talking about subatomic particles are alluding to alternate universes and cosmic forces, all of which can be harnessed in the interest of making Ms. Matlin's character feel better about her thighs.\" \"What the Bleep Do We Know!?\" has been described as \"a kind of New Age answer to \"The Passion of the Christ\" and other films that adhere to traditional religious teachings.\" It offers alternative spirituality views characteristic of New Age philosophy, including critiques of the competing claims of stewardship among traditional religions [viz., institutional Judaism, Christianity, and Islam] of universally recognized and accepted moral values. Scientists who have reviewed", "title": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" }, { "docid": "2810334", "text": "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? is a painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. Gauguin inscribed the original French title in the upper left corner: D'où Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / Où Allons Nous. The inscription the artist wrote on his canvas has no question mark, no dash, and all words are capitalized. In the upper right corner he signed and dated the painting: \"P. Gauguin / 1897\". The painting was created in Tahiti, and is in the Museum of", "title": "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" }, { "docid": "10170718", "text": "What a Friend We Have in Jesus \"What a Friend We Have in Jesus\" is a Christian hymn originally written by preacher Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada. Scriven originally published the poem anonymously, and only received full credit for it in the 1880s. The tune to the hymn was composed by Charles Crozat Converse in 1868. William Bolcom composed a setting of the hymn. The hymn also has many versions with different lyrics in multiple languages. The \"Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal\" notes,", "title": "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" }, { "docid": "10170723", "text": "the 1973 film \"O Lucky Man!\" and later became a hit when used in the 1987 Volkswagen Golf television commercial. The tune was in the labor protest movement due to its wide popularity. \"Dump the Bosses Off Your Backs\" (words by John Brill) was published in the IWW \"Little Red Songbook\" and has been recorded by dozens of artists including Utah Phillips, Anne Feeney, and Joe Glazer. A Norwegian version was used in the film \"Trollhunter\". It was sung in the 1984 film \"Footloose\". What a Friend We Have in Jesus \"What a Friend We Have in Jesus\" is a", "title": "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" }, { "docid": "10026209", "text": "Do Without You?\" is a song taken from the Stephen Sondheim musical, \"Company\". What Would We Do Without You? \"What Would We Do Without You?\" is the 69th episode of the ABC television series \"Desperate Housewives\". It was also the twenty-second episode of the show's third season. It was written by Bob Daily and directed by Larry Shaw. The episode aired on May 13, 2007. Ricardo Antonio Chavira submitted this episode for consideration on his behalf in the category of \"Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series\" at the 2007 Emmy Awards. Mike and Susan go out to dinner, the", "title": "What Would We Do Without You?" }, { "docid": "11108355", "text": "And What Will We Do Tomorrow? \"And What Will We Do Tomorrow\" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It first appeared in his short story collection \"Capitol\" and then later in \"The Worthing Saga\". This story is about Mother the empress of Capitol. In it she wakes up from suspended animation for her one waking day every five years and meets with all of her ministers. All of them try lying to her except for the minister of colonization who doesn’t know anything about what is going on in his department. She sends him away and asks to", "title": "And What Will We Do Tomorrow?" }, { "docid": "7624585", "text": "Campos from Film Threat said that \"These actors and many more make \"What We Do Is Secret\" an absolute blast to watch and they do an undeniably perfect job of recreating this notorious scene.\" \"What We Do Is Secret\" was released on DVD on November 4, 2008. In addition to \"Forming\", which appears on the soundtrack album, the team of Shane West, Bijou Phillips, Lukas Haas, and Michael LeBlanc also perform the Germs songs \"Circle One\", \"Lexicon Devil\", \"Richie Dagger's Crime\", \"Shut Down (Annihilation Man)\", and \"Lion's Share\" in the film. The Bronx also performs the Black Flag song \"Police", "title": "What We Do Is Secret (film)" }, { "docid": "7624586", "text": "Story\". Additional songs used in the film that do not appear on the soundtrack album include: What We Do Is Secret (film) What We Do Is Secret is a 2007 American biographical film about Darby Crash, singer of the late-1970s Los Angeles punk rock band the Germs. Rodger Grossman directed the film and wrote the screenplay, based on a story he had written with Michelle Baer Ghaffari, a friend of Crash's and co-producer of the film. Shane West stars as Crash, while Rick Gonzalez, Bijou Phillips, and Noah Segan respectively portray Germs members Pat Smear, Lorna Doom, and Don Bolles.", "title": "What We Do Is Secret (film)" }, { "docid": "2810341", "text": "Boston, acquired it from the Marie Harriman Gallery on 16 April 1936. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? is a painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. Gauguin inscribed the original French title in the upper left corner: D'où Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / Où Allons Nous. The inscription the artist wrote on his canvas has no question mark, no dash, and all words are capitalized. In the upper right corner he signed and dated the painting: \"P. Gauguin / 1897\".", "title": "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" }, { "docid": "6394811", "text": "with D minor and A minor chords. Where the album's main character, Pink's question about how he should fill out the gaps in his wall was of a rhetorical nature in \"Empty Spaces\", \"What Shall We Do Now?\" lists the diversions, possessions, and vices of a rock star (\"\"Shall we buy a new guitar / Shall we drive a more powerful car / Shall we work straight through the night / Shall we get into fights / Leave the lights on / Drop bombs ...\"\") in response. The two tracks are easily confused. The tape speed for \"Empty Spaces\" was", "title": "What Shall We Do Now?" }, { "docid": "14656024", "text": "David Piribauer reiterated the band's intent to re-record the album, blaming the lack of progress on his seriously injured leg. After 4 more months of silence, almost a year after the album's initial release date, guitarist Robert Davis confirmed that Revis had disbanded. The issues regarding \"Do We Have To Beg?\" not being released involved what the band perceived as an unfair contract with the record label. The band disagreed about how to continue, re-recording of their second album never took off, and the band members eventually stopped contacting each other. There is still no intention to ever release the", "title": "Do We Have to Beg?" }, { "docid": "3749207", "text": "Theater in Portland, Oregon, where it was filmed. Within several weeks, the film had appeared in a dozen or more theaters (mostly in the western United States), and within six months it had made its way into 200 theaters across the US. According to the makers of the film, \"Bleep\" is an expurgation of \"fuck\". William Arntz has referred to the film as \"WTFDWK\" in a message to the film's street team. The Institute of Noetic Sciences, a New Age research organization that \"explores phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional scientific models\", has supported \"What the Bleep Do We", "title": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" }, { "docid": "11108357", "text": "sometime after the events in the story \"Burning\". In this story it is learned that Mother's real name is Rachel Crove and that she is the granddaughter of Jerry Crove the main character in the story \"A Thousand Deaths\". And What Will We Do Tomorrow? \"And What Will We Do Tomorrow\" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It first appeared in his short story collection \"Capitol\" and then later in \"The Worthing Saga\". This story is about Mother the empress of Capitol. In it she wakes up from suspended animation for her one waking day every five years", "title": "And What Will We Do Tomorrow?" }, { "docid": "7137687", "text": "is like ending up in a boy's home.\" Blitzer then gives the boy his first shave and later on shaves his head as Rockets turns from punk to skinhead for his birthday. All four of the core group of friends make money by turning tricks of one sort or another and spend it on drugs, typically poppers, tabs, and the amphetamine derivative Desoxyn. Two gay tourists hire the group to show them around LA and are therefore also involved in much of the action of the book. What We Do Is Secret (novel) What We Do Is Secret is a", "title": "What We Do Is Secret (novel)" }, { "docid": "10026201", "text": "What Would We Do Without You? \"What Would We Do Without You?\" is the 69th episode of the ABC television series \"Desperate Housewives\". It was also the twenty-second episode of the show's third season. It was written by Bob Daily and directed by Larry Shaw. The episode aired on May 13, 2007. Ricardo Antonio Chavira submitted this episode for consideration on his behalf in the category of \"Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series\" at the 2007 Emmy Awards. Mike and Susan go out to dinner, the night exactly a year after he and Susan were meant to get engaged", "title": "What Would We Do Without You?" }, { "docid": "7624562", "text": "What We Do Is Secret (film) What We Do Is Secret is a 2007 American biographical film about Darby Crash, singer of the late-1970s Los Angeles punk rock band the Germs. Rodger Grossman directed the film and wrote the screenplay, based on a story he had written with Michelle Baer Ghaffari, a friend of Crash's and co-producer of the film. Shane West stars as Crash, while Rick Gonzalez, Bijou Phillips, and Noah Segan respectively portray Germs members Pat Smear, Lorna Doom, and Don Bolles. The film follows the formation and career of the Germs, focusing on Crash's mysterious \"five-year plan\",", "title": "What We Do Is Secret (film)" }, { "docid": "14656026", "text": "or 2011. An acoustic version of \"Searching For Someone\" was released as well. Do We Have to Beg? Do We Have to Beg? was to be the second studio album by the American rock band Revis. It was originally set to be named \"Fire and Ice\" and to be released on July 27, 2010, but was later delayed to have several more songs added before release. It was then scheduled for release on May 20, 2011, exactly eight years since their first album, 2003's \"Places for Breathing\", but was again delayed, one day before release, without explanation or future date.", "title": "Do We Have to Beg?" }, { "docid": "14656017", "text": "Do We Have to Beg? Do We Have to Beg? was to be the second studio album by the American rock band Revis. It was originally set to be named \"Fire and Ice\" and to be released on July 27, 2010, but was later delayed to have several more songs added before release. It was then scheduled for release on May 20, 2011, exactly eight years since their first album, 2003's \"Places for Breathing\", but was again delayed, one day before release, without explanation or future date. The band eventually cited legal and monetary issues with their contract with the", "title": "Do We Have to Beg?" }, { "docid": "6394814", "text": "in the DVD commentary as \"The fucking flowers!\" — starts with the image of two flowers caressing each other. Synchronized to the music, the flowers both have sex (taking the shape of a human couple doing so) with the male flower at one point is shaped like a penis, and the final form of the female flower is of a vagina, having a fight, and ultimately ending with the \"female\" flower consuming and destroying the \"male\" flower. The flower sequence ends as soon as the first lyrics (\"What shall we use...\") are sung. The female flower, now transformed into a", "title": "What Shall We Do Now?" }, { "docid": "5911786", "text": "we learned, Charlie Brown?\". The scene flashes back to him and Sally. She then tells him that he is pasting the pictures upside down. The special won a Peabody Award for \"distinguished achievement and meritorious public service\" in broadcasting. Schulz would later say of the acclaim, The special was released on VHS in 1996. The special is available for purchase on iTunes together with \"You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown\" and \"He's a Bully, Charlie Brown\", and is now available on DVD in the \"Peanuts Emmy Honored Collection\". What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? A", "title": "What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?" }, { "docid": "5911781", "text": "What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? A Tribute is the 26th prime-time animated television special based upon the comic strip \"Peanuts,\" by Charles M. Schulz, who introduced the special. It originally aired on the CBS network on May 30, 1983, Memorial Day in the United States, and one week prior to the 39th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion. It aired on CBS only one other time, on May 26, 1984, which was the Saturday before Memorial Day, and ten days prior to the 40th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion. The special directly follows the", "title": "What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?" }, { "docid": "18598193", "text": "At the end of the chorus, a car drives off. During the second verse, the video cuts between shots of the band performing and the car driving. At the video's end, the camera pulls around and reveals that Hall and the woman have both died. What Do I Have to Do? (Stabbing Westward song) \"What Do I Have to Do?\" is a song by American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward. The song was released as the first single from the band's 1996 album \"Wither Blister Burn & Peel\". The song is considered the group's first hit and breakout single. The", "title": "What Do I Have to Do? (Stabbing Westward song)" }, { "docid": "6988627", "text": "is synth orienated and has multilayered vocals. Much of the synth was omitted and the drums, bass and vocals were toned down for the second album version. The third version, the 7\" Mix, contains a newer drum track, multilayered vocals in the chorus and relies much less on the synthesizers on the album version. This version of the song also contains samples from American comedian Sam Kinison, and was used for the music video. Originally, \"What Do I Have To Do\" was planned to be released as the follow-up single to \"Better the Devil You Know\", but was later released", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "19646298", "text": "the Literary Review of Canada wrote that Thien \"[creates] a memorial for the millions of lives lost, disappeared, shriveled or wasted during not just the years of Mao’s reign but back to the famine of 1910 and forward to the dashed hopes of Tiananmen in 1989. That is some accomplishment\". Do Not Say We Have Nothing Do Not Say We Have Nothing is a novel by Madeleine Thien published in 2016. It follows a 10-year-old girl and her mother who invite a Chinese refugee into their home. Critically acclaimed, in 2016 the author was awarded both the Scotiabank Giller Prize", "title": "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" }, { "docid": "19646290", "text": "Do Not Say We Have Nothing Do Not Say We Have Nothing is a novel by Madeleine Thien published in 2016. It follows a 10-year-old girl and her mother who invite a Chinese refugee into their home. Critically acclaimed, in 2016 the author was awarded both the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award for this novel. It was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize as well as the Women's Prize for Fiction. The novel begins with a girl named Marie living with her mother in Vancouver, Canada. The year is 1991, and the addition to their household of", "title": "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" }, { "docid": "6988629", "text": "great songs and suddenly Kylie was a little bit cool.\" Jason Shawahn from About.com said along with \"Better The Devil You Know\" and \"Wouldn't Change a Thing\"; \"are nothing if not pop masterpieces.\" He also labelled the song as a \"pop classic\". NME voted the song as the thirtieth best track of 1991. \"What Do I Have to Do\" debuted at number twenty-seven on the Australian Singles Chart, until rising and peaking at number eleven, staying there for two consecutive weeks. The song then debuted at number ninety-nine on the Dutch Top 40, until peaking at number eighty-one for one", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "6988628", "text": "as the third single off the album instead, and the track was specially remixed for single release. The 1999 biographical book \"Girl Next Door\" identified this track as Kylie's favourite to perform live. The single artwork was photographed by Robert Erdmann. \"What Do I Have To Do?\" received very positive reviews from many music critics. While reviewing the album \"Rhythm of Love\" (1990), Chris True from Allmusic highlighted the song as an album standout. While reviewing \"Ultimate Kylie\", Mark Edwards from Stylus Magazine gave it a positive remark, saying along with \"Shocked\", \"Give Me Just a Little More Time\"; \"were", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "18598192", "text": "What Do I Have to Do? (Stabbing Westward song) \"What Do I Have to Do?\" is a song by American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward. The song was released as the first single from the band's 1996 album \"Wither Blister Burn & Peel\". The song is considered the group's first hit and breakout single. The song's music video begins with a shot of vocalist Christopher Hall standing in a desert, before falling backwards. The song begins with a woman singing the first verse. When the chorus starts, the video cuts to a shot of the band performing in the desert.", "title": "What Do I Have to Do? (Stabbing Westward song)" }, { "docid": "7624583", "text": "burned out so fast.\" John Hartl from the \"Seattle Times\" said that \"While \"What We Do Is Secret\" may not be remembered for much more than West's performance, it's an impersonation worth saluting.\" Phil Gallo from \"Variety\" praised both West and Grossman saying they both \"have a clear, unwavering perspective on Crash that should entice curiosity seekers and old punks.\" Pauline Pechin from \"Premiere\" thought that West played Darby Crash to a tee and kept on saying in fact, his performance was so believable that he's currently on tour with the reformed Germs as the lead singer. Ken Fink from", "title": "What We Do Is Secret (film)" }, { "docid": "19234684", "text": "chin, and idealized face stand out to the viewer. The Scout's uniform is perfect, with a campaign hat, showing that he is a First Class Scout. A Den Chief cord hangs over the Scout's right shoulder, and a backpack hangs over his left shoulder. The painting represents the idea that there is always work to be done in a Scout's neighborhood and that it is a Scout's duty to do it. We, Too, Have a Job to Do We, Too, Have a Job to Do is a painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell that depicts a Boy Scout in full", "title": "We, Too, Have a Job to Do" }, { "docid": "18043653", "text": "when the true pleasure of a work of fiction is its gravitational pull upon us?” In a 4,000-word review for \"The New Yorker\", the critic James Wood described Rahman as “a deep and subtle storyteller,” and praised the novel as “astonishingly achieved…Isn’t this kind of thinking—worldly and personal, abstract and concrete, essayistic and dramatic—exactly what the novel is for? How it justifies itself as a form?…\"In the Light of What We Know\" is what Salman Rushdie once called an ‘everything novel.’ It is wide-armed, hospitable, disputatious, worldly, cerebral. Ideas and provocations abound on every page.” Australian literary critic Louise Adler", "title": "In the Light of What We Know" }, { "docid": "16774483", "text": "bargain died before coming to a vote. Michael Crowley for \"The New York Times\" described the book as an \"engaging and often funny chronicle of the year in the House of Representatives following the Tea Party-powered 2010 elections.\" Jim Cullen of \"History News Network\" noted that the book was written \"in the vein of [a] Bob Woodward instant, insider history\", but adds that, since the subject of the book is the gridlock in Congress where nothing ends up happening, the book becomes a \"competent if not especially riveting reading\" because of the subject itself. Do Not Ask What Good We", "title": "Do Not Ask What Good We Do" }, { "docid": "13446234", "text": "investigation will involve reminding the questioner of certain things he or she takes for granted and which, when noted, can help dissolve the question. We do what we do because we assume a given form of life, which gives our actions, ourselves, and the world meaning. Form of life is what makes meaning itself possible. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben takes up the intersecting concepts of form-of-life, rule-following and use, but besides attempting to deconstruct what Wittgenstein meant, traces these concepts genealogically, in the manner of Stirner or Rousseau. In \"The Highest Poverty – Monastic Rules and Form-of-Life\", Agamben looks at", "title": "Form of life (philosophy)" }, { "docid": "10026208", "text": "they do a biopsy as it could be lymphoma. Although credited, Bree Hodge (Marcia Cross), Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen), Orson Hodge (Kyle MacLachlan), Andrew Van De Kamp (Shawn Pyfrom), and Danielle Van De Kamp (Joy Lauren) do not appear in this episode. This is the last episode not to feature Marcia Cross. Lynette is warned by the doctor that tests may reveal she is suffering from lymphoma in the episode. Although mentioned in the very first episode, this is the first time that a member of the Simms family has appeared on the show. The episode title, \"What Would We", "title": "What Would We Do Without You?" }, { "docid": "6394810", "text": "song is the same backing track as \"Empty Spaces\", but in the original key of D minor. It's a slow, dark progression with a repetitive, electronic drum beat and solo guitar, but where \"Empty Spaces\" ends and segues into \"Young Lust\", \"What Shall We Do Now?\" moves into a second, louder section punctuated with guitar power chords. The transition of D - E - F - E is a recurring theme throughout the album, heard on \"In the Flesh?\", \"In the Flesh\", \"Waiting for the Worms\", and the three \"Another Brick in the Wall\" songs. The long verse is played", "title": "What Shall We Do Now?" }, { "docid": "19234681", "text": "We, Too, Have a Job to Do We, Too, Have a Job to Do is a painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell that depicts a Boy Scout in full uniform standing in front of a waving American flag. It was originally created by Rockwell in 1942 for the 1944 Brown & Bigelow Boy Scout Calendar. The model, Bob Hamilton, won a contest to be in the painting and personally delivered a print to the Vice President of the United States at the time, Henry A. Wallace. The painting was created to encourage Scouts to participate in the war effort during", "title": "We, Too, Have a Job to Do" }, { "docid": "16175441", "text": "the ongoing story of the Bellamys. A lively instrumental version of the song was played over the closing credits of each program in the series. What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? \"What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur?\" is a song featured in the 1970s television series \"Upstairs, Downstairs\". It was written by Alexander Faris and Alfred Shaughnessy. Faris had also written the instrumental theme tune for the series. Shaughnessy wrote and edited scripts for the series. The song is a mildly bawdy music hall number performed by the character Sarah Moffat (played by Pauline", "title": "What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur?" }, { "docid": "16175440", "text": "What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? \"What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur?\" is a song featured in the 1970s television series \"Upstairs, Downstairs\". It was written by Alexander Faris and Alfred Shaughnessy. Faris had also written the instrumental theme tune for the series. Shaughnessy wrote and edited scripts for the series. The song is a mildly bawdy music hall number performed by the character Sarah Moffat (played by Pauline Collins). Her performance of the song in the episode \"For Love of Love\" draws the interest of James Bellamy, leading to a dramatic subplot within", "title": "What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur?" }, { "docid": "9930754", "text": "What I Do What I Do is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: \"Too Much of a Good Thing\" and \"Monday Morning Church\" both reached #5, while \"The Talkin' Song Repair Blues\" and \"USA Today\" both reached #18. \"What I Do\", however, was the first album of his career not to produce any #1 hits. The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background", "title": "What I Do" }, { "docid": "14656021", "text": "in 2003. In September 2010, the band announced that the next single would be \"Are You Taking Me Home\", and would be mixed by Jay Baumgardner. Additionally, on the night of their October 29, 2010 comeback show, the band made an acoustic version of \"Searching For Someone\" available for free download from their website. In February 2011, the band announced that the album would now be named \"Do We Have to Beg?\", would be a full-length release, and would be released on May 20, 2011 to coincide with the 8 year anniversary of the release of \"Places for Breathing\". A", "title": "Do We Have to Beg?" }, { "docid": "9656569", "text": "USA/From Where We Stand USA/From Where We Stand: Readings in Contemporary American Problems is a non-fiction book published by Fearon Publishers in 1970. The book's editor was then-Assemblyman for California's 27th District, Leo J. Ryan. Ryan later went on to become a United States Representative from California's 11th congressional district. Ryan was assassinated by members of Peoples Temple in Guyana. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983. The book functions as a guide to California politics and government. Topics discussed include California elections, political parties, State Government including the executive, legislative and judiciary branches, local government, and", "title": "USA/From Where We Stand" }, { "docid": "9656567", "text": "USA/From Where We Stand USA/From Where We Stand: Readings in Contemporary American Problems is a non-fiction book published by Fearon Publishers in 1970. The book's editor was then-Assemblyman for California's 27th District, Leo J. Ryan. Ryan later went on to become a United States Representative from California's 11th congressional district. Ryan was assassinated by members of Peoples Temple in Guyana. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983. The book functions as a guide to California politics and government. Topics discussed include California elections, political parties, State Government including the executive, legislative and judiciary branches, local government, and", "title": "USA/From Where We Stand" }, { "docid": "7624580", "text": "to convey the significance of the band in relation to the audience. For example, in a scene depicting one of the band’s first shows, the camera looks down on Darby, suggesting the lackluster effect that the band had on the audience. As the film progresses, Grossman changes the camera’s position to make the stage higher relative to the audience, illustrating the control Darby had over his audience. All wardrobe and makeup was supervised by Michelle Baer-Ghaffari, a friend of Darby’s, to ensure authenticity. \"What We Do is Secret\" received mixed reviews. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 43% of critics", "title": "What We Do Is Secret (film)" }, { "docid": "7624584", "text": "TV Guide said \"Shane West does a pretty impressive impersonation of the on-stage antics of Darby Crash\". Some critics also praised some of the supporting actors' performances as well as the cast performances as a whole. This was seen with Jim Emerson from the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" review with him saying \"\"Where What We Do Is Secret\" succeeds is in the performances which sometimes expose a stilted, amateurish strain that's oddly in tune with the characters' D.I.Y. aesthetic.\" Sara Cardance of \"New York Magazine\" said \"The amateur vibe suits the subject matter, and the young cast rises to the challenge.\" Eric", "title": "What We Do Is Secret (film)" }, { "docid": "3749221", "text": "transformation. As one of the film's characters gushes early in the proceedings, 'The moment we acknowledge the quantum self, we say that somebody has become enlightened'. A moment in which 'the mathematical formalisms of quantum mechanics [...] are stripped of all empirical content and reduced to a set of syrupy nostrums'.\" Journalist John Gorenfeld, writing in \"Salon\", notes that the film's three directors are students of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, which he says has been described as a cult. In mid-2005, the filmmakers worked with HCI Books to expand on the film's themes in a book titled \"What the Bleep", "title": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" }, { "docid": "15208633", "text": "Clemmons to authors like Karl Ove Knausgaard, Meghan O’Rourke, and Claudia Rankine. Clemmons cites Toni Morrison's \"The Bluest Eye\" as a significant influence for \"What We Lose\". The novel received overwhelmingly positive reviews. \"The New York Times\" review said, \"The book’s distinctive form and voice give it an unusual capacity to show how individuals connect deep feeling to broad political understanding — an experience too rarely rendered in fiction.\" \"The Guardian\" called \"a debut of haunting fragments\". \"The Telegraph\" praised it as an \"Intelligently and impressively conceived, and beautifully told\" novel. What We Lose What We Lose is the debut", "title": "What We Lose" }, { "docid": "18937838", "text": "\"What do you mean / When you nod your head yes, but you wanna say no? / What do you mean / When you don't want me to move, but you tell me to go?.\" \"USA Today\" Carly Mallenbaum, who heard the song in early August, described it as a \"catchy dance track for the club\". Similarly, a writer for \"The Daily Beast\" said, \"['What Do You Mean?' is] pretty damn catchy; a slow-burner that, like that collab, swells into a Bieber banger\". Gil Kaufman of MTV News also called it a \"banger\", explaining, \"the track is classic JB: seductive,", "title": "What Do You Mean?" }, { "docid": "5911782", "text": "events of the 1980 theatrical feature film \"Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)\". Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy, Peppermint Patty, Marcie, and Woodstock are returning from their student exchange in Paris. The film was purposefully open-ended in case there could be other adventures among the characters prior to returning home. Charles Schulz said about its development, Schulz struggled with development of the storyline until shortly after his open-heart surgery in 1981. While recuperating, he was able to finalize the concept with a common line that would tie everything together, \"\"What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?\"\" The special opens with", "title": "What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?" }, { "docid": "19646295", "text": "Chinese anthem that describes Chinese guerrilla fighters during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In a 2017 interview, Thien created a \"Book Note\" playlist that included numerous musical artists who influenced her writing of the novel. These artists included J.S. Bach, Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth, Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonard Cohen, and Sun Belt. Jiayang Fan, a staff writer of \"The New York Times\", called \"Do Not Say We Have Nothing\" \"a powerfully expansive novel\", specifically calling Thien's \"Book of Records\" the root of the novel's \"remarkable authenticity\". Jennifer Senior, another writer for \"The New York Times\", wrote that the book \"impresses in many", "title": "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" }, { "docid": "15458069", "text": "story in so fascinating a way.\" What Would the Founders Do? What Would the Founders Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers is a 2006 non-fiction book by American journalist and historian Richard Brookhiser. The author discusses the viewpoints, backgrounds, and character traits of the American Founding Fathers and compares and contrasts them with the socio-political debates of present-day Americans. Brookhiser states, \"We can be as intelligent as they were, and as serious, as practical, and as brave.\" The book was published by Basic Books. Some of the issues detailed include the death penalty, gun control, censorship, assisted suicide, preemptive war, Indian", "title": "What Would the Founders Do?" }, { "docid": "19646293", "text": "other narratives. While Wen the Dreamer is the principle translator and contributor to the book, as the novel progresses the stories of all the characters become so incorporated into the Book of Records that the line is blurred between fact and fiction, past and present. Thien references numerous songs and texts from Chinese history. These include Sima Qian's \"Historical Records\". The title, \"Do Not Say We Have Nothing\", is a reference to the Chinese version of the left-wing anthem: \"The Internationale\", which has been a staple anthem of the Communist Party of China after Qu Qiubai’s translation of the Russian", "title": "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" }, { "docid": "15458067", "text": "What Would the Founders Do? What Would the Founders Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers is a 2006 non-fiction book by American journalist and historian Richard Brookhiser. The author discusses the viewpoints, backgrounds, and character traits of the American Founding Fathers and compares and contrasts them with the socio-political debates of present-day Americans. Brookhiser states, \"We can be as intelligent as they were, and as serious, as practical, and as brave.\" The book was published by Basic Books. Some of the issues detailed include the death penalty, gun control, censorship, assisted suicide, preemptive war, Indian casinos, campaign finance reform, and term", "title": "What Would the Founders Do?" }, { "docid": "18043649", "text": "In the Light of What We Know In the Light of What We Know is the debut novel of Zia Haider Rahman. First published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, the novel was released in the spring of 2014 to international critical acclaim and earned its author the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Britain's oldest literary prize. and the inaugural International Ranald McDonald prize 2016. The novel has already been translated into Dutch, French and Portuguese and is to be translated into several other languages. Much of the novel is set during the war in Afghanistan at the beginning of the", "title": "In the Light of What We Know" }, { "docid": "18043660", "text": "shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2014 and nominated for the Folio Prize 2015. The author was shortlisted for New Writer of the Year award at the National Book Awards (UK) 2014. In the Light of What We Know In the Light of What We Know is the debut novel of Zia Haider Rahman. First published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, the novel was released in the spring of 2014 to international critical acclaim and earned its author the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Britain's oldest literary prize. and the inaugural International Ranald McDonald prize 2016. The novel has already been", "title": "In the Light of What We Know" }, { "docid": "17494392", "text": "and Abbott's former leadership rival Malcolm Turnbull took Communications. In his speech following his swearing-in ceremony, Abbott said his government would \"strive to govern for all Australians\": \"We won't forget those who are often marginalised; people with disabilities, Indigenous people and women struggling to combine career and family. We will do our best not to leave anyone behind. We hope to be judged by what we have done rather than by what we have said we will do.\" The Abbott ministry was not announced for an unusually long period and the \"Agence France Presse\" reported that Abbott had set out", "title": "Abbott Government" }, { "docid": "3749205", "text": "plays the role of everywoman as she experiences her life from startlingly new and different perspectives. In the documentary segments of the film, interviewees discuss the roots and meaning of Amanda's experiences. The comments focus primarily on a single theme: \"We create our own reality.\" The director, William Arntz, has described \"What the Bleep\" as a movie for the \"metaphysical left\". Work was split between Toronto-based Mr. X Inc., Lost Boys Studios in Vancouver, and Atomic Visual Effects in Cape Town, South Africa. The visual-effects team, led by Evan Jacobs, worked closely with the other film-makers to create visual metaphors", "title": "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" }, { "docid": "14121334", "text": "sets of footprints in the sand and when there is only one set of footprints, that's when Jesus is carrying us. 'What Can Faith Do' has become an inspirational banner song for anyone who has been struggling with major battles or life issues. It's been a huge success, and we felt very blessed when we heard stories about how the message has impacted people's lives.\" He also included: \"'What Faith Can Do' reminds believers that God is always here. Never forget that. In times of great happiness or great struggle, He remains faithful. Remain faithful to Him. Turn to Him", "title": "What Faith Can Do" }, { "docid": "9406944", "text": "\"we really hadn’t decided whether I was just helping Valentino write his own book, or if I was writing a book about him.\" Valentino points out that, \"I thought I might want to write my own book, but I learned that I was not ready to do this. I was still taking classes in basic writing at Georgia Perimeter College.\" Dave Eggers discusses the difficulties in writing a book of this nature: \"For a long while there, we continued doing interviews, and I gathered the material. But all along, I really didn’t know exactly what form it would finally take—whether", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "11463138", "text": "note, on page 228 of \"What Shadows We Pursue\", explains: \"Unfortunately, a production error led to the final four paragraphs of the story being omitted from [the earlier] edition. To correct the error, we have preferred to include the full text of the story in this, the second volume.\" This collection is named after one of its stories, \"What Shadows We Pursue\", which first appeared in the January, 1953, issue of \"The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\". The contents, listed sequentially from the text, with years of original publication noted in parentheses: What Shadows We Pursue What Shadows We", "title": "What Shadows We Pursue" }, { "docid": "19234682", "text": "World War II. The name of the painting, \"We, Too, Have a Job to Do\", comes from a slogan that the Boy Scouts of America used in 1942 to rally scouts to support the troops by collecting metal and planting victory gardens. The model, Bob Hamilton, won a contest with his local council in Albany, New York, to be depicted in the painting. He traveled to Rockwell's studio in Arlington, Vermont, to model for Rockwell. Since Hamilton was a scout, the uniform shown in the painting was his, unlike some of Rockwell's other models. Originally, he wore a turtle shell", "title": "We, Too, Have a Job to Do" }, { "docid": "18937073", "text": "quietest albums in Michael Gira’s catalog.\" What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "18937071", "text": "What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only been made by these two men,", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "13367824", "text": "his third consecutive #1. The narrator finds out he's wrong when he thinks his lover will return after leaving him. \"Don't We All Have the Right\" reached #1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart and on The Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart. His second single to do so. Don't We All Have the Right \"Don't We All Have the Right\" is a song written and recorded by Roger Miller in 1970 and featured on his album, \"Trip in the Country\", released as a double A-side with \"South.\" It was later recorded by Ricky Van Shelton. It was first the", "title": "Don't We All Have the Right" } ]

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[ { "docid": "12727005", "text": "Vienna. Maria Theresia and Charles Stephen had six children together: Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862–1933) Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria () (18 September 1862, Alt-Bunzlau, Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 10 May 1933, Schloss Saybusch, Saybusch, Poland) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Tuscany by birth. Maria Theresia was the eldest child and eldest daughter of Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and his wife, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Maria Theresa married Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, fourth child and third son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and his wife,", "title": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862–1933)" }, { "docid": "12727004", "text": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862–1933) Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria () (18 September 1862, Alt-Bunzlau, Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 10 May 1933, Schloss Saybusch, Saybusch, Poland) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Tuscany by birth. Maria Theresia was the eldest child and eldest daughter of Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and his wife, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Maria Theresa married Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, fourth child and third son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, on 28 February 1886 in", "title": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862–1933)" }, { "docid": "3088035", "text": "some 18 million MTTs in Bombay to use in their campaign to drive the Italians out of Ethiopia. The Maria Theresa thaler bearing the date of 1780 is a \"protected coin\" for the purposes of Part II of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. Maria Theresa thaler The Maria Theresa thaler (MTT) is a silver bullion coin that has been used in world trade continuously since it was first minted in 1741. It is named after Empress Maria Theresa, who ruled Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia from 1740 to 1780 and is depicted on the coin. In 1741 they used the", "title": "Maria Theresa thaler" }, { "docid": "3088025", "text": "Maria Theresa thaler The Maria Theresa thaler (MTT) is a silver bullion coin that has been used in world trade continuously since it was first minted in 1741. It is named after Empress Maria Theresa, who ruled Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia from 1740 to 1780 and is depicted on the coin. In 1741 they used the Reichsthaler standard of 9 thalers to the Vienna mark (a weight approximating half a pound of fine silver). In 1750 the thaler was debased to 10 thalers to the Vienna mark. The following year the new standard was effectively adopted across the German-speaking world", "title": "Maria Theresa thaler" }, { "docid": "587767", "text": "since she could see a causal link between peasant living standards, productivity and state revenue. The Habsburg government under her rule also tried to strengthen its industry through government interventions. After the loss of Silesia, they implemented subsidies and trade barriers to encourage the move of Silesian textile industry to northern Bohemia. In addition, they cut back guild privileges, and internal duties on trade were either reformed or removed (such as the case for the Austrian-Bohemian lands in 1775). Another economic issue that had to be tackled during the reign of Maria Theresa was the regulation of noble privileges \"vis-à-vis\"", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587734", "text": "for causing the loss of the French colonial empire, since Louis XV was required to deploy troops in Germany and to provide subsidies of 25-30 million pounds a year to Maria Theresa that were vital for the Austrian war effort in Bohemia and Silesia. On 1 May 1757, the Second Treaty of Versailles was signed, whereby Louis XV promised to provide Austria with 130,000 men in addition to 12 million gulden yearly. They would also continue the war in Continental Europe until Prussia could be compelled to abandon Silesia and Glatz. In return, Austria would cede several towns in the", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587783", "text": "of Flanders, of Tyrol, of Hainault, of Kyburg, of Gorizia and of Gradisca; Margravine of Burgau, of Upper and Lower Lusatia; Countess of Namur; Lady of the Wendish Mark and of Mechlin; Dowager Duchess of Lorraine and Bar, Dowager Grand Duchess of Tuscany.\" Maria Theresa Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina ( ; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. By marriage, she was", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587720", "text": "to enable him to vote in the imperial elections as elector of Bohemia (which she could not do because of her sex), Maria Theresa made Francis Stephen co-ruler of the Austrian and Bohemian lands on 21 November 1740. It took more than a year for the Diet of Hungary to accept Francis Stephen as co-ruler, since they asserted that the sovereignty of Hungary could not be shared. Despite her love for him and his position as co-ruler, Maria Theresa never allowed her husband to decide matters of state and often dismissed him from council meetings when they disagreed. The first", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587705", "text": "including two Holy Roman Emperors, Joseph II and Leopold II. Of the sixteen children, ten survived to adulthood. Though she was expected to cede power to Francis and Joseph, both of whom were officially her co-rulers in Austria and Bohemia, Maria Theresa was the absolute sovereign who ruled with the counsel of her advisers. Maria Theresa promulgated institutional, financial and educational reforms, with the assistance of Wenzel Anton of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz and Gerard van Swieten. She also promoted commerce and the development of agriculture, and reorganised Austria's ramshackle military, all of which strengthened Austria's international standing.", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587702", "text": "Maria Theresa Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina ( ; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress. She started her 40-year reign when her father, Emperor Charles VI, died in October 1740. Charles VI paved the way for her accession with the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 and spent his", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "12735126", "text": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1817–1886) Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este () (14 July 1817, Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio – 25 March 1886, Gorizia, Austria–Hungary) was a member of the House of Austria-Este and Archduchess and Princess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Modena by birth. Through her marriage to Henri, comte de Chambord, Maria Theresa was also a member of the House of Bourbon. Henri was disputedly King of France and Navarre from 2 to 9 August 1830 and afterwards the Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883. Maria Theresa was the", "title": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1817–1886)" } ]

[ { "docid": "587704", "text": "the War of the Austrian Succession. In defiance of the grave situation, she managed to secure the vital support of the Hungarians for the war effort. Over the course of the war, despite the loss of Silesia and a few minor territories in Italy, Maria Theresa successfully defended her rule over most of the Habsburg empire. Maria Theresa later unsuccessfully tried to reconquer Silesia during the Seven Years' War. Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, had eleven daughters, including the Queen of France, the Queen of Naples and Sicily, the Duchess of Parma, and five sons,", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587742", "text": "their age and rank. Following her fiftieth birthday in May 1767, Maria Theresa contracted smallpox from her daughter-in-law, Maria Josepha of Bavaria. She survived, but the new empress did not. Maria Theresa then forced her daughter, Archduchess Maria Josepha, to pray with her in the Imperial Crypt next to the unsealed tomb of Empress Maria Josepha. The Archduchess started showing smallpox rash two days after visiting the crypt and soon died. Maria Carolina was to replace her as the pre-determined bride of King Ferdinand IV of Naples. Maria Theresa blamed herself for her daughter's death for the rest of her", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587709", "text": "that Austria abolish the Ostend Company in return for its recognition of the Pragmatic Sanction. In total, Great Britain, France, Saxony, United Provinces, Spain, Prussia, Russia, Denmark, Sardinia, Bavaria and the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire recognised the sanction. France, Spain, Saxony, Bavaria and Prussia later reneged. Little more than a year after her birth, Maria Theresa was joined by a sister, Maria Anna, and another one, named Maria Amalia, was born in 1724. The portraits of the imperial family show that Maria Theresa resembled Elisabeth Christine and Maria Anna. The Prussian ambassador noted that she had large blue", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587725", "text": "as none of Maria Theresa's advisors expected France to betray them. Francis Stephen urged Maria Theresa to reach a rapprochement with Prussia, as did Great Britain. Maria Theresa reluctantly agreed to negotiations. Contrary to all expectations, a significant amount of support for the young Queen came from Hungary. Her coronation as Queen of Hungary took place in St. Martin's Cathedral, Pressburg, on 25 June 1741. She had spent months honing the equestrian skills necessary for the ceremony and negotiating with the Diet. To appease those who considered her gender to be a serious obstacle, Maria Theresa assumed masculine titles. Thus,", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587722", "text": "Wilhelmine Amalia, coveted portions of her inheritance. Maria Theresa did secure recognition from King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, who had not accepted the Pragmatic Sanction during her father's lifetime, in November 1740. In December, Frederick II of Prussia invaded the Duchy of Silesia and requested that Maria Theresa cede it, threatening to join her enemies if she refused. Maria Theresa decided to fight for the mineral-rich province. Frederick even offered a compromise: he would defend Maria Theresa's rights if she agreed to cede to him at least a part of Silesia. Francis Stephen was inclined to consider such an", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "10790826", "text": "Maria Theresa Asmar Maria Theresa Asmar (1804 – before 1870) was an ethnic Assyrian from Tel Keppe, Ottoman Empire, who wrote \"Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess\", which consists of two volumes and 720 pages. This book was written in the early 19th century, describing her travels through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine and the harem system used in Turkey. It was translated into English in 1844. Maria Theresa Asmar died in France before the Franco-Prussian War, and was known as Babylon's Princess in Europe. Facing tremendous obstacles, Asmar, an Assyrian woman, set up a school for women in Baghdad and", "title": "Maria Theresa Asmar" }, { "docid": "6998998", "text": "Military Order of Maria Theresa The Military Order of Maria Theresa (, , , , , ) was the highest military honour of the Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire. Founded on 18 June 1757, the day of the Battle of Kolin, by the Empress Maria Theresa, the honour was to reward especially meritorious and valorous acts by commissioned officers, including and especially the courageous act of defeating an enemy, and thus \"serving\" their monarch. It was specifically given for \"successful military acts of essential impact to a campaign that were undertaken on [the officer's] own initiative, and might", "title": "Military Order of Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "6998993", "text": "Military Order of Maria Theresa The Military Order of Maria Theresa (, , , , , ) was the highest military honour of the Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire. Founded on 18 June 1757, the day of the Battle of Kolin, by the Empress Maria Theresa, the honour was to reward especially meritorious and valorous acts by commissioned officers, including and especially the courageous act of defeating an enemy, and thus \"serving\" their monarch. It was specifically given for \"successful military acts of essential impact to a campaign that were undertaken on [the officer's] own initiative, and might", "title": "Military Order of Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587779", "text": "throne and her sex, and though he had fought against her in three wars, he never considered her his enemy. With her death, the House of Habsburg died out and was replaced by the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Joseph, already co-sovereign of the Habsburg dominions, succeeded her, and he introduced sweeping reforms in the empire; Joseph II produced nearly 700 edicts per year (or almost two per day), whereas Maria Theresa only issued about 100 edicts per year. Maria Theresa understood the importance of her public \"persona\" and was able to simultaneously evoke both esteem and affection from her subjects; a", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587753", "text": "In 1764, she ordered the release of those Jews who had been jailed for a blood libel in the village of Orkuta. Notwithstanding her strong dislike of Jews, Maria Theresa supported Jewish commercial and industrial activity in Austria. There were also parts of the realm where the Jews were treated better, such as Trieste, Gorizia and Vorarlberg. Maria Theresa was as conservative in matters of state as in those of religion, but implemented significant reforms to strengthen Austria's military and bureaucratic efficiency. She employed Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz, who modernised the empire by creating a standing army of 108,000", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "5753826", "text": "album, \"Definitive Collection\", which reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart in 2005. Paper Lace included this song on their 1974 album, \"Paper Lace\". I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "5753825", "text": "I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2 UK hit in June 1971, and was also a hit in Ireland, where it also reached number 2. The track later appeared on Christie's compilation", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "10790827", "text": "welcomed with open arms western Christian missionaries, who then bribed the Turkish government to give them the licence for the school and forbid Maria to carry on with her project. Left frustrated and angry to have been treated this way by fellow Christians, she sought sanctuary with the Arab Bedouins. She set about recording their daily lives, everything from the weddings and celebrations to their assaults on other tribes. She explains in great detail Bedouin life. Maria Theresa Asmar Maria Theresa Asmar (1804 – before 1870) was an ethnic Assyrian from Tel Keppe, Ottoman Empire, who wrote \"Memoirs of a", "title": "Maria Theresa Asmar" }, { "docid": "587775", "text": "Maria Theresa's protestations. Her sense of justice pushed her to reject the idea of partition, which would hurt the Polish people. She even once argued, \"What right have we to rob an innocent nation that it has hitherto been our boast to protect and support?\" The duo argued that it was too late to abort now. Besides, Maria Theresa herself agreed with the partition when she realised that Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine II of Russia would do it with or without Austrian participation. Maria Theresa claimed and eventually took Galicia and Lodomeria; in the words of Frederick, \"the", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "13178425", "text": "Maria Theresa Short Maria Theresa Short was an entrepreneur who increased public access to scientific equipment in Edinburgh in the 19th century. In the early 18th century, the Short family were scientific instrument makers in Edinburgh’s Southside. In 1776 their son Thomas leased some land on Calton Hill and built a Gothic House to display his instruments to the public. As a condition of his lease, the local council demanded that female relatives of Thomas could not inherit the building and its contents. When he died in 1788, his wife and children did not inherit it. In 1827 Maria Theresa", "title": "Maria Theresa Short" }, { "docid": "587719", "text": "without army, without experience and knowledge of my own and finally, also without any counsel because each one of them at first wanted to wait and see how things would develop.\" She dismissed the possibility that other countries might try to seize her territories and immediately started ensuring the imperial dignity for herself; since a woman could not be elected Holy Roman Empress, Maria Theresa wanted to secure the imperial office for her husband, but Francis Stephen did not possess enough land or rank within the Holy Roman Empire. In order to make him eligible for the imperial throne and", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587744", "text": "reproached her for laziness and frivolity and scolded her for failing to conceive a child. Maria Theresa was not just critical of Marie Antoinette. She disliked Leopold's reserve and often blamed him for being cold. She criticised Maria Carolina for her political activities, Ferdinand for his lack of organisation, and Maria Amalia for her poor French and haughtiness. The only child she did not constantly scold was Maria Christina, who enjoyed her mother's complete confidence, though she failed to please her mother in one aspect – she did not produce any surviving children. One of Maria Theresa's greatest wishes was", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587718", "text": "state in which I found the army, I cannot begin to describe it.\" Maria Theresa found herself in a difficult situation. She did not know enough about matters of state and she was unaware of the weakness of her father's ministers. She decided to rely on her father's advice to retain his counselors and to defer to her husband, whom she considered to be more experienced, on other matters. Both decisions later gave cause for regret. Ten years later, Maria Theresa recalled in her \"Political Testament\" the circumstances under which she had ascended: \"I found myself without money, without credit,", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587732", "text": "of Silesia, and Maria Theresa ceded the Duchy of Parma to Philip of Spain. France had successfully conquered the Austrian Netherlands, but Louis XV, wishing to prevent potential future wars with Austria, returned them to Maria Theresa. Frederick of Prussia's invasion of Saxony in August 1756 began a Third Silesian War and sparked the wider Seven Years' War. Maria Theresa and Kaunitz wished to exit the war with possession of Silesia. Before the war started, Kaunitz had been sent as an ambassador at Versailles from 1750-53 to win over the French. Meanwhile, the British still refused to help Maria Theresa", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "13379019", "text": "Clark purchased the Scott Stamp and Coin Company and renamed it Scott Publications. They eventually sold the firm to Gordon R. Harmer in 1946. Theresa Maria Clark was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1954. Theresa Maria Clark Theresa Maria Clark (c.1890-1953) of New York City, was a philatelist and philatelic editor. She was born Theresa Maria Scheidemantel and married Hugh Massey Clark. In about 1908, Theresa Clark joined the Scott Stamp and Coin Company and served in various positions with the firm until 1946. While working at Scott’s, she met Hugh Massey Clark and the", "title": "Theresa Maria Clark" }, { "docid": "13379018", "text": "Theresa Maria Clark Theresa Maria Clark (c.1890-1953) of New York City, was a philatelist and philatelic editor. She was born Theresa Maria Scheidemantel and married Hugh Massey Clark. In about 1908, Theresa Clark joined the Scott Stamp and Coin Company and served in various positions with the firm until 1946. While working at Scott’s, she met Hugh Massey Clark and the two eventually married. They both were co-editors of the 1935 and 1936 issues of the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. Theresa also, while at Scott, was the editor of \"The Chronicle of New Issues\". In 1938 Theresa and Hugh", "title": "Theresa Maria Clark" }, { "docid": "587739", "text": "and so would the births of Maria Anna, the eldest surviving child, and Maria Carolina (1740–1741). While fighting to preserve her inheritance, Maria Theresa gave birth to a son named after Saint Joseph, to whom she had repeatedly prayed for a male child during the pregnancy. Maria Theresa's favourite child, Maria Christina, was born on her 25th birthday, four days before the defeat of the Austrian army in Chotusitz. Five more children were born during the war: Maria Elisabeth, Charles, Maria Amalia, Leopold and Maria Carolina (1748–1748). During this period, there was no rest for Maria Theresa during pregnancies or", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "18491073", "text": "Maria Theresa Lewis (Maria) Theresa Lewis (born Villiers, later Lister; 8 March 1803 – 9 November 1865) was a British writer and biographer. Maria Theresa Villiers was born on 8 March 1803. She was the daughter of the Honourable George Villiers, a member of the aristocratic Villiers family, and Theresa Parker. On 6 November 1830, Lister married the novelist Thomas Henry Lister. They had three children: Thomas, Maria and Alice. Her son, Thomas Villiers Lister (1832–1902), married first Fanny Harriet Coryton and secondly Florence Selina Hamilton, daughter of geologist William John Hamilton and his second wife Margaret Frances Florence Dillon.", "title": "Maria Theresa Lewis" }, { "docid": "587771", "text": "possess enough land to maintain the Empire's integrity, Maria Theresa, who was used to being assisted in the administration of her vast realms, declared Joseph to be her new co-ruler on 17 September 1765. From then on, mother and son had frequent ideological disagreements. The 22 million gulden that Joseph inherited from his father was injected into the treasury. Maria Theresa had another loss in February 1766 when Haugwitz died. She gave her son absolute control over the military following the death of Count Leopold Joseph von Daun. According to Robert A. Kann, Maria Theresa was a monarch of above-average", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587728", "text": "heir, Joseph, while weeping, and she dramatically consigned the future king to the defense of the \"brave Hungarians\". This act managed to win the sympathy of the members, and they declared that they would die for Maria Theresa. In 1741, the Austrian authorities informed Maria Theresa that the Bohemian populace would prefer Charles Albert to her as sovereign. Maria Theresa, desperate and burdened by pregnancy, wrote plaintively to her sister: \"I don't know if a town will remain to me for my delivery.\" She bitterly vowed to spare nothing and no one to defend her kingdom when she wrote to", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "18491076", "text": "the year 1783 to 1852\". Lady Lewis also edited a novel by the Hon. Emily Eden called \"The Semi-Detached House\" in 1859, and she wrote two plays, based on fairy tales, for children to perform. Lewis died in Brasenose College in Oxford in 1865 from cancer. Maria Theresa Lewis (Maria) Theresa Lewis (born Villiers, later Lister; 8 March 1803 – 9 November 1865) was a British writer and biographer. Maria Theresa Villiers was born on 8 March 1803. She was the daughter of the Honourable George Villiers, a member of the aristocratic Villiers family, and Theresa Parker. On 6 November", "title": "Maria Theresa Lewis" }, { "docid": "9673933", "text": "at the Augustinian Church in Vienna, Maria Theresa married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. The bride was almost twenty-one years old and the groom twenty-seven. Queen Maria Theresa is described as badly dressed and did not answer to the ideal of a regal person: she disliked her public role and life at court and preferred to confine herself to her private rooms dedicated to needlework and her children. She had a good relationship to both her spouse and her stepson Francis: her stepson respected her and she used to demonstratively call him her son. Maria Theresa was interested in", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1816–1867)" }, { "docid": "587721", "text": "display of the new queen's authority was the formal act of homage of the Lower Austrian Estates to her on 22 November 1740. It was an elaborate public event which served as a formal recognition and legitimation of her accession. The oath of fealty to Maria Theresa was taken on the same day in the Ritterstube of the Hofburg. Immediately after her accession, a number of European sovereigns who had recognised Maria Theresa as heir broke their promises. Queen Elisabeth of Spain and Elector Charles Albert of Bavaria, married to Maria Theresa's deprived cousin Maria Amalia and supported by Empress", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "11189397", "text": "brother and the husband of her eldest daughter Maria Beatrice), as heir to the throne. Due to the hostility directed toward her, she was not allowed to return to Turin until 1831. She was buried in the Basilica of Superga. Since the Empire of Austria was established in 1804, many years after Maria Theresa's marriage, she was never styled as an \"Imperial and Royal Highness\". Prior to 1804, members of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (previously Habsburg) were only entitled to \"Royal Highness\" as Archdukes or Archduchesses of Austria. Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (Maria", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia" }, { "docid": "5470272", "text": "Maria Theresa Reef The Maria Theresa Reef is a supposed reef in the South Pacific (south of the French Tuamotu islands and east of New Zealand); it appears to be a phantom reef. It is also known as Tabor Island or Tabor Reef on French maps. It was reported in three contemporary newspapers as a dangerous reef seen on 16 November 1843 by a Captain Asaph P. Taber (not \"Tabor\") of the \"Maria-Theresa\", a New Bedford, Massachusetts, whaler, to be situated at , later adjusted to . Jean-Paul Faivre reports that map no. 5356 of the (French) Naval Hydrographic Office", "title": "Maria Theresa Reef" }, { "docid": "3088026", "text": "when it was accepted formally in the Bavarian monetary convention. Because of the date of the Bavarian Monetary convention, many writers erroneously state that the Maria Theresa Thaler was first struck in 1751. Since the death of Maria Theresa in 1780, the coin has always been dated 1780. On 19 September 1857, Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria declared the Maria Theresa thaler to be an official trade coinage. A little over a year later, on 31 October 1858, it lost its status as currency in Austria. The MTT could also be found throughout the Arab world, especially in Saudi Arabia,", "title": "Maria Theresa thaler" }, { "docid": "587747", "text": "this. Maria Theresa promoted the Greek Catholics and emphasised their equal status with Roman Catholics. Despite the fact that Maria Theresa was a very pious person, she also enacted policies that suppressed exaggerated display of piety, such as the prohibition of public flagellantism. Furthermore, she significantly reduced the number of religious holidays and monastic orders. Her relationship with the Jesuits was complex. Members of this order educated her, served as her confessors, and supervised the religious education of her eldest son. The Jesuits were powerful and influential in the early years of Maria Theresa's reign. However, the queen's ministers convinced", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587738", "text": "the Prussian territories that were occupied. Although Silesia remained under the control of Prussia, a new balance of power was created in Europe, and Austrian position was strengthened by it thanks to its alliance with the Bourbons in Madrid, Parma and Naples. Maria Theresa herself decided to focus on domestic reforms and refrain from undertaking any further military operations. Over the course of twenty years, Maria Theresa gave birth to sixteen children, thirteen of whom survived infancy. The first child, Maria Elisabeth (1737–1740), was born a little less than a year after the wedding. The child's sex caused great disappointment", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587708", "text": "son who would prevent the extinction of his dynasty and succeed him. Thus, the birth of Maria Theresa was a great disappointment to him and the people of Vienna; Charles never managed to overcome this feeling. Maria Theresa replaced Maria Josepha as heir presumptive to the Habsburg realms the moment she was born; Charles VI had issued the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 which had placed his nieces behind his own daughters in the line of succession. Charles sought the other European powers' approval for disinheriting his nieces. They exacted harsh terms: in the Treaty of Vienna (1731), Great Britain demanded", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "12427568", "text": "father as rightful king of Portugal acknowledged Maria Theresa as an Infanta of Portugal. Maria Theresa married Prince Karl Ludwig of Thurn and Taxis (1863–1942), a member of the Czech branch of the family, son of Prince Maximilian Karl Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Amélie Eugénie de Tascher de La Pagerie, on 22 May 1900 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. Maria Theresa and Karl Ludwig had one son: Princess Maria Theresa of Braganza Maria Teresa of Bragança, Infanta of Portugal (Maria Teresa Carolina Micaela Ana Josefina Antónia Francisca de Assis e de Paula Brígida Pia Gerardina Severina Inácia", "title": "Princess Maria Theresa of Braganza" }, { "docid": "9766102", "text": "Maria Theresa of Savoy Maria Theresa of Savoy (Maria Teresa; 31 January 1756 – 2 June 1805) was a French princess (Countess of Artois) by marriage to Charles Philippe, Count of Artois, grandson of Louis XV and younger brother of Louis XVI. Some nineteen years after her death, her spouse assumed the throne of France as King Charles X. Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy was born at the Royal Palace in Turin during the reign of her grandfather Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia. The daughter of the heir apparent and his wife, Victor Amadeus and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain,", "title": "Maria Theresa of Savoy" }, { "docid": "587733", "text": "in reclaiming Silesia, and Frederick II himself managed to secure the Treaty of Westminster (1756) with them. Subsequently, Maria Theresa sent Georg Adam, Prince of Starhemberg to negotiate an agreement with France, and the result was the First Treaty of Versailles of 1 May 1756. Thus, the efforts of Kaunitz and Starhemberg managed to pave a way for a Diplomatic Revolution; previously, France was one of Austria’s archenemies together with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, but after the agreement, they were united by a common cause to contain Frederick II and British colonial expansion. However, historians had blamed this treaty", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "9766114", "text": "Mausoleum near to Graz Cathedral. Maria Theresa of Savoy Maria Theresa of Savoy (Maria Teresa; 31 January 1756 – 2 June 1805) was a French princess (Countess of Artois) by marriage to Charles Philippe, Count of Artois, grandson of Louis XV and younger brother of Louis XVI. Some nineteen years after her death, her spouse assumed the throne of France as King Charles X. Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy was born at the Royal Palace in Turin during the reign of her grandfather Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia. The daughter of the heir apparent and his wife, Victor Amadeus and", "title": "Maria Theresa of Savoy" }, { "docid": "9006760", "text": "close to her youngest paternal aunt, Archduchess Maria Antonia, just seven years her senior. She was Maria Theresa's first grandchild. Just a few months short of her eighth birthday, Archduchess Maria Theresa became ill with pleurisy. Her father, by that time \"Holy Roman Emperor\", did everything in his power to save her and attended her bedside even at night. However, the medicine in those days was highly undeveloped and Archduchess Maria Theresa died on 23 January 1770 from a very high fever. Her father was heartbroken. When Khevenhüller had to disturb Joseph in order to make the arrangements for the", "title": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762–1770)" }, { "docid": "5470274", "text": "historically reported reefs which also may not exist are: Jupiter Reef, Wachusett Reef, and Ernest Legouve Reef. The historical sightings of these reefs were probably inspired by the supposed existence of Maria Theresa Reef. Even in the 21st century, some map and atlas publishers still show this fictitious group of reefs in the South Pacific. In 1966 amateur radio journal \"CQ\" published a photo and description of Don Miller transmitting from what he claimed was Maria Teresa Reef. This has been since proven to be a hoax. Hugh Cassidy, discussing his escapades, claims that \"A nautical chart... issued by the", "title": "Maria Theresa Reef" }, { "docid": "587777", "text": "Netherlands. This alarmed Frederick II of Prussia, and thus the War of Bavarian Succession erupted in 1778. Maria Theresa very unwilingly consented to the occupation of Bavaria, and a year later she made peace proposals to Frederick II despite Joseph's objections. Although Austria managed to gain the Innviertel area, this \"Potato War\" caused a setback to the financial improvement that the Habsburg had made. The 500,000 gulden in annual revenue from 100,000 inhabitants of Innviertel were not comparable to the 100,000,000 gulden that were spent during the war. It is unlikely that Maria Theresa ever completely recovered from the smallpox", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587769", "text": "and their family members, but also help cover the national expenditure in peace or war. However, such reform was fiercely resisted by the Hungarian nobility. Meanwhile, Joseph was hoping for a more radical change, and he himself abolished forced peasant labour during his reign in 1789, although this was later retracted by Emperor Leopold II. Emperor Francis died on 18 August 1765, while he and the court were in Innsbruck celebrating the wedding of his second son, Leopold. Maria Theresa was devastated. Their eldest son, Joseph, became Holy Roman Emperor. Maria Theresa abandoned all ornamentation, had her hair cut short,", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587768", "text": "peasant well-being. Although Maria Theresa was initially reluctant to meddle in such affairs, government interventions were made possible by the perceived need for economic power and the emergence of a functioning bureaucracy, and interventions were also further eased by widespread peasant unrest induced by the effects of war and famine in 1770-2 and noble abuse of manorial rights. In 1771-78, a series of \"Robot Patents\" were issued by Maria Theresa, and these patents regulated and restricted peasant labour only in the German and Bohemian parts of the realm. The goal was to ensure that peasants not only could support themselves", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587764", "text": "of both genders from the ages of six to twelve were required to attend school. The education reform was met with hostility particularly by peasants who wanted the children to work in the fields instead. Maria Theresa crushed the dissent by ordering the arrest of all those opposed. Overall, although the idea had merit, the reforms were not as successful as they were expected to be; in some parts of Austria, half of the population was illiterate well into the 19th century. Maria Theresa permitted non-Catholics to attend university and allowed the introduction of secular subjects (such as law), which", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587758", "text": "state revenues substantially. In 1775, for the first time ever the Habsburg Monarchy achieved its first balanced budget, and by 1780, the Habsburg state revenue had reached 50 million gulden. After Maria Theresa recruited Gerard van Swieten from the Netherlands, he also employed a fellow Dutchman named Anton de Haen, and de Haen was the actual founder of the Viennese Medicine School (\"Wiener Medizinischen Schule\"). Maria Theresa also banned the creation of new burial grounds without prior government permission, thus countering wasteful and unhygienic burial customs. Meanwhile, her decision to have her children inoculated after the smallpox epidemic of 1767", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587756", "text": "In addition to this, there was the \"Hofrechenskammer\" or the exchequer which was tasked with the handling of all financial accounts. Meanwhile, in 1760, Maria Theresa created the Council of State (\"Staatsrat\"), composed of the state chancellor, three members of the high nobility and three knights, which served as a committee of experienced people who advised her. The council of state lacked executive or legislative authority, but nevertheless showed the difference between the form of government employed by Frederick II of Prussia. Unlike the latter, Maria Theresa was not an autocrat who acted as her own minister. Prussia would adopt", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "9673935", "text": "of Naples. Francis' spouse Duchess Maria Sophia in Bavaria, however, disputed her influence and Francis had a difficult position in the conflict between his wife and stepmother, without being able to satisfy either. Maria Sophia informed Francis about a plot created by Maria Theresa with the attempt to put the biological son of Maria Theresa on the throne, but Francis chose to believe Maria Theresa when she swore her innocence. It was not until the revolts against the monarchy had already begun that Francis decided to listen to the advice of his wife rather than his stepmother. Maria Theresa was", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1816–1867)" }, { "docid": "13602937", "text": "of Portugal Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and his wife Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein. Maria Theresa was an elder sister of Aloys, 7th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Maria Theresa married her first cousin Infante Miguel, Duke of Braganza, only son and second eldest child of former King Miguel of Portugal and his wife Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, on 8 November 1893 in Kleinheubach, Kingdom of Bavaria. Maria Theresa and Miguel had eight children: Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (German: \"Maria Theresa, Prinzessin von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg\") (4 January 1870, Rome, Papal States – 17 January 1935, Vienna, Federal State of Austria)", "title": "Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg" }, { "docid": "2413025", "text": "given me.\" Of her six children, only one survived her, Louis, \"\", the oldest one, who died in 1711. One of her younger grandsons would eventually inherit her claim to the Spanish throne to become King Philip V of Spain in 1700. Maria Theresa was portrayed by Nathalie Cerda in the film Vatel (2000) and by French actress Elisa Lasowski in the TV series \"Versailles\", which ran for three seasons from 2015 to 2018. Maria Theresa of Spain Maria Theresa of Spain (; ; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683), was by birth Infanta of Spain and Portugal (until", "title": "Maria Theresa of Spain" }, { "docid": "2413024", "text": "been rumors that Maria Theresa had an illegitimate daughter, Louise Marie Thérèse (The Black Nun of Moret). Maria Theresa played little part in political affairs except for the years 1667, 1672, and 1678, during which she acted as regent while her husband was away on campaigns on the frontier. During the last week of July 1683, Maria Theresa fell ill and, as her illness worsened, her husband ordered for the sacraments to be kept nearby. She died a painful death on 30 July 1683, at Versailles. Upon her death, Louis XIV said: \"This is the first chagrin which she has", "title": "Maria Theresa of Spain" }, { "docid": "12427566", "text": "Princess Maria Theresa of Braganza Maria Teresa of Bragança, Infanta of Portugal (Maria Teresa Carolina Micaela Ana Josefina Antónia Francisca de Assis e de Paula Brígida Pia Gerardina Severina Inácia Luísa Estanislau Joana Policarpa; 26 January 1881, Ödenburg, Austria-Hungary – 17 January 1945, Stainach, Nazi Germany) was a member of the House of Braganza and Infanta of Portugal by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Karl Ludwig of Thurn and Taxis, Maria Theresa was also a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis. Maria Theresa was born in Ödenburg, Austria-Hungary (now in Hungary), the only daughter of the Miguelist", "title": "Princess Maria Theresa of Braganza" }, { "docid": "587740", "text": "around the births; the war and child-bearing were carried on simultaneously. Five children were born during the peace between the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War: Maria Johanna, Maria Josepha, Maria Carolina, Ferdinand and Maria Antonia. She delivered her last child, Maximilian Francis, during the Seven Years' War, aged 39. Maria Theresa asserted that, had she not been almost always pregnant, she would have gone into battle herself. Maria Theresa's mother, Empress Elisabeth Christine, died in 1750. Four years later, Maria Theresa's governess, Marie Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard, died. She showed her gratitude to Countess Fuchs by", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "9509583", "text": "in appearance and personality, however, they were reported to have a good understanding of each other and had a very good relationship. Maria Theresa reportedly adapted well to her new home in Vienna and did not suffer from homesickness. She loved entertainment, and participated with enthusiasm in court life, and it was noted that she enjoyed dancing, participating in every carnival ball at court even while pregnant. She particularly enjoyed the Waltz, which had been recently introduced as an innovation and became fashionable during her life in Vienna. Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp described the view of Maria Theresa and", "title": "Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily" }, { "docid": "587746", "text": "superstitious. However, she never allowed the Church to interfere with what she considered to be prerogatives of a monarch and kept Rome at arm's length. She controlled the selection of archbishops, bishops and abbots. Overall, the ecclesiastical policies of Maria Theresa were enacted to ensure the primacy of State control in Church-State relations. She was also influenced by Jansenist ideas. One of the most important aspects of Jansenism was the advocation of maximum freedom of national churches from Rome. Although Austria had always stressed the rights of the state in relation to the church, Jansenism provided new theoretical justification for", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587743", "text": "life because, at the time, the concept of an extended incubation period was largely unknown and it was believed that Maria Josepha had caught smallpox from the body of the late empress. In April 1770, Maria Theresa's youngest daughter, Maria Antonia, married Louis, Dauphin of France, by proxy in Vienna. Maria Antonia's education was neglected, and when the French showed an interest in her, her mother went about educating her as best she could about the court of Versailles and the French. Maria Theresa kept up a fortnightly correspondence with Maria Antonia, now called Marie Antoinette, in which she often", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "12183111", "text": "ultimately resulting in the recovery of the necklace, the imprisonment of her great-nephew, and the absconding of the two agents. Maria Theresa died in Vienna during World War II. She survived her husband by 48 years. Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (; 24 August 1855 – 12 February 1944) was a Princess of the House of Braganza. She became by marriage an Archduchess of Austria and also sister-in-law of Emperors Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, as well as step-grandmother of Emperor Charles I of Austria. Maria Teresa was born in", "title": "Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal" }, { "docid": "7592227", "text": "the war against Napoleon I. They were able to return in 1813. She was able to enjoy the title queen of Saxony for only a few months after the death of her brother-in-law Frederick Augustus I in May 1827. The latter's alliance with Napoleon led to significant losses of territory for Saxony at the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars. Maria Theresa died at Leipzig in 1827. Maria Theresa and Anthony were parents to four children, all of whom were born and died in Dresden; none survived to the age of two: Maria Theresa of Austria (1767–1827) Maria Theresa of Austria", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1767–1827)" }, { "docid": "587737", "text": "French and Habsburg armies were destroyed by Frederick at Rossbach in 1757. After the defeat in Torgau on 3 November 1760, Maria Theresa realised that she could no longer reclaim Silesia. In the meantime, France was losing badly in America and India, and thus they had reduced their subsidies by 50%. Since 1761, Kaunitz had tried to organise a diplomatic congress to take advantage of the accession of George III of the United Kingdom, as he did not really care about Germany. Finally, the war was concluded by the Treaty of Hubertusburg and Paris in 1763. Austria had to leave", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587711", "text": "her Latin to be quite good, but in all else, the Jesuits did not educate her well. Her spelling and punctuation were unconventional and she lacked the formal manner and speech which had characterised her Habsburg predecessors. Maria Theresa developed a close relationship with Countess Marie Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard, who taught her etiquette. She was educated in drawing, painting, music and dancing – the disciplines which would have prepared her for the role of queen consort. Her father allowed her to attend meetings of the council from the age of 14 but never discussed the affairs of state with her.", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "7592222", "text": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1767–1827) Maria Theresa of Austria (\"Maria Theresia Josepha Charlotte Johanna\"; 14 January 1767 – 7 November 1827) was born an Archduchess of Austria and a Princess of Tuscany. She was later Queen of Saxony as the second wife and consort of King Anthony of Saxony. Maria Theresa was born in Florence, Italy, the eldest child of Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Tuscany (later Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II) and his wife Maria Luisa of Spain. Like all the eldest daughters of the children of her paternal grandparents, she was named after her grandmother, the Habsburg ruler", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1767–1827)" }, { "docid": "12183110", "text": "his wife Zita into exile in Madeira, but eventually returned to Vienna, where she spent the rest of her life. In 1929, following a decline in her finances, Maria Theresa engaged two agents to sell the Napoleon Diamond Necklace, a piece inherited from her husband, in the United States. After a series of botched sales attempts, the pair finally sold the necklace for $60,000 with the aid of the great-nephew of Maria Theresa, the Archduke Leopold of Austria, Prince of Tuscany but he claimed nearly 90% of the sale price as \"expenses\". Maria Theresa appealed to the United States courts,", "title": "Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal" }, { "docid": "7228174", "text": "Act was not repealed until 1948 and, consequently, Maria Theresa would have been covered by its provisions. Following her death in 1919, Maria Theresa's son Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria inherited the Jacobite claim. Like his mother, he and his descendants have also refrained from pressing their claims to the British thrones. Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919) Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (Maria Theresa Henriette Dorothee; 2 July 1849 – 3 February 1919) was the last Queen of Bavaria. She was the daughter and only child of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. On 20 February", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919)" }, { "docid": "5470278", "text": "would be about 151 or 153 degrees W of Greenwich. The character Cyrus Smith of \"The Mysterious Island\" seems to go wrong in his calculation of Tabor's position, possibly by as much as four degrees. Since Lincoln Island is positioned with reference to Tabor, this in turn means that the position of the Island can not reliably be determined. They could in fact be one and the same island due to a misreading of a meridian. Maria Theresa Reef The Maria Theresa Reef is a supposed reef in the South Pacific (south of the French Tuamotu islands and east of", "title": "Maria Theresa Reef" }, { "docid": "5470273", "text": "and the folding map in \"Malte-Brun revised by E. Cortambert, vol. 4\" (without further reference) both mark \"Maria-Theresa,\" apparently 153 degrees W of Greenwich, and that no. 5356 also marks Ernest Legouve Reef. According to Krauth, who makes, however, several mistakes, the logbook of the \"Maria Theresa\" may read \"Saw breakers.\" Krauth further claims that Tabor would be in French waters if it existed. It was unsuccessfully searched for in 1957. In 1983, the position of the reef was recalculated at , more than 1,000 km further east, and searched for, but not found. Its existence is doubtful. Other nearby", "title": "Maria Theresa Reef" }, { "docid": "3088032", "text": "Tanzania to Mozambique. Its popularity in the Red Sea region was such that merchants would not accept any other type of currency. The Italian government produced a similar designed coin in the hope of replacing the Maria Theresa thaler, but it never gained acceptance. The Maria Theresa thaler was also formerly the currency of the Hejaz, Yemen, the Aden Protectorate as well as Muscat and Oman on the Arabia peninsula. The coin remains popular in North Africa and the Middle East to this day in its original form: a silver coin with a portrait of the buxom empress on the", "title": "Maria Theresa thaler" }, { "docid": "15826902", "text": "scholar. Her brother occasionally acted fops and footmen at Drury Lane and the Haymarket, and was subsequently an actor and a cowkeeper in America. Her sister Adelaide, an actress in a line similar to her own, was popular in Newcastle upon Tyne. Maria Theresa Kemble Maria Theresa Kemble (1774–1838), née Marie Thérèse Du Camp, was an Austrian-born English actress, singer, dancer and comic playwright on the stage. She was the wife of actor Charles Kemble. She was the daughter of Jeanne Dufour and George De Camp who were both performers. She was born in Vienna 17 January 1774 and brought", "title": "Maria Theresa Kemble" }, { "docid": "13178428", "text": "over by Patrick Geddes in 1892. Patrick Geddes<BR> Outlook Tower \"Edinburgh in the 19th Century\" (1901)W.M.Gilbert<BR> \"Camera Obscura & World of Illusions reading material\" Maria Theresa Short Maria Theresa Short was an entrepreneur who increased public access to scientific equipment in Edinburgh in the 19th century. In the early 18th century, the Short family were scientific instrument makers in Edinburgh’s Southside. In 1776 their son Thomas leased some land on Calton Hill and built a Gothic House to display his instruments to the public. As a condition of his lease, the local council demanded that female relatives of Thomas could", "title": "Maria Theresa Short" }, { "docid": "9673932", "text": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1816–1867) Maria Theresa of Austria (Maria Theresia Isabella; 31 July 1816 – 8 August 1867) was the second wife of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. She was the eldest daughter of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. Her paternal grandparents were Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Luisa of Spain. Her maternal grandparents were Frederick William of Nassau-Weilburg (1768–1816) and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg. Maria Theresa was Princess-Abbess of the Theresian Royal and Imperial Ladies Chapter of the Castle of Prague (1834-1835). On 9 January 1837 in", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1816–1867)" }, { "docid": "15826894", "text": "Maria Theresa Kemble Maria Theresa Kemble (1774–1838), née Marie Thérèse Du Camp, was an Austrian-born English actress, singer, dancer and comic playwright on the stage. She was the wife of actor Charles Kemble. She was the daughter of Jeanne Dufour and George De Camp who were both performers. She was born in Vienna 17 January 1774 and brought to England where she appeared as Cupid at the age of six years old in Jean-Georges Noverre.'s ballet at the Opera House. She spoke no English and learned the language herself although she was tutored in other subjects. Two years later she", "title": "Maria Theresa Kemble" }, { "docid": "9766113", "text": "Wars, Maria Theresa and her sister Marie Joséphine left Turin for Novara, in parallel with the departure of Marie Joséphine's husband from Verona. While her sister continued to Austria, Maria Therese accepted her father's invitation to return to Turin after the peace between France and Savoy in May. In December 1798, when Piemonte was annexed by France, Maria Theresa left with her lady-in-waiting for Graz in Austria, where she was permitted to remain and where she died in 1805. Because she died before her spouse became King of France, she remained Countess of Artois. She was buried in the Imperial", "title": "Maria Theresa of Savoy" }, { "docid": "2413015", "text": "interruption until present time. Born an Infanta of Spain at the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, she was the daughter of King Philip IV, and his wife Elisabeth of France, who died when Maria Theresa was six years old. As a member of the House of Austria, Maria Theresa was entitled to use the title Archduchess of Austria. She was known in Spain as María Teresa de Austria and in France as Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche. Unlike France, the kingdom of Spain had no Salic Law, so it was possible for a female to assume the throne. When Maria Theresa's brother Balthasar", "title": "Maria Theresa of Spain" }, { "docid": "9509580", "text": "Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (6 June 1772 – 13 April 1807) was the last Holy Roman Empress and the first Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. She was the eldest daughter of Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily (later Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies) (1751–1825) and Marie Caroline of Austria (1752–1814). Born \"Maria Teresa\", and named after her maternal grandmother Maria Theresa of Austria, she was the eldest of 17 children born to her parents, the King and Queen of Naples and Sicily. She", "title": "Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily" }, { "docid": "7592223", "text": "Maria Theresa. Maria Theresa and her siblings were given a somewhat different upbringing than was usual for royal children at the time: they were actually raised by their parents rather than a retinue of servants, were largely kept apart from any ceremonial court life and were taught to live simply and modestly. On 8 September 1787, Maria Theresa was married to Prince Anthony of Saxony by proxy in Florence; the couple later married in person in Dresden on 18 October 1787. Anthony had previously been married to Maria Carolina of Savoy, who died of smallpox in 1782. Mozart's opera \"Don", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1767–1827)" }, { "docid": "10825425", "text": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1801–1855) Maria Theresa of Austria (21 March 1801 – 12 January 1855) was born an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany. She was a daughter of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Luisa of Naples and Sicily. She was named after her great-great-grandmother Empress Maria Theresa. In 1817, she married Charles Albert of Sardinia and subsequently became the Queen of Sardinia upon her husband's accession to the throne in 1831. \"Maria Theresia Franziska Josepha Johanna Benedikta\" (German) was a member of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria (1801–1855)" }, { "docid": "7228169", "text": "Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919) Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (Maria Theresa Henriette Dorothee; 2 July 1849 – 3 February 1919) was the last Queen of Bavaria. She was the daughter and only child of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. On 20 February 1868, at St. Augustine's Church in Vienna, Maria Theresa married the future Ludwig III, last king of Bavaria. The couple had thirteen children: On 20 February 1868 she married Prince Ludwig, eldest son of Bavaria's Prince Regent Luitpold, in the Augustinerkirche in Vienna. The couple had fallen in love during a visit", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919)" }, { "docid": "12074300", "text": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1845–1927) Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (15 July 1845 – 8 October 1927) was a member of the Austrian house of Habsburg-Lorraine. Maria Theresa was a daughter of Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria. In June 1862, King Louis I of Portugal asked Maria Theresa to marry him in a letter sent to her father. It was urgent for him to get married as his older brother, King Peter V, had died in November 1861, without issue and two of his younger brothers, John and Ferdinand, followed him shortly after, which", "title": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1845–1927)" }, { "docid": "11189393", "text": "Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (Maria Theresia Josefa Johanna; 1 November 1773 – 29 March 1832) was born an Archduchess of Austria and a Princess of Modena. She was later Queen of Sardinia as consort of Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia. She was born at the Royal Palace of Milan, a daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, governor of Milan and son of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria after whom she was named. Her mother was Maria Beatrice d'Este, heiress to the Duchy of Modena. Maria Theresa married on 25 April 1789 at the", "title": "Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia" }, { "docid": "2413016", "text": "Charles died in 1646, she became heir presumptive to the vast Spanish Empire and remained such until the birth of her brother Philip Prospero, in 1657. She was briefly heir presumptive once more between 1-6 November 1661, following the death of Prince Philip and until the birth of Prince Charles, who would later inherit the thrones of Spain as Charles II. In 1658, as war with France began to wind down, a union between the royal families of Spain and France was proposed as a means to secure peace. Maria Theresa and the French king were double first cousins: Louis", "title": "Maria Theresa of Spain" }, { "docid": "13602936", "text": "Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (German: \"Maria Theresa, Prinzessin von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg\") (4 January 1870, Rome, Papal States – 17 January 1935, Vienna, Federal State of Austria) was a Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and a member of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg by birth and an Infanta of Portugal, Duchess consort of Braganza, and titular Queen consort of Portugal through her marriage to Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal from 1866 to 1920. Maria Theresa was the fifth child and fourth daughter of Charles, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, brother of titular Queen consort", "title": "Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg" }, { "docid": "587713", "text": "differences prevented him from arranging his daughter's marriage to the Protestant prince Frederick of Prussia. In 1725, he betrothed her to Charles of Spain and her sister, Maria Anna, to Philip of Spain. Other European powers compelled him to renounce the pact he had made with the Queen of Spain, Elisabeth Farnese. Maria Theresa, who had become close to Francis Stephen, was relieved. Francis Stephen remained at the imperial court until 1729, when he ascended the throne of Lorraine, but was not formally promised Maria Theresa's hand until 31 January 1736, during the War of the Polish Succession. Louis XV", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587707", "text": "Magdalene of the Palatinate-Neuburg, were her godmothers. Most descriptions of her baptism stress that the infant was carried ahead of her cousins, Maria Josepha and Maria Amalia, the daughters of Charles VI's elder brother and predecessor, Joseph I, before the eyes of their mother, Wilhelmine Amalia. It was clear that Maria Theresa would outrank them, even though their grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, had his sons sign the Mutual Pact of Succession, which gave precedence to the daughters of the elder brother. Her father was the only surviving male member of the House of Habsburg and hoped for a", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "587763", "text": "Theresa were \"really founded on Enlightenment ideas,\" although the ulterior motive was still to \"meet the needs of an absolutist state, as an increasingly sophisticated and complicated society and economy required new administrators, officers, diplomats and specialists in virtually every area.\" Previously, the existing primary schools were run by various orders of the Catholic Church. After her reform, compulsory and secular primary schools were established. Maria Theresa herself might have wanted the schools to teach Catholic orthodoxy, but the curriculum focused on social responsibility, social discipline, work ethic and the use of reason rather than mere rote learning. All children", "title": "Maria Theresa" }, { "docid": "12183104", "text": "Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (; 24 August 1855 – 12 February 1944) was a Princess of the House of Braganza. She became by marriage an Archduchess of Austria and also sister-in-law of Emperors Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, as well as step-grandmother of Emperor Charles I of Austria. Maria Teresa was born in Kleinheubach, Kingdom of Bavaria the second daughter of Miguel I of Portugal and Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Her father became king of Portugal in 1828 after deposing his niece Queen Maria II. He reigned until 1834", "title": "Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal" }, { "docid": "9006758", "text": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762–1770) Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (, ; 20 March 176223 January 1770) was a daughter of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife, Isabella of Parma. Maria Theresa's parents, Crown Prince Joseph (future Holy Roman Emperor) and Princess Isabella of Parma were married in Vienna on 16 October 1760. In late 1761, Isabella became pregnant and on 20 March 1762, she delivered a daughter who was christened \"Maria Theresia Elisabeth Philippine Louise Josephe Johanna\" and was styled Archduchess of Austria. On her maternal side, little Maria Theresa descended from people such as", "title": "Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762–1770)" }, { "docid": "13137061", "text": "of the painting's highlights. Velasquez and his assistants created three paintings to be sent to potential husbands for the Infanta (who eventually married Louis XIV). Two other versions are on display in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Louvre. Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain The infanta Maria Theresa of Spain or The infanta Maria Theresa aged 14 is a 1653 portrait by Diego Velázquez of Maria Theresa of Spain. It has been cut down at the top and bottom and is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It is considered one of the artist's", "title": "Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain" }, { "docid": "13137060", "text": "Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain The infanta Maria Theresa of Spain or The infanta Maria Theresa aged 14 is a 1653 portrait by Diego Velázquez of Maria Theresa of Spain. It has been cut down at the top and bottom and is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It is considered one of the artist's best late portraits, showing its subject in a majestic pose, illuminated in a light dress against a dark background. Its seriousness and formality is added to by the two watches she carries, whilst the handkerchief in her left hand is one", "title": "Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain" }, { "docid": "9766110", "text": "her mother, died while the court was at Choisy-le-Roi at the age of just 6 months. Prior to the meeting of the Estates General, every member of the Royal Family was publicly mocked by libelous verses, in which Maria Theresa was claimed to have given birth to an illegitimate child. Maria Theresa left France with her spouse after the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, which marked the beginning of the French Revolution, and took refuge in her homeland of Savoy. She left one week after her spouse with a retinue of thirty people, and since she had", "title": "Maria Theresa of Savoy" }, { "docid": "9766106", "text": "took place at the Palace of Versailles on 16 November 1773. As her husband was the grandson of a king, the newly named Marie Thérèse held the rank of \"granddaughter of France\", and was commonly referred to by the simple style \"Madame la comtesse d'Artois\". Maria Theresa was described as diminutive, somewhat ill-shaped, clumsy and with a long nose and was not regarded a beauty, but her complexion was generally admired; as a person, she was regarded as \"not distinguished in any sense\", but nevertheless goodhearted. Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, who corresponded with Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa regarding", "title": "Maria Theresa of Savoy" }, { "docid": "2413013", "text": "Maria Theresa of Spain Maria Theresa of Spain (; ; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683), was by birth Infanta of Spain and Portugal (until 1640) and Archduchess of Austria as member of the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg and by marriage Queen of France. Her marriage in 1660 with King Louis XIV, her cousin, was made with the purpose of ending the long-standing war between France and Spain. Famed for her virtue and piety, she saw five of her six children die in early childhood, and is frequently viewed as an object of pity in historical", "title": "Maria Theresa of Spain" } ]

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May 1, Arlington Stadium, Arlington, Texas \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L", "title": "1991 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10570272", "text": "= Strikeouts\" September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees) September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees) October 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (Texas Rangers) All-Star Game 1998 Texas Rangers season The 1998 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. It would be the team's second post-season appearance, but the team would be swept 3-0 by the New York Yankees. During the season, Rick Helling would be the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Rangers in", "title": "1998 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "12571528", "text": "four home runs and 33 RBIS in 77 games between both teams, 2016 with High Desert where he slashed .300/.355/.473 with 13 home runs, 58 RBIs, and an .827 OPS in 103 games, and 2017 with the Frisco RoughRiders where he batted .263 with ten home runs and forty RBIs in 109 games. He began 2018 back with Frisco. Profar is the younger brother of current Rangers infielder Jurickson Profar. Cole Gatlin Ragans (born December 12, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. Ragans was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the first round of", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "432113", "text": "Fame was created in 2003 to honor the careers of former Texas Rangers players, managers, executives, and broadcasters. There are currently 20 members. The Hall is located in Globe Life Park in Arlington, behind right field. The Hall's two levels cover 13,000 square feet and included a 235-seat theater and various plaques, photos, and memorabilia. It can accommodate up to 600 people. The Texas Rangers Six Shooters is an interactive dance squad for the Texas Rangers that perform various duties at Rangers home games. The women dance, tumble, and interact with fans. The Texas Rangers farm system consists of eight", "title": "Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "19109359", "text": "to move up. The City of Arlington had just purchased Turnpike Stadium from Tarrant County, a minor league baseball stadium with the ability to host football games. The stadium was a lure for a major league team (eventually becoming the home of the Texas Rangers in 1972), but the City did not have a full-time tenant during the fall. Seeing a cost-effective solution, UTA would play their home games there beginning in 1970 leaving the UTA campus for the city-owned venue three miles away. UTA wouldn't play another home game on campus until the opening of Maverick Stadium in 1980,", "title": "Memorial Stadium (Arlington, Texas)" }, { "docid": "12571517", "text": "O was signed by the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in January 2017. He spent 2017 with the Down East Wood Ducks where he posted a .292 batting average with eight home runs and 53 RBI's in 124 games. After the season, the Rangers assigned La O to the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League (AFL). He struggled in the AFL, posting a .196 average with two home runs, seven RBIs, and a .241 OBP. Rollin Lacy (born July 17, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. Lacy attended Holy Family Catholic", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "10568774", "text": "= Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" All-Star Game 1991 Texas Rangers season The 1991 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses. May 1, Arlington Stadium, Arlington, Texas \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB", "title": "1991 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10570335", "text": "1996 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1996 season involved the Rangers finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. It would be the first post-season appearance for the Rangers in franchise history. The Rangers would win their first post-season game at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees, but would lose the last three games to lose the division series. The one post-season win would be the club's only post-season success until 2010. \"Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting", "title": "1996 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "12571527", "text": "the Texas Rangers organization. Profar signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in 2012. He made his professional debut in 2013 with the DSL Rangers and spent the whole season there, batting .281/.361/.350 with 44 RBIs in 63 games. In 2014, he played for the Spokane Indians where he batted .247 with one home run and 36 RBIs in 67 games. He also played in seven games for the Hickory Crawdads and two games for the Round Rock Express. Profar spent 2015 with the High Desert Mavericks and Hickory where he compiled a .266 batting average with", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "10557505", "text": "Fame Inductees 2004 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers finished the 2004 season in 3rd place in the West division of the American League. Five Rangers were All Stars, Francisco Cordero, Kenny Rogers, Hank Blalock, Michael Young and All-Star Game MVP Alfonso Soriano. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" All-Star Game Texas Rangers", "title": "2004 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10557504", "text": "2004 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers finished the 2004 season in 3rd place in the West division of the American League. Five Rangers were All Stars, Francisco Cordero, Kenny Rogers, Hank Blalock, Michael Young and All-Star Game MVP Alfonso Soriano. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" All-Star Game Texas Rangers Hall of", "title": "2004 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "12571530", "text": "1999) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Texas Rangers organization. Seise attended West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida. He committed to play college baseball at the University of Central Florida. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the first round of the 2017 MLB draft. After signing, he was assigned to the AZL Rangers. There, he posted a .336 batting average with three home runs and 27 RBIs in 27 games which earned him a promotion to the Spokane Indians, where he batted .222 with nine RBIs in 24 games to end his first professional", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "8682974", "text": "Spurs through 1971. The old nickname Rangers was revived for the major league Texas Rangers, who moved to Turnpike (renamed Arlington) Stadium in 1972. Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Dallas Rangers The Dallas Rangers were a high-level minor league baseball team located in Dallas, Texas from 1958 to 1964. The team was known by the Dallas Rangers name in 1958, 1959, and 1964 and as the Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers from 1960 to 1963. It played in the Double-A Texas League in 1958, the Triple-A American Association from 1959 to 1962 and the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 1963 and 1964. Its home", "title": "Dallas Rangers" }, { "docid": "432084", "text": "named Managing General Partner of the new ownership group. He increased his investment to $600,000 the following year. Bush left his position with the Rangers when he was elected Governor of Texas in 1994, and he sold his stake in the team in 1998. During Bush's tenure, the Rangers and the City of Arlington decided to replace the aging Arlington Stadium with a new publicly funded stadium, at a cost of $193 million, financed by Arlington residents, through a sales tax increase. Ground was broken on October 30, 1991, on what would become The Ballpark in Arlington (now named Globe", "title": "Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "8682969", "text": "Dallas Rangers The Dallas Rangers were a high-level minor league baseball team located in Dallas, Texas from 1958 to 1964. The team was known by the Dallas Rangers name in 1958, 1959, and 1964 and as the Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers from 1960 to 1963. It played in the Double-A Texas League in 1958, the Triple-A American Association from 1959 to 1962 and the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 1963 and 1964. Its home stadium was Burnett Field. Both Dallas and Fort Worth had long and storied histories in the Texas League. Dallas was a mainstay in the Texas League from", "title": "Dallas Rangers" }, { "docid": "10568784", "text": "1983 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1983 season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. The Rangers did break a Major League Baseball record for the most runs ever scored by one team during a single extra inning. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI", "title": "1983 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10570349", "text": "1995 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1995 season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League west with a record of 74 wins and 70 losses. They also hosted the 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 66th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1995, at The Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, the home of the Texas Rangers of the American League. The game", "title": "1995 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10527233", "text": "2005 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers finished the 2005 season in 3rd place in the West division of the American League. The Rangers had four players in the 2005 All-Star Game. Michael Young, Kenny Rogers, Alfonso Soriano, and Mark Teixeira. Young was also the A.L. batting champion in 2005. On offense, the team led Major League Baseball in home runs (260), at bats (5,716), slugging percentage (.468) and total bases (2,677). The Rangers used 30 pitchers during the season, the most by any team. The annual interleague games between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers were played in", "title": "2005 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "18290646", "text": "2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases\" \"Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts\" 2015 Texas Rangers season The 2015 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 55th season of the franchise", "title": "2015 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10568926", "text": "SO = Strikeouts\" 1972 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1972 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses. This was the Rangers' first season in Texas, as well as the club's first year in the AL West, after playing their first 11 seasons in Washington, D.C., and from 1969 to 1971 in the American League East. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted", "title": "1972 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10568924", "text": "1972 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1972 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses. This was the Rangers' first season in Texas, as well as the club's first year in the AL West, after playing their first 11 seasons in Washington, D.C., and from 1969 to 1971 in the American League East. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB =", "title": "1972 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10568805", "text": "1976 Texas Rangers season The 1976 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run", "title": "1976 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10568795", "text": "1978 Texas Rangers season The 1978 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run", "title": "1978 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10568790", "text": "1979 Texas Rangers season The 1979 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run", "title": "1979 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10568786", "text": "1982 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1982 season involved the Rangers finishing 6th in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run", "title": "1982 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10568769", "text": "1992 Texas Rangers season The 1992 Texas Rangers season saw the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run", "title": "1992 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10568807", "text": "1975 Texas Rangers season The 1975 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses. The team hit a major league-leading five grand slams. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W", "title": "1975 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "2158205", "text": "Arlington Stadium Arlington Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Arlington, Texas, United States, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. It served as the home for the Texas Rangers (MLB) from 1972 until 1993, when the team moved into The Ballpark in Arlington (now Globe Life Park in Arlington), which has been the team's current home since 1994. The stadium was built in 1965 as Turnpike Stadium, a minor league ballpark seating 10,000 people named for the nearby Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike (Interstate 30, also known as the Tom Landry Highway). The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League moved", "title": "Arlington Stadium" }, { "docid": "10527234", "text": "June and July. They are known as the Lone Star Series. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" All-Star Game 2005 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers finished the 2005 season in 3rd place in the West division of the American League. The Rangers had four players in the 2005 All-Star Game. Michael Young, Kenny Rogers, Alfonso Soriano, and Mark Teixeira. Young was also the A.L. batting champion in 2005. On offense, the team led Major League Baseball in home runs (260),", "title": "2005 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10570354", "text": "1994 Texas Rangers season The 1994 Texas Rangers season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike. At the time when the strike began, the Rangers were leading the American League West with a record of 52 wins and 62 losses. Despite compiling a record of just 52-62 by Friday, August 12, the Rangers were actually leading the AL West Division. They had scored 613 runs (5.38 per game) and allowed 697 runs (6.11 per game). The Rangers' pitching struggled over the course of the strike-shortened season, finishing 1st in most runs allowed (697) and most home runs allowed", "title": "1994 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "432071", "text": "became the Twins (the original Washington Senators played primarily in the National League during the 1890s). After the season, the new Senators moved to Arlington, and debuted as the Rangers the following spring. The Texas Rangers Baseball Club has made eight appearances in the MLB postseason, seven following division championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, and 2016 and as a wild card team in 2012. In 2010, the Rangers advanced past the Division Series for the first time, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays. Texas then brought home their first American League pennant after beating the New York Yankees", "title": "Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "10570124", "text": "career highs for homers, RBI, and total bases. Rodriguez started 161 games at shortstop and one as the DH, the only major league player to start all of his team's games in 2001. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In\" All-Star Game 2001 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 2001 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses. Alex Rodriguez's power hitting numbers improved with his move to Texas. In", "title": "2001 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "432111", "text": "home games. He and former Ranger Iván Rodríguez are among the pre-game and post-game analysts used on Fox Sports Southwest. FSSW pre-game and post-game shows are hosted by a rotation among Dana Larson, John Rhadigan, Ric Renner, Erin Hartigan, and David Murphy. In-game reporters include Rhadigan, Hartigan, Lesley McCaslin, and Rangers employee Emily Jones (formerly of FSSW). Rangers Captain is the mascot for the Texas Rangers. Introduced in 2002, he is a palomino-style horse, dressed in the team's uniform. He wears the uniform number 72 in honor of 1972, the year the Rangers relocated to Arlington. He has multiple uniforms", "title": "Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "10570270", "text": "1998 Texas Rangers season The 1998 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. It would be the team's second post-season appearance, but the team would be swept 3-0 by the New York Yankees. During the season, Rick Helling would be the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Rangers in the decade. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg. = Batting", "title": "1998 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "3327902", "text": "were moved to Tinker Field in Orlando, Florida, at that time the spring training home of the Senators/Twins, where they remained until 2015 when that stadium was also demolished. The Howard University Hospital now occupies the site. A marker has been placed in the building designating the location of home plate. The expansion Senators remained in Washington through the 1971 season, then relocated to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and became the Texas Rangers in 1972. Griffith Stadium Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street (left field),", "title": "Griffith Stadium" }, { "docid": "2158217", "text": "head six times. Arlington Stadium Arlington Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Arlington, Texas, United States, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. It served as the home for the Texas Rangers (MLB) from 1972 until 1993, when the team moved into The Ballpark in Arlington (now Globe Life Park in Arlington), which has been the team's current home since 1994. The stadium was built in 1965 as Turnpike Stadium, a minor league ballpark seating 10,000 people named for the nearby Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike (Interstate 30, also known as the Tom Landry Highway). The Fort Worth Cats of the", "title": "Arlington Stadium" }, { "docid": "2873812", "text": "Texas Stadium Texas Stadium was an American football stadium located in Irving, Texas, a suburb west of Dallas. Opened in October 1971, it was known for its distinctive \"hole in the roof\", after plans to construct a retractable roof were abandoned. The stadium was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys for 38 seasons, through 2008, and had a seating capacity of 65,675. In 2009, the Cowboys moved to the $1.15 billion AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Texas Stadium was demolished on April 11, 2010 by a controlled implosion. The Cowboys had played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas since", "title": "Texas Stadium" }, { "docid": "10570223", "text": "Batted In\" All-Star Game 1999 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1999 season involved the Rangers finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses. The 95-67 mark would be the best in franchise history until 2011. Winning its third division title in four years, the Rangers would repeat its 1998 post-season performance, again losing to the New York Yankees 3-0. This would be the club's last post-season appearance until 2010. \"Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home", "title": "1999 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10570222", "text": "1999 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1999 season involved the Rangers finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses. The 95-67 mark would be the best in franchise history until 2011. Winning its third division title in four years, the Rangers would repeat its 1998 post-season performance, again losing to the New York Yankees 3-0. This would be the club's last post-season appearance until 2010. \"Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs", "title": "1999 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "945352", "text": "which will serve as the new home of the Texas Rangers upon completion in 2020. The Dallas Cowboys football team moved from Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas, in 2009 to the $1.3 billion AT&T Stadium, which is within walking distance of the Rangers Ballpark. Completed in 2009, it has attracted high-profile sporting events to Arlington, including the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, Super Bowl XLV in 2011, the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball South Regional Championships, and the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Final Four; the stadium was also the site of the first College Football Championship Game in", "title": "Arlington, Texas" }, { "docid": "7525165", "text": "Texas Rangers (film) Texas Rangers is a 2001 American action western film directed by Steve Miner and starring James Van Der Beek, Ashton Kutcher, Alfred Molina, and Dylan McDermott. It follows a group of Texas Rangers in the post-American Civil War era. The film is very loosely based upon the book \"Taming the Nueces Strip\" by George Durham, who based it on his own experiences serving in Captain Leander McNelly's Texas Ranger group as a young man. Ten years after the Civil War ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to recommission a company of Rangers to help uphold", "title": "Texas Rangers (film)" }, { "docid": "12571531", "text": "season. He missed all of 2018 after undergoing rotator cuff surgery. Leody Taveras Salazar (born September 8, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the Texas Rangers organization. Taveras signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Rangers and was later promoted to the Arizona League Rangers and Spokane Indians that season. In 73 total games between the three teams, he batted .271 with one home run, 33 RBIs and 18 stole bases. Prior to the 2017 season, Baseball America ranked him", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "10568789", "text": "H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" All-Star Game 1981 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1981 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd", "title": "1981 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "12589179", "text": "rally in the 8th inning. In a 5-5 tie game, 3B Michael Young led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a 427-foot walk-off home run, the first of his career. Washington's position as manager appeared to be saved as the Rangers headed to Toronto, where they bested Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay in the first game. Game 2 of the series saw the Rangers debuts of LHP prospect Derek Holland and newly acquired RHP Darren O'Day. O'Day, who arrived in Toronto after first pitch, quickly joined the team at the stadium and was informed upon arrival that he", "title": "2009 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "432093", "text": "field a legitimately competitive team by the 2010 season. The Rangers began the 2008 season exceptionally well, headlined by newcomer Josh Hamilton who looked to be a threat to win the Triple Crown, before fading off as the season wore on. During the All-Star festivities at Yankee Stadium, Hamilton crushed a first round home run record in the 2008 Home Run Derby with 28. Hamilton hit another four in the second round and three during the final round, for a total of 35 home runs, but lost to the Twins' Justin Morneau. Four Rangers played in the All Star Game:", "title": "Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "6185198", "text": "Georgia, although by then the Confederacy lacked the strength to stop him. Their last engagement was at the Battle of Bentonville, where they made their final charge, losing three of their officers: Gustave Cook, the regimental Colonel since Harrison had been promoted, Lieutenant Colonel Christian, and Major Jarmon. The regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865, with the rest of the Army of Tennessee. Terry's Texas Rangers The 8th Texas Cavalry, (1861–1865), popularly known as Terry's Texas Rangers, was a regiment of Texas volunteers for the Confederate States Army assembled by Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry in August 1861. Though lesser known", "title": "Terry's Texas Rangers" }, { "docid": "10568788", "text": "1981 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1981 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 48 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players strike and the league chose as its playoff teams, the division winners from the first and second halves of the season, respectively. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats;", "title": "1981 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "2873819", "text": "not uncommon for there to be high school football tripleheaders at the stadium. Texas Stadium served as a temporary home for two Dallas-area high schools, Plano Senior High School in 1979 after its home stadium was damaged by a prank gone awry, and Highland Park High School while a new stadium on campus was being built. The stadium has also played host to the two largest capacity crowds for Texas high school football playoff games. In 1977, Plano defeated Port Neches-Groves 13-10 in front of a record crowd of 49,953. In 2006, the long-awaited mythical matchup between Trinity High School", "title": "Texas Stadium" }, { "docid": "10570350", "text": "resulted in the National League defeating the American League 3-2. \"Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" All-Star Game 1995 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 1995 season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League west with a record of 74 wins and 70 losses. They also hosted the 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 66th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League", "title": "1995 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "7525173", "text": "the Texas Rangers, but it takes considerable liberties with the historical record (McNelly is shown dying of tuberculosis shortly after the climax of the action, when in real life he had retired from the Rangers the year before; John King Fisher was not actually killed by the Rangers, but came to an agreement with them). \"Texas Rangers\" was a box office bomb, earning only $763,740 on a budget of $38 million. \"Texas Rangers\" was widely panned by critics, getting a 2% \"Rotten\" rating on Rotten Tomatoes and featuring on their worst of the worst list. John Milius claimed that Miramax", "title": "Texas Rangers (film)" }, { "docid": "12571532", "text": "as the best prospect in the Rangers system. He spent 2017 with the Hickory Crawdads where he posted a .249 batting average with eight home runs, 50 RBIs and 20 stolen bases. Ricky Tyler Thomas (born December 22, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. Thomas attended Mira Mesa Senior High School in San Diego. He enrolled at California State University, Fresno, and played college baseball for the Fresno State Bulldogs. The Chicago Cubs selected Thomas in the seventh round of the 2017 MLB draft and he signed, receiving a $175,000 bonus. He made his", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "432081", "text": "in Texas, due in part to both the team's inconsistent performance and the oppressive heat and humidity that can encompass the area in the summer. Until the Florida Marlins arrived in 1993, Arlington Stadium was often the hottest stadium in the majors, with temperatures frequently topping 100 °F throughout the summer. So, the Rangers began playing most of their weekend games between May and September at night, a tradition that continues to this day. Manager Bobby Valentine became steward over an influx of talent in the late 1980s and early 1990s. A winning season in 1986 was a shock to", "title": "Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "432078", "text": "man grabbed first base and ran off with it. With no security in sight and only three bases, umpire crew chief Jim Honochick forfeited the game to the New York Yankees. The nation's capital went with out Major League Baseball for 33 years until the relocation of the National League's Montreal Expos who became the Washington Nationals. Prior to the 1972 season, improvements were made to Turnpike Stadium, which reopened as Arlington Stadium, in preparation for the inaugural season of the Texas Rangers. The team played its first game on April 15, 1972, a 1–0 loss at the hands of", "title": "Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "12571523", "text": "batted .409. In 60 games for Spokane he batted .266 with nine home runs, 24 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases. After the 2018 regular season, Martínez played for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League. On October 22, 2018, Martínez hit for the Cycle, going 4-4 with a walk. Joshua Brandon Morgan (born November 16, 1995) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Texas Rangers organization. Morgan attended Orange Lutheran High School in Orange, California. Morgan was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the third round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Rangers", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "4787436", "text": "Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (formerly War Memorial Stadium, Memorial Stadium, and Texas Memorial Stadium), located in Austin, Texas on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, has been home to the Longhorns football team since 1924. The stadium has delivered a home field advantage with the team's home record through November 17, 2018 being (76.4%). The current official stadium seating capacity of 100,119 makes the stadium the largest in the Big 12 Conference, the eighth largest stadium in the United States, and the ninth largest stadium in the world. The DKR–Texas Memorial", "title": "Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium" }, { "docid": "6185194", "text": "Terry's Texas Rangers The 8th Texas Cavalry, (1861–1865), popularly known as Terry's Texas Rangers, was a regiment of Texas volunteers for the Confederate States Army assembled by Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry in August 1861. Though lesser known than The Texas Brigade, famous for their actions during the Battle of Gettysburg, the \"Terry Rangers\" distinguished themselves at several battles during the Civil War. In four years of service, Terry's Texas Rangers fought in about 275 engagements in seven states. The regiment earned a reputation that ranked it among the most effective mounted regiments in the Western Theater of the American Civil", "title": "Terry's Texas Rangers" }, { "docid": "14649451", "text": "Toyota Stadium (Texas) Toyota Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium with a 20,500-seat capacity, built and owned by the city of Frisco, Texas. Its primary tenants are Major League Soccer (MLS) team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas, and Frisco Independent School District high school football games. It is also the future home of the National Soccer Hall of Fame with opening ceremony occurring in winter 2018. The stadium, which is located in Frisco, Texas, cost approximately $80 million and opened on August 6, 2005, with a match between FC Dallas and the MetroStars, which ended", "title": "Toyota Stadium (Texas)" }, { "docid": "9554453", "text": "American League record of 30 runs in one game against the Orioles. The final was 30–3. Texas' 30 runs broke the AL record and modern major-league record set by the 1950 Red Sox and tied by the 1955 White Sox, and were the most scored by any team since the Chicago Colts hung 36 runs on Louisville in a game in 1897. \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In\" 2007 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers' 2007 season began with the team", "title": "2007 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "11177520", "text": "At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" 2008 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers 2008 season was the 48th year of the franchise and 37th since moving to Arlington, Texas. The organization, after finishing fourth in the American League Western Division in 2007. The new season would be the first under the oversight of newly hired club president and former Ranger great Nolan Ryan. Upon his hire, Ryan indicated that his role in the 2008 season would be largely observational with regard to baseball operations, and any major changes", "title": "2008 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "6603356", "text": "Texas Rangers (architects) In architecture, Texas Rangers refers to a group of architects who taught at the University of Texas School of Architecture in Austin, Texas, from 1951 to 1958. The group is known for the development of an innovative curriculum that encouraged the development of a workable, useful body of architectural theory derived from a continuous critique of significant works across history and cultures. The curriculum discouraged the sculpting and shaping of a building's mass in favor of the visualization and organization of architectural space. The movement that brought about the Texas Rangers began with the appointment of Harwell", "title": "Texas Rangers (architects)" }, { "docid": "12571522", "text": "teams. Martin spent 2017 with the Down East Wood Ducks where he started 16 games and collected a 4-8 record and 4.70 ERA with 90 strikeouts in 84.1 innings. The Rangers added Martin to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season. Julio Pablo Martínez Sánchez (born March 21, 1996) is a professional baseball outfielder in the Texas Rangers organization. Martínez signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in March 2018. He made his professional debut that year with the DSL Rangers and was promoted to the Spokane Indians after nine games in the DSL in which he", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "432114", "text": "minor league affiliates. Texas Rangers (baseball) The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers franchise currently competes in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) West division. Since , the Rangers have played in Globe Life Park in Arlington. The team's name is borrowed from the famous law enforcement agency of the same name. The franchise was established in 1961 as the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the city's first AL ballclub, the second Washington Senators, moved", "title": "Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "432070", "text": "Texas Rangers (baseball) The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers franchise currently competes in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) West division. Since , the Rangers have played in Globe Life Park in Arlington. The team's name is borrowed from the famous law enforcement agency of the same name. The franchise was established in 1961 as the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the city's first AL ballclub, the second Washington Senators, moved to Minnesota and", "title": "Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "13913749", "text": "in the same playoff series was in 1928 when Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig did it for the New York Yankees. The Rangers would win the ALCS in 6 games after splitting the first two games in Texas and winning two in New York. Colby Lewis would not only be the first Rangers pitcher to win a home playoff game, doing so in game 2, but would also win the second home playoff victory in franchise history in the same series, clinching the American League championship in Game 6. The Rangers advanced to the World Series for the first time.", "title": "2010 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "16056804", "text": "and marked the first postseason series victory in the 50-year history of the Rangers/Washington Senators franchise. Facing the Rangers in the American League Championship Series were the defending World Champion New York Yankees, the team the Rangers failed against three separate times in the 1990s. In the playoffs, the Rangers record against the Yankees was 1–9. In a 6-game series, the Texas Rangers came out victorious, winning the first Pennant in franchise history in front of an ecstatic home crowd. Josh Hamilton was awarded ALCS MVP after setting a series record for intentional walks. The Texas Rangers faced the San", "title": "History of the Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "16056760", "text": "inning, several hundred youths stormed the field, raiding it for souvenirs. One man grabbed first base and ran off with it. With no security in sight and only three bases, umpire crew chief Jim Honochick forfeited the game to the New York Yankees. During the off-season, improvements were made to Turnpike Stadium, which reopened as Arlington Stadium for the 1972 season. Meanwhile, ownership announced that the franchise would be renamed the Texas Rangers. The team played its first game on April 15, 1972, a 1–0 loss at the California Angels. The next day, the Rangers defeated the Angels 5–1 for", "title": "History of the Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "10568810", "text": "season and remains the Rangers franchise record for wins by a pitcher in one season. He would also be the third pitcher in the history of the American League to win 25 games in the 20th century and not win the Cy Young Award. On June 4, in one of the most remarkably ill-conceived promotions in Major League Baseball history, fans at Cleveland Municipal Stadium for a Cleveland Indians vs. Texas Rangers game were served as many beers as they wanted for just 10¢ each. After numerous instances of drunken fans throwing debris or running onto the field — \"streaking\"", "title": "1974 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "13831844", "text": "again to the Anderson Tigers. During their final two season in existence, the club became an affiliate of the New York Mets, as the Anderson Mets and finally the Texas Rangers, as the Anderson Rangers. Anderson Rangers The Anderson Rangers was the final name of a minor league baseball team, located in Anderson, South Carolina, in the early 1970s. The club was a member of the Class A Western Carolinas League and played its home games at Anderson Memorial Stadium. The team began in 1970 as the Anderson Senators and were affiliated with the Washington Senators through the 1971 season.", "title": "Anderson Rangers" }, { "docid": "13647560", "text": "Bobcat Stadium (Texas State) Bobcat Stadium is a football stadium on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. It opened in 1981 and was expanded in 2011–2012 to its present 30,000-seat capacity. Bobcat Stadium has been the home field for the Texas State Bobcats since 1981. In November 2003, the field was renamed Jim Wacker Field in honor of the former Bobcats football coach and director of athletics. The End Zone Complex was completed and dedicated in 2002. The facility located in the south end zone of Bobcat Stadium houses the athletic program's football operations. The End", "title": "Bobcat Stadium (Texas State)" }, { "docid": "2158214", "text": "to the new ballpark, along with some of the bleachers. The bleachers were painted green, but their original blue color is occasionally visible in spots where the green paint has chipped. Home plate was inserted into place at the Ballpark in Arlington by Tom Schieffer (Texas Rangers President), Richard Greene (then mayor of Arlington), Tom Vandergriff (former mayor responsible for bringing the team to Arlington), and George W. Bush (then team part-owner; later Governor of Texas and President of the United States). The site of the old stadium is just west of the Arlington Convention Center and north of the", "title": "Arlington Stadium" }, { "docid": "10508567", "text": "All-Star Game 2006 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers finished the 2006 season in 3rd place of the West Division of the American League. They had two players feature in the 2006 All-Star Game: Michael Young who in his 3rd appearance was named the All Star Game's Most Valuable Player; and Gary Matthews, Jr. making his first appearance. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Rookie \"Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg.", "title": "2006 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10508565", "text": "2006 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers finished the 2006 season in 3rd place of the West Division of the American League. They had two players feature in the 2006 All-Star Game: Michael Young who in his 3rd appearance was named the All Star Game's Most Valuable Player; and Gary Matthews, Jr. making his first appearance. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Rookie \"Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting", "title": "2006 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "8818032", "text": "Memorial Stadium (Texas A&M–Commerce) Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium is an athletic stadium located in Commerce, Texas. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Texas A&M University–Commerce Lions football team, Texas A&M-Commerce Men's and Women's Track and Field, and the Commerce High School Tigers Football team of the Commerce Independent School District. Prior to 1996, the stadium was named \"East Texas State Memorial Stadium, and until the end of the 2017 season, it was known as Texas A&M-Commerce Memorial Stadium.\" The stadium was built in honor of the 78 Texas A&M-Commerce alums", "title": "Memorial Stadium (Texas A&M–Commerce)" }, { "docid": "8679484", "text": "Gastonia Rangers The Gastonia Rangers were a class A minor league baseball team located in Gastonia, North Carolina. 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee Iván Rodríguez played for Gastonia in 1989. The team played first as the Rangers in the Western Carolinas League (1973–1974), then later in the same league renamed as the South Atlantic League (1987–1992), during their affiliation with the Texas Rangers. The franchise was also the Gastonia Tigers (1986), Gastonia Jets (1985), Gastonia Expos (1983–1984) and Gastonia Cardinals (1980–1982). Their home stadium was Sims Legion Park. After the 1992 season, the team moved to another North Carolina city,", "title": "Gastonia Rangers" }, { "docid": "18658593", "text": "get more ammunition. After the Rangers arrive to apprehend the rustlers, Jim and Ellen plan to wed and Ben orders Cecilia to marry him. Texas Rangers Ride Again Texas Rangers Ride Again is a 1940 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan, written by William R. Lipman and Horace McCoy, and starring Ellen Drew, John Howard, Akim Tamiroff, May Robson, Broderick Crawford, Charley Grapewin and John Miljan. It was released on December 13, 1940, by Paramount Pictures. It was a sequel to \"The Texas Rangers\". Ellen Dangerfield returns to her grandparents' ranch in Texas after a ten-year absence when", "title": "Texas Rangers Ride Again" }, { "docid": "12571516", "text": "in six games started, and the Hillsboro Hops where he posted a 2-2 record and 5.34 ERA in nine games. In 2017, he spent time with both the Kane County Cougars and Visalia, pitching to a combined 2-1 record and 1.81 ERA in 64.2 total innings between both teams. Huang was traded, along with Joshua Javier, to the Texas Rangers for Jake Diekman on July 31, 2018. The Rangers added him to their 40-man roster after the season. Luis Yander La O Camacho (born December 9, 1991) is a Cuban professional baseball third baseman in the Texas Rangers organization. La", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "7525174", "text": "\"mutilated\" his script. \"They don't have any sense of responsibility. They'd make a film about anything if they thought it would make some money for them. I think they should give Harvey Weinstein [president of Miramax] to the Taliban. I'd like to see him on the other side. I'd like to hunt him down in a cave.\" Texas Rangers (film) Texas Rangers is a 2001 American action western film directed by Steve Miner and starring James Van Der Beek, Ashton Kutcher, Alfred Molina, and Dylan McDermott. It follows a group of Texas Rangers in the post-American Civil War era. The", "title": "Texas Rangers (film)" }, { "docid": "2873818", "text": "college football games and was the home field of the SMU Mustangs for eight seasons, from 1979 through 1986. After the school returned from an NCAA-imposed suspension in 1988, school officials moved games back to the school's on-campus Ownby Stadium to signify a clean start for the football program (since replaced by Gerald J. Ford Stadium in 2000). The 2001 Big 12 Football Championship Game was held at the site. The 1973 Pro Bowl was held at Texas Stadium in front of 47,879 spectators. In November and December, Texas Stadium was a major venue for high school football. It was", "title": "Texas Stadium" }, { "docid": "12571503", "text": "an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. Crouse attended Dana Hills High School in Dana Point, California. As a senior, he struck out 99 batters in 63 1/2 innings, posting a 7-3 record with an 0.88 ERA. He committed to the University of Southern California to play college baseball. Crouse was considered one of the top prep prospects for the 2017 MLB Draft. He was selected in the second round, 66th overall, by the Texas Rangers. He signed with the Rangers for a $1.45 million bonus and was then assigned to the AZL Rangers, where he spent", "title": "Texas Rangers minor league players" }, { "docid": "8856031", "text": "longer a stadium, is managed by the City of Pompano Beach and hosts Federal League Semi-Pro Baseball and high school baseball games. Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium was a stadium in Pompano Beach, Florida. Primarily used for baseball, it was home to the Pompano Beach Mets and Pompano Beach Cubs and served as the spring training home of the Washington Senators from 1961 to 1971 and the Texas Rangers from 1972 to 1986. The 1989 Gold Coast Suns split their home games between Bobby Maduro-Miami Stadium and Municipal Stadium. The ballpark was dedicated on March 22, 1957.", "title": "Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium" }, { "docid": "13647562", "text": "end zone brought the stadium's capacity to 30,000. That season, the average attendance was 18,945 in the program's first season as a Division I FBS member. During its 25-year history, Bobcat Stadium has been a multi-use facility. It has been the home of the Texas Special Olympics, and site of scenes from the movie \"The Ringer\" and the hit NBC TV show, \"Friday Night Lights\". Bobcat Stadium (Texas State) Bobcat Stadium is a football stadium on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. It opened in 1981 and was expanded in 2011–2012 to its present 30,000-seat capacity.", "title": "Bobcat Stadium (Texas State)" }, { "docid": "945351", "text": "Arlington has long been the home of the Texas Rangers baseball team, who made Arlington Stadium their first home upon moving to Dallas/Fort Worth from Washington, D.C. in 1972. In 1994, the Rangers built a new stadium, Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers made trips to both the 2010 World Series and 2011 World Series both of which they lost, the first to the San Francisco Giants in 5 games, and the second to the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games. In 2017, construction began on the $1.1 billion Globe Life Field across the street from Globe Life Park", "title": "Arlington, Texas" }, { "docid": "20341674", "text": "in which the batter was not retired. The Rangers set a new club record with 13 extra-base hits in a game against the Minnesota Twins on September 2. On September 21, the Rangers fired Jeff Banister as manager following much speculation. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu was promoted to interim manager for the final 10 games of the season. 2018 Texas Rangers season The 2018 Texas Rangers season was the 58th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 47th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 25th season at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers began the season on March", "title": "2018 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "16056751", "text": "History of the Texas Rangers (baseball) The History of the Texas Rangers started when the old Washington Senators team of the American League in Major League Baseball (MLB) left Washington, D.C. in 1960. A new expansion team was formed with the same name and stayed in the same town until its last season in 1971. The next year, the franchise renamed itself as the Texas Rangers and started its first season in Arlington, Texas, as part of the American League West Division, where it remains today. When the original Washington Senators moved to Minnesota in 1960 as the Twins, Major", "title": "History of the Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "8818037", "text": "to the far northwestern parts of East Texas. Notable High School Playoff Games Memorial Stadium (Texas A&M–Commerce) Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium is an athletic stadium located in Commerce, Texas. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Texas A&M University–Commerce Lions football team, Texas A&M-Commerce Men's and Women's Track and Field, and the Commerce High School Tigers Football team of the Commerce Independent School District. Prior to 1996, the stadium was named \"East Texas State Memorial Stadium, and until the end of the 2017 season, it was known as Texas A&M-Commerce Memorial", "title": "Memorial Stadium (Texas A&M–Commerce)" }, { "docid": "20341673", "text": "2018 Texas Rangers season The 2018 Texas Rangers season was the 58th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 47th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 25th season at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers began the season on March 29 against the Houston Astros and finished the season on September 30 against the Seattle Mariners. The Rangers completed a 5–4 triple play in their 8–6 win over the Los Angeles Angels on August 16. It was only the third 5–4 triple play in the expansion era (since 1961). It was also the first triple play since 1912", "title": "2018 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "13828053", "text": "2003, the Charlotte franchise was sold to the St. Louis Cardinals and moved across the state to Jupiter, Florida, where it plays as the Palm Beach Cardinals. The Charlotte Stone Crabs, FSL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, eventually replaced the Rangers, moving from Vero Beach in 2009. Charlotte Rangers The Charlotte Rangers, based in Port Charlotte, Florida, were an American minor league baseball team that existed from 1987 through 2002. The team played at Charlotte County Stadium as a Class A Florida State League affiliate of the Texas Rangers, who at the time made their spring training base in", "title": "Charlotte Rangers" }, { "docid": "18658590", "text": "Texas Rangers Ride Again Texas Rangers Ride Again is a 1940 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan, written by William R. Lipman and Horace McCoy, and starring Ellen Drew, John Howard, Akim Tamiroff, May Robson, Broderick Crawford, Charley Grapewin and John Miljan. It was released on December 13, 1940, by Paramount Pictures. It was a sequel to \"The Texas Rangers\". Ellen Dangerfield returns to her grandparents' ranch in Texas after a ten-year absence when her widowed grandmother Cecilia Dangerfield loses three thousand head of cattle to rustlers. Fed up with her grandson Carter's unwillingness to track down the", "title": "Texas Rangers Ride Again" }, { "docid": "14506138", "text": "High School. Eagle Stadium (Allen, Texas) Eagle Stadium is a football stadium in Allen, Texas. It is owned and operated by the Allen Independent School District and is home of the Allen High School Eagles. The stadium opened on August 31, 2012 with a non-district matchup between Allen and Southlake Carroll, who at the time was the defending 5A state champion. In a mild upset, Allen prevailed 24-0 en route to its own state title later that year. The Eagles are undefeated to date (20-0) when playing in Eagle Stadium and have won two state championships (2012, 2013) in 2", "title": "Eagle Stadium (Allen, Texas)" }, { "docid": "14506134", "text": "Eagle Stadium (Allen, Texas) Eagle Stadium is a football stadium in Allen, Texas. It is owned and operated by the Allen Independent School District and is home of the Allen High School Eagles. The stadium opened on August 31, 2012 with a non-district matchup between Allen and Southlake Carroll, who at the time was the defending 5A state champion. In a mild upset, Allen prevailed 24-0 en route to its own state title later that year. The Eagles are undefeated to date (20-0) when playing in Eagle Stadium and have won two state championships (2012, 2013) in 2 seasons playing", "title": "Eagle Stadium (Allen, Texas)" }, { "docid": "2873821", "text": "school football regional playoff, whose wild seesaw finish won it the 1995 Showstopper of the Year ESPY Award. In addition to American football, the Dallas Tornado of the NASL used it as their home stadium from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1980 to 1981 when the team folded. On November 21, 1991, U.S. soccer team played a friendly match against Costa Rica. Texas Stadium hosted a round of the AMA Supercross Championship from 1975 to 1977 and 1983 to 2008. The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) held a Bud Light Cup event at Texas Stadium known as the \"Battle of", "title": "Texas Stadium" }, { "docid": "9261075", "text": "King of the Texas Rangers King of the Texas Rangers (1941) is a Republic film serial. \"King of the Texas Rangers\" is slightly anachronistic in that it features a mix of period western and modern elements, which was not unknown in the B-Western films also produced by Republic. In this case, Cowboys vs. Nazis. Although the serial's plot involves Nazi agents in Texas, this serial predates America's entry into World War II. The Nazis are never named as such but it is strongly implied within the serial When Tom King's Texas Ranger father is shot dead by Nazi saboteurs, he", "title": "King of the Texas Rangers" }, { "docid": "14972621", "text": "Odor from Venezuela, catcher Fernando vivili from Dominican Republic, and pitcher Jose Leclair, also from the DR. 2011 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers’ 2011 season was the 51st season in the overall history of the franchise and the 40th since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. At the season outset, the Rangers were the defending American League champions. Despite playing during one of the hottest summers on record in Texas, the Rangers claimed their second consecutive American League West division title (fifth overall) and set franchise records for winning (96 wins and a .592 winning percentage, one win better", "title": "2011 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "19072551", "text": "2016 Texas Rangers season The 2016 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 56th season of the franchise and the 45th since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers won the American League (AL) West championship for the second straight season, with the best record in the AL. However, for the second straight year, they lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in the Division Series, this time in three games. The Rangers set an MLB record by going 36–11 in one-run games. Because of this stat as well as the team winning 95 games instead of their projected 80 wins,", "title": "2016 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "18290639", "text": "2015 Texas Rangers season The 2015 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 55th season of the franchise and the 44th since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. After a disastrous 2014 season in which the Rangers finished last in the entire American League (AL) and 3rd worst in all of Major League Baseball (MLB), and despite starting the season with an 8–16 record and being under .500 as late as August 13, the Rangers would clinch the American League West title on the final day of the season. It was the team's 6th division title and 7th postseason appearance in", "title": "2015 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "17581482", "text": "ahead of the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League (NL). The Rangers used 40 different pitchers during the season, thus setting a new MLB record. The team played seven extra inning games, the fewest of any MLB team in 2014. 2014 Texas Rangers season The 2014 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 54th season of the franchise and the 43rd since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers suffered from injuries throughout the season and spent a substantial part of the season in last place in the American League (AL), at one point having a streak", "title": "2014 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "17581481", "text": "2014 Texas Rangers season The 2014 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 54th season of the franchise and the 43rd since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers suffered from injuries throughout the season and spent a substantial part of the season in last place in the American League (AL), at one point having a streak of 8–34. Manager Ron Washington resigned on September 5, citing personal issues. Despite finishing the season with a 13–3 stretch, The Rangers were unable to escape the AL cellar, but did manage to finish 67–95 and third worst in Major League Baseball (MLB),", "title": "2014 Texas Rangers season" }, { "docid": "10568921", "text": "1973 Texas Rangers season The 1973 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 105 losses. On July 30, 1973, Jim Bibby threw the first no-hitter in Texas Rangers history as he no-hit the Oakland Athletics. The Rangers won the game 6–0. David Clyde was a high school pitching phenom who was made the number one overall pick in the 1973 June draft. 22 days later, without having played in the minor leagues, Clyde made his MLB debut, the youngest player to play in an MLB game that", "title": "1973 Texas Rangers season" } ]

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[ { "docid": "17335140", "text": "roles in two of 2010's top-grossing thrillers\"Salt\" and \"The Tourist\". In 2011, she directed the romantic drama \"In the Land of Blood and Honey\", which depicted a love story set during the Bosnian War, and appeared in the animation sequel \"Kung Fu Panda 2\". Jolie's biggest commercial success, as of 2014, came with the dark fantasy film \"Maleficent\" (2014), which grossed over $758 million worldwide, and featured her in the eponymous role. Later in the same year, she directed \"Unbroken\" (2014), a war drama based on a 2010 . Angelina Jolie filmography Angelina Jolie is an American actress and filmmaker.", "title": "Angelina Jolie filmography" }, { "docid": "8171991", "text": "(2014). In the 2010s, Jolie expanded her career into directing, screenwriting, and producing, with \"In the Land of Blood and Honey\" (2011), \"Unbroken\" (2014), \"By the Sea\" (2015), and \"First They Killed My Father\" (2017). In addition to her film career, Jolie is noted for her humanitarian efforts, for which she has received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and an honorary damehood of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG), among other honors. She promotes various causes, including conservation, education, and women's rights, and is most noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a Special Envoy", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172047", "text": "Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake and promoted the development of an inclusive democratic process in Libya following the 2011 revolution. Jolie has fronted a campaign against sexual violence in military conflict zones by the UK government, which made the issue a priority of its 2013 G8 presidency. In May 2012, she launched the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) with Foreign Secretary William Hague, who was inspired to campaign on the issue by her Bosnian war drama \"In the Land of Blood and Honey\" (2011). PSVI was established to complement wider UK government work by raising awareness and", "title": "Angelina Jolie" } ]

[ { "docid": "8172078", "text": "beauty\", with her full lips remaining the most imitated celebrity feature well into the 2010s. After a 2011 repeat survey by \"Allure\" found that Jolie most represented the American beauty ideal, compared to model Christie Brinkley in 1991, writer Elizabeth Angell credited society with having \"branched out beyond the Barbie-doll ideal and embraced something quite different\". In 2013, Jeffrey Kluger of \"Time\" agreed that Jolie has for many years symbolized the feminine ideal, and opined that her frank discussion of her double mastectomy redefined beauty. Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie ( ; born Angelina Jolie Voight, June 4, 1975) is an", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8171989", "text": "Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie ( ; born Angelina Jolie Voight, June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and has been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in \"Lookin' to Get Out\" (1982). Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production \"Cyborg 2\" (1993), followed by her first leading role in a major film, \"Hackers\" (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical cable films", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "17335136", "text": "Angelina Jolie filmography Angelina Jolie is an American actress and filmmaker. As a child, she made her screen debut in the 1982 comedy film \"Lookin' to Get Out\", acting alongside her father Jon Voight. Eleven years later she appeared in her next feature, the low-budget film \"Cyborg 2\", a commercial failure. She then starred as a teenage hacker in the 1995 science fiction thriller \"Hackers\", which went on to be a cult film despite performing poorly at the box-office. Jolie's career prospects improved with a supporting role in the made-for-television film \"George Wallace\" (1997), for which she received the Golden", "title": "Angelina Jolie filmography" }, { "docid": "8172039", "text": "King Norodom Sihamoni awarded her Cambodian citizenship on July 31, 2005. In November 2006, Jolie expanded the scope of the project—renamed the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP)—to create Asia's first Millennium Village, in accordance with UN development goals. She was inspired by a meeting with the founder of Millennium Promise, noted economist Jeffrey Sachs, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where she was an invited speaker in 2005 and 2006. Together they filmed a 2005 MTV special, \"The Diary of Angelina Jolie & Dr. Jeffrey Sachs in Africa\", which followed them on a trip to a Millennium Village in western", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172032", "text": "directing the film, she co-wrote the screenplay with her longtime friend Loung Ung, whose memoirs about the regime's child labor camps served as its source material. Intended primarily for a Cambodian audience, the film was produced directly for Netflix, which allowed for the use of an exclusively Khmer cast and script. Jolie is next contracted to reprise the role of Maleficent in Disney's sequel, \"Maleficent II\". In 2018, Jolie was reported to be starring in and producing the upcoming film adaptation of a 2014 \"James Scott\" novel “The Kept”. Jolie first witnessed the effects of a humanitarian crisis while filming", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172008", "text": "felt that she had \"nothing else to give.\" She separated from Miller and moved to New York, where she took night classes at New York University to study directing and screenwriting. Encouraged by her Golden Globe Award win for \"George Wallace\" and the positive critical reception of \"Gia\", Jolie resumed her career. Following the previously filmed gangster film \"Hell's Kitchen\" (1998), Jolie returned to the screen in \"Playing by Heart\" (1998), part of an ensemble cast that included Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson, and Ryan Phillippe. The film received predominantly positive reviews, and Jolie was praised in particular; \"San Francisco Chronicle\"", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "15633814", "text": "the right ways.\" White Marc Bouwer dress of Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie wore a white satin dress with a plunging neckline designed by Marc Bouwer at the 76th Academy Awards on February 29, 2004. It has been described in subsequent years by fashion and celebrity publications as a memorable and stylish selection that was reminiscent of classical Hollywood style. It was the second time that Jolie wore a Marc Bouwer dress to the Oscars. In 2000 she accepted her Oscar for \"Girl, Interrupted\" in a frock designed by Bouwer. Critical reception to the dress focused on the material and color,", "title": "White Marc Bouwer dress of Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "15633812", "text": "White Marc Bouwer dress of Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie wore a white satin dress with a plunging neckline designed by Marc Bouwer at the 76th Academy Awards on February 29, 2004. It has been described in subsequent years by fashion and celebrity publications as a memorable and stylish selection that was reminiscent of classical Hollywood style. It was the second time that Jolie wore a Marc Bouwer dress to the Oscars. In 2000 she accepted her Oscar for \"Girl, Interrupted\" in a frock designed by Bouwer. Critical reception to the dress focused on the material and color, describing both as", "title": "White Marc Bouwer dress of Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172002", "text": "more sourly than [her co-stars] and is that rare female hacker who sits intently at her keyboard in a see-through top.\" \"Hackers\" failed to make a profit at the box office, but developed a cult following after its video release. After starring in the modern-day \"Romeo and Juliet\" adaptation \"Love Is All There Is\" (1996), Jolie appeared in the road movie \"Mojave Moon\" (1996), of which \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said, \"Jolie, an actress whom the camera truly adores, reveals a comic flair and the kind of blatant sexuality that makes it entirely credible that Danny Aiello's character would drop everything", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172012", "text": "the mechanic ex-girlfriend of a car thief played by Nicolas Cage; \"The Washington Post\" writer Stephen Hunter criticized that \"all she does in this movie is stand around, cooling down, modeling those fleshy, pulsating muscle-tubes that nest so provocatively around her teeth.\" Jolie later explained that the film had been a welcome relief after her emotionally demanding role in \"Girl, Interrupted\". Although highly regarded for her acting abilities, Jolie had rarely found films that appealed to a wide audience, but \"Lara Croft: Tomb Raider\" (2001) made her an international superstar. An adaptation of the popular \"Tomb Raider\" videogames, the film", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172011", "text": "main character in what was hoped to be a comeback for her, the film instead marked Jolie's final breakthrough in Hollywood. She won her third Golden Globe Award, her second Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. For \"Variety\", Emanuel Levy noted, \"Jolie is excellent as the flamboyant, irresponsible girl who turns out to be far more instrumental than the doctors in Susanna's rehabilitation.\" In 2000, Jolie appeared in her first summer blockbuster, \"Gone in 60 Seconds\", which became her highest-grossing film to that point, earning $237.2 million internationally. She had a minor role as", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172009", "text": "critic Peter Stack wrote, \"Jolie, working through an overwritten part, is a sensation as the desperate club crawler learning truths about what she's willing to gamble.\" She won the Breakthrough Performance Award from the National Board of Review. In 1999, Jolie starred in the comedy-drama \"Pushing Tin\", alongside John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. The film met with mixed reception from critics, and Jolie's character—Thornton's seductive wife—was particularly criticized; writing for \"The Washington Post\", Desson Howe dismissed her as \"a completely ludicrous writer's creation of a free-spirited woman who weeps over hibiscus plants that die, wears lots of", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172025", "text": "and \"plays her femme fatale with flat-out, drop-dead sexuality.\" Despite the poor critical reception and a slow start at the North American box office, the film went on to gross a respectable $278.3 million worldwide, cementing Jolie's appeal to international audiences. She received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance, which gave rise to speculation that it had been given merely to ensure her high-profile presence at the awards ceremony. After directing the documentary \"A Place in Time\" (2007), which was distributed through the National Education Association, Jolie made her feature directorial debut with \"In the Land of Blood", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172033", "text": "\"Lara Croft: Tomb Raider\" (2001) in war-torn Cambodia, an experience she later credited with having brought her a greater understanding of the world. Upon her return home, Jolie contacted the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for information on international trouble spots. To learn more about the conditions in these areas, she began visiting refugee camps around the world. In February 2001, she went on her first field visit, an 18-day mission to Sierra Leone and Tanzania; she later expressed her shock at what she had witnessed. In the following months, Jolie returned to Cambodia for two weeks and", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172058", "text": "one of Hollywood's most glamorous couples. Their family grew to include six children, three of whom were adopted, before they announced their engagement in April 2012. Jolie and Pitt married on August 23, 2014, at their estate Château Miraval in Correns, France. She subsequently took the name \"Jolie Pitt\". After two years of marriage, the couple separated in September 2016. In her divorce filing, Jolie requested physical custody of their children. On June 6, 2018, a new temporary custody agreement was established between Jolie and Pitt after the court's order against Jolie. On March 10, 2002, Jolie adopted her first", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8171993", "text": "daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. She is the sister of actor James Haven, and the niece of singer-songwriter Chip Taylor and geologist and volcanologist Barry Voight. Her godparents are actors Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. On her father's side, Jolie is of German and Slovak descent, and on her mother's side, she is of primarily French Canadian, Dutch, and German ancestry. Like her mother, Jolie has stated that she is part Iroquois, although her only known indigenous ancestors were 17th-century Hurons. After her parents' separation in 1976, Jolie and her brother lived with their mother, who had", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172022", "text": "Jolie next took the lead role in Clint Eastwood's drama \"Changeling\" (2008). Based in part on the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, the film centers on Christine Collins, who is reunited with her kidnapped son in 1928 Los Angeles, only to realize the boy is an imposter. \"Chicago Tribune\" critic Michael Phillips noted, \"Jolie really shines in the calm before the storm, the scenes when one patronizing male authority figure after another belittles her at their peril.\" She received nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award for Best Actress. Jolie", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172006", "text": "breakthrough came when she portrayed supermodel Gia Carangi in HBO's \"Gia\" (1998). The film chronicles the destruction of Carangi's life and career as a result of her addiction to heroin, and her decline and death from AIDS in the mid-1980s. Vanessa Vance of Reel.com retrospectively noted, \"Jolie gained wide recognition for her role as the titular Gia, and it's easy to see why. Jolie is fierce in her portrayal—filling the part with nerve, charm, and desperation—and her role in this film is quite possibly the most beautiful train wreck ever filmed.\" For the second consecutive year, Jolie won a Golden", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172061", "text": "the media. She explained that she had abandoned her family when Zahara became sick, and said she thought Zahara was \"very fortunate\" to have been adopted by Jolie. Jolie was accompanied by her partner, Brad Pitt, when she traveled to Ethiopia to take custody of Zahara. She later indicated that they had together made the decision to adopt from Ethiopia, having first visited the country earlier that year. After Pitt announced his intention to adopt her children, she filed a petition to legally change their surname from Jolie to Jolie-Pitt, which was granted on January 19, 2006. Pitt adopted Maddox", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172063", "text": "proceeds donated to UNICEF. On March 15, 2007, Jolie adopted a son, three-year-old Pax Thien, from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He was born as Pham Quang Sang on November 29, 2003, in HCMC, where he was abandoned by his biological mother soon after birth. After visiting the orphanage with Pitt in November 2006, Jolie applied for adoption as a single parent, because Vietnam's adoption regulations do not allow unmarried couples to co-adopt. After their return to the U.S., she petitioned the court to change her son's surname from Jolie to Jolie-Pitt, which was approved on May", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172041", "text": "Brad Pitt, established the Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Foundation to support conservation work by the Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve also located in the Kalahari. In name of their Namibian-born daughter, they have funded large-animal conservation projects as well as a free health clinic, housing, and a school for the San Bushmen community at Naankuse. Jolie and Pitt support other causes through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, established in September 2006. Jolie has pushed for legislation to aid child immigrants and other vulnerable children in both the U.S. and developing nations, including the \"Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2005.\" She began lobbying", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "17889025", "text": "a cameraman. The movie used 80 characters, 50 locations. At first, the script was written by Olga Dihovichnaya in two days. Later, it was edited by Angelina Nikonova, as the drama needed some ‘light’, as Nikonova notices in the interview. Angelina Nikonova Angelina Nikonova (born February 27, 1976) is a Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer. Angelina Nikonova was born in Rostov-on-Don. She dreamed about film directing since her childhood. However, the situation with national film production in Russia is complicated, especially for a woman. As Angelina notices: ‘Women as film directors are rarely trusted’. Moreover, Russian viewer is", "title": "Angelina Nikonova" }, { "docid": "8172010", "text": "turquoise rings and gets real lonely when Russell spends entire nights away from home.\" Jolie then co-starred with Denzel Washington in \"The Bone Collector\" (1999), playing a police officer who reluctantly helps Washington's quadriplegic detective track down a serial killer. The film grossed $151.5 million worldwide, but was critically unsuccessful. Terry Lawson of the \"Detroit Free Press\" concluded, \"Jolie, while always delicious to look at, is simply and woefully miscast.\" Jolie next took the supporting role of a sociopathic mental patient in \"Girl, Interrupted\" (1999), an adaptation of Susanna Kaysen's memoir of the same name. While Winona Ryder played the", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172018", "text": "the depiction of Alexander's bisexuality, but it succeeded internationally, for a total revenue of $167.3 million. In 2005, Jolie returned to major box office success with the action-comedy \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith\", in which she starred opposite Brad Pitt as a bored married couple who find out that they are both secret assassins. The film received mixed reviews, but was generally lauded for the chemistry between the two leads; \"Star Tribune\" critic Colin Covert noted, \"While the story feels haphazard, the movie gets by on gregarious charm, galloping energy and the stars' thermonuclear screen chemistry.\" With box office takings of", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172035", "text": "she hoped to accomplish, she stated, \"Awareness of the plight of these people. I think they should be commended for what they have survived, not looked down upon.\" To that end, her 2001–02 field visits were chronicled in her book \"Notes from My Travels\", which was published in October 2003 in conjunction with the release of her humanitarian drama \"Beyond Borders\". Jolie aimed to visit what she termed \"forgotten emergencies,\" crises that media attention had shifted away from. She became noted for travelling to war zones, such as Sudan's Darfur region during the Darfur conflict, the Syrian-Iraqi border during the", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172072", "text": "to Jennifer Aniston, at which point her public persona became an unlikely combination of alleged homewrecker, mother, sex symbol, and humanitarian. A decade later, Jolie was found to be the most admired woman in the world in global surveys conducted by YouGov in 2015 and 2016. Jolie's general influence and wealth are extensively documented. In a 2006 global industry survey by ACNielsen in 42 international markets, Jolie, together with Pitt, was found to be the favorite celebrity endorser for brands and products worldwide. Jolie was the face of St. John and Shiseido from 2006 to 2008, and a decade later", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172060", "text": "was deemed lawful. Once the process was finalized, she took custody of him in Namibia, where she was filming \"Beyond Borders\" (2003). Jolie and Thornton announced the adoption together, but she adopted Maddox alone, and raised him as a single parent following their separation three months later. Jolie adopted a daughter, six-month-old Zahara Marley, from an orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 6, 2005. Zahara was born as Yemsrach on January 8, 2005, in Awasa. Jolie initially believed Zahara to be an AIDS orphan, based on official testimony from her grandmother, but her birth mother later came forward in", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172054", "text": "would probably have married Jenny if I hadn't married my husband. I fell in love with her the first second I saw her.\" According to Shimizu, their relationship lasted several years and continued even while Jolie was romantically involved with other people. In 2003, when asked if she was bisexual, Jolie responded, \"Of course. If I fell in love with a woman tomorrow, would I feel that it's okay to want to kiss and touch her? If I fell in love with her? Absolutely! Yes!\" After a two-month courtship, Jolie married actor Billy Bob Thornton on May 5, 2000, in", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172053", "text": "but eventually reconnected and married soon after in March 1996. She attended her wedding in black rubber pants and a white T-shirt, upon which she had written the groom's name in her blood. Though the relationship ended for good the following year, Jolie remained on good terms with Miller, whom she called \"a solid man and a solid friend\". Their divorce, initiated by Jolie in February 1999, was finalized shortly before she remarried the next year. Prior to her marriage to Miller, Jolie began a relationship with model-actress Jenny Shimizu on the set of \"Foxfire\" (1996). She later said, \"I", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172051", "text": "Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) for her services to the UK's foreign policy and campaigning to end sexual violence in war zones. Queen Elizabeth II presented Jolie with the insignia of her honorary damehood during a private ceremony the following October. Jolie had a serious boyfriend for two years from the age of 14. Her mother allowed them to live together in her home, of which Jolie later said, \"I was either going to be reckless on the streets with my boyfriend or he was going to be with me in my", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172049", "text": "of Jolie Pitt Dalton Helic, a partnership dedicated to women's rights and international justice, among other causes. In May 2016, Jolie was appointed a visiting professor at the London School of Economics to contribute to a postgraduate degree program at the university's Centre on Women, Peace and Security, which she had launched with Hague the previous year. Jolie has received wide recognition for her humanitarian work. In August 2002, she received the inaugural Humanitarian Award from the Church World Service's Immigration and Refugee Program, and in October 2003, she was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172046", "text": "2015 and will treat and educate children suffering from HIV or tuberculosis. Both centers are run by the Global Health Committee. After Jolie joined the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in June 2007, she hosted a symposium on international law and justice at CFR headquarters and funded several CFR special reports, including \"Intervention to Stop Genocide and Mass Atrocities.\" In January 2011, she established the Jolie Legal Fellowship, a network of lawyers and attorneys who are sponsored to advocate the development of human rights in their countries. Its member attorneys, called Jolie Legal Fellows, have facilitated child protection efforts in", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172040", "text": "Kenya. By mid-2007, some 6,000 villagers and 72 employees—some of them former poachers employed as rangers—lived and worked at MJP, in ten villages previously isolated from one another. The compound includes schools, roads, and a soy milk factory, all funded by Jolie. Her home functions as the MJP field headquarters. After filming \"Beyond Borders\" (2003) in Namibia, Jolie became patron of the Harnas Wildlife Foundation, a wildlife orphanage and medical center in the Kalahari desert. She first visited the Harnas farm during production of the film, which features vultures rescued by the foundation. In December 2010, Jolie and her partner,", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172024", "text": "as a male character with Tom Cruise attached to star, agent Salt underwent a gender change after a Columbia Pictures executive suggested Jolie for the role. With revenues of $293.5 million, \"Salt\" became an international success. The film received generally positive reviews, with Jolie's performance in particular earning praise; \"Empire\" critic William Thomas remarked, \"When it comes to selling incredible, crazy, death-defying antics, Jolie has few peers in the action business.\" Jolie starred opposite Johnny Depp in the thriller \"The Tourist\" (2010). The film was a critical failure, though Roger Ebert defended Jolie's performance, stating that she \"does her darndest\"", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172013", "text": "required her to learn an English accent and undergo extensive martial arts training to play the archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft. Although the film generated mostly negative reviews, Jolie was generally praised for her physical performance; \"Newsday\"s John Anderson commented, \"Jolie makes the title character a virtual icon of female competence and coolth.\" The film was an international hit, earning $274.7 million worldwide, and launched her global reputation as a female action star. Jolie next starred opposite Antonio Banderas as his mail-order bride in \"Original Sin\" (2001), the first of a string of films that were poorly received by critics and audiences", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8171998", "text": "Center's psychiatric ward. Two years later, after adopting her first child, Jolie found stability in her life, later stating, \"I knew once I committed to Maddox, I would never be self-destructive again.\" Jolie has had a lifelong dysfunctional relationship with her father, which began when Voight left the family when his daughter was less than a year old. She has said that from then on their time together was sporadic and usually carried out in front of the press. They reconciled when they appeared together in \"\" (2001), but their relationship again deteriorated. Jolie petitioned the court to legally remove", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172044", "text": "Education—founded by the partnership's co-chair, noted economist Gene Sperling—to establish education policies, which resulted in recommendations made to UN agencies, G8 development agencies, and the World Bank. Since April 2013, all proceeds from Jolie's high-end jewelry collection, Style of Jolie, have benefited the partnership's work. Jolie additionally launched the Malala Fund, a grant system established by Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, at the 2013 Women in the World Summit; she personally contributed over $200,000 to the cause. Jolie has funded a school and boarding facility for girls at Kakuma refugee camp in northwestern Kenya, which opened in 2005, and two", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172004", "text": "by critics; \"Chicago Sun-Times\" critic Roger Ebert noted that Jolie \"finds a certain warmth in a kind of role that is usually hard and aggressive; she seems too nice to be [a mobster's] girlfriend, and maybe she is.\" Her next work, as a frontierswoman in the CBS miniseries \"True Women\" (1997), was even less successful; writing for \"The Philadelphia Inquirer\", Robert Strauss dismissed her as \"horrid, a fourth-rate Scarlett O'Hara\" who relies on \"gnashed teeth and overly pouted lips.\" Jolie also starred in the music video for the Rolling Stones's \"Anybody Seen My Baby?\" as a stripper who leaves mid-performance", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172003", "text": "just for the chance of being with her.\" In \"Foxfire\" (1996) she played a drifter who unites four teenage girls against a teacher who has sexually harassed them. Jack Mathews of the \"Los Angeles Times\" wrote of her performance, \"It took a lot of hogwash to develop this character, but Jolie, Jon Voight's knockout daughter, has the presence to overcome the stereotype. Though the story is narrated by Maddy, Legs is the subject and the catalyst.\" In 1997, Jolie starred with David Duchovny in the thriller \"Playing God\", set in the Los Angeles underworld. The film was not well received", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8171992", "text": "for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). As a public figure, Jolie has been cited as one of the most influential and powerful people in the American entertainment industry. For a number of years, she was cited as the world's most beautiful woman by various media outlets, and her personal life is the subject of wide publicity. Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, she separated from her third husband, actor Brad Pitt, in September 2016. They have six children together, three of whom were adopted internationally. Born in Los Angeles, California, Jolie is the", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172034", "text": "met with Afghan refugees in Pakistan, where she donated $1 million in response to an international UNHCR emergency appeal, the largest donation UNHCR had ever received from a private individual. She covered all costs related to her missions and shared the same rudimentary working and living conditions as UNHCR field staff on all of her visits. Jolie was named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva on August 27, 2001. Over the next decade, she went on more than 40 field missions, meeting with refugees and internally displaced persons in over 30 countries. In 2002, when asked what", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "13781857", "text": "Yllana respectively. Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie is a 2009 Filipino comedy film, under GMA Films and APT Entertainment. The movie stars Michael V. and Ogie Alcasid, and serves as a theatrical feature film spinoff of \"Bubble Gang\"'s sketch \"\"Ang Spoiled\"\" in response to its popularity. Angelina is a seven-year-old brilliant and talented girl, but with an undeniably spoiled personality. After her first 'yaya' (nanny) gets hospitalized because of her disobedience (A fire occurred prior to her hospitalization; Angelina was the cause of the fire because the nanny was teaching the", "title": "Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie" }, { "docid": "13781851", "text": "Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie is a 2009 Filipino comedy film, under GMA Films and APT Entertainment. The movie stars Michael V. and Ogie Alcasid, and serves as a theatrical feature film spinoff of \"Bubble Gang\"'s sketch \"\"Ang Spoiled\"\" in response to its popularity. Angelina is a seven-year-old brilliant and talented girl, but with an undeniably spoiled personality. After her first 'yaya' (nanny) gets hospitalized because of her disobedience (A fire occurred prior to her hospitalization; Angelina was the cause of the fire because the nanny was teaching the latter how", "title": "Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie" }, { "docid": "8172027", "text": "even if it is these very strengths that will make people not want to watch what's onscreen.\" The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Jolie was named an honorary citizen of Sarajevo for raising awareness of the war. After a three-and-a-half-year absence from the screen, Jolie starred in \"Maleficent\" (2014), a live-action re-imagining of Disney's 1959 animation \"Sleeping Beauty\". Critical reception was mixed, but Jolie's performance in the titular role was singled out for praise; \"The Hollywood Reporter\" critic Sherri Linden found her to be the \"heart and soul\" of the film,", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172068", "text": "and doubled in the UK, parts of Canada, and India, as well as significantly increased in other European countries and the U.S. Researchers in Canada and the UK found that despite the large increase, the percentage of mutation carriers remained the same, meaning Jolie's message had reached those most at risk. In her first op-ed, Jolie had advocated wider accessibility of BRCA gene testing and acknowledged the high costs, which were greatly reduced after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a June 2013 ruling, invalidated BRCA gene patents held by Myriad Genetics. As the daughter of actor Jon Voight, Jolie appeared", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172066", "text": "2015, after annual test results indicated possible signs of early ovarian cancer, she underwent a preventive oophorectomy, as she had a 50% risk of developing ovarian cancer due to the same genetic anomaly. Despite hormone replacement therapy, the surgery brought on premature menopause. After completing each operation, Jolie discussed her mastectomy and oophorectomy in op-eds published by \"The New York Times\", with the aim of helping other women make informed health choices. She detailed her diagnosis, surgeries, and personal experiences, and described her decision to undergo preventive surgery as a proactive measure for the sake of her six children. Jolie", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172065", "text": "age 37, Jolie underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she had an 87% risk of developing breast cancer due to a defective BRCA1 gene. Her maternal family history warranted genetic testing for BRCA mutations: her mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, had breast cancer and died from ovarian cancer, while her grandmother died from ovarian cancer. Her aunt, who had the same BRCA1 defect, died from breast cancer three months after Jolie's operation. Following the mastectomy, which lowered her chances of developing breast cancer to under 5 percent, Jolie had reconstructive surgery involving implants and allografts. Two years later, in March", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172064", "text": "31. Pitt subsequently adopted Pax on February 21, 2008. At the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008, Jolie confirmed that she was expecting twins. For the two weeks she spent in a seaside hospital in Nice, France, reporters and photographers camped outside on the promenade. She gave birth to a son, Knox Léon, and a daughter, Vivienne Marcheline, on July 12, 2008. The first pictures of Knox and Vivienne were jointly sold to \"People\" and \"Hello!\" for a reported $14 million—the most expensive celebrity photographs ever taken. All proceeds were donated to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. On February 16, 2013, at", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172056", "text": "on May 27, 2003. When asked about the sudden dissolution of their marriage, Jolie stated, \"It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing in common. And it's scary but ... I think it can happen when you get involved and you don't know yourself yet.\" Jolie was involved in a well-publicized Hollywood scandal when she was accused of having caused the 2005 divorce of actors Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. She had fallen in love with Pitt during filming of \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith\" (2005), but dismissed allegations of", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172055", "text": "Las Vegas. They had met on the set of \"Pushing Tin\" (1999), but did not pursue a relationship at that time as Thornton was engaged to actress Laura Dern, while Jolie was reportedly dating actor Timothy Hutton, her co-star in \"Playing God\" (1997). As a result of their frequent public declarations of passion and gestures of love—most famously wearing one another's blood in vials around their necks—their marriage became a favorite topic of the entertainment media. Jolie and Thornton announced the adoption of a child from Cambodia in March 2002, but abruptly separated three months later. Their divorce was finalized", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172050", "text": "by the United Nations Correspondents Association. She was awarded the Global Humanitarian Award by the UNA-USA in October 2005, and she received the Freedom Award from the International Rescue Committee in November 2007. In October 2011, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres presented Jolie with a gold pin reserved for the most long-serving staff, in recognition of her decade as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. In November 2013, Jolie received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, an honorary Academy Award, from the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In June 2014, she was appointed an", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172042", "text": "humanitarian interests in the U.S. capital from 2003 onwards, explaining, \"As much as I would love to never have to visit Washington, that's the way to move the ball.\" Since October 2008, she has co-chaired Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), a network of leading U.S. law firms that provide free legal aid to unaccompanied minors in immigration proceedings across the U.S. Founded in a collaboration between Jolie and the Microsoft Corporation, by 2013, KIND had become the principal provider of pro bono lawyers for immigrant children. Jolie had previously, from 2005 to 2007, funded the launch of a similar", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172038", "text": "over a dozen field missions around the world to meet with refugees and undertake advocacy on their behalf. In an effort to connect her Cambodian-born adopted son with his heritage, Jolie purchased a house in his country of birth in 2003. The traditional home sat on 39 hectares in the northwestern province Battambang, adjacent to Samlout national park in the Cardamom mountains, which had become infiltrated with poachers who threatened endangered species. She purchased the park's 60,000 hectares and turned the area into a wildlife reserve named for her son, the Maddox Jolie Project. In recognition of her conservation efforts,", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172019", "text": "$478.2 million worldwide, \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith\" was the seventh-highest grossing picture of the year and remained Jolie's highest-grossing live-action film for the next decade. Following a supporting role as the neglected wife of a CIA officer in Robert De Niro's \"The Good Shepherd\" (2006), Jolie starred as Mariane Pearl in the documentary-style drama \"A Mighty Heart\" (2007). Based on Pearl's memoir of the same name, the film chronicles the kidnapping and murder of her husband, \"The Wall Street Journal\" reporter Daniel Pearl, in Pakistan. Although the biracial Pearl had personally chosen Jolie for the role, the casting drew racial", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172016", "text": "attention to humanitarian causes. \"Beyond Borders\" was a critical failure; Kenneth Turan of the \"Los Angeles Times\" acknowledged Jolie's ability to \"bring electricity and believability to roles,\" but wrote that \"the limbo of a hybrid character, a badly written cardboard person in a fly-infested, blood-and-guts world, completely defeats her.\" The year 2004 saw the release of four films featuring Jolie. She first starred in the thriller \"Taking Lives\" as an FBI profiler summoned to help Montreal law enforcement hunt down a serial killer. The film received mixed reviews; \"The Hollywood Reporter\" critic Kirk Honeycutt concluded, \"Jolie plays a role that", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172015", "text": "among Hollywood's highest-paid actresses, earning $10–$15 million per film for the next five years. Jolie reprised her role as Lara Croft in \"\" (2003), which was not as lucrative as the original, earning $156.5 million at the international box office. She also starred in the music video for Korn's \"Did My Time\", which was used to promote the sequel. Her next film was \"Beyond Borders\" (2003), in which she portrayed a socialite who joins an aid worker played by Clive Owen. Though unsuccessful with audiences, the film stands as the first of several passion projects Jolie has made to bring", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172014", "text": "alike. \"The New York Times\" critic Elvis Mitchell questioned Jolie's decision to follow her Oscar-winning performance with \"soft-core nonsense.\" The romantic comedy \"Life or Something Like It\" (2002), though equally unsuccessful, marked an unusual choice for Jolie. \"Salon\"s Allen Barra considered her ambitious newscaster character a rare attempt at playing a conventional women's role, noting that her performance \"doesn't get off the ground until a scene where she goes punk and leads a group of striking bus workers in singing 'Satisfaction'\". Despite her lack of box office success, Jolie remained in demand as an actress; in 2002, she established herself", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172005", "text": "to wander New York City. Jolie's career prospects began to improve after she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in TNT's \"George Wallace\" (1997), about the life of the segregationist Alabama Governor and presidential candidate George Wallace, played by Gary Sinise. Jolie portrayed Wallace's second wife, Cornelia, a performance Lee Winfrey of \"The Philadelphia Inquirer\" considered a highlight of the film. \"George Wallace\" was very well received by critics and won, among other awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film. Jolie also received a nomination for an Emmy Award for her performance. Jolie's first", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8171999", "text": "her surname \"Voight\" in favor of her middle name, which she had long used as a stage name; the name change was granted on September 12, 2002. Voight then went public with their estrangement during an appearance on \"Access Hollywood\", in which he claimed Jolie had \"serious mental problems.\" At that point, her mother and brother also broke off contact with Voight. They did not speak for six and a half years, but began rebuilding their relationship in the wake of Bertrand's death from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007, before going public with their reconciliation three years later. Jolie", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8171994", "text": "abandoned her acting ambitions to focus on raising her children. Her mother raised her Catholic, but did not require her to go to church. As a child, she often watched films with her mother and it was this, rather than her father's successful career, that inspired her interest in acting, though at age five she had a bit part in Voight's \"Lookin' to Get Out\" (1982). When Jolie was six years old, Bertrand and her live-in partner, filmmaker Bill Day, moved the family to Palisades, New York; they returned to Los Angeles five years later. Jolie then decided she wanted", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172048", "text": "promoting international co-operation. Jolie spoke on the subject at the G8 foreign ministers meeting, where the attending nations adopted a historic declaration, and before the UN security council, which responded by adopting its broadest resolution on the issue to date. In June 2014, she co-chaired the four-day Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, the largest-ever meeting on the subject, which resulted in a protocol endorsed by 151 nations. Through her work on the PSVI, Jolie met foreign policy experts Chloe Dalton and Arminka Helic, who served as special advisers to Hague. Their collaboration resulted in the 2015 founding", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172020", "text": "criticism and accusations of blackface. The resulting performance was widely praised; Ray Bennett of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" described it as \"well-measured and moving,\" played \"with respect and a firm grasp on a difficult accent.\" She received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Jolie also played a shape-shifting seductress, Grendel's mother, in the epic \"Beowulf\" (2007), created through motion capture. The film was critically and commercially well received, taking in revenues of $196.4 million worldwide. By 2008, Jolie was considered the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, earning $15–$20 million per film. While other actresses had been", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172001", "text": "relationship during this time was less strained, with Jolie realizing that they were both \"drama queens.\" Jolie began her professional film career in 1993, when she played her first leading role in the straight-to-video science-fiction sequel \"Cyborg 2\", as a near-human robot designed for corporate espionage and assassination. She was so disappointed with the film that she did not audition again for a year. Following a supporting role in the independent film \"Without Evidence\" (1995), she starred in her first Hollywood picture, \"Hackers\" (1995). \"The New York Times\" critic Janet Maslin wrote, \"Kate stands out. That's because she scowls even", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8171996", "text": "clothing, going out moshing, and experimenting with knife play with her live-in boyfriend. She dropped out of her acting classes and aspired to become a funeral director, taking at-home courses to study embalming. At age 16, after the relationship had ended, Jolie graduated from high school and rented her own apartment, before returning to theater studies, though in 2004 she referred to this period with the observation, \"I am still at heart—and always will be—just a punk kid with tattoos.\" As a teenager, Jolie found it difficult to emotionally connect with other people, and as a result she self-harmed, later", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "5916396", "text": "\"convinced that the new Robert Zemeckis movie treatment sacrifices the power of the original for a plot line that propels Beowulf into seduction by Angelina Jolie—the mother of the monster he has just slain. What man doesn't get involved with Angelina Jolie?' Wheeler asks. 'It's a great cop-out on a great poem.' ... 'For me, the sad thing is the movie returns to…a view of the horror of woman, the monstrous female who will kill off the male,' Wheeler says. 'It seems to me you could do so much better now. And the story of \"Beowulf\" is so much more", "title": "Beowulf (2007 film)" }, { "docid": "17335138", "text": "Actress. A role opposite Nicolas Cage in the heist film \"Gone in 60 Seconds\" (2000) proved to be her highest-grossing to that point. Jolie achieved worldwide recognition as the eponymous archaeologist in \"\" (2001), an action film based on the \"Tomb Raider\" video game series. Despite negative reviews, the film had the biggest opening weekend for a film featuring an action heroine. This was followed by roles in two box-office failures—the 2001 erotic thriller \"Original Sin\" and the 2002 romantic comedy \"Life or Something Like It\". Jolie reprised the role of Lara Croft in the sequel \"\" (2003). In 2004,", "title": "Angelina Jolie filmography" }, { "docid": "7226838", "text": "in love with the Malacicis' daughter, Gina, (Angelina Jolie) after she replaces the obese star of the neighborhood church's staging of \"Romeo and Juliet\". The rivalry intensifies after Rosario deflowers Gina after a fight with her parents. The movie was filmed at Greentree Country Club in New Rochelle, NY and many scenes were shot in City Island, Bronx, New York. Love Is All There Is Love Is All There Is is a 1996 romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor, who also both star in the movie. \"Love Is All There Is\" is a modern retelling of", "title": "Love Is All There Is" }, { "docid": "8172074", "text": "of $27 million, $30 million, and $33 million respectively. Jolie's public image is strongly tied to her perceived beauty and sex appeal. Many media outlets, including \"Vogue\", \"People\", and \"Vanity Fair\", have cited her as the world's most beautiful woman, while others such as \"Esquire\", \"FHM\", and \"Empire\" have named her the sexiest woman alive; both titles have often been based on public polls in which Jolie places far ahead of other celebrity women. Her most recognizable physical features are her many tattoos, eyes, and in particular her full lips, which \"The New York Times\" considered as defining a feature", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172057", "text": "an affair, saying, \"To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.\" Jolie and Pitt did not publicly comment on the nature of their relationship until January 2006, when she confirmed that she was pregnant with his child. During their twelve-year relationship, \"Brangelina\"—a portmanteau coined by the entertainment media—were the subject of worldwide media coverage. After the initial scandal subsided, they became", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172045", "text": "primary schools for girls in the returnee settlements Tangi and Qalai Gudar in eastern Afghanistan, which opened in March 2010 and November 2012 respectively. In addition to the facilities at the Millennium Village she established in Cambodia, Jolie had built at least ten other schools in the country by 2005. In February 2006, she opened the Maddox Chivan Children's Center, a medical and educational facility for children affected by HIV, in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. In Sebeta, Ethiopia, the birthplace of her eldest daughter, she funds a sister facility, the Zahara Children's Center, which is expected to open in", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172031", "text": "part of an overall poor reception. Writing for \"The Washington Post\", Stephanie Merry noted its dearth of genuine emotion, stating, \"\"By the Sea\" is dazzlingly gorgeous, as are its stars. But peeling back layer upon layer of exquisite ennui reveals nothing but emptiness, sprinkled with stilted sentiments.\" Despite starring two of Hollywood's leading actors, the film received only a limited release. As Jolie preferred to dedicate herself to her humanitarian work, her cinematic output remained infrequent. \"First They Killed My Father\" (2017), a drama set during Cambodia's Khmer Rouge era, again enabled her to combine both interests. In addition to", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172029", "text": "Olympic track star who survived a plane crash over sea and spent two years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. She also served as producer under her Jolie Pas banner. \"Unbroken\" is based on Laura Hillenbrand's , the film was scripted by the Coen brothers and starred Jack O'Connell. After a positive early reception, \"Unbroken\" was considered a likely Best Picture and Best Director contender, but it ultimately received mixed reviews and little award recognition, though it was named one of the best films of the year by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. In a typical", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172023", "text": "also voiced the DreamWorks animation \"Kung Fu Panda\" (2008), the first work in a major family franchise, later reprising her voice role in the sequels \"Kung Fu Panda 2\" (2011) and \"Kung Fu Panda 3\" (2016). After her mother's death in 2007, Jolie began appearing in fewer films, later explaining that her motivation to be an actress had stemmed from her mother's acting ambitions. Her first film in two years was the thriller \"Salt\" (2010), in which she starred as a CIA agent who goes on the run after she is accused of being a KGB sleeper agent. Originally written", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "13781856", "text": "and Angelina's parents decide to make Rosalinda as Angelina's permanent nanny. The Duchess' plows on with her speech and awards Angelina and Rosalinda for their bravery. Near the end of the film, Rosalinda's backside is written with the word \"LOSER\", and Angelina's is drawn with wings. \"Yaya and Angelina\" was released was released on DVD and VCD by Regal Home Video, the only special feature being the full-length trailer for the movie. Francine Prieto and Antonio Aquitania portrayed Mommy and Daddy in the segment of Bubble Gang: \"Ang Spoiled\" but was replaced in the movie by Aiko Melendez and Jomari", "title": "Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie" }, { "docid": "17889022", "text": "Angelina Nikonova Angelina Nikonova (born February 27, 1976) is a Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer. Angelina Nikonova was born in Rostov-on-Don. She dreamed about film directing since her childhood. However, the situation with national film production in Russia is complicated, especially for a woman. As Angelina notices: ‘Women as film directors are rarely trusted’. Moreover, Russian viewer is reluctant to national product. People rather go to watch Hollywood production, than a film made in Russia. However, Angelina did not give up on her dream. She applied to All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (aka", "title": "Angelina Nikonova" }, { "docid": "8172077", "text": "the planet\" sometimes harmed her dramatic credibility with audiences. Beyond her career, Jolie's appearance has been credited with influencing popular culture at large. In 2002, AfterEllen founder Sarah Warn observed that many women of all sexual orientations had publicly expressed their attraction to Jolie, which she considered a new development in American culture, adding that \"there are many beautiful women in Hollywood, and few generate the same kind of overwhelming interest across genders and sexual orientations that she does\". Jolie's physical attributes became highly sought-after among western women seeking cosmetic surgery; by 2007, she was considered \"the gold standard of", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172073", "text": "became a spokesmodel for Guerlain. Her 2011 endorsement deal with Louis Vuitton, reportedly worth $10 million, was a record for a single advertising campaign. Jolie was among the \"Time\" 100, a list of the most influential people in the world as published by \"Time\", in 2006 and 2008. She was named the world's most powerful celebrity in \"Forbes\"s Celebrity 100 issue in 2009, and, though ranked lower overall, was listed as the most powerful actress from 2006 to 2008 and 2011 to 2013. \"Forbes\" additionally cited her as Hollywood's highest-paid actress in 2009, 2011, and 2013, with estimated annual earnings", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172070", "text": "contributing factor of her controversial image were tabloid rumors of incest that started when Jolie, upon winning her Oscar, kissed her brother on the lips and said, \"I'm so in love with my brother right now.\" She dismissed the rumors, saying, \"It was disappointing that something so beautiful and pure could be turned into a circus,\" and explained that, as children of divorce, she and James relied on one another for emotional support. Jolie's reputation began to change positively after she, at age 26, became a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, later commenting, \"In my", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172062", "text": "and Zahara soon after. In an attempt to avoid the unprecedented media frenzy surrounding their relationship, Jolie and Pitt traveled to Namibia for the birth of their first biological child. On May 27, 2006, she gave birth to a daughter, Shiloh Nouvel, in Swakopmund. They sold the first pictures of Shiloh through the distributor Getty Images with the aim of benefiting charity, rather than allowing paparazzi to make these valuable photographs. \"People\" and \"Hello!\" purchased the North American and British rights to the images for $4.1 and $3.5 million respectively, a record in celebrity photojournalism at that time, with all", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172059", "text": "child, seven-month-old Maddox Chivan, from an orphanage in Battambang, Cambodia. He was born as Rath Vibol on August 5, 2001, in a local village. After twice visiting Cambodia, while filming \"Lara Croft: Tomb Raider\" (2001) and on a UNHCR field mission, Jolie returned in November 2001 with her husband, Billy Bob Thornton, where they met Maddox and subsequently applied to adopt him. The adoption process was halted the following month when the U.S. government banned adoptions from Cambodia amid allegations of child trafficking. Although Jolie's adoption facilitator was later convicted of visa fraud and money laundering, her adoption of Maddox", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172052", "text": "bedroom with my mom in the next room. She made the choice, and because of it, I continued to go to school every morning and explored my first relationship in a safe way.\" She has compared the relationship to a marriage in its emotional intensity, and said that the breakup compelled her to dedicate herself to her acting career at the age of 16. During filming of \"Hackers\" (1995), Jolie had a romance with British actor Jonny Lee Miller, her first lover since the relationship in her early teens. They were not in touch for many months after production ended,", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172043", "text": "initiative, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants' National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children. Jolie has also advocated for children's education. Since its founding at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting in September 2007, she has co-chaired the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which provides policy and funding to education programs for children in conflict-affected regions. In its first year, the partnership supported education projects for Iraqi refugee children, youth affected by the Darfur conflict, and girls in rural Afghanistan, among other affected groups. The partnership has worked closely with the Council on Foreign Relations' Center for Universal", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172037", "text": "promoted to the rank of Special Envoy to High Commissioner António Guterres, the first to take on such a position within the organization. In her expanded role, she was given authority to represent Guterres and UNHCR at the diplomatic level, with a focus on major refugee crises. In the months following her promotion, she made her first visit as Special Envoy—her third over all—to Ecuador, where she met with Colombian refugees, and she accompanied Guterres on a week-long tour of Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq, to assess the situation of refugees from neighboring Syria. Since then, Jolie has gone on", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172036", "text": "Second Gulf War, where she met privately with U.S. troops and other multi-national forces, and the Afghan capital Kabul during the war in Afghanistan, where three aid workers were murdered in the midst of her first visit. To aid her travels, she began taking flying lessons in 2004 with the aim of ferrying aid workers and food supplies around the world; she now holds a private pilot license with instrument rating and owns a Cirrus SR22 and Cessna 208 Caravan single-engine aircraft. On April 17, 2012, after more than a decade of service as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Jolie was", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172030", "text": "review, \"Variety\"s Justin Chang noted the film's \"impeccable craftsmanship and sober restraint\", but deemed it \"an extraordinary story told in dutiful, unexceptional terms.\" Financially, \"Unbroken\" far outperformed industry expectations in its opening weekend, eventually earning over $163 million worldwide. Jolie's next directorial effort was the marital drama \"By the Sea\" (2015), in which she starred opposite her husband, Brad Pitt, marking their first collaboration since 2005's \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith\". Based on her screenplay, the film was a deeply personal project for Jolie, who drew inspiration from her own mother's life. Critics, however, dismissed it as a \"vanity project,\" as", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172026", "text": "and Honey\" (2011), a love story between a Serb soldier and a Bosniak prisoner, set during the 1992–95 Bosnian War. She conceived the film to rekindle attention for the survivors, after twice visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina in her role as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. To ensure authenticity, she cast only actors from the former Yugoslavia—including stars Goran Kostić and Zana Marjanović—and incorporated their wartime experiences into her screenplay. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews; Todd McCarthy of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" wrote, \"Jolie deserves significant credit for creating such a powerfully oppressive atmosphere and staging the ghastly events so credibly,", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172021", "text": "forced to take salary cuts in recent years, Jolie's perceived box office appeal allowed her to command as much as $20 million plus a percentage. She starred alongside James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman in the action film \"Wanted\" (2008), which proved an international success, earning $341.4 million worldwide. The film received predominantly favorable reviews; writing for \"The New York Times\", Manohla Dargis noted that Jolie was \"perfectly cast as a super-scary, seemingly amoral assassin,\" adding that \"she cuts the kind of disciplinarian figure who can bring boys of all ages to their knees or at least into their theater seats.\"", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172017", "text": "definitely feels like something she has already done, but she does add an unmistakable dash of excitement and glamour.\" Jolie made a brief appearance as a fighter pilot in \"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow\", a science fiction adventure shot entirely with actors in front of a bluescreen, and voiced her first family film, the DreamWorks animation \"Shark Tale\". Her supporting role as Queen Olympias in Oliver Stone's \"Alexander\", about the life of Alexander the Great, was met with mixed reception, particularly concerning her Slavic accent. Commercially, the film failed in North America, which Stone attributed to disapproval of", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172007", "text": "Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award. She also won her first Screen Actors Guild Award. In accordance with Lee Strasberg's method acting, Jolie preferred to stay in character in between scenes during many of her early films, and as a result had gained a reputation for being difficult to deal with. While shooting \"Gia\", she told her husband, Jonny Lee Miller, that she would not be able to phone him: \"I'd tell him: 'I'm alone; I'm dying; I'm gay; I'm not going to see you for weeks.'\" After \"Gia\" wrapped, she briefly gave up acting, because she", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8171997", "text": "commenting, \"For some reason, the ritual of having cut myself and feeling the pain, maybe feeling alive, feeling some kind of release, it was somehow therapeutic to me.\" She also struggled with insomnia and an eating disorder, and began experimenting with drugs; by age 20, she had used \"just about every drug possible,\" particularly heroin. Jolie suffered episodes of depression and twice planned to commit suicide—at age 19 and again at 22, when she attempted to hire a hitman to kill her. When she was 24, she experienced a nervous breakdown and was admitted for 72 hours to UCLA Medical", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8171995", "text": "to act and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she trained for two years and appeared in several stage productions. Jolie first attended Beverly Hills High School, where she felt isolated among the children of some of the area's affluent families because her mother survived on a more modest income. She was teased by other students, who targeted her for being extremely thin and for wearing glasses and braces. Her early attempts at modeling, at her mother's insistence, proved unsuccessful. She then transferred to Moreno High School, an alternative school, where she became a \"punk outsider,\" wearing all-black", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "808592", "text": "2019 with Bill Condon directing the film. In October 5, 2017, it was reported that pre-production had begun when the creative team and studio decided to postpone the release in order to further work on the script with intentions being to improve the story. \"Deadline\" reported that Javier Bardem and Angelina Jolie are still attached to the movie as Frankenstein's monster and the film's reluctant bride, respectively. The same month Condon stated that should Jolie decide to leave the project, he would be interested in seeing Gal Gadot play the titular character. But on November 8, 2017, Alex Kurtzman and", "title": "Bride of Frankenstein" }, { "docid": "8172028", "text": "adding that she \"doesn't chew the estimable scenery in \"Maleficent\"—she infuses it, wielding a magnetic and effortless power.\" In its opening weekend, \"Maleficent\" earned nearly $70 million at the North American box office and over $100 million in other markets, marking Jolie's appeal to audiences of all demographics in both action and fantasy films, genres usually dominated by male actors. The film went on to gross $757.8 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of the year and Jolie's highest-grossing film ever. Jolie next completed her second directorial venture, \"Unbroken\" (2014), about World War II hero Louis Zamperini (1917–2014), a former", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "8172067", "text": "further wrote, \"On a personal note, I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.\" Jolie's announcement of her mastectomy attracted widespread publicity and discussion on BRCA mutations and genetic testing. Her decision was met with praise from various public figures, while health campaigners welcomed her raising awareness of the options available to at-risk women. Dubbed \"The Angelina Effect\" by a \"Time\" cover story, Jolie's influence led to a \"global and long-lasting\" increase in BRCA gene testing: the number of referrals tripled in Australia", "title": "Angelina Jolie" }, { "docid": "17335139", "text": "Jolie lent her voice to the animated feature \"Shark Tale\", followed by the role of an assassin in the commercially successful action comedy \"Mr. & Mrs. Smith\" (2005), opposite Brad Pitt. She then portrayed Mariane Pearl in the drama \"A Mighty Heart\" (2007), and lent her voice to the computer-animated film \"Kung Fu Panda\" (2008). The 2008 action thriller \"Wanted\", which saw her in a supporting role, proved to be a commercial success. Her next appearance was as Christine Collins in the drama \"Changeling\" (2008), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. This was followed by lead", "title": "Angelina Jolie filmography" }, { "docid": "17335137", "text": "Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television Film. She made her breakthrough the following year in HBO's television film \"Gia\" (1998). For her performance in the title role of fashion model Gia Carangi, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Film. Jolie's first role in 1999 was in \"Pushing Tin\", a critical and commercial failure; however, her next film, \"The Bone Collector\", emerged as a commercial success. In the 1999 drama \"Girl, Interrupted\", Jolie played a sociopathic mental patient, a role which won her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting", "title": "Angelina Jolie filmography" }, { "docid": "17620299", "text": "created the CGI for the \"Wipeout\" arcade game sequence. Shortly after the filming ended, Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie were married, and after divorcing, remain good friends. MGM/UA set up a website for \"Hackers\" that soon afterwards was allegedly hacked by a group called the \"Internet Liberation Front.\" A photograph of the film's stars Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller were doodled upon, and the words \"this is going to be an entertaining fun promotional site for a movie,\" were replaced with \"this is going to be a lame, cheesy promotional site for a movie!\" The studio maintained the", "title": "Hackers (film)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2084574", "text": "diverse cultural background has helped boast many celebrations and festivals that have become known around the world, such as the Brazilian Carnival and the Bumba Meu Boi. The colourful culture creates an environment that makes Brazil a popular destination for many tourists each year, around over 1 million. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. It is spoken by about 99% of the population, making it one of the strongest elements of national identity. There are only some Amerindian groups and small pockets of immigrants who do not speak Portuguese. Similarly to American English and Canadian French, Brazilian Portuguese is", "title": "Culture of Brazil" }, { "docid": "3259656", "text": "generation did not have much contact with their grandparent's language, and most of them speak the national language of Brazil, Portuguese, as their mother tongue. Japanese Brazilians usually speak Japanese more often when they live along with a first generation relative. Those who do not live with a Japanese-born relative usually speak Portuguese more often. Japanese spoken in Brazil is usually a mix of different Japanese dialects, since the Japanese community in Brazil came from all regions of Japan, influenced by the Portuguese language. The high numbers of Brazilian immigrants returning from Japan will probably produce more Japanese speakers in", "title": "Japanese Brazilians" }, { "docid": "2084578", "text": "settlers arrived during this period and brought their culture to the colony. The Indigenous inhabitants of Brazil had much contact with the colonists. Many became extinct, others mixed with the Portuguese. For that reason, Brazil also holds Amerindian influences in its culture, mainly in its food and language. Brazilian Portuguese has hundreds of words of Indigenous American origin, mainly from the Old Tupi language. Black Africans, who were brought as slaves to Brazil, also participated actively in the formation of Brazilian culture. Although the Portuguese colonists forced their slaves to convert to Catholicism and speak Portuguese their cultural influences were", "title": "Culture of Brazil" } ]

[ { "docid": "7657272", "text": "Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do is a 1974 nonfiction book by the noted oral historian and radio broadcaster Studs Terkel. \"Working\" is a book which investigates the meaning of work for different people under different circumstances, showing it can vary in importance. The book also reflects Terkel's general idea that work can be difficult but still provides meaning for workers. It is an exploration of what makes work meaningful for people", "title": "Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do" }, { "docid": "7657281", "text": "2002 DVD \"Pull Over\", Taylor explains that a story about a woman in a shoe manufacturing plant in Massachusetts, described in the book, inspired the song. In the television series \"The Facts of Life\", \"Working\" is one of the books parents wanted to ban in the episode \"Read No Evil\". Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do is a 1974 nonfiction book by the noted oral historian and radio broadcaster Studs Terkel. \"Working\"", "title": "Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do" }, { "docid": "5665720", "text": "States, the documentary was broadcast in several parts on PBS. The companion book () was co-authored by MacNeil and William Cran. Do You Speak American? Do You Speak American? is a documentary film and accompanying book about journalist Robert MacNeil's investigation into how different people throughout the United States of America speak. The book and documentary look at the evolution of America's way of speaking from the English language to various ways of speaking in regions throughout the country. Divisions of ethnicity, geography and social status and how they affect how Americans communicate are addressed. As part of the project,", "title": "Do You Speak American?" }, { "docid": "5665719", "text": "Do You Speak American? Do You Speak American? is a documentary film and accompanying book about journalist Robert MacNeil's investigation into how different people throughout the United States of America speak. The book and documentary look at the evolution of America's way of speaking from the English language to various ways of speaking in regions throughout the country. Divisions of ethnicity, geography and social status and how they affect how Americans communicate are addressed. As part of the project, MacNeil traveled across the country conducting interviews with ordinary people as well as experts such as William Labov. In the United", "title": "Do You Speak American?" }, { "docid": "7883572", "text": "in the city of São Paulo since 1946. There is a significant community of Japanese speakers in São Paulo, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará and Amazonas. Much smaller groups exist in Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and other parts of Brazil. Some Chinese, especially from Macau, speak a Portuguese-based creole language called Macanese (\"patuá\" or \"macaísta\"), aside from Hakka, Mandarin and Cantonese. Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside of Japan. Many Amerindian minority languages are spoken throughout Brazil, mostly in Northern Brazil. Indigenous languages with about 10,000 speakers or more are Ticuna (language isolate), Kaingang (Gean family),", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "20760416", "text": "is being able to watch TV and play video games at the same time, so be it. We can only hope it inspires real discourse and real thought.\" Lyn Horton of All About Jazz noted \"A concrete lesson seems to emanate from \"In What Language?\" and it is this: that no matter what language distinguishes the nature of the present global geo-political culture, the language spoken has a clear and consistent meaning borne in its content. The language transcends any dialect. And if we are determined enough, within our commonly shared humanity, we can speak the same language. In our", "title": "In What Language?" }, { "docid": "7883564", "text": "one hears \"trem\", both meaning train. \"Autocarro\" in Portugal is the same thing as \"ônibus\" in Brazil, both meaning bus. Despite the fact that Portuguese is the official language of Brazil and the vast majority of Brazilians speak only Portuguese, there are several other languages spoken in the country. According to the president of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) there are an estimated 210 languages spoken in Brazil. Eighty are Amerindian languages, while the others are languages brought by immigrants. The 1950 Census was the last one to ask Brazilians which language they speak at home. Since then,", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "15607075", "text": "built their own. Because the family spoke both Aweti and Kamaiura it lessened the amount of Aweti speakers in the main village and it continued to decrease the amount of Aweti speakers in the new village as they began to communicate in Kamaiura only. Because of this many Aweti people only speak Kamaiura today. Most Aweti people are multilingual. Portuguese is the main language of Brazil so a lot of Aweti people also speak Portuguese especially the younger generation since that is what is spoken at school. The language can also be found under the forms Awety, Awetö, Aueto, Aueti,", "title": "Awetï language" }, { "docid": "7657279", "text": "for people who do commercials\") and football coach George Allen (\"You have to put a priority on everything you do each day\"). As the foreword to the book points out, \"Mr. Terkel found, work was a search, sometimes successful, sometimes not, 'for daily meaning as well as daily bread'... The oral histories in \"Working\" are wistful dispatches from a distant era...when management practices and computers were just beginning to transform the American workplace. In the last thirty years, productivity has soared but job satisfaction has plummeted. It is hard to read \"Working\" without wondering what has gone wrong.\" A bestseller", "title": "Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do" }, { "docid": "7883565", "text": "the Census does not ask about language. However, the Census of 2010 asked respondents which languages they speak, allowing a better analysis of the languages spoken in Brazil. At least one of the indigenous languages, Nheengatu, became an official language alongside Portuguese in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira. According to the 1940 Census, after Portuguese, German was the most widely spoken language in Brazil. Although the Italian immigration to Brazil was much more significant than the German one, the German language had many more speakers than the Italian one, according to the Census. The Census revealed that two-thirds", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "12750027", "text": "verbs do not inflect. Kaingang language The Kaingang language (also spelled Kaingáng) is a Gê language spoken by the Kaingang people of southern Brazil. The Kaingang nation has about 30,000 people, and about from 60% to 65% speak the language. Most also speak Portuguese. The Kaingang and Xokleng were previously considered a single ethnicity, which went by a number of names, including \"Amhó, Dorin, Gualachi, Chiqui, Ingain, Botocudo, Ivitorocái (= Amho), Kamé, Kayurukré, Tain (= Ingain), Taven.\" Some of these may have been tribal names; others were exonyms. Those living along the coast at the time of the Conquest were", "title": "Kaingang language" }, { "docid": "12689146", "text": "for those who can't get enough of those heady days of the early- to mid-'70s when an artist could still go into the studio and make an album like this, Nobody Knows What You Do will speak to the inner hippie-hillbilly.\" All tracks composed by John Hartford; except where indicated Nobody Knows What You Do Nobody Knows What You Do is an album by John Hartford, released in 1976. After recording the minimalist \"Mark Twang\", Hartford returned to the studio with a band. The new material leaned more toward country-rock than bluegrass, which he would continue with 1977's Dillard Hartford", "title": "Nobody Knows What You Do" }, { "docid": "11877798", "text": "Speak Your Language Speak Your Language is the second album by Five O'Clock Heroes, released on July 7, 2008 via Glaze Records. The album was leaked on the Internet in the first week of June 2008. The song \"Who\" was the first single taken from the album, and is a duet recorded with Agyness Deyn. The video of this single was ready in the beginning of May 2008 and posted on Five O'Clock Heroes' website on May 5, 2008. The single itself was released on June 23, 2008. The single was poorly received by \"NME\", giving it a 2/10 rating.", "title": "Speak Your Language" }, { "docid": "11877797", "text": "Speak Your Language Speak Your Language is the second album by Five O'Clock Heroes, released on July 7, 2008 via Glaze Records. The album was leaked on the Internet in the first week of June 2008. The song \"Who\" was the first single taken from the album, and is a duet recorded with Agyness Deyn. The video of this single was ready in the beginning of May 2008 and posted on Five O'Clock Heroes' website on May 5, 2008. The single itself was released on June 23, 2008. The single was poorly received by \"NME\", giving it a 2/10 rating.", "title": "Speak Your Language" }, { "docid": "7883552", "text": "Languages of Brazil Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, and is widely spoken by most of population. Brazilian Sign Language is also an official language. Minority languages include indigenous languages and languages of more recent European and Asian immigrants. The population speaks or signs approximately 210 languages, of which 180 are indigenous. Fewer than forty thousand people actually speak any one of the indigenous languages in the Brazilian territory. Language is one of the strongest elements of Brazil's national unity. As time progresses, fewer people speak dialects drastically different from Portuguese to make it easier for people to communicate", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "654005", "text": "Awá (Brazil) The Awá, or Guajá, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the eastern Amazon rainforest. There are approximately 350 members, and 100 of them have no contact with the outside world. They are considered highly endangered because of conflicts with logging interests in their territory. They speak Guajá, a Tupi–Guaraní language. Originally living in settlements, they adopted a nomadic lifestyle around 1800 to escape incursions by Europeans. During the 19th century, they came under increasing attack by settlers in the region, who cleared most of the forests from their land. From the mid-1980s onward, some Awá moved", "title": "Awá (Brazil)" }, { "docid": "2910892", "text": "were well received. In 2003, the movement, already in its fourth year, aimed to not only encourage Singaporeans to speak well but also speak simple English. Chairman Wong said, \"They may be afraid to use English, it's not natural to them. This year what we would like to do is encourage people to try. Have a go even if they can't speak well, even if they cannot use long words, even if they can't use long sentences, it's not important. The idea is to use simple words, simple sentences and convey their message clearly.\" The movement continued throughout the year", "title": "Speak Good English Movement" }, { "docid": "10103026", "text": "Yine language Piro is a Maipurean language spoken in Peru. It belongs to the Piro group which also includes Iñapari (†) and Apurinã. The principal variety is Yine. The Manchineri who live in Brazil (Acre) and reportedly also in Bolivia speak what may be a dialect of Yine (Aikhenvald, Kaufman). A vocabulary labeled \"Canamaré\" is \"so close to Piro [Yine] as to count as Piro\", but has been a cause of confusion with the unrelated Kanamarí language. This language is also called Contaquiro, Pira, Piro, Pirro, Simiranch, or Simirinche. \"Cushichineri\" has been reported as a language, but is actually a", "title": "Yine language" }, { "docid": "15995714", "text": "What Will They Learn? What Will They Learn? is the annual rating system of American colleges and universities published by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a Washington, D.C.-based higher education non-profit. The report, which evaluates the core academic requirements at over 1,100 public and private universities, has been published annually since 2009. \"What Will They Learn?\" was first published in 2009. The report assigns a letter grade to over 1,100 universities based on how many of the following seven core subjects are required: composition, literature, foreign language, American history, economics, mathematics and science. ACTA concludes that most of", "title": "What Will They Learn?" }, { "docid": "9864956", "text": "\"Where is he/she going?\" (where he/she goes), \"Where is his/her father going?\" (where his/her father goes), \"Who speaks our Rama language?\" (who our Rama language speaks), \"With whom did you go?\" (who with you-went). Questions words with a non-verbal predicate: \"What is your name?\", \"How is your family?\" Sentences may be negated by placing after the verb or predicate, e.g. \"I do not live on Rama Cay\", \"You do not speak Rama\", \"My house is not big\", \"That dog is not mine\", or by placing \"aa\" before the verb, e.g. \"They didn't look for the manatee\", \"I don't want to", "title": "Rama language" }, { "docid": "10679365", "text": "Chamacoco language Chamacoco is a Zamucoan language spoken in Paraguay and maybe Brazil by the Chamacoco people. It is also known as \"Xamicoco\" or \"Xamacoco\", although the tribe itself prefers the name Ishír, which is also spelled \"Ishiro\" or \"Jewyo\". When the term \"Ishiro\" (or \"yshyro\" or \"ɨshɨro\") is used to refer to the language, it is an abbreviation for \"Ishir(o) ahwoso\", literally meaning 'the words, the language of the Chamacoco people'. It is spoken by a traditionally hunter-gatherer society that has now turned to agriculture. Its speakers are of all ages, and generally do not speak Spanish or Guarani", "title": "Chamacoco language" }, { "docid": "9930755", "text": "vocalists on \"If Love Was a River\", which they also co-wrote. Adam Wright also wrote the track \"Strong Enough\". Giving the album all four stars, \"People\" magazine said on the album that Jackson \"continues to sound more and more like Merle Haggard, which is tantamount to approaching perfection.\" \"What I Do\" debuted at #1 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" 200 selling 139,000 copies, becoming his third #1 album, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his seventh #1 country album. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in October 2004. What I Do What I Do is the twelfth", "title": "What I Do" }, { "docid": "455372", "text": "\"The Welsh language is a source of great pride for the people of Wales, whether they speak it or not, and I am delighted that this Measure has now become law. I am very proud to have steered legislation through the Assembly which confirms the official status of the Welsh language; which creates a strong advocate for Welsh speakers and will improve the quality and quantity of services available through the medium of Welsh. I believe that everyone who wants to access services in the Welsh language should be able to do so, and that is what this government has", "title": "Welsh language" }, { "docid": "1519069", "text": "and Seijin Noborikawa, but few native Okinawans desire to learn the language. The Okinawan language is still spoken by communities of Okinawan immigrants in Brazil. The first immigrants from the island of Okinawa to Brazil landed in the Port of Santos in 1908 drawn by the hint of work and farmable land. Once in a new country and far from their homeland, they found themselves in a place where there was no prohibition of their language, allowing them to willingly speak, celebrate and preserve their speech and culture, up to the present day. Currently the Okinawan-Japanese centers and communities in", "title": "Okinawan language" }, { "docid": "20712396", "text": "learning programs like \"We Speak NYC\" open new doors for New Yorkers,\" said Mayor Bill de Blasio. \"Though we are a city that proudly speaks over 150 languages, many residents want to improve their English language skills, and we want to meet them with the tools to do it. Empowering immigrant communities with the skills and knowledge to take advantage of more opportunities is how we make the ultimate city of immigrants an even better place for all of our residents.\" __NOEDITSECTION__ We Speak NYC We Speak NYC is a free English language learning TV series of dramas about the", "title": "We Speak NYC" }, { "docid": "7657278", "text": "Nine recounts the narratives of a tree nursery attendant, a carpenter/poet, an editor, an industrial designer, a nun to naprapath, an ex-salesman/ farmer, a lawyer, a librarian, a stone cutter, a service station owner, the service station's son and partner, a steelworker, the steelworker's son (a priest), an adult education teacher, a freight elevator operator, a policeman, and a fireman. Here is a sample: Among the many who speak their minds about their work and their lives are baseball player Steve Hamilton (\"To be perfectly honest with you, I'm ready to quit\"), actor Rip Torn (\"I don't have any contempt", "title": "Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do" }, { "docid": "15617037", "text": "speak the Arára language, also known as the Ajujure language, which is a Karib language. Its ISO 639-3 language code is \"aap\". A few Arara people also speak Portuguese. Arara (Pará) The Arara people, also called Arara do Pará are an indigenous people of Brazil, living in the state of Pará, Brazil. They are known for both their prowess in warfare and trophy-keeping practices, as well as their ability to interact and accommodate non-native peoples. They maintained a nomadic existence and frequently intermarried with other tribes. The largest Arara settlement is Laranjal village. The Arara have been in contact with", "title": "Arara (Pará)" }, { "docid": "1793149", "text": "is expressed in outward action, it is also the effect of grace. Indeed, Wesley could speak of sanctification by faith as an analogous doctrine to the more widely held belief in justification by faith. Because Christian perfection is also visible in outward good works and a rigorously moral lifestyle, adherents of the Holiness movement assumed that a perfectly moral lifestyle is a consequence (not the cause) of the state of grace and ultimate salvation. Charles Spurgeon, a well-known evangelical preacher in London, used the phrase \"what would Jesus do\" in quotation marks several times in a sermon he gave on", "title": "What would Jesus do?" }, { "docid": "18442039", "text": "knows exactly what she needs to do and can get the job done based on her own opinions and with Agent 33, not only is she disfigured, not only doesn’t she have her face anymore, she doesn’t have her identity anymore. ... I think it’ll be interesting to see how her character gets resolved or how her character evolves down the line.\" About the introduction of Jamie Harris as \"man\" at the end of the episode, Tancharoen said \"you will learn his character’s name pretty soon.\" \"What They Become\" reveals that Skye and Raina are Inhumans, thus introducing that species", "title": "What They Become" }, { "docid": "4398328", "text": "universities and colleges. Local groups are the main network participants, and there are now over thirty groups in the UK plus others in the United States, France, Spain, various parts of Africa and whole other networks affiliated to SPEAK in Brazil, the Netherlands and Sweden. In the local group context SPEAK aims to combine faith and action. SPEAK seeks to share their faith in God, as well as campaign for change in where they believe that currently there is injustice, such as world trade and third world debt. SPEAK wants to be a movement that follows Jesus, as he is", "title": "SPEAK network" }, { "docid": "10917812", "text": "national secrets, and shape US foreign policy. Findley focuses on individuals who have stood up to the pro-Israel forces and brings out their statements and observations on the Middle East and US foreign policy toward Israel. They Dare to Speak Out They to Dare Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby is a bestselling book (nine weeks a \"Washington Post\" bestseller) that was written in 1985 (Westport, Connecticut: Lawrence Hill, ), had a second edition published in 1989 (Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 1556520735) and a third in 2003 (Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, ISBN <nowiki>155652482X </nowiki>) by former US Representative", "title": "They Dare to Speak Out" }, { "docid": "10917809", "text": "They Dare to Speak Out They to Dare Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby is a bestselling book (nine weeks a \"Washington Post\" bestseller) that was written in 1985 (Westport, Connecticut: Lawrence Hill, ), had a second edition published in 1989 (Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 1556520735) and a third in 2003 (Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, ISBN <nowiki>155652482X </nowiki>) by former US Representative Paul Findley. The \"Washington Post\" said in a review that the book's \"message is straightforward and valid: Israeli influence in the United States, including in the inner sanctums of government, is very strong.\" \"The New York", "title": "They Dare to Speak Out" }, { "docid": "7818134", "text": "S-Bahn car. Tim then pulls the incriminating film out of his bag, holds a lighter to it, and asks aloud: \"What do you do if there's a fire?\", and the friends answer, \"Let it burn!\" The film contains mild nudity, mild drug use, and mature language. What to Do in Case of Fire? What to Do in Case of Fire? () is a German film directed by Gregor Schnitzler. It premiered in November 2001 at the German film festival Kinofest Lünen and was released to theaters in 2002. Part comedy, part action and part drama, the movie is set in", "title": "What to Do in Case of Fire?" }, { "docid": "19334529", "text": "What We Do in Secret What We Do In Secret is an American Christian hardcore band from Memphis, Tennessee. They have toured with bands such as War of Ages, Phinehas, Silent Planet, Sleepwave, We Came As Romans, '68, For Today and Norma Jean. They have released two EPs. What We Do In Secret was formed in Memphis in March 2012 by Josh Adams, Drew Nance, Devin Harris and Nathan Moody. They recorded their first EP, \"New Eyes\", and released it on August 31, 2013. Moody left the band after this and was replaced by Clay Crenshaw and Austin Barnes. The", "title": "What We Do in Secret" }, { "docid": "19334526", "text": "What We Do in Secret What We Do In Secret is an American Christian hardcore band from Memphis, Tennessee. They have toured with bands such as War of Ages, Phinehas, Silent Planet, Sleepwave, We Came As Romans, '68, For Today and Norma Jean. They have released two EPs. What We Do In Secret was formed in Memphis in March 2012 by Josh Adams, Drew Nance, Devin Harris and Nathan Moody. They recorded their first EP, \"New Eyes\", and released it on August 31, 2013. Moody left the band after this and was replaced by Clay Crenshaw and Austin Barnes. The", "title": "What We Do in Secret" }, { "docid": "7883553", "text": "with one another from one location to the next. Plenty Brazilians do speak their dialect. On top of that, within Portuguese between states there is a moderate regional variation in accent, vocabulary, and use of personal nouns, pronouns, and verb conjugations. Variations are beginning to diminish as a result of mass media, especially national television networks that are viewed by the majority of Brazilians. The written language is uniform across Brazil, and follows national rules of spelling and accentuation that are revised from time to time for simplification. With the implementation of the Orthographic Agreement of 1990, the orthographic norms", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "2313192", "text": "the variety of the language spoken is significantly influenced by isiZulu. Many Swazis (plural \"emaSwati,\" singular \"liSwati\"), including those in the south who speak this variety, do not regard it as 'proper' Swazi. This is what may be referred to as the second dialect in the country. The sizeable number of Swazi speakers in South Africa (mainly in the Mpumalanga province, and in Soweto) are considered by Swaziland Swazi speakers to speak a non-standard form of the language. Unlike the variant in the south of Swaziland, the Mpumalanga variety appears to be less influenced by Zulu, and is thus considered", "title": "Swazi language" }, { "docid": "6988633", "text": "Amazon.co.uk, \"Her most outrageous but greatest video moment is where she parodies certain movie stars in the chic video for \"What Do I Have to Do?\", and because of her heavy eye make-up almost earns herself the title drag-queen Kylie (watch out for sister Dannii who briefly stars in the video, wearing a blonde wig).\" These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of \"What Do I Have to Do\". Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours: The song was also performed on: What Do I Have to Do \"What Do I Have to Do\"", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "15995715", "text": "the country's leading universities do not have rigorous general education requirements. The first edition of the study looked at 100 schools across the nation. Only 5 institutions garnered an \"A\" rating, whereas 25 earned an \"F.\" Among the \"F\" institutions were several schools traditionally considered elite, including Yale University. In the 2010-2011 edition, ACTA expanded \"What Will They Learn?\" to include 718 institutions. The grades broke down to 17 \"A's\" (2%), 252 \"B's\" (35%), 209 \"C's\" (29%), 136 \"D's\" (19%) and 104 \"F's\" (14%). The 2011-2012 edition of \"What Will They Learn?\" was released on August 30, 2011. The study", "title": "What Will They Learn?" }, { "docid": "10743758", "text": "in Brazil. Sanumá is an isolating language. Sanumá language Sanumá is a Yanomaman language spoken in Venezuela and Brazil. It is also known as Sanema, Sanima, Tsanuma, Guaika, Samatari, Samatali, Xamatari and Chirichano. Most of its speakers in Venezuela also speak Ye'kuana, also known as Maquiritare, the language of the Ye'kuana people the Sanumá live alongside in the Caura River basin. Some linguists identify dialects such as \"Yanoma, Cobari, Caura,\" and \"Ervato-Ventuari\" in Venezuela and \"Auaris\" in Brazil. All the dialects are mutually intelligible. In Venezuela, Sanumá is spoken in the vicinity of the Caura and Ervato-Ventuari Rivers in Venezuela,", "title": "Sanumá language" }, { "docid": "2084579", "text": "absorbed by the inhabitants of Brazil of all races and origins. Some regions of Brazil, especially Bahia, have particularly notable African inheritances in music, cuisine, dance and language. Immigrants from Italy, Germany, Spain, Japan, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary and the Middle East played an important role in the areas they settled (mostly Southern and Southeastern Brazil). They organized communities that became important cities such as Joinville, Caxias do Sul, Blumenau, Curitiba and brought important contributions to the culture of Brazil. The Brazilian Carnaval is an annual festival held forty-six days before Easter. Carnival celebrations are believed to have roots in", "title": "Culture of Brazil" }, { "docid": "6232262", "text": "A problem facing many communities in Northern Australia is that creole-speaking children are treated as though they speak English, but speak it badly; so they do not receive education in English as a second language. On the other hand, because they are not regarded as having a native mother tongue, they are denied access to education in their traditional language. The only official bilingual language program in Kriol is at Barunga, which was established during the Whitlam government, and has successfully included Kriol as both a medium and an object of study. Funding is scarce for any further development of", "title": "Australian Kriol language" }, { "docid": "4603629", "text": "its alphabetical system of reading and writing, nor having its literature and dictionary. This is one of the reasons the disorientation among the speakers themselves for deciding which words are better for what, as there is a wide variety of vocabulary available. Haji Mohammed Husein Abdel Kareem Nagani invented the alphabet of Memon language. The Memon community is generally divided into three major subgroups: Kathiawadi Memons, Sindhi Memons (who speak the Sindhi language) and Kutchi Memons (who speak Kutchi) The first category (Memons originating in Kathiawar) are simply called \"Memons\", and they speak the \"Memon\" language, the subject of this", "title": "Memoni language" }, { "docid": "1793157", "text": "expression has become a snowclone, sometimes for humorous effect. For example, \"What Would Jesus Buy?\", \"What Would Lincoln Do?\", \"What Would Brian Boitano Do?\", \"What Would Mary Marvel Do?\", \"What Would Johnny Cash Do?\", and \"What would Tintin do?\". The term \"What Would Jesus Do?\" or \"WWJD\" is also perceived as a fundamental management and leadership principle given Jesus' methodology of going to the marketplace to preach and lead by example. In modern management principles, more academic and professional references are going to the gemba or Management by Walking Around. What would Jesus do? The phrase \"What would Jesus do?\"", "title": "What would Jesus do?" }, { "docid": "15117868", "text": "Maonan language The Maonan language is a Kam–Sui language spoken mainly in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Hechi, northern Guangxi by the Maonan people. Approximately half of all Maonan people are capable of speaking Maonan. In addition to this, many Maonan also speak Chinese or a Zhuang language. About 1/3 of all people who self-identify as Maonan are concentrated in the southern Guizhou province. They speak a mutually unintelligible dialect commonly called \"Yanghuang\", which is more common known as the Then language in Western literature. The Maonan do not have a writing system. Other than Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in Guangxi,", "title": "Maonan language" }, { "docid": "5727275", "text": "How to Speak Hip How to Speak Hip is a comedy album by Del Close and John Brent, released by Mercury Records in 1959. The album is designed as a satire of language-learning records, where the secret language of the 'hipster' is treated as a foreign language. Part of the joke, however, is that it actually does a good job of describing the Beat Generation/Beatnik sub-culture: Basic concepts such as \"cool\" and \"uncool\" are taught, as well as vocabulary building (\"dig\", \"dig it\", \"dig yourself, baby\", \"dig the chick\", \"dig the cat\", \"What a drag!\"). Many of the phrases and", "title": "How to Speak Hip" }, { "docid": "7883555", "text": "French as the principal second language among educated people. In 2002, Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) was made the official language of the Bennidorm deaf community. Before the first Portuguese arrived in 1500, what is now Brazil was inhabited by several Amerindian people, who spoke different languages. According to Aryon Dall'Igna Rodrigues there were six million Indians in Brazil speaking 1,000 different languages. When the Portuguese settlers arrived, they encountered the Tupi people, who dominated most of the Brazilian coast and spoke a set of closely related languages. The Tupi called the non-Tupi peoples \"Tapuias\", a designation that the Portuguese adopted;", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "9676541", "text": "the future of Brazil. In this line, Podemos intends to give voice to people who do not feel represented by the current Brazilian political parties. Podemos believes that the Brazilian people need to know well who they voted for, what they stand for and their decisions. For Podemos, transparency means the right of the population to know what happens in the country and thus avoid corruption. Podemos believes that Brazil needs more popular participation in politics, such as people being part of the governments, in the decisions of their neighborhoods, consultations to help the mayor, suggestions for their cities or", "title": "Podemos (Brazil)" }, { "docid": "17748771", "text": "The Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality estimates the number of in Brazil at 800,000 (2011). Many still speak the Romani language. A 2015 report by the United Nations stated that the Roma (Cigano) community who seemed to be \"highly invisible\" in Brazil. \"They are still largely stereotyped […] as thieves, beggars or fortune tellers.\" The 2010 IBGE Brazilian National Census encountered Romani camps in 291 of Brazil's 5,565 municipalities. It is the second largest Romani population in the world, after the United States. The first Brazilian president (1956–1961) of direct non-Portuguese Romani origin was Juscelino Kubitschek, 50%", "title": "Romani people in Brazil" }, { "docid": "9854128", "text": "Joey after all the help he had given her. Joey experienced his first kiss with Olivia before they departed and they promised to keep in touch. Later, Joey went back to study normally in his old school, and he stated that he was 'where he belonged'. While his dad 'went in circles' and his mom was 'up in down', Joey decided that it was time he moved in his own direction; forward. What Would Joey Do? What Would Joey Do? is a 2003 novel in a series by Jack Gantos about the character, Joey Pigza. The title is a play", "title": "What Would Joey Do?" }, { "docid": "8557193", "text": "including Rebecca Hagelin, Edwin Meese, Kate O'Beirne and James Pethokoukis. The phrase on occasion has been used by iconoclastic conservatives to claim the mantle of Reagan as they criticize mainline conservatives, by some liberal commentators as a way of chastising Republicans whom also they believe fall short of Reagan's ideals and also by non-partisan public policy organizations that seek to emulate aspects of Reagan's leadership. What would Reagan do? What would Reagan do? (sometimes abbreviated WWRD) is a phrase that has become popular primarily among conservatives and Republicans in the United States. Its usage reflects a belief in former United", "title": "What would Reagan do?" }, { "docid": "6695713", "text": "covered by Reba McEntire for her 1994 album, \"Read My Mind.\" As listed in liner notes. What Do I Do with Me What Do I Do with Me is a 1991 album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was her highest-placing on the Billboard charts reaching #6 in the Country albums and #48 on the Pop albums categories. The album produced four Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: \"(Without You) What Do I Do with Me\" and \"Down to My Last Teardrop\" both at number two, \"Some Kind of Trouble\" at number three, and \"If", "title": "What Do I Do with Me" }, { "docid": "6695712", "text": "What Do I Do with Me What Do I Do with Me is a 1991 album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was her highest-placing on the Billboard charts reaching #6 in the Country albums and #48 on the Pop albums categories. The album produced four Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: \"(Without You) What Do I Do with Me\" and \"Down to My Last Teardrop\" both at number two, \"Some Kind of Trouble\" at number three, and \"If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight\" at number four. The track \"Everything That You Want\" was later", "title": "What Do I Do with Me" }, { "docid": "17017970", "text": "was quoted as saying, \"We will not remain silent. All citizens who live with us must speak Turkish!\" The campaign went beyond the measures of mere policy of speaking Turkish, to an outright prevention and prohibition of any other language. On January 13, 1928, the student union at the Darülfünun Law School in Istanbul started a campaign with the objective of preventing the use of languages other than Turkish to be used in public. Signs were held by campaign organizers that proclaimed, \"\"We cannot call Turk to those who do not speak Turkish\"\". Some campaigners also chanted, \"Speak Turkish or", "title": "Citizen, speak Turkish!" }, { "docid": "236351", "text": "language, they only do so if they grow up in an environment in which language exists and is used by others. Language is therefore dependent on communities of speakers in which children learn language from their elders and peers and themselves transmit language to their own children. Languages are used by those who speak them to communicate and to solve a plethora of social tasks. Many aspects of language use can be seen to be adapted specifically to these purposes. Due to the way in which language is transmitted between generations and within communities, language perpetually changes, diversifying into new", "title": "Language" }, { "docid": "9382704", "text": "Sentinelese language Sentinelese is a name provisionally given to the linguistically undescribed language of the Sentinelese of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Due to the lack of contact between the Sentinelese people and the rest of the world, little is known of their language, its vitality, etc. The Sentinelese people do not allow outsiders onto the island and are generally hostile towards visitors. Friendly interactions have been rare. It is presumed that the islanders speak a single language and that it is a member of one of the Andamanese language families. Based on what little", "title": "Sentinelese language" }, { "docid": "15555718", "text": "of 80 known lexical items, one third (26) are clearly cognate with Tupian languages. He speculates that the last speakers of Pankararú may therefore have been bilingual in Tupi. The identity of the rest of the vocabulary has not been identified, and Pankararú may be a language isolate. Pankararú language Pankararú (\"Pancaré, Pankaré, Pancaru, Pankaruru, Pankarará, Pankaravu, Pankaroru, Pankarú, Brancararu\") is an extinct language of eastern Brazil. There are 6,000 ethnic Pankararú, but they all speak Portuguese. In 1961, only two elders could remember anything of the language. In the 19th century the people split into two ethnic groups, the", "title": "Pankararú language" }, { "docid": "15555717", "text": "Pankararú language Pankararú (\"Pancaré, Pankaré, Pancaru, Pankaruru, Pankarará, Pankaravu, Pankaroru, Pankarú, Brancararu\") is an extinct language of eastern Brazil. There are 6,000 ethnic Pankararú, but they all speak Portuguese. In 1961, only two elders could remember anything of the language. In the 19th century the people split into two ethnic groups, the Pankararú and the Pankararé. One quarter of the Parkararé retain their traditional religion. Their language, however, is unattested, and can only be assumed to be a dialect of Pankararu. Pankararú has no proven relatives and remains unclassified. There are similarities with Tukano and Tupian. Meader (1976) found that", "title": "Pankararú language" }, { "docid": "1793154", "text": "mean, die in tenements, and walk the streets for jobs, and never have a piano or a picture in the house, and grow up in misery and drunkenness and sin.\"</poem> This leads to many of the novel's characters asking, \"What would Jesus do?\" when faced with decisions of some importance. This has the effect of making the characters embrace Christianity more seriously and to focus on what they see as its core — the life of Christ. In 1993, Garrett W. Sheldon (great-grandson of the original author) and Deborah Morris published \"What Would Jesus Do? : a contemporary retelling of", "title": "What would Jesus do?" }, { "docid": "7883569", "text": "southern Brazil where people speak both Portuguese and one or more of these languages. For example, it is reported that more than 90% of the residents of the small city of Presidente Lucena, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, speak Riograndenser Hunsrückisch, a Brazilian form of the Hunsrückisch dialect of German. Some immigrant communities in southern Brazil, chiefly the German and the Italian ones, have lasted long enough to develop distinctive dialects from their original European sources. For example, Brazilian German, also known as Riograndenser Hunsrückisch. In the Serra Gaúcha region, we can find Italian dialects such", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "20334753", "text": "success. He has further gone on to call that rather than demonetization as an exercise, better end to end income and asset tracking mechanisms, including the usage of biometric systems such as Aadhaar will be instrumental in battling 'black money'. I Do What I Do I do what I Do is a non fiction book authored by economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan published by Harper Collins India in 2017. The book is a collection of speeches delivered by Rajan during his stint as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India along with", "title": "I Do What I Do" }, { "docid": "20334751", "text": "I Do What I Do I do what I Do is a non fiction book authored by economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan published by Harper Collins India in 2017. The book is a collection of speeches delivered by Rajan during his stint as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India along with his commentary on the economic and political context prevalent at that time. The book was released on September 5, 2017 and quickly made its way to topping the list of best sellers on Amazon India and Flipkart. The book has", "title": "I Do What I Do" }, { "docid": "15814084", "text": "& Tracks for the chart week of January 15, 2000. Do What You Gotta Do \"Do What You Gotta Do\" is a song written by guitarist Pat Flynn and recorded by the New Grass Revival for their 1989 Capitol album \"Friday Night in America\". The song was also recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 2000 as fifth and final single from the 1997 album, \"Sevens\". The song reached number 13 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian \"RPM\"", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "15814082", "text": "Do What You Gotta Do \"Do What You Gotta Do\" is a song written by guitarist Pat Flynn and recorded by the New Grass Revival for their 1989 Capitol album \"Friday Night in America\". The song was also recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 2000 as fifth and final single from the 1997 album, \"Sevens\". The song reached number 13 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart. The song was issued over two years", "title": "Do What You Gotta Do" }, { "docid": "20608311", "text": "1981. The classic Burgess, Ford, Keays and Wheatley line-up reformed in August 1987 for a \"Back to the 1960s\" special on the popular TV variety show \"Hey Hey It's Saturday\". It marked the first time all four had played together since Wheatley had left in late 1971. They undertook a reunion tour during 1988 and released an album, \"Do What You Wanna Do\", featuring new material and new versions of their earlier songs, from which they lifted the single \"Birth of the Beat\". The album's first side contains new recordings of original material and two re-recordings of \"Turn Up Your", "title": "Do What You Wanna Do (album)" }, { "docid": "18442032", "text": "shaking the entire island, but she watches in horror as Triplett's petrified body crumbles in front of her. In an end tag, another Obelisk glows and pulses; apparently alerting a man with no eyes. He calls an unknown person to say that there is someone new. In November 2014, Marvel announced that the tenth episode of the season would be titled \"What They Become\", to be written by executive producer Jeffrey Bell, with Michael Zinberg directing. Talking about the revealing of Calvin Zabo and Daisy Johnson in the episode, executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen said, \"As we always do, we pulled", "title": "What They Become" }, { "docid": "7883575", "text": "Spanish and Portuguese that is sometimes known as Portuñol to communicate with their neighbors on the other side of the border; however, these Brazilians continue to speak Portuguese at home. In recent years, Spanish has become more popular as a second or third language in Brazil due in large part to the economic advantages that Spanish fluency brings in doing business with other countries in the region, since seven of the 11 countries that border Brazil use Spanish as an official language but falls behind English due to lack of interest by Brazilians in learning Spanish. In São Paulo, the", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "12750023", "text": "Kaingang language The Kaingang language (also spelled Kaingáng) is a Gê language spoken by the Kaingang people of southern Brazil. The Kaingang nation has about 30,000 people, and about from 60% to 65% speak the language. Most also speak Portuguese. The Kaingang and Xokleng were previously considered a single ethnicity, which went by a number of names, including \"Amhó, Dorin, Gualachi, Chiqui, Ingain, Botocudo, Ivitorocái (= Amho), Kamé, Kayurukré, Tain (= Ingain), Taven.\" Some of these may have been tribal names; others were exonyms. Those living along the coast at the time of the Conquest were called \"Guayaná\", and are", "title": "Kaingang language" }, { "docid": "9599633", "text": "natural language that they might demonstrate once their voices matured. It is claimed he was seeking to discover what language would have been imparted unto Adam and Eve by God. The experiments were recorded by the monk Salimbene di Adam in his \"Chronicles\", who wrote that Frederick encouraged \"foster-mothers and nurses to suckle and bathe and wash the children, but in no ways to prattle or speak with them; for he would have learnt whether they would speak the Hebrew language (which he took to have been the first), or Greek, or Latin, or Arabic, or perchance the tongue of", "title": "Language deprivation experiments" }, { "docid": "2007041", "text": "spoken language. Walloon was the predominant language of the Walloon people until the beginning of the 20th century, although they had a passing knowledge of French. Since that time, the use of French has spread to the extent that now only 15% of the Walloon population speak their ancestral language. Breaking the statistics down by age, 70–80% of the population aged over 60 speak Walloon, while only about 10% of those under 30 do so. Passing knowledge of Walloon is much more widespread: claimed by some 36–58% of the younger age bracket. Laurent Hendschel estimates there are 1,300,000 bilingual people", "title": "Walloon language" }, { "docid": "5027378", "text": "separate Brazil from Venezuela and Guyana. The territory contains the Monte Roraima National Park, created in 1989. Raposa Serra do Sol indigenous territory is home to about 20,000 people, most of them Macuxi. Other peoples represented there are the Wapixanas, Ingaricós, Taurepangs and Patamonas, as well as non-indigenous farmers. The inhabitants of the reserve vary wildly in language and degree of cultural contact with the mainstream Brazilian culture. The Macuxis have a good degree of contact with the local non-indigenous society, while others are still outside its reach. Most of the Indians of the reserve cannot speak Portuguese. Most of", "title": "Raposa Serra do Sol" }, { "docid": "3471467", "text": "which threatens to turn righteous pleading into pompous indignation. On the other hand, I'm sure it's impossible to write flippantly about something as fundamentally dreadful as the Ethiopia famine.\" The song has received criticism for what has been described as a colonial western-centric viewpoint and condescending stereotypical descriptions of Africa. Musician Fuse ODG turned down a request to sing \"Do They Know It's Christmas\" with the group during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, stating that the lyrics of the song do not reflect what Africa truly is. He cited lyrics such as \"There is no peace and joy in west Africa", "title": "Do They Know It's Christmas?" }, { "docid": "11786956", "text": "that it would stand out in any season, as one of the best plays ever written by an American author. \"They Knew What They Wanted\" treats a difficult and delicate theme with rare human insight and even rarer philosophical profundity.\" The 1976 Broadway revival received nominations: They Knew What They Wanted (play) They Knew What They Wanted is a 1924 play written by Sidney Howard. The play premiered on Broadway in 1924 and had three Broadway revivals, as well as a London production. \"They Knew What They Wanted\" tells the story of Tony, an aging Italian winegrower in the California", "title": "They Knew What They Wanted (play)" }, { "docid": "18709633", "text": "become involved in politics. Voting is compulsory in Brazil, but Pentecostal churches traditionally took a hands-off approach to politics, preferring to think of the church as apolitical until organizations like the Assemblies of God and the IURD entered politics and won several seats in the national Congress. Pentecostal churches tend to emphasize a citizen's duty rather than their rights, and do not speak very much about citizenship. This is not, however, because they do not care about society, but rather because the churches provide immediate answers to problems found in the everyday lives of poor people, which leads to greater", "title": "Pentecostalism in Brazil" }, { "docid": "7242684", "text": "Dr. Seki's book on the Kamayurá is the first comprehensive grammar of an Indian language by a Brazilian since Anchieta's description of Tupinambá in 1595.\" Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu, by Lucy Seki, is an authoritative and comprehensive description of Kamayurá, an indigenous language of Brazil. Kamayurá is spoken by the people of the same name, which number about 290 as of 2005, living in two villages in the Xingu National Indian Reservation, Brazil. The book has 482 pages of text, plus 17 pages of color photos of the", "title": "Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu" }, { "docid": "9870991", "text": "by Esther McVey. At its height, How Do They Do That? had 12 million viewers watching on Wednesday nights. How Do They Do That? How Do They Do That? is a British television show, produced by Telepictures and Reg Grundy Productions in and broadcast on BBC1 from 25 January 1994 to 23 April 1997. Originally presented by Jenny Hull and Des Lynam, the show explored feats of engineering, organization, and special effects. Each season opened with a stunt apparently performed by one of the presenters, such as a skydiver crash-landing into the studio, a car chase, or the entire studio", "title": "How Do They Do That?" }, { "docid": "16881419", "text": "language of Brazil. Many people in the area understand Spanish. Also, at home and in small communities the language of the first settlers is still spoken, that is Riograndenser Hunsrückisch and East Pomeranian German. Cerro do Inhacurutum Cerro do Inhacurutum is a 304.15 meters high hill as measured from sea level; and 176.20 meters high from a local GPS measurement; latitude: 28° 01′ 50″, longitude: 55° 03′ 06″. The name \"Inhacurutum\" is of Guarani language origin. The hill is located in the municipality of Roque Gonzales, in the northwest of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Guarani Indian", "title": "Cerro do Inhacurutum" }, { "docid": "16881416", "text": "Cerro do Inhacurutum Cerro do Inhacurutum is a 304.15 meters high hill as measured from sea level; and 176.20 meters high from a local GPS measurement; latitude: 28° 01′ 50″, longitude: 55° 03′ 06″. The name \"Inhacurutum\" is of Guarani language origin. The hill is located in the municipality of Roque Gonzales, in the northwest of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Guarani Indian chief, cacique Nheçu (Note: spelled \"Ñezú\" in Spanish; with alternative graphic representations of this name both in Spanish and in Portuguese) commanded resistance to the first European colonizing incursions in what is today's southernmost", "title": "Cerro do Inhacurutum" }, { "docid": "10038255", "text": "Ain't What You Do \"Ain't What You Do\" is a single released in 2003 by the UK hip hop/R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fifth and final single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, \"Nu-Flow\". \"Ain't What You Do\" became Big Brovaz' fifth UK hit but their first to miss the top ten, peaking at number fifteen and spending seven weeks inside the top seventy-five of the UK Singles Chart. The single was not released in Australia. \"Ain't What You Do\" is based on Fun Boy Three and Bananarama's collaboration \"It Ain't What You Do (It's the", "title": "Ain't What You Do" }, { "docid": "9827958", "text": "collected were chosen on the basis of their popularity, their aesthetic and narrative qualities, and what they tell about popular Palestinian culture dating back many centuries. The authors spent 30 years collecting the material for the book. The English version of the book is studied as part of literature courses at both University of California at Berkeley and Chicago University, and Kana'nah himself taught the study of the book in the masters programs at Bir Zeit University. Some of the folk tales from \"Speak, Bird, Speak Again\" have been used in other collections/books: In 2007 the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority (PA)", "title": "Speak, Bird, Speak Again" }, { "docid": "17580008", "text": "It was first announced that Gaga would perform on the fifth-season finale of \"The Voice\" on December 12, 2013, with the assumption that R. Kelly would accompany her during a performance of \"Do What U Want\". However, a television commercial aired on December 17, the evening of the finale, teased that \"Christina joins Lady Gaga for one epic performance\"; they sang \"Do What U Want\" as the final performance of the evening. Both appeared in \"matching clothes\" with few differences, Gaga wore a \"jumpsuit all sharp, off-kilter angles\", while Aguilera was dressed in a \"slinky-sexy gown emphasizing her smooth curves\".", "title": "Do What U Want" }, { "docid": "5525516", "text": "the album's recording took place at Sound City in Los Angeles. The tracks \"Before I Speak\" and \"Doesn't Get Much Better\" were recorded in Riabko's bedroom at his parents' home just prior to the completion of the album. Three singles were released from the album: \"Carry On,\" \"Do You Right,\" and \"What Did I Get Myself Into.\" Before I Speak Before I Speak is the debut album from Canadian singer/songwriter Kyle Riabko. The album infuses R&B style with elements of funk and soul. The album was released a few months prior to Riabko's high school graduation. Each song on the", "title": "Before I Speak" }, { "docid": "9930754", "text": "What I Do What I Do is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: \"Too Much of a Good Thing\" and \"Monday Morning Church\" both reached #5, while \"The Talkin' Song Repair Blues\" and \"USA Today\" both reached #18. \"What I Do\", however, was the first album of his career not to produce any #1 hits. The Wrights, a duo composed of Adam and Shannon Wright (the former of whom is Jackson's nephew) are featured as background", "title": "What I Do" }, { "docid": "17514848", "text": "1972 studio album \"See All Her Faces\". Yellowman covered it for \"King Yellowman\" (1984). \"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do\" is sampled in \"Upgrade U\" by Beyoncé and Jay-Z, from Beyoncé's album \"B'Day\" (2006) and in \"No Homo Outro\", a track from \"Turtleneck & Chain\" (2011) by The Lonely Island. Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do \"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do\" is a single by American recording artist Betty Wright from her debut studio album \"My First Time Around\" (1968). It was written by Willie Clarke and Clarence Reid, and released in 1968 by Alston Records.", "title": "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" }, { "docid": "17514846", "text": "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do \"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do\" is a single by American recording artist Betty Wright from her debut studio album \"My First Time Around\" (1968). It was written by Willie Clarke and Clarence Reid, and released in 1968 by Alston Records. It reached number thirty-three on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number fifteen on the US Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles. It has been covered and sampled by several artists. \"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do\" is a song written by Willie Clarke and Clarence Reid. It was arranged by", "title": "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" }, { "docid": "16345967", "text": "In the \"What Ya Wanna Do\" music video, all the featured rappers spit verses by turn, recording their posse cut in the studio. The song contains a sample from \"Do You Wanna Go Party\" as written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch and performed by KC and the Sunshine Band on their sixth studio album \"Do You Wanna Go Party\". Adapted from Discogs What Ya Wanna Do \"What Ya Wanna Do?\" is a single by American recording artist Ice-T from his third studio album \"The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say\". It was released in 1989 via Sire", "title": "What Ya Wanna Do" }, { "docid": "12138900", "text": "the past: \"Why don't you do what you do / when you did what you did to me?\" Its B-side is \"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)\", a duet with Michael Jackson. The song was sampled by Lil Wayne for \"How Could Something\" and by Chamillionaire for \"Void In My Life\". The music video was an imitation of \"The Godfather\" and supermodel Iman played Jackson's love interest who eventually betrays him by trying to shoot him. After his henchmen take her away, it is not revealed what happened to her. Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson", "title": "Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson song)" }, { "docid": "12549533", "text": "language. Hasan Alkhayer might have been an Alawite <poem>What do I say? if saying the truth is followed by lashing whips and humid dark prison, But I can not keep silent as silence is a vice that leads to hiding the light of truth. And I can not lie as lying is evil, God forbid, I will not lie! There are two gangs: one is ruling with the name of patriotism and have none of it! And another gang claims good faith; and religion forbids their sayings and acts! Two gangs, my people be aware of, both drank from the", "title": "What Do I Say?" }, { "docid": "16160431", "text": "and Royal Highness\" Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza. A Prince or Princess of Brazil would receive financial assistance from birth until death, unless they married a foreign-born spouse or moved out of the country. Prince of Brazil (Brazil) Prince of Brazil (feminine: Princess of Brazil; Portuguese: \"Príncipe do Brasil\"; feminine: \"Princesa do Brasil\") was an imperial title of the Empire of Brazil, granted to the sons or daughters of the Emperor and other dynasts of the imperial family who were not the heir apparent or heir presumptive to the throne. It was also used to denote a grandson or granddaughter in", "title": "Prince of Brazil (Brazil)" }, { "docid": "10038256", "text": "Way That You Do It)\". UK CD 1 UK CD 2 Ain't What You Do \"Ain't What You Do\" is a single released in 2003 by the UK hip hop/R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fifth and final single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, \"Nu-Flow\". \"Ain't What You Do\" became Big Brovaz' fifth UK hit but their first to miss the top ten, peaking at number fifteen and spending seven weeks inside the top seventy-five of the UK Singles Chart. The single was not released in Australia. \"Ain't What You Do\" is based on Fun Boy", "title": "Ain't What You Do" }, { "docid": "4136823", "text": "required to speak from the start as part of a language course. For learners that do go through a silent period, it may last around three to six months. The second of Krashen's stages of acquisition is early production, during which learners are able to speak in short phrases of one or two words. They can also memorize chunks of language, although they may make mistakes when using them. Learners typically have both an active and receptive vocabulary of around 1000 words. This stage normally lasts for around six months. The third stage is speech emergence. Learners' vocabularies increase to", "title": "Second-language acquisition" }, { "docid": "10743757", "text": "Sanumá language Sanumá is a Yanomaman language spoken in Venezuela and Brazil. It is also known as Sanema, Sanima, Tsanuma, Guaika, Samatari, Samatali, Xamatari and Chirichano. Most of its speakers in Venezuela also speak Ye'kuana, also known as Maquiritare, the language of the Ye'kuana people the Sanumá live alongside in the Caura River basin. Some linguists identify dialects such as \"Yanoma, Cobari, Caura,\" and \"Ervato-Ventuari\" in Venezuela and \"Auaris\" in Brazil. All the dialects are mutually intelligible. In Venezuela, Sanumá is spoken in the vicinity of the Caura and Ervato-Ventuari Rivers in Venezuela, and the Auari River and Roraima region", "title": "Sanumá language" }, { "docid": "12815623", "text": "finds out through his phone records that there is a number that he calls repeatedly every month. They discover that particular number belongs to Dr. Heller, a criminal psychologist. They attempt to call Dr. Heller posing as an insurance company, planning to get any information from Dr. Heller but failed. However, Dr. Heller is shocked to learn that Dave is currently in Fairview, and decides to book a plane there in the end of the episode. What More Do I Need? \"What More Do I Need?\" is the 94th episode of the ABC television series, \"Desperate Housewives\". It is the", "title": "What More Do I Need?" }, { "docid": "20760417", "text": "eyes, our bodies, our hearts, our minds.\" In What Language? In What Language? is a studio album by American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer recorded with hip-hop artist Mike Ladd. The album was released on via Pi Recordings label. Joe Tangari of \"Piitchfork\" mentioned \"What might make \"In What Language?\" truly important, though, is that it's focused intently on probing social issues in meaningful ways. We've all spent time lately lamenting the fact that modern music is so apolitical, and this is a good start for an antidote. If it takes a poet and a jazz pianist to expose some truth", "title": "In What Language?" }, { "docid": "20760415", "text": "In What Language? In What Language? is a studio album by American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer recorded with hip-hop artist Mike Ladd. The album was released on via Pi Recordings label. Joe Tangari of \"Piitchfork\" mentioned \"What might make \"In What Language?\" truly important, though, is that it's focused intently on probing social issues in meaningful ways. We've all spent time lately lamenting the fact that modern music is so apolitical, and this is a good start for an antidote. If it takes a poet and a jazz pianist to expose some truth in an age where the American dream", "title": "In What Language?" }, { "docid": "4395758", "text": "in the role. Years later, in 1956, Frank Loesser turned the play into a semi-operatic musical entitled \"The Most Happy Fella\". This was not filmed, but was videotaped in 1980 and shown on PBS. They Knew What They Wanted (film) They Knew What They Wanted is a 1940 film directed by Garson Kanin, written by Robert Ardrey, and starring Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton and William Gargan. It is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize winning play \"They Knew What They Wanted\" by Sidney Howard. For his performance Gargan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. When visiting", "title": "They Knew What They Wanted (film)" }, { "docid": "4395755", "text": "They Knew What They Wanted (film) They Knew What They Wanted is a 1940 film directed by Garson Kanin, written by Robert Ardrey, and starring Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton and William Gargan. It is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize winning play \"They Knew What They Wanted\" by Sidney Howard. For his performance Gargan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. When visiting San Francisco, Tony Patucci, an ageing illiterate winegrower from the Napa Valley, sees waitress Amy Peters and falls in love. Returning home, he persuades his foreman Joe, an incorrigible womanizer, to write her a", "title": "They Knew What They Wanted (film)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3116203", "text": "Live\", and that he listened to comedy records, learning to imitate Rodney Dangerfield from them. Fallon married film producer Nancy Juvonen, co-owner of production company Flower Films, on December 22, 2007. After meeting on the set of \"Fever Pitch\", the two began dating in May 2007. Fallon proposed in August 2007 with a Neil Lane-designed engagement ring, at sunset on the dock of Juvonen's family home in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. They were married four months later. They have two daughters. They have a female English cream Golden Retriever named Gary Frick that has appeared on \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\".", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114223", "text": "under construction and later exiting to the first checkpoint, where Sara is crossing the street with her stepdad, Gary, who's carrying a basket full of the Tonight Show Golden Retriever puppies. Jimmy Fallon's wife, Nancy Juvonen makes a cameo appearance with their daughters, Winnie and Frances Fallon. The race now takes the skies as Jimmy's vehicle converts into a hovercraft, soaring through the city, throwing pizza to the audience and t-shirts out of a t-shirt cannon. The race goes past the Flatiron Building before diving into the East River for the second leg of the race, where a shark appears", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" } ]

[ { "docid": "3116175", "text": "Jimmy Fallon James Thomas Fallon (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, actor, television host, singer, writer, and producer. He is known for his work in television as a cast member on \"Saturday Night Live\" and as the host of late-night talk show \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" and before that \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\". He grew up with an interest in comedy and music, moving to Los Angeles at 21 to pursue opportunities in stand-up comedy. He was commissioned to join NBC's \"Saturday Night Live\" as a cast member in 1998, fulfilling a lifelong dream. Fallon", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116206", "text": "becoming emotional and calling her \"the best audience\". Jimmy Fallon James Thomas Fallon (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, actor, television host, singer, writer, and producer. He is known for his work in television as a cast member on \"Saturday Night Live\" and as the host of late-night talk show \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" and before that \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\". He grew up with an interest in comedy and music, moving to Los Angeles at 21 to pursue opportunities in stand-up comedy. He was commissioned to join NBC's \"Saturday Night Live\" as a cast", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114229", "text": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon is a 3D motion-simulator attraction at Universal Studios Florida based on Jimmy Fallon's tenure at \"The Tonight Show\". It opened on April 6, 2017. \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" is an American late-night talk show hosted by \"Saturday Night Live\" alum, Jimmy Fallon, on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and it is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running \"Tonight Show\" franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots.", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114211", "text": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon is a 3D motion-simulator attraction at Universal Studios Florida based on Jimmy Fallon's tenure at \"The Tonight Show\". It opened on April 6, 2017. \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" is an American late-night talk show hosted by \"Saturday Night Live\" alum, Jimmy Fallon, on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and it is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running \"Tonight Show\" franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots.", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386575", "text": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running \"Tonight Show\" franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. \"The Tonight Show\" is produced by Katie Hockmeyer and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels. The show records from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, New York City. This was where", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877687", "text": "how many episodes \"remained\" rather than the number of the show itself). As the camera panned over to the main stage, some members of The Roots performed actions to get the camera's attention (F. Knuckles saluted, Captain Kirk Douglas did a windmill chord, and Damon Bryson smiled while flashing a peace sign). Higgins then introduced Fallon with a drawn-out \"And here he is, Jimmy Fallon!\", and Fallon began his brief monologue. Fallon often gave the cue cards for a joke to audience members if the joke fell particularly flat. Jimmy would segue directly from the final punchline of his monologue", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386616", "text": "Saturdays and Sundays from 9 pm CET in a 45-minute format. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running \"Tonight Show\" franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. \"The Tonight Show\" is produced by Katie Hockmeyer and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels. The show records from", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877717", "text": "Night\" aired across Europe on CNBC Europe, replacing \"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno\" which occupied the slot for many years. The show aired in a 30-minute condensed version Mondays-Fridays at 00.00 CET. On Saturdays and Sundays two episodes aired per night from 21.00 CET in the full 45-minute version. The episodes aired on a one-day delay from transmission in the USA. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by comedian Jimmy Fallon. The hour-long show, which premiered on March 2, 2009, and ended on February 7, 2014, aired weeknights", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877683", "text": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by comedian Jimmy Fallon. The hour-long show, which premiered on March 2, 2009, and ended on February 7, 2014, aired weeknights at 12:35 am Eastern/11:35 pm Central on NBC in the United States. The third incarnation of the \"Late Night\" franchise originated by David Letterman, the program originated from NBC Studio 6B (and Studio 6A for the final 6 months of its run) in the GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City. The show typically opened with a brief monologue", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877704", "text": "very high number of views, including the \"\"#Hashtag\" with Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake\" clip that had garnered over 17 million views by October 21, 2013. During the open letter controversy between musical artists Miley Cyrus and Sinead O'Connor, the channel published an a cappella version of Cyrus' song \"We Can't Stop\" on October 8, 2013, in which Fallon and The Roots also perform. Music was a signature part of the humor of \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\". Fallon employed impressions of celebrities and used song parodies that rest in \"borderline-surreal pop cultural juxtapositions,\" such as Fallon impersonating Neil Young", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386594", "text": "Roots crew\". The show's theme song is \"energetic with jazzy overtones\" with \"Hey Jimmy\", designed to match the shots of the city. Just before Higgins introduces Fallon, the camera cuts to a shot of The Roots, and Questlove shouts the numbers symbolizing the episode number of \"The Tonight Show\". Higgins then introduces Fallon with a drawn-out \"And now, here's your host/here he is, Jimmy Fallon!\", and Fallon begins his brief monologue. Prior to composing an entirely new theme song, bandleader Questlove noted to \"Vanity Fair\" that they were considering a variation on \"Late Night\" theme, which itself is a sped-up", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "18571902", "text": "Premiere (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) The untitled debut episode of American late-night talk show \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" is the first episode to air in 2014, and the first episode of the series overall. The debut episode originally aired in the United States on February 17, 2014 on NBC. \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" premiered on February 17, 2014, following NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics (the show started at midnight, past its usual 11:35 start time, as a result). Fallon strolled out to applause, making light jokes referencing the storied franchise's host debacle of", "title": "Premiere (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)" }, { "docid": "17386582", "text": "a result of another late-night competitor, Jimmy Kimmel (24 years old at the time of Carson's retirement) of \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\" on ABC, who moved to the 11:35 slot months prior; NBC feared that by waiting too long to promote Fallon, Kimmel could create a stranglehold on young demographics, which is key to the financial success of the franchise. Fallon had reportedly impressed top executives at Comcast (which had recently completed a full takeover of NBCUniversal), and his succession was widely expected throughout the company. The transition reportedly lacked the tension of previous \"Tonight\" transitions, and the program's relocation east", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116176", "text": "remained on \"SNL\" for six years between 1998 and 2004, co-hosting the program's Weekend Update segment and becoming a celebrity in the process. He left the program for the film industry, starring in films such as \"Taxi\" (2004) and \"Fever Pitch\" (2005). Following his film career, Fallon returned to television as the host of \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\" on NBC in 2009, where he became well known for his emphasis on music and games. He moved from that program to become the sixth permanent host of the long-running \"The Tonight Show\" in 2014. In addition to his television work,", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116197", "text": "referenced in an early promo for the series: \"You loved him on \"SNL\"! You hated him in the movies! Now you're ambivalent.\" \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\" premiered in March 2009 to mixed reviews. Producer Michael Shoemaker felt that the show's style solidified when it used Susan Boyle as a joke. While other late-night programs had centered on her appearance, Fallon's \"Late Night\" debuted a sketch in which Boyle's emotional performances could \"salve any affliction.\" It was this style of humor, that Adam Sternbergh of \"New York\" dubbed \"the comedy of unabashed celebration\", that led to the program's success. Fallon", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "18571912", "text": "earlier and the transition to Conan O'Brien nearly five years prior. The program's first full week averaged 8.490 million viewers, making it the franchise’s most-watched week in 20 years. Premiere (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) The untitled debut episode of American late-night talk show \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" is the first episode to air in 2014, and the first episode of the series overall. The debut episode originally aired in the United States on February 17, 2014 on NBC. \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" premiered on February 17, 2014, following NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics", "title": "Premiere (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)" }, { "docid": "19114212", "text": "\"The Tonight Show\" originates from Studio 6B, where Johnny Carson's \"Tonight Show\" also was taped, in Rockefeller Center, New York City. On the October 27, 2015 episode of \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\", Jimmy Fallon officially announced the attraction, which opened in 2017 at Universal Studios Florida. The attraction, which is based on the popular celebrity race segment from Fallon's show, replaced \"Twister...Ride it Out\", which closed on November 2, 2015. On the January 12, 2017 episode of \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\", the ride was officially given an April 6, 2017 opening date. As an anticipation of", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877706", "text": "Night with Jimmy Fallon\" almost instantly became a fun, must-watch talk show largely because Jimmy fully embraced the musical opportunities afforded to him.\" In 2012, the musical pieces were compiled together as a primetime NBC special, aptly titled \"Jimmy Fallon's Primetime Music Special\", and remastered for the album \"Blow Your Pants Off\". The show received widespread acclaim for its musical performances, which ranged from superstars such as Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé and Kanye West to up-and-comers such as Lorde, Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran, all of whom made their network TV debuts on \"Late Night\". Fallon was heavily involved in choosing", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877712", "text": "complimented Fallon's \"good humor\" and noted his improvement: \"In the relative safety of his 12:35 a.m. time slot, Fallon has been cultivating a distinct, and refreshing, strain of humor: the comedy of unabashed celebration.\" The same year, a \"Los Angeles Times\" piece titled \"Jimmy Fallon, you're growing on us\" complimented his excitement and charm: \"Whatever tentativeness Fallon showed has long dissipated, and what he lacks in penetrating insight, ... he makes up in enthusiasm.\" In 2012, the \"New York Times\" called Fallon \"one of the hot acts in late night with younger viewers,\" attributing the show's success to the show's", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877695", "text": "Leno Show\" to 11:35 pm and subsequent bump of \"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien\" to 12:05 am start. This proved to be false, as O'Brien refused the change, citing a reluctance to infringe upon \"Late Night\", and saying it would be \"unfair to Jimmy.\" Fallon was then next in line to succeed Leno, set to begin his stint on \"The Tonight Show\" on February 17, 2014. \"Saturday Night Live\" cast member and \"Weekend Update\" anchor Seth Meyers was announced as Fallon's replacement on \"Late Night\". The final episode of \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\" aired on February 7, 2014,", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877686", "text": "show began with the opening sequence as Steve Higgins proclaiming \"From Studio 6B/6A in Rockefeller Center, the NBC presents \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\"!\", and announced that night's guests and \"the legendary Roots crew\". Just before Higgins introduced Fallon, the camera cut to a shot of The Roots, who then shouted three numbers symbolizing the episode number of \"Late Night\" (though other numbers and statements have been shouted in place based on current events, cities if that episode's number matches a particular city's area codes, and historical show moments - toward the end of the show's run, Questlove would shout", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877690", "text": "then either played a game with Jimmy and some audience members, or performed in a skit with Jimmy. Next, a second guest entered after the show's third break. Once these interviews were completed and the show had taken its final commercial break, the musical guest (or sometimes, a chef or comedian) performed. Once the musical guest finished, Fallon bid the viewers farewell. As credits rolled, Fallon ran up and down the stairs of the studio giving high fives to the audience before exiting backstage. In 2004 NBC announced that in five years, \"Late Night\" host Conan O'Brien would replace Jay", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114213", "text": "the ride's opening, Fallon announced the show would be taped again at Universal Studios Florida, April 3–6, 2017. Jimmy Fallon originally pitched the idea to Mark Woodbury, president of Universal Creative, while at the helm of his \"Late Night\" tenure. Initially, Woodbury declined to the idea, until Fallon's move to the \"Tonight Show\" proved to be an immediate success. After Woodbury reached out to develop the idea, Jimmy Fallon worked with two of his main writers on the ride's concept for three and a half years. Filming commenced on November 4, 2015 at Studio 8H, where \"Saturday Night Live\" originates,", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114219", "text": "desk. After guests are ushered into the doors that lead to Studio 6B, \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" begins in the screens. The show begins with its intro and music played by The Roots, with Steve Higgins announcing the guests for this episode: you (the audience) \"and featuring the Legendary Roots Crew\". The shot cuts to Questlove Yelling \"Universal Studios!\" followed by Higgins introducing Jimmy Fallon. As he emerges from the curtains, studio applause lights flash, indicating the guests to do so as the show intro proceeds. After the intro ends, Fallon begins the show with a quick monologue", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877703", "text": "they could,\" said Fallon in 2009. \"The Internet has been awesome,\" he added. \"They've got my back.\" Online interaction and its presence on the show were crucial to its success. Fallon devoted considerable time and resources to incorporating digital ideas into his comedy — \"he sits at his desk behind a Mac, not a microphone\" — focusing especially on social media, which connects the younger audience. Fallon published a welcome video for the \"Late Night\" YouTube Channel in May 2013; the channel featured segments such as \"Ask Jimmy,\" \"Night News Now,\" and \"Web Exclusives.\" Many of the videos received a", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877698", "text": "Van Morrison was the show's first musical guest. Fallon acknowledged possible roughness, saying the intimacy of late-night shows demands early modulating: \"We're going to find our style. I know I'm gonna get reviewed off the first show, as opposed to the first couple of months.\" Fallon hosted his final episode of \"Late Night\" on February 7, 2014, one night after Jay Leno hosted his final \"Tonight Show\". Jimmy welcomed former \"SNL\" castmate Andy Samberg as his final guest. After a brief retrospective with Higgins about their time on \"Late Night\", the show ended with Fallon playing drums and singing backup", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386606", "text": "11.31 million viewers overall in Nielsen's fast-national estimates. This made it the second-largest audience for \"The Tonight Show\" since May 2009, behind Leno's final farewell two weeks earlier and the transition to Conan O'Brien nearly five years prior. The program's first full week averaged 8.490 million viewers, making it the franchise's most-watched week in 20 years. Following its premiere, \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" has consistently won its timeslot in ratings, routinely beating \"Late Show with David Letterman\" and \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\". Despite this, the ratings for competitors never significantly fell, with Fallon winning due to a surge in", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386599", "text": "the relocation. Fallon hosted \"The Tonight Show\" again from Universal Orlando Resort, April 3–6, 2017, in anticipation of the opening of Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon, a motion simulator attraction based on his tenure at the show. Fallon once again aired a special episode after Super Bowl LII, from Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre. In the show's debut episode, Fallon introduced his supporting stars and gave a brief history of his life and career, following it up with a sketch, \"The Evolution of Hip-Hop Dancing\", with actor Will Smith and a musical performance by U2 at the Top of the", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116195", "text": "over his next career moves. He wrote a screenplay during this time \"about a guy in a goth band who has to pretend to be a country-music star.\" Following his failure in film, Fallon moved back east to New York, spending \"a couple of years aimlessly knocking around.\" Prior to leaving \"SNL\", Michaels had mentioned to Fallon that he would be a good fit to take over NBC's \"Late Night\" franchise when then-host Conan O'Brien would depart the show to host the long-running \"Tonight Show\" in the future. Michaels urged NBC to give Fallon a holding deal in February 2007", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386593", "text": "technical operations, described the marquee as being a \"bold statement\" that \"The Tonight Show\" had been brought back to New York. Fallon joked that the marquee \"makes it exponentially harder for them to fire me\", and that he was \"jealous of Letterman.\" The show's opening sequence, directed by filmmaker Spike Lee, features Fallon visiting various New York City landmarks, including Grand Central Terminal and Katz's Delicatessen. Steve Higgins introduces the show with \"From Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, in the heart of New York City, it's \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\"!\" and announces that night's guests and \"the legendary", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116196", "text": "so that he couldn't be lured elsewhere. To prepare for the role of a late-night host, Fallon toured college campuses and comedy clubs for eight months, where he tested out a new, 50-minute routine. He also began watching the comedy of Chevy Chase, Dick Cavett, and Johnny Carson, as well as \"The Larry Sanders Show\". In May 2008, Fallon was announced as the successor to O'Brien's \"Late Night\". Fallon was considered an odd choice for the job, both by executives at NBC (who \"hated\" the idea and predicted it to be a failure), and among the general public. This was", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386605", "text": "the hottest party in town, a celebrity playpen full of games, music, surprise guests, and good vibes all around.\" Nevertheless, detractors of the show, such as John Walters of \"Newsweek\", criticized Fallon for his weakness in interviews. One writer for \"Conan\", a fellow late-night show, criticized Fallon for creating what he dubbed \"Prom King Comedy\"—eschewing odder, more clever material for an over-reliance on games and celebrity cameos. \"Rolling Stone\" Rob Sheffield opined that Fallon's effect led the medium to become overly friendly. The debut episode of \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" averaged a 3.8 rating in adults 18–49 and", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116189", "text": "do \"SNL\" that night. \"We actually took what we thought being on SNL was, what people think is awesome about it, and we made it happen,\" said Sanz, who noted that he and Fallon got in more than a few bar fights. Fallon initially envisioned he would spend three years at \"SNL\", like Belushi, but he was persuaded to stay on for an additional three when given the reins to Weekend Update (which he would co-host with writer Tina Fey). His co-hosting of Weekend Update increased his profile even more. During this tenure, he formed a close relationship with Michaels,", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116199", "text": "of Fallon and Justin Timberlake performing a \"History of Rap\". Online interaction and its presence on the show soon became crucial to its success. , Fallon was earning a salary of $11 million a year for his work on \"Late Night\". Fallon also hosted the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2010. In 2012, Fallon released his second comedy album, \"Blow Your Pants Off\", which compiles many of his musical performances on \"Late Night\". The album won a Grammy in 2013 for Best Comedy Album. Discussions for Fallon to take over \"The Tonight Show\" began in early 2013. On April 3,", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877685", "text": "as host of \"The Tonight Show\". The final episode of \"Late Night\" under Fallon aired one night after Leno's final episode of \"The Tonight Show\" on February 6, 2014. Most of the cast and crew immediately began working on \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\", which premiered on February 17, 2014. Seth Meyers was named as Fallon's replacement, and \"Late Night with Seth Meyers\" debuted after the Sochi Olympics. The show's ratings remained above its rival shows throughout most of the series' run. In 2011, the show garnered two Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series. The", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116204", "text": "On June 26, 2015, Fallon suffered a ring avulsion, an injury he suffered by tripping over a rug in his home and catching his wedding ring on a counter top which nearly tore off his finger. He was taken to the emergency room and then sent to a surgeon who performed microsurgery on his finger. Fallon spent 10 days in the ICU before going home. He discussed this on the July 13 episode of the \"Tonight Show\" and thanked the doctors and nurses who helped him. , he was expecting to spend another eight weeks without any feeling in his", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114227", "text": "time in Fallon's tenure, April 3–6, 2017. Out of his guests for the 4-day show broadcast, Fallon invited country singer Blake Shelton to experience \"Race Through New York\", to which Shelton felt it was a punishment, admitting to having a fear of rollercoasters; both Shelton and Fallon have pushed each other into trying things they both dislike or have never tried such as sushi and milking a cow. Jimmy Fallon also invited Dwayne Johnson to go out on the streets of Universal Studios Florida, each dressed in a college mascot costume of themselves, in a competition for the most high", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114228", "text": "fives, hugs and selfies taken in an amount of time, resulting in Fallon winning. They continued their stunt inside the attraction's stage to photobomb park goers, again, in their college mascot costumes, bringing one of them to tears after meeting his hero, The Rock. On April 6, 2017, opening day, Jimmy Fallon was paraded to the entrance of the attraction on a New York-themed float joined by Steve Higgins, The Roots, Sara's stepdad, Gary, and Hashtag the Panda, from the backlot. After giving a speech, accompanied by his wife and daughters, Fallon officially opened the attraction during the ribbon-cutting ceremony.", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116177", "text": "Fallon has released two comedy albums and five books. James Thomas Fallon was born in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York on September 19, 1974, the son of Gloria (\"née\" Feeley) and James W. Fallon. He is of German, Irish, and Norwegian descent. His paternal grandmother, Luise Schalla, was a German immigrant from Osterholz-Scharmbeck, while one of his maternal great-grandfathers, Hans Hovelsen, was a Norwegian immigrant from Fredrikstad. Another set of great-great-grandparents were Thomas Fallon, an Irishman from County Galway, and Louisa Stickever, the daughter of an Irishman born in France and his Irish wife. A Vietnam War", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116192", "text": "(2002), which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. He also modeled for Calvin Klein. Fallon was named one of \"People\" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2002, an honor Fallon found embarrassing. Fallon began to pursue a movie career beginning in 2004. He had spurned most major roles due to lack of time and disinterest in the dozens of scripts he read. He signed on for his first lead role in \"Taxi\", a remake of a French film. Fallon had read the script in the prior years but became more interested when co-star Queen Latifah became", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116186", "text": "lot in Los Angeles. Michaels informed him that they wanted him for the show, and Fallon characterized the moment as being in \"slow motion,\" remarking to Michaels before he left, \"I'm going to make you proud.\" Fallon debuted on \"Saturday Night Live\" as a featured player at the beginning of the show's twenty-fourth season in September 1998. He became a star by his fourth episode, when he performed Halloween-themed versions of songs by popular artists, as well as his Sandler impression. His sudden popularity made Fallon a celebrity, where he was considered charming. Fallon possessed a strong female fan-base, receiving", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116200", "text": "2013, following a period of speculation, NBC officially announced that Fallon would succeed Jay Leno to become the sixth permanent host of \"The Tonight Show\" following the 2014 Winter Olympics. Fallon and Leno sang the \"Tonight\"s parody of \"Tonight Show\" together. Fallon's \"Tonight Show\" debut on February 17, 2014, on NBC's network engaged 11.3 million viewers. Fallon's third book, \"Your Baby's First Word Will Be Dada\", a children's book, was released in June 2015. On September 15, 2016, Fallon hosted Donald Trump on \"The Tonight Show\" during the United States presidential election. Following the appearance, Fallon was criticized by some", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114225", "text": "race reaches the Space Train, a roller coaster launcher on the moon, which is under construction, shooting both Jimmy and the audience back towards Earth. Coming in too hot, Jimmy decides to open up a hyperdrive in the form of a tube that leads directly to 30 Rock and back inside Studio 6B, where the audience wins the race after Jimmy Fallon crashes his \"Tonight Rider\" just before crossing the finish line. The \"Tonight Show's\" real-life stage manager, Niclana Tolmasoff, makes a cameo appearance at the end of the ride as well as the show's real-life writers, Mike DiCenzo and", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386579", "text": "\"Tonight\" also suffered falling ratings leading to a public controversy that resulted in O'Brien leaving the network the following year, and Leno returning to host \"The Tonight Show\". Jimmy Fallon, a former cast member from 1998-2004 on \"Saturday Night Live\" , was appointed as the third host of \"Late Night\" by executive producer Lorne Michaels in 2009 when O'Brien moved to \"Tonight\" (only for a little over a year), Fallon incorporated the Internet much more than other talk shows. Between Fallon's own musical sensibilities and the recruitment of his house band, hip-hop collective The Roots, his incarnation of \"Late Night\"", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386576", "text": "\"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson\" was filmed until 1972. The program airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT. The show opens with Fallon's topical monologue, then transitions into comedic sketches/games, concluding with a guest interview and musical performance. \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" attracted high ratings from its 2014 premiere. Many moments from the series have generated viral videos. The show has been nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two. On August 13, 2015, NBC announced that Fallon signed a contract to remain as host until at least 2021. \"The Tonight Show\" premiered on NBC in 1954 as", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116184", "text": "released from his contract. His manager sent videotapes to Marci Klein and Ayala Cohen, producers for \"SNL\". Fallon landed his second audition at the age of 23. At the \"notoriously difficult audition,\" he was told by multiple individuals that creator Lorne Michaels almost never emitted laughter during auditions. Although he initially feared the comic before him, armed with an arsenal of props, would outshine him, Fallon went onstage and did well. He showcased his impressions with a celebrity walk-a-thon, including impressions of Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, and Adam Sandler, an \"SNL\" alumnus who had recently left the show.", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116191", "text": "as well as Michaels, disliked. It began in the infamous \"More cowbell\" sketch, when Will Ferrell wore a tighter shirt than expected, causing Fallon to crack up. Following this, other cast members would intentionally try to get Fallon to break. Other cast members believed he was attempting to steal the moment, to make the sketch about himself. The joke became near-constant during Fallon's final year on the show. During this time, Fallon parlayed his \"SNL\" success into co-hosting the 2001 MTV Movie Awards and 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, and the recording on his debut comedy album, \"The Bathroom Wall\"", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116190", "text": "whom he'd consult with on anything from dating to career advice. Fallon called a December 2001 sketch in which he imitates Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger in a mirror opposite Jagger his favorite thing he had done up to that point. In his later years on \"SNL\", Fallon co-starred in skit titled \"The Barry Gibb Talk Show\" alongside musician Justin Timberlake, where the duo portrayed Bee Gees brothers Barry and Robin Gibb. It marked the beginning of a long-running friendship and collaboration with Timberlake. Fallon became well known for his tendency to break character in sketches, an attribute he himself,", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116205", "text": "finger. In an interview with \"Billboard\" magazine in September 2015, Fallon explained that his finger still had limited mobility and that another surgery would be required. He reiterated this point at the 67th Emmy Awards on September 20, 2015, where he appeared in public without his finger bandaged for the first time. On November 4, 2017, Fallon's mother, Gloria Fallon, died from undisclosed causes at age 68 at NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, New York. Scheduled tapings of the following week's \"Tonight Show\" episodes were canceled. One week later, Fallon paid tribute to his mother following that night's monologue,", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114222", "text": "the wall along with the audience, landing at West 50th Street between the NBC Studios marquee and Radio City Music Hall. From there, the race immediately continues through Times Square, after Jimmy crashes into a taxi driven by Travis Bickle (Fallon). The race continues under the Hard Rock Cafe marquee and heads towards the New York City Subway's Times Square–42nd Street station, where the audience encounters The Ragtime Gals singing a melody before turning to the subway tracks and almost crashing with an oncoming train (operated by Fallon). The audience gets to escape by reversing and turning into a tunnel", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "18579348", "text": "just — I don't like what they did.\" Hagood finally revealed his identity on April 7, 2015, in an appearance on \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\". To promote his second single \"Boys like You\", Who Is Fancy performed with collaborators Meghan Trainor and Ariana Grande on \"Dancing with the Stars\" on January 23, 2016. After \"Boys Like You\" failed to perform on the charts, Hagood parted ways with manager Braun and Republic. In an interview with The Canadian Press, he said that he hopes to relaunch his career in summer 2016. In 2016, Hagood was featured on Clean//Photograph, a", "title": "Who Is Fancy" }, { "docid": "20925581", "text": "determined to return to competitive rodeo. Shortly before returning to competitive rodeo, Fallon met football player, Delbert Alvarado, they got married and Delbert supported Fallon and helped her with her return to competitive rodeo. Fallon began training a horse named BabyFlo. BabyFlo was green broke when she was taken to her first rodeo. She started being trained on a Sunday and was taken to her first rodeo on that next Thursday. BabyFlo placed in the top of her divison at her first rodeo. Fallon returned to competitive rodeo with BabyFlo. Fallon Taylor is a professional barrel racer who has qualified", "title": "Fallon Taylor" }, { "docid": "11877711", "text": "on the face of it a good fit\" for Jimmy Fallon and that \"this is a form that develops in the fullness of time, as chances are taken and limits tested and you learn the things you can learn only in the doing, night after night.\" The show's first season scored a 48/100 on Metacritic, and viewers rated it at a 5/10. Reviews grew much more positive over time, and the show received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series each year beginning in 2011 and continuing through the end of the show. In 2010, \"New York\"", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114224", "text": "and scares Fallon and the audience (a reference to \"Jaws\"). After resurfacing, the race reaches the Statue of Liberty for the third checkpoint. As fireworks explode around Lady Liberty, the race heads towards the Empire State Building where a giant Hashtag the Panda, trying to flick off planes, grabs the audience and shoots them straight to the moon. There, Jimmy remarks The Roots as \"the first band on the moon\", who are all dressed up in spacesuits. He then, asks James Poyser to play his thank you note-writing music, to write a thank you note addressed to the moon. The", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "18571904", "text": "never host \"The Tonight Show\". After this, Robert De Niro emerged from behind the curtain, laid $100 down on Fallon's desk, and promptly exited. (De Niro was Fallon's first guest on \"Late Night\" in 2009.) De Niro wasn't the only person to settle the bet: One by one, a line of celebrities followed him to Fallon's desk to give Jimmy their $100, including Tina Fey, Joe Namath, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (who can be heard thanking Fallon for bringing \"Tonight\" back to the Big Apple), Mariah Carey, Tracy Morgan, Joan Rivers (a former guest host on Johnny", "title": "Premiere (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)" }, { "docid": "17386592", "text": "also quite formal and a little impersonal.\" The show's logo, its title set against a full moon, is a callback to \"The Honeymooners\", while the title is a throwback to Carson's tenure: Leno and O'Brien both favored a \"with,\" rather than \"starring,\" in their respective titles. In November 2014, a new marquee was added to the Avenue of the Americas entrance of 30 Rock, which promotes the building as the home of \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\"; the new marquee was also designed so that it can be usable as a stage for performances. John Wallace, NBCUniversal's president of", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386587", "text": "also appeared as figures such as Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Bob Dylan. \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" originates from NBC Studio 6-B at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, the original home of \"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson\", where it is taped every weekday at 5pm. The studio housed both Carson and his predecessor, Jack Paar, before the franchise's move to Burbank in 1972. \"It is where \"The Tonight Show\" started -- actually in the studio where we are going to be, that's where Johnny Carson was, there's Broadway, there's Times Square, there's something glamorous about", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877715", "text": "\"The Late Late Show.\" The two were tied in the demographic of adults age 18 to 49, with \"Late Night\" having a slightly higher share. In the May 2011 sweeps, all of NBC's late night programming reported increased viewership. \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\" reported a 13% increase in viewership compared to the previous year. \"Late Night\", though, managed to beat \"The Late Late Show\" by a very small margin. On February 6, 2014, Jay Leno hosted his last episode of his second tenure as host of \"The Tonight Show\", and brought in Leno's biggest overall audience since the night", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "18571911", "text": "to a fault, and he treated his \"Tonight Show\" launch very much like a guy auditioning to be accepted into homes,\" said Brian Lowry of \"Variety\", who considered the premiere episode a demonstration in Fallon's strengths and weaknesses. Mary McNamara of the \"Los Angeles Times\" called it, following the hype, \"conspicuously, and seemingly consciously, low-energy.\" The debut episode of \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" averaged a 3.8 rating in adults 18–49 and 11.31 million viewers overall in Nielsen's fast-national estimates. This made it the second-largest audience for \"The Tonight Show\" since May 2009, behind Leno's final farewell two weeks", "title": "Premiere (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)" }, { "docid": "3116201", "text": "media critics and viewers on social media for the uncontroversial questions he asked of Trump. David Sims, writing in \"The Atlantic\", called the interview an \"embarrassment\". In response to the criticism, Fallon said to TMZ: \"\"Have you seen my show? I'm never too hard on anyone. We'll have Hillary [Clinton] on tomorrow, and we'll do something fun with her too.\"\" Fallon apologized in March 2017 in the interview, saying \"I didn't do it to humanize him. I almost did it to minimize him. I didn't think that would be a compliment: \"He did the thing that we all wanted to", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116182", "text": "work. He was an average student, often taking stand-up gigs on the weekends. Fallon would often board buses from his aunt's in Fort Hamilton to Caroline's comedy club in Times Square to perform sets. Fallon dropped out of the College of Saint Rose a semester shy of a degree in 1995 to move to Los Angeles and pursue comedy full-time. He secured a manager and got bookings by the age of 21. He often did stand-up at the Improv, earning $7.50 per set, and he joined classes with the Groundlings, an improv comedy troupe. He appeared in the feature film", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116202", "text": "do.\" Fallon also added 'After this happened, I was devastated. I didn't mean anything by it. I was just trying to have fun.'\" He again apologized for the interview in June 2018 on a \"Hollywood Reporter\" podcast, saying that he \"made a mistake\" and added \"I did not do it to 'normalize' him or to say I believe in his political beliefs or any of that stuff.\" Fallon told David Steinberg on the Showtime series \"Inside Comedy\" that as a child he and his sister would imitate Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd's \"Wild and Crazy Guys\" routines from \"Saturday Night", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116178", "text": "veteran, Fallon's father spent his adolescence singing in street-corner doo-wop groups. Shortly after his son's birth, he started working as a machine repairman for IBM in Kingston, New York. In preparation, the family relocated nearby to Saugerties, New York. Fallon has described his childhood as \"idyllic\", while his parents have been described as overprotective. He and his sister, Gloria, were unable to leave their home and had to ride their bicycles in the backyard. Fallon attended the Roman Catholic school St. Mary of the Snow. He considered being a priest, inspired by his experiences as an altar boy, but became", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116188", "text": "\"I Hate This Place: A Pessimist's Guide to Life\" (1999), and filmed a minor role for the film \"Almost Famous\" (2000). During their time at \"SNL\", Fallon and Horatio Sanz often drank together. Sanz has described Fallon and himself as \"super-functioning alcoholics,\" and stated, \"They say that kind of goes hand in hand with \"SNL\", some kind of substance-abuse issues, because it's so stressful you easily find yourself blowing off steam a lot.\" For example, on one occasion, they spent a Friday night watching The Strokes perform a midnight show, staying up until the early morning drinking, despite having to", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116183", "text": "\"The Scheme\" (originally entitled \"The Entrepreneurs\"). His one line in \"Father's Day\" was cut, but he can still be seen in the background. In 1998, Fallon appeared briefly on the show \"Spin City\" in the second season as a man selling photographs. He remained fixated on joining \"Saturday Night Live\". After two years of working with the Groundlings, he auditioned for the program in 1997, but was unsuccessful. When he was cast in a pilot presentation for The WB, Fallon made sure to include a clause in his contract specifying that if he were to join \"SNL\" he would be", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386611", "text": "room for Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon, a ride based on Fallon's \"Tonight Show\", which opened on April 6, 2017. In Australia, \"The Tonight Show\" premiered on The Comedy Channel on February 18, 2014 – airing the same day as its U.S. broadcast. It also airs on free-to-air network ABC Comedy (as opposed to The Comedy Channel which is a subscription television network) on a two-day delay, premiering on March 24, 2014. On September 21, 2014 The Comedy Channel dropped \"The Tonight Show\", making ABC Comedy the exclusive broadcaster of the show in Australia at the time. Beginning", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116187", "text": "numerous letters from fans and becoming the subject of numerous fan-sites. He became the program's most featured mimic, with popular impressions of Robert De Niro, Jerry Seinfeld, and Howard Stern. In addition, he also starred as many original characters, including Nick Burns, an IT Support nerd, Pat \"Sully\" Sullivan, one of the Boston Teens with Rachel Dratch, and in Jarret's Room, a fictional webcast hosted by stoner college students Jarret (Fallon) and Gobi (Horatio Sanz). He was promoted to repertory player in his second season. In his off time, Fallon released a book comprising e-mail exchanges with his sister, titled", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116179", "text": "more interested in comedy instead. He spent many nights recording the radio program \"The Dr. Demento Show\" on a reel-to-reel recorder, which exposed him to both comedy and music. As a teenager, Fallon developed an obsession with the late-night comedy program \"Saturday Night Live\", watching it religiously. He grew up watching the show, viewing \"the clean parts\" that his parents taped for him. He and Gloria would re-enact sketches like \"The Festrunk Brothers\" with friends. Fallon was such a fan that he made a weekly event of watching the show in his dormitory during college. In his teens, he impressed", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877688", "text": "into saying, \"Ladies and gentlemen, we've got a great show for you tonight. Give it up for The Roots!\", who would play briefly as Fallon walked to his desk. After the monologue, Fallon typically performed a comedy \"desk piece.\" Some were weekly: \"Pros and Cons\" on Tuesdays, and \"Late Night Hashtags\" on Thursdays. Fridays were also reserved for Fallon to write \"Thank You Notes\" to figures that have given him material for the past week. The popularity of these \"Thank You Notes\" led to the release of two books full of the favorites. He also sometimes had the entire crew", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877716", "text": "of the \"Seinfeld\" finale in 1998. Boosted by the big lead-in, \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\" had its largest viewership ever with 6 million viewers. This was the highest number for the \"Late Night\" franchise since David Letterman's \"Late Night\" finale in 1993. The ratings were bested the next day by Fallon's last show, when over 6.6 million viewers watched. On that occasion, no \"Tonight Show\" was produced, and \"Late Night\" aired thirty minutes earlier than normal, at 12:05 AM ET on NBC, following the 2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies and late local news. Beginning in late February 2012, \"Late", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "20748342", "text": "to his art. As a compromise with his father who didn't see his talent he also studied accountancy at night. Friends with Tony O'Malley Fallon spent time in St Ives, Cornwall where he met his wife Nancy Wynne-Jones. Fallon married Wynne-Jones in 1966. They adopted 2 children in 1970, siblings John and Bridget, and moved to Kinsale in 1972. In 1987 the family moved again to Rathdrum, County Wicklow. Fallon died of cancer in 2007 a year after his wife. Fallon initially studied painting under Richard Kingston but was encouraged to take up sculpture. Denis Mitchell became his mentor in", "title": "Conor Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386586", "text": "Carson, Aziz Ansari as Bobby Jindal, the show's announcer Steve Higgins as Jeb Bush, and the show's head writer AD Miles as Lindsey Graham. After his critically acclaimed appearances as Trump on \"Tonight\", Fallon was asked to play the role on the December 19, 2015 episode of \"Saturday Night Live\", since Taran Killam (who had been announced as the season's Trump) would be busy playing Ted Cruz. Fallon accepted the offer, but the plan fell through at some point before the show. The role was filled by Darrell Hammond, who played Trump over his fourteen years on \"SNL\". Fallon has", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "11877691", "text": "Leno as the host of \"The Tonight Show\". Fallon, at the time, had just left \"Saturday Night Live\", and was pursuing a movie career. \"SNL\" executive producer Lorne Michaels was the first to suggest to the comedian that he'd be perfect to fill O'Brien's empty seat. Michaels said he wanted Fallon to be the new host dating back to the day that Fallon left \"Saturday Night Live\", which occurred only a few months before O'Brien's departure was announced. Michaels, a staunch advocate of Fallon, urged NBC to give Fallon a holding deal in February 2007 so that he couldn't be", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386612", "text": "March 2, 2015, the series returned to pay television, this time, however, airing on E! – airing within hours of the American broadcast. In Belgium, the show airs with a delay of several days on Vier at midnight CET every Monday through Friday, and at 11:05 pm CET every Sunday. The show's first broadcast took place on October 12, 2015. In Brazil, the show aired on the subscription channel GNT, debuting in February 24, 2014 under the title \"The Tonight Show com Jimmy Fallon\". GNT broadcasts the show on a three-day delay at 1 am with Portuguese subtitles. The show's", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "18571908", "text": "freshman, the class clown with top grades and a good heart, someone older viewers can embrace without fear of being mocked or overlooked.\" Steve Johnson of the \"Chicago Tribune\" wrote that \"If he didn't exactly come roaring out of the gate, Fallon did demonstrate the mixture of old-world courteousness, junior-high-school goofiness and seemingly unending enthusiasm that has charmed audiences, network bosses and fellow stars.\" Darren Franich of \"Entertainment Weekly\" wrote that \"No one is more excited than Jimmy,\" noting that \"It will be interesting to see over the months (and hopefully years) to follow how he evolves behind the desk.\"", "title": "Premiere (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)" }, { "docid": "17386581", "text": "doing \"The Tonight Show\" […] We're just on at a later hour,\" Fallon said. Fallon, who dropped out of college at the College of Saint Rose a semester shy of a degree to pursue comedy, grew up with no designs on the \"Tonight\" job (unlike O'Brien or Leno), most likely because he was just 17 years old and still in college, when Carson retired. Discussions for Fallon to take over \"The Tonight Show\" began in early 2013, with the transition intended to happen by late 2014 at the latest. Many industry observers noted that the change appeared to come as", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "9666516", "text": "with another PBS special. Both PBS special were produced by The Elevation Group and WNET. Another solo album, \"Lullaby Time\", was released in 2012. She is married to husband John and has a son named Freddie. Órla Fallon Órlagh Fallon (born 24 August 1974), professionally known as Órla Fallon, is an Irish soloist, songwriter and former member of the group Celtic Woman and the chamber choir Anúna. Fallon was born in Knockananna, Ireland. She plays the harp and sings traditional Irish music, most often in the Irish language. Fallon studied at Mater Dei Institute of Education, in Dublin. She has", "title": "Órla Fallon" }, { "docid": "10082477", "text": "Fallon, and he quickly falls in love with her. Blake, in a new business deal with Miles' father Jason Colby, invites the Colbys of California to Denver to celebrate in \"The Titans\". Fallon has a strong reaction as she and Miles arrive at the Carrington mansion, and she insists that they leave immediately. They drive off without going inside, but not before Jeff, who has long suspected that Fallon might be alive, sees her in the courtyard. In the November 20, 1985 episode \"The Decision\", Jeff vows to find Fallon and never let her go. A newly married Miles and", "title": "Fallon Carrington Colby" }, { "docid": "11877692", "text": "lured elsewhere. According to Michaels: Fallon wasn't approached by NBC until early 2008. Fallon's movie career, self-admittedly \"hadn't worked out that great,\" and NBC contacted him to become O'Brien's replacement. The network had a couple of other candidates in mind to replace Conan, but Michaels insisted he'd only produce the show with Fallon as host. In May 2008, NBC announced that Fallon would be O'Brien's replacement, \"an announcement that was met with some bewilderment, even snickers,\" recalled \"New York\". At the time of the announcement, he was scheduled to debut in June 2009. Michaels soon tasked Fallon with \"training\" for", "title": "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386602", "text": "Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona as a lead-out program from NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX. The show included an appearance by Arnold Schwarzenegger, a lip-sync battle with Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell, appearances by Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots players, and a performance by Ariana Grande. In September 2016, Fallon faced criticism after an interview with the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Democrats felt that Fallon humanized Trump, who had made controversial statements (i.e. that some illegals bring drugs and crime) that they disagreed with. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had also appeared on the show prior that year. Fallon", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "2493743", "text": "attended hearings. The former political editor of \"The Independent on Sunday\", Jane Merrick, said in \"The Observer\" in early November 2017 that the previously unnamed Fallon was the Conservative MP who had \"lunged\" at her a decade and a half earlier. She had contacted Downing Street about the incident several hours before he resigned. \"The Observer\" reported on the same day that \"the revelation was the tipping point for No 10, which ... had been compiling a list of alleged incidents involving Fallon since claims against him were first made.\" Fallon has been married to Wendy Elisabeth Payne, a HR", "title": "Michael Fallon" }, { "docid": "14691564", "text": "in question. Further press comment indicated that the politician in question was Charles Haughey, who later held the office of Taoiseach. Fallon was married with 5 children, all under the age of 12 at the time of his death. Richard Fallon (police officer) Richard Christopher Fallon (18 December 1926–3 April 1970) was an Irish police officer who received the Scott Medal. He was the first member of the Garda Síochána to be killed in the line of duty as a consequence of The Troubles Fallon was a native of Moneen, Kilrooskey, in County Roscommon. He was initially employed in farming,", "title": "Richard Fallon (police officer)" }, { "docid": "19114221", "text": "from to board his vehicle, \"The Tonight Rider\" (a nod to \"Knight Rider\", which aired on NBC). The race through New York begins with Jimmy Fallon emerging once again from backstage through the stage curtains, this time driving \"The Tonight Rider\", challenging the audience to the race. The Roots can be seen to provide the music as Steve Higgins counts down the start of the race. The race begins through Studio 6B's backstage corridors, racing through NBC personnel, passing by Tight Pants and Hashtag the Panda. After almost crashing into Hashtag, Jimmy's vehicle skids through the corridor and crashes through", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19114217", "text": "that matches one of the six colors in the NBC peacock logo. This level features displays of items from the entire history of \"The Tonight Show\", including exhibits dedicated to each of its past hosts. Items on display include suits and desk props used by the hosts, admittance tickets from each host's tenure, and an NBC video camera used for the show's taping in the golden age, all adjacent to a display of Jimmy Fallon as the current host. Guests may continue to the upper level once the lobby's lighting changes to the color of the NBC ticket they were", "title": "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17937527", "text": "total employees. Fallon is married to the former Susan Kimberly Garner (born c. 1980), who also has a former address in Edgartown, Massachusetts. The couple has two sons, Thomas and Mac. He is affiliated with the Holy Cross Catholic Church in The Colony, another suburban city in Denton County. He is a donor to Dallas Baptist University, Frisco Family Services, and the Boys and Girls Club of America. In 2009, Fallon waged a grassroots campaign which netted him 57 percent of the vote to defeat three opponents for an at-large seat on the Frisco City Council. In the Denton County", "title": "Pat Fallon" }, { "docid": "5278056", "text": "and also 2nd-runner up for Miss USA in 2001. She has a degree in sports management from Florida State University. Fallon married Joe Don Rooney of the country singing group Rascal Flatts on April 23, 2006, and she lives in Brentwood, Tennessee. On May 31, 2008, Fallon gave birth to their first child, son Jagger Donovan Rooney. On September 7, 2010 their daughter, Raquel Blue, was born. On September 29, 2014, their third child, daughter Devon Olivia was born. Tiffany Fallon Tiffany Fallon (born May 1, 1974 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American model. In 2004, she was photographed", "title": "Tiffany Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116185", "text": "The latter received laughter from the room, including Michaels. Head writer Tina Fey, who was in the room, later said \"He's one of two people I've ever seen who was completely ready to be on the show. Kristen Wiig is the other one... And Jimmy was ready—like, if there had been a show to do that night.\" He rushed through his original characters in order to arrive at his musical impressions, which he felt were stronger. Three weeks passed, and despite his feeling that he had not gotten the position, he was asked to meet with Michaels at the Paramount", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "18571910", "text": "Some critics, however, felt that Fallon overcompensated in terms of gratitude and humility. Bianco also said, \"While gratitude and humility are admirable traits, there were times in Monday's opening moments when Fallon risked taking them to uncomfortable extremes.\" \"Slate Magazine\"'s Willa Paskin tended to agree, noting that \"Fallon's appeal is how earnest and energetic he is: the king of comedic kindness. [...] But his opening bit revealed just how much Fallon and his staff understand the power—and not just the authenticity—of Jimmy’s ultimate-nice-guy persona: They sold the hell out of it.\" \"Indeed, Fallon comes across as eager to please almost", "title": "Premiere (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)" }, { "docid": "10082495", "text": "the eve of the wedding, Fallon asks Michael to marry her at city hall, but he refuses, not wanting something so important to be part of a Carrington plot. With Fallon and Jeff at the altar and the server still not breached, Blake tries to stop the ceremony, but Fallon shuts him down. Afterward, she reveals to the stunned Colbys that the marriage is invalid because she married someone else, Liam Ridley, the night before. Jeff's claim to 25% of Carrington Atlantic is therefore null and void, but Fallon now owns 25% of ColbyCo. Jeff and Fallon's feud goes public", "title": "Fallon Carrington Colby" }, { "docid": "4526662", "text": "member of the Atlantic Theater Company. She had been a resident of Middletown Township, New Jersey and also has a summer home in Cazenovia, New York, a town outside Syracuse, where she grew up. A resident of Rumson, New Jersey, Fallon is married to commodities trader Peter Hogan and they have three children: Bernadette, Peter, and Sinead. Fallon was the speaker at the 2003 Cazenovia High School commencement. Siobhan Fallon Hogan Siobhan Fallon Hogan (born May 13, 1961) is an American actress and comedian. She appeared in films such as \"Men in Black\", \"Forrest Gump\", \"The Negotiator\", \"Holes\", \"Daddy Day", "title": "Siobhan Fallon Hogan" }, { "docid": "17386604", "text": "his assessment of the evening, but noted the older fanbase used to Leno may not latch on as quickly. \"Indeed, Fallon comes across as eager to please almost to a fault, and he treated his \"Tonight Show\" launch very much like a guy auditioning to be accepted into homes,\" said Brian Lowry of \"Variety\", who considered the premiere episode a demonstration in Fallon's strengths and weaknesses. The first season of the show was deemed \"wildly successful.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" summarized the show's inaugural year: \"In his first year as host of \"The Tonight Show\", [Fallon] turned the revered late-night franchise into", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17386601", "text": "Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster during the show's first remote broadcast at Universal Studios Florida. Sketches that reunite casts of television shows, such as \"Saved By the Bell\", in addition to a cappella versions of popular songs performed by Fallon and the Roots, have also been popular. The show's most widely circulated interview segment was one aired in January 2015 with actress Nicole Kidman, who jokingly revealed that she once had a crush on Fallon, to which at the time he was oblivious. On February 1, 2015, the showed aired, to date, its only live show from the Orpheum", "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "19227652", "text": "her former deputy, Amy Rosenbaum. In November 2016, she was appointed senior vice president and global head of corporate affairs at Hilton Hotels. Fallon graduated first in her high school class and graduated summa cum laude in government and international studies from the University of Notre Dame in 1998 before studying in the United Kingdom at Queen's University, Belfast in comparative ethnic conflict and the London School of Economics in comparative politics, both on a Marshall Scholarship. She is married to Brian Edward Fallon Jr., whom she met at the DPCC, and who served as national press secretary to Hillary", "title": "Katie Beirne Fallon" }, { "docid": "19733169", "text": "as a political commentator, based in Washington, D.C. In October 2017 he caused controversy by tweeting [General] \"Kelly isnt just an enabler of Trump. He's a believer in him. That makes him as odious as the rest. Dont be distracted by the uniform.\" At its founding in May 2018, Fallon became executive director of Demand Justice, a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. Fallon is married to Katie Beirne Fallon, the former White House Director of Legislative Affairs and head of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs for the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. Brian Fallon (press secretary) Brian Edward Fallon", "title": "Brian Fallon (press secretary)" }, { "docid": "3116193", "text": "attached to the project. He was also attracted to the film's action comedy tone, seeing comparisons with \"SNL\" alumnus Eddie Murphy's first big film, \"48 Hrs.\" (1982). He split his time in the fall of 2003 between shooting the film in Los Angeles and returning to New York City for \"SNL\". Due to these conflicts (and his contract ending), his sixth season at \"SNL\" was his final, with Fallon signing off at the conclusion of the show's twenty-ninth season in May 2004. With big expectations from the studio, \"Taxi\" premiered in the fall of 2004 and was a flop with", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "3116181", "text": "attended The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, where he was first a computer science major, later switching to communications in his senior year. In May 2009, 14 years after he left college a semester early to pursue a comedy career, he returned to receive his Bachelor of Arts in communications. He was a double headliner that day at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, earning an honorary degree reflecting his achievements and then joining classmates to collect his degree. St. Rose awarded Fallon his diploma after he earned experiential learning credits through a portfolio review of his television", "title": "Jimmy Fallon" }, { "docid": "17937524", "text": "Pat Fallon Patrick Edward Fallon, known as Pat Fallon (born December 19, 1967), is a businessman and politician from Prosper, Texas, who is the Republican Senator-elect for the 30th District of the Texas Senate, which encompasses parts of fourteen counties in the North Texas region. Fallon is also an outgoing member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 106, based in Denton County in the northern portion of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Fallon is best known as the co-author of a 2013 Texas law which allows students and employees of independent school districts to say, \"Merry Christmas\", rather than", "title": "Pat Fallon" }, { "docid": "17937535", "text": "by Cathie Adams, a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party and a Fallon supporter, rated Fallon 95 percent. The Young Conservatives of Texas scored him 92 percent. The Texas League of Conservation Voters rated him 25 percent; Environment Texas, 28 percent. Texans for Fiscal Responsibility rated Fallon 98 percent; the Texas Association of Business, 80 percent. The National Rifle Association rated him 92 percent. Pat Fallon Patrick Edward Fallon, known as Pat Fallon (born December 19, 1967), is a businessman and politician from Prosper, Texas, who is the Republican Senator-elect for the 30th District of the Texas Senate,", "title": "Pat Fallon" } ]

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[ { "docid": "9548617", "text": "of Michelangelo Antonioni's film \"Beyond the Clouds\", the two protagonists reunite at a screening of \"Close to Eden\". Close to Eden Urga is a 1991 film by Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov. It was released in North America as Close to Eden. It depicts the friendship between a Russian truck driver and a Mongolian shepherd in Inner Mongolia. The film was an international co-production between companies based in Russia and France. A Mongolian shepherd Gombo lives in a yurt in Inner Mongolia with his wife, three children, and mother. They are portrayed as unsophisticated and traditional people. Gombo desires relations with", "title": "Close to Eden" }, { "docid": "9548612", "text": "Close to Eden Urga is a 1991 film by Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov. It was released in North America as Close to Eden. It depicts the friendship between a Russian truck driver and a Mongolian shepherd in Inner Mongolia. The film was an international co-production between companies based in Russia and France. A Mongolian shepherd Gombo lives in a yurt in Inner Mongolia with his wife, three children, and mother. They are portrayed as unsophisticated and traditional people. Gombo desires relations with his wife, to try for a fourth child, which puts his wife at unease due to Chinese law.", "title": "Close to Eden" }, { "docid": "12322347", "text": "Georgia. Embassy of Russia, Tbilisi The Embassy of Russia in Tbilisi was the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Georgia. The chancery is located at 51 Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi. On August 29, 2008, Georgia ordered the Russian ambassador Vyacheslav Kovalenko and all other Russian diplomats to leave the country and close the embassy and severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Russia and Georgia had previously fought a five-day war over two Georgian breakaway regions (Abkhazia and South Ossetia) declaring independence. The Russian Federation is represented through the Russian Federation Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland", "title": "Embassy of Russia, Tbilisi" }, { "docid": "12322346", "text": "Embassy of Russia, Tbilisi The Embassy of Russia in Tbilisi was the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Georgia. The chancery is located at 51 Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi. On August 29, 2008, Georgia ordered the Russian ambassador Vyacheslav Kovalenko and all other Russian diplomats to leave the country and close the embassy and severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Russia and Georgia had previously fought a five-day war over two Georgian breakaway regions (Abkhazia and South Ossetia) declaring independence. The Russian Federation is represented through the Russian Federation Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in", "title": "Embassy of Russia, Tbilisi" }, { "docid": "18942284", "text": "\"Variety\" called it a \"ludicrous, violent, amusingly dumb sci-fi actioner\". Kiang said that, although it is full of plot holes and Rapace's characters are thinly characterized, it is likely to become a cult film. What Happened to Monday What Happened to Monday (known as Seven Sisters in Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Japan) is a 2017 dystopian science fiction thriller film, written by Max Botkin and Kerry Williamson, directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close and Willem Dafoe. The film was released theatrically in Europe and Asia and Netflix bought the streaming rights", "title": "What Happened to Monday" }, { "docid": "18942275", "text": "What Happened to Monday What Happened to Monday (known as Seven Sisters in Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Japan) is a 2017 dystopian science fiction thriller film, written by Max Botkin and Kerry Williamson, directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close and Willem Dafoe. The film was released theatrically in Europe and Asia and Netflix bought the streaming rights to the film for the United States as well as the U.K. and Latin America. Netflix released the film on August 18, 2017. Around the year 2043, overpopulation has caused a worldwide crisis, resulting", "title": "What Happened to Monday" }, { "docid": "16420189", "text": "Illegal immigration to Russia Illegal immigration to Russia (and the former Soviet Union) has been ongoing since the Great Depression. Source countries during that time included Finland, Poland, Sweden, and Germany. There are currently an estimated 4 million illegal immigrants from the former Soviet states in the Russian Federation. In 2012, the Russian Federal Security Service's Border Service stated there had been an increase in illegal migration from former Soviet states, such as Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova. Under legal changes made in 2012, illegal immigrants who are caught will be banned from reentering the country for ten years. The problem", "title": "Illegal immigration to Russia" } ]

[ { "docid": "9225670", "text": "What Is to Be Done? (Tolstoy) What Is To Be Done? (sometimes translated as What Then Must We Do?) is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy, in which Tolstoy describes the social conditions of Russia in his day. Tolstoy completed the book in 1886, and the first English language publication came in 1887 as What To Do?. A revised translation with the current title was published in 1899. The English title was also used for two better-known works by Nikolai Chernyshevsky and Vladimir Lenin; Tolstoy's Russian title is similar but not identical to Chernyshevsky's (and Lenin's), both of them sharing", "title": "What Is to Be Done? (Tolstoy)" }, { "docid": "9225671", "text": "the same Biblical reference (Luke 3:10–14). What Is to Be Done? (Tolstoy) What Is To Be Done? (sometimes translated as What Then Must We Do?) is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy, in which Tolstoy describes the social conditions of Russia in his day. Tolstoy completed the book in 1886, and the first English language publication came in 1887 as What To Do?. A revised translation with the current title was published in 1899. The English title was also used for two better-known works by Nikolai Chernyshevsky and Vladimir Lenin; Tolstoy's Russian title is similar but not identical to Chernyshevsky's", "title": "What Is to Be Done? (Tolstoy)" }, { "docid": "11090901", "text": "What a Country! What a Country! is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 27, 1986 to May 23, 1987. It was based on the 1977-1979 British sitcom \"Mind Your Language\". The series was intended as somewhat of a showcase for comedian Yakov Smirnoff, whose catchphrase provided the show's title. \"What a Country!\" is set in a class of recent immigrants to the United States who are trying to pass the citizenship test. Their teacher, Taylor Brown (played by Garrett M. Brown) is an American English language teacher, while the students include Nikolai (a Russian taxi driver), Laszlo", "title": "What a Country!" }, { "docid": "15468557", "text": "Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at Number 4. It also reached number 1 on the \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart in Canada. What Is Truth \"What Is Truth\" is a single by American country music artist Johnny Cash released in February 1970. Generally viewed as a protest song, a rarity in country music at the time, the simple criticism of the Vietnam War, and war in general, as well as the stereotypical view of many politically liberal hippies made the song a major crossover hit. The song peaked at number 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles. It also became Cash's 12th", "title": "What Is Truth" }, { "docid": "20377687", "text": "What Makes You Country (song) \"What Makes You Country\" is a song by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It is the fourth single from, and title track to, his sixth studio album \"What Makes You Country\". Bryan wrote the song with Dallas Davidson and Ashley Gorley. \"Taste of Country\" writer Courtney Carr described the song as \"an anthem of appreciation that celebrates the many, many different types of people who identify as country. In the song, Bryan makes it clear that we shouldn’t be worrying about what makes someone 'country'; rather, we should be celebrating our own unique lives.\"", "title": "What Makes You Country (song)" }, { "docid": "20377688", "text": "The song is an anthem with a central theme of identifying with country lifestyles. Bryan performed the song at the 2018 telecast of the Country Music Association awards, with accompaniment from Lindsay Ell, Ashley McBryde, Chris Janson, Luke Combs, Jon Pardi, and Cole Swindell. What Makes You Country (song) \"What Makes You Country\" is a song by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It is the fourth single from, and title track to, his sixth studio album \"What Makes You Country\". Bryan wrote the song with Dallas Davidson and Ashley Gorley. \"Taste of Country\" writer Courtney Carr described the song", "title": "What Makes You Country (song)" }, { "docid": "15468556", "text": "What Is Truth \"What Is Truth\" is a single by American country music artist Johnny Cash released in February 1970. Generally viewed as a protest song, a rarity in country music at the time, the simple criticism of the Vietnam War, and war in general, as well as the stereotypical view of many politically liberal hippies made the song a major crossover hit. The song peaked at number 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles. It also became Cash's 12th Top 40 single on the Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 19, and his 2nd Top 10 single on the", "title": "What Is Truth" }, { "docid": "9771748", "text": "where in 1989 it was used in a campaign for the New South Wales Rugby League. They later used the Tina Turner song \"The Best\" in another campaign. The song has been covered many times including by Canadian country music group Straight Clean & Simple and a single for the band taken from their 1992 album \"Iron Lady\". It was also covered by Scottish / Irish country artist Lisa McHugh. Her cover appears in her 2014 album \"A Life That's Good\". What You Get Is What You See \"What You Get Is What You See\" is a song by recording", "title": "What You Get Is What You See" }, { "docid": "14219947", "text": "Hot Country Singles for the week of March 12, 1988. What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) \"What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)\" is a song written by Bob McDill and Paul Harrison and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in February 1988 as the lead single from the album, \"The Heart of It All\". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's fifteenth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. \"What She Is", "title": "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" }, { "docid": "20374244", "text": "What Makes You Country What Makes You Country is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It was released on December 8, 2017 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles \"Light It Up\", \"Most People Are Good\", \"Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset\". and the title track. \"The Guardian\" reviewer Alexis Petridis rated the album 3 out of 5 stars, stating that \"you'd have a hard time arguing that \"What Makes You Country\" doesn't feature some pretty bulletproof songwriting. If it sounds like mainstream pop in a pickup truck, that's partly because the melodies and structure are", "title": "What Makes You Country" }, { "docid": "17513539", "text": "and strata) to the state and the government, the sphere of the interrelations between \"all\" classes. Writing about the wave of strikes in late 19th century Russia, Lenin states that \"the history of all countries shows that the working class, exclusively by its own efforts, is able to develop only trade-union consciousness\"; that is, combining into unions and so on. However, socialist theory in Russia, as elsewhere in Europe, was the product of the \"educated representatives of the propertied classes\", the intellectuals or \"revolutionary socialist intellectuals\". Lenin states that Marx and Engels themselves, the very founders of modern scientific socialism,", "title": "What Is to Be Done?" }, { "docid": "10251686", "text": "liner notes Strings arranged by Dennis Burnside and performed by the Nashville String Machine. Contracted by Carl Gorodetzky. What This Country Needs What This Country Needs is a 1998 album released by country music artist Aaron Tippin. It was his first full studio album since switching from RCA Nashville to Lyric Street Records. The album includes three singles: \"For You I Will\", \"I'm Leaving\", and \"Her\", which respectively reached #6, #17, and #33 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1999. The track \"Sweetwater\" was originally recorded by McBride & the Ride on", "title": "What This Country Needs" }, { "docid": "10251685", "text": "What This Country Needs What This Country Needs is a 1998 album released by country music artist Aaron Tippin. It was his first full studio album since switching from RCA Nashville to Lyric Street Records. The album includes three singles: \"For You I Will\", \"I'm Leaving\", and \"Her\", which respectively reached #6, #17, and #33 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1999. The track \"Sweetwater\" was originally recorded by McBride & the Ride on their 1993 album \"Hurry Sundown\", and by Greg Holland on his 1994 album \"Let Me Drive\". Amalgamated from", "title": "What This Country Needs" }, { "docid": "7996928", "text": "a previously unrecorded bridge between the second and third choruses, specifically written for Tina Arena by Mick Jones. The song peaked at number 13 in France and finished 60th on the end-of-year chart of 1999. \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" was covered by American country singer Wynonna Judd and her recording was released on August 24, 2004 from her album \"What the World Needs Now Is Love\" as fourth single. Wynonna's version of the song was produced by Narada Michael Walden, known for his work with Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin and George Michael, and", "title": "I Want to Know What Love Is" }, { "docid": "7972591", "text": "like most Deacon songs, it has a prominent bass line. It is also one of the few songs in which Mercury sings all the vocals in falsetto. The version which appears on the single is a remix, rearranging much of the backing track from the original elements. The 12\" single features an extended version of this remix, rather than an extended version of the track as it appears on the album. \"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure\" has more than 58,000 hits on Lastfm. Pain Is So Close to Pleasure \"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure\" is a song by", "title": "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" }, { "docid": "14219946", "text": "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) \"What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)\" is a song written by Bob McDill and Paul Harrison and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in February 1988 as the lead single from the album, \"The Heart of It All\". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's fifteenth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. \"What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)\" debuted on the U.S. \"Billboard\"", "title": "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" }, { "docid": "11090902", "text": "(a retired Hungarian doctor), Ali (a Pakistani), Robert (the son of a deposed African king), Maria (a housekeeper working for a rich Beverly Hills family), Victor (a Hispanic in love with Maria), Yung Hi (a shy Japanese woman) and Sheikh El Hamid (an Arabian sheikh). Gail Strickland initially played the character of Principal Joan Courtney, though she was replaced by Don Knotts during the series' run. The series aired a total of 26 episodes before being canceled. What a Country! What a Country! is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 27, 1986 to May 23, 1987. It", "title": "What a Country!" }, { "docid": "17291675", "text": "military personnel in Syria, and Russia sent more troops to Syria. US announced that it would keep a very close eye on Russia's moves in Syria. A joint United States–Russia proposal was issued in May 2013 to organize a peace conference on Syria The effectiveness of the negotiations and possible conference were questioned by Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, who stated: \"Washington is using the conference to buy time, but buy time for what? The country is melting down.\" The Geneva II is a United Nations (UN) backed peace conference that took place in Geneva", "title": "U.S.–Russia peace proposals on Syria" }, { "docid": "9771746", "text": "What You Get Is What You See \"What You Get Is What You See\" is a song by recording artist Tina Turner from her album \"Break Every Rule\" (1986). The song was written by the Terry Britten and Graham Lyle team and was notably different from the three previous singles that they had written for Turner, \"What's Love Got to Do with It\", \"We Don't Need Another Hero\" and \"Two People\", as it was an up-tempo country-tinged rock track featuring Eric Clapton on guitars. Tina Turner said in an interview that \"What You Get Is What You See\" is her", "title": "What You Get Is What You See" }, { "docid": "5740713", "text": "Moscow Country Club The Moscow Country Club is a golf club in Russia. The idea of building a championship golf course in Russia, dates back to the early 1970s when leaders of the Russian Government invited American executive Armand Hammer to Russia to find out what Russia needed to entice Western business. Hammer answered \"limousines and a golf course\". In 1988 construction began on what, six years later, was Russia’s first 18-hole golf course. in the birch forest in Nakhabino 15 km from Outer Ring Road (MKAD). The club has an 18-hole, 7,015 yard championship golf course designed by Robert", "title": "Moscow Country Club" }, { "docid": "20374246", "text": "Bryan his fourth US number-one album. The album has sold 336,900 copies in the US as of November 2018. In Australia, the album entered at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming his second to reach the top 10 there after \"Kill the Lights\" (2015). What Makes You Country What Makes You Country is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It was released on December 8, 2017 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles \"Light It Up\", \"Most People Are Good\", \"Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset\". and the title track. \"The Guardian\" reviewer Alexis", "title": "What Makes You Country" }, { "docid": "12167402", "text": "Now That's What I Call Country Now That's What I Call Country is a country music compilation album released on August 26, 2008. The album is the first in the (U.S.) Now! series to be composed exclusively of country music tracks. All of the tracks peaked inside the top 20 of the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart, 16 of which were top 5 hits with 5 of those reaching number one. The album debuted at number 1 on the \"Billboard\" Top Country Albums chart and peaked at number 7 on the \"Billboard\" 200 in September 2008. The \"Now That's What", "title": "Now That's What I Call Country" }, { "docid": "7728586", "text": "\"Close to the Edge\", \"Mojo\", December 2003, p. 82.</ref> It was while driving up to a Preston session in London from his home in Esher, Surrey, that Harrison came up with the song \"What Is Life\". In his autobiography, \"I, Me, Mine\", Harrison describes it as having been written \"very quickly\" and recalls that he thought it would be a perfect, \"catchy pop song\" for Preston to record. His lyrics, while simple, were similarly uplifting and universal: These lyrics have caused some debate among biographers and music critics, as to whether \"What Is Life\" should be viewed as a straightforward", "title": "What Is Life" }, { "docid": "7972590", "text": "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure \"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure\" is a song by Queen, included on their 1986 album \"A Kind of Magic\". In Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA, it was released as the sixth single from that album. The song began as a riff idea by Brian May. Then Freddie Mercury and John Deacon turned that into a song, with Deacon playing rhythm guitar. The single reached #43 on the Dutch charts. The title also appears as a line in \"One Year of Love\". As with most Mercury songs, it has prominent keyboards and,", "title": "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" }, { "docid": "10957478", "text": "I Love What Love Is Doing to Me/He Ain't You I Love What Love Is Doin' to Me is the name of a 1977 country music studio album by Lynn Anderson. The album featured three single releases for Anderson, the first being the title track which peaked at #22 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles. \"He Ain't You\" reached No. 19 and the last single, \"We Got Love\" was a #26 entry in early 1978. The album peaked at #38 on Billboard's Country LP chart. The album also features covers of the recent pop hits, \"Desperado, \"Angel in Your Arms\", and", "title": "I Love What Love Is Doing to Me/He Ain't You" }, { "docid": "12167403", "text": "I Call Country\" CD can also unlock free downloads for the following tracks: Now That's What I Call Country Now That's What I Call Country is a country music compilation album released on August 26, 2008. The album is the first in the (U.S.) Now! series to be composed exclusively of country music tracks. All of the tracks peaked inside the top 20 of the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart, 16 of which were top 5 hits with 5 of those reaching number one. The album debuted at number 1 on the \"Billboard\" Top Country Albums chart and peaked at", "title": "Now That's What I Call Country" }, { "docid": "18804960", "text": "be titled \"What Color Is Your Sky\" and would be released May 4, 2015. The album debuted on Top Country Albums chart at No. 37, selling 1,100 copies in the US for the week. What Color Is Your Sky What Color Is Your Sky is a studio album recorded by American country singer Jason Michael Carroll. Released on May 4, 2015 via Malaco Records/For the Lonely Records, it is Carroll's fourth studio album. Carroll started a Kickstarter campaign to help pay the cost of the album's recording in early 2014, the goal was to raise $40,000 but with help of", "title": "What Color Is Your Sky" }, { "docid": "17513535", "text": "What Is to Be Done? What Is To Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement () is a political pamphlet written by the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (credited as N. Lenin) in 1901 and published in 1902. Lenin said that the article represented \"a skeleton plan to be developed in greater detail in a pamphlet now in preparation for print\". Its title is inspired by the novel of the same name by the 19th century Russian revolutionary Nikolai Chernyshevsky. In \"What Is to Be Done?\", Lenin argues that the working class will not spontaneously become political simply by fighting economic", "title": "What Is to Be Done?" }, { "docid": "7728598", "text": "a combination that became the top-selling single of 1971 in that country. \"What Is Life\" is one of Harrison's most commercial and popular songs – a \"spiritual guitar quest\" that \"became [a] classic\", according to \"Rolling Stone\" magazine. On release, \"Billboard\" magazine's reviewer wrote of \"What Is Life\" and \"Apple Scruffs\" as \"intriguing rhythm follows-ups\" to Harrison's previous single, which were \"sure to repeat that success\" and \"should prove big juke box items\". In their \"Solo Beatles Compendium\", authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter refer to it as an \"intensely catchy track\" and view its pairing with \"My Sweet Lord\"", "title": "What Is Life" }, { "docid": "4464530", "text": "\"All Our Kings Are Dead\" (2010), A Day to Remember's \"What Separates Me from You\" (2010), D.R.U.G.S.'s \"D.R.U.G.S.\" (2011), and The Amity Affliction's \"Chasing Ghosts\" (2012). All songs written by Finch. Personnel per booklet. Finch Additional musicians Production Citations Sources What It Is to Burn What It Is to Burn is the debut album by American post-hardcore band Finch. Finch originally formed under the name Numb with Nate Barcalow on vocals, Alex Linares on guitar, Derek Doherty on bass and Alex Pappas on drums. Guitarist Randy Strohmeyer was invited to join Finch after they witnessed him play with his band", "title": "What It Is to Burn" }, { "docid": "17513541", "text": "what Lenin’s real views were\". Therefore, Lih argues, the word спонтанность, when translated as \"spontaneity\", distorts his views and has different contextual connotations; how конспирация does not mean \"conspiracy\", but \"the rules and procedures needed for an underground organisation to survive\"; тред-юнионизм does not mean \"trade unionism\", but non-revolutionary \"only trade unionism\"; and революционер по профессии should not be translated as \"professional revolutionary\". What Is to Be Done? What Is To Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement () is a political pamphlet written by the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (credited as N. Lenin) in 1901 and published in 1902.", "title": "What Is to Be Done?" }, { "docid": "11968593", "text": "want to increase bilateral relations. Several days earlier, Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with Bashir Saleh Bashir, a former aide of Gaddafi, and reiterated that Russia will contribute to a peace settlement in the country. Libya–Russia relations Libya–Russia relations (; ) is the bilateral relationship between the two countries, Libya and Russia. Russia has an embassy in Tripoli, and Libya has an embassy in Moscow. Diplomatic contact between Russia and Libya has generally been close and productive; seeing as both countries have had and continue to see volatile relations with the United States. Leader Muammar al-Gaddafi was a", "title": "Libya–Russia relations" }, { "docid": "7996923", "text": "America, \"Dreamgirls\" star Jennifer Holliday, and featured keyboard work by Thompson Twins frontman Tom Bailey. The choir also appears in the song's music video. \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on January 15, 1985, displacing Band Aid's \"Do They Know It's Christmas?\", staying there for three weeks, and knocked Madonna's long-running \"Like a Virgin\" out of number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 on February 2, 1985. It was Foreigner's first and only pop chart topper in either country, although the band had four number one Mainstream Rock hits and a", "title": "I Want to Know What Love Is" }, { "docid": "8651230", "text": "Is to Be Done?\" is one of the sources of inspiration for Rand's thought. For example, the book's main character Lopuhov says \"I am not a man to make sacrifices. And indeed there are no such things. One acts in the way that one finds most pleasant.\" Vladimir Nabokov's final novel in Russian, \"The Gift\", ridicules \"What is to Be Done?\" in its fourth chapter. What Is to Be Done? (novel) What Is To Be Done? (; also translated as What Shall We Do? and literally translated as \"What To Do?\") is an 1863 novel written by the Russian philosopher,", "title": "What Is to Be Done? (novel)" }, { "docid": "10957480", "text": "Begins and Ends with You\" were also recorded by Kenny Rogers and released on his hit Daytime Friends album, also released in 1977. I Love What Love Is Doing to Me/He Ain't You I Love What Love Is Doin' to Me is the name of a 1977 country music studio album by Lynn Anderson. The album featured three single releases for Anderson, the first being the title track which peaked at #22 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles. \"He Ain't You\" reached No. 19 and the last single, \"We Got Love\" was a #26 entry in early 1978. The album peaked", "title": "I Love What Love Is Doing to Me/He Ain't You" }, { "docid": "4464518", "text": "What It Is to Burn What It Is to Burn is the debut album by American post-hardcore band Finch. Finch originally formed under the name Numb with Nate Barcalow on vocals, Alex Linares on guitar, Derek Doherty on bass and Alex Pappas on drums. Guitarist Randy Strohmeyer was invited to join Finch after they witnessed him play with his band Evita Fresh. Strohmeyer became friends with Drive-Thru Records owner Richard Reines following a fan letter he had sent in a few years prior. When he mentioned this to the other members of Finch, they were enthusiastic about potentially signing with", "title": "What It Is to Burn" }, { "docid": "7328938", "text": "What It Is to Burn (song) \"What It Is to Burn\" is the title track off the album \"What It Is to Burn\" by the U.S. post-hardcore band Finch. It was released as a single in 2003 and was featured in the pilot episode of \"One Tree Hill\". A demo version of the song was released on the Drive-Thru Records compilation CD \"Welcome to the Family\" in 2001. In an interview with AOL, lead singer Nate Barcalow said he wrote this song from the viewpoint of a man in hell sending a letter to his loved one. \"What It Is", "title": "What It Is to Burn (song)" }, { "docid": "7513959", "text": "title, including \"Edited\", \"Closely Closely (Enough's Enough)\" and \"Close-Up\". The cassette single version, \"That Was Close\", was a medley of a number of the mixes from the various formats, featuring \"Diversion Eight\", \"Diversion Two\", \"Closest\", \"Close-Up\", the album version of \"Close (to the Edit)\" and \"Closed\". This medley lasted in excess of 20 minutes in length, repeated on both sides of the cassette, and remained otherwise unavailable until it was included in its entirety on the 2006 CD box-set compilation \"And What Have You Done with My Body, God?\". The single was Art of Noise's first major UK hit, reaching", "title": "Close (to the Edit)" }, { "docid": "8651224", "text": "What Is to Be Done? (novel) What Is To Be Done? (; also translated as What Shall We Do? and literally translated as \"What To Do?\") is an 1863 novel written by the Russian philosopher, journalist and literary critic Nikolai Chernyshevsky. It was written in response to \"Fathers and Sons\" (1862) by Ivan Turgenev. The chief character is a woman, Vera Pavlovna, who escapes the control of her family and an arranged marriage to seek economic independence. The novel advocates the creation of small socialist cooperatives based on the Russian peasant commune, but oriented toward industrial production. The author promoted", "title": "What Is to Be Done? (novel)" }, { "docid": "4464528", "text": "album turned out to be a bit of a disappoinment due to the large amount of hype surrounding the release, giving it an overall 3 stars. \"What It Is to Burn\" charted at number 99 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and number 1 on the Heatseekers Albums charts. It also charted at number 177 in the UK. \"Letters to You\" charted in the UK at number 39. \"What It Is to Burn\" charted at number 15 on the Alternative Songs chart and number 35 on the Mainstream Rock chart. By April 2003, the album had sold over 200,000 copies in the", "title": "What It Is to Burn" }, { "docid": "4464522", "text": "with boiling liquid. Doherty said they \"just wanted some cool imagery\". The art direction and design were done by P.R. Brown, who also did the photography with Kris McCaddon. Initial pressings of the album contained a demo version of \"What It Is to Burn\", produced by Chris Fuderich. It was replaced on later pressings with a re-recorded version, produced by Trombino. These later pressings were available from June onwards. The UK edition, released on June 2, included an acoustic version of \"Letters to You\" and the demo of \"What It Is to Burn\" as bonus tracks. Following the album's release,", "title": "What It Is to Burn" }, { "docid": "10366938", "text": "Close to You (Whigfield song) \"Close to You\" is a song by Whigfield that was first released on 4 September 1995. A 12\" Vinyl release has a track titled \"Close To You (DMC Remix)\" however this track appears to be \"Think of You\". \"Billboard\" wrote about the song: \"Wisely, Whigfield broadens its stylistic palette slightly by issuing a jam fueled by a chugging faux-funk beat. The wall of glistening keyboards raises the sugar quotient of the song's cutie-pie vocals and \"ooh-baby-baby\" lyrics to potentially diabetic heights. Is it good for ya? Nah! But what guilty pleasure ever is?\" UK: CD-Maxi", "title": "Close to You (Whigfield song)" }, { "docid": "19667613", "text": "the recording, rather than from the record company. Now we're not A&Ring for radio, we've just made a record we like very naturally.\" All songs on \"Love is Mighty Close\" are written by Australian songwriters. Linda Bull explained all the song writers are their friends \"I just get on the phone and ring them up, basically. All of those songwriters know what we do musically, so when we ask them for a song they already have an idea in mind of how we’re going to sing it. It’s a really easy relationship.\" At the ARIA Music Awards of 2002, the", "title": "Love Is Mighty Close" }, { "docid": "17344041", "text": "This Country Is Bad Ass \"This Country Is Bad Ass\", is the debut single of South African-American actress-singer Sasha Pieterse. It was released on 11 April 2013, a day earlier than its official release date. The song was written by Pieterse, Mandie Pinto and Dan Franklin who also produced it. On what inspired the track's patriotic theme, Pieterse revealed, “We just got together and decided well what do we want to write about?” She added, “I just love this country so much and I would never have been able to be where I am if I wasn't in America so", "title": "This Country Is Bad Ass" }, { "docid": "5307559", "text": "What Child Is This? \"What Child Is This?\" is a Christmas carol whose lyrics were written by William Chatterton Dix, in 1865. At the time of composing the carol, Dix worked as an insurance company manager and had been struck by a severe illness. While recovering, he underwent a spiritual renewal that led him to write several hymns, including lyrics to this carol that was subsequently set to the tune of \"Greensleeves\", a traditional English folk song. Although it was written in Great Britain, the carol is more popular in the United States than in its country of origin today.", "title": "What Child Is This?" }, { "docid": "5321389", "text": "of things in the world, in a 1970 article entitled \"Marxism and History\", Carr argued that with the exception of the Mexican Revolution, every revolution in the last sixty-odd years had been led by Marxists. The other revolutions Carr counted were the revolutions in Cuba, China, Russia, and a half-revolution in Vietnam (presumably a reference to the then on-going Vietnam War). This together with what Carr saw as the miserable condition of the Third World, which comprised most of the world led Carr to argue that Marxism had the greatest appeal in the Third World, and was the most likely", "title": "What Is History?" }, { "docid": "10986130", "text": "What a Man My Man Is (album) What a Man My Man Is is the name of a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in late 1974. The album was named after Anderson's big hit, \"What a Man My Man Is,\" which hit No. 1 on the country charts in the last week of 1974. The song would be her last No. 1 hit and last entry on the pop music Hot 100 chart. This album reached No. 18 on the \"Top Country Albums\" chart, but failed to make an appearance on the \"Billboard\" 200 album chart, unlike", "title": "What a Man My Man Is (album)" }, { "docid": "7328940", "text": "Century Hard Rock Songs. What It Is to Burn (song) \"What It Is to Burn\" is the title track off the album \"What It Is to Burn\" by the U.S. post-hardcore band Finch. It was released as a single in 2003 and was featured in the pilot episode of \"One Tree Hill\". A demo version of the song was released on the Drive-Thru Records compilation CD \"Welcome to the Family\" in 2001. In an interview with AOL, lead singer Nate Barcalow said he wrote this song from the viewpoint of a man in hell sending a letter to his loved", "title": "What It Is to Burn (song)" }, { "docid": "14020012", "text": "Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia Tsarevna Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (22 August 167318 June 1716) was a Russian playwright. She was the elder daughter of Tsar Alexis and his second wife, Natalia Naryshkina, and the sister of Peter the Great. Natalia shared the difficulties of her mother and brother during the regency of her half-sister, Tsarevna Sophia. She was very close to her brother Peter, and the siblings shared a very close relationship. She shared Peter’s wish to reform Russia to a Western country, and it was said that ”she loved everything that her brother liked”, and she supported his ideas", "title": "Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia" }, { "docid": "9355347", "text": "been re-recorded numerous times by Anderson, including on her Grammy-nominated 2004 album, \"The Bluegrass Sessions\". What a Man My Man Is \"What a Man My Man Is\" is the name of a No. 1 U.S. country music hit by Lynn Anderson, from 1974. This was Anderson's last No. 1 country hit, staying at the top for one week and spending a total of nine weeks on the chart. It was also her last pop entry on the Hot 100, reaching number 93. For the next few years, Anderson would place hits in the Country top 15 and 20, but wouldn't", "title": "What a Man My Man Is" }, { "docid": "9355346", "text": "What a Man My Man Is \"What a Man My Man Is\" is the name of a No. 1 U.S. country music hit by Lynn Anderson, from 1974. This was Anderson's last No. 1 country hit, staying at the top for one week and spending a total of nine weeks on the chart. It was also her last pop entry on the Hot 100, reaching number 93. For the next few years, Anderson would place hits in the Country top 15 and 20, but wouldn't reach the top 10 again until 1979 with \"Isn't it Always Love\". The song has", "title": "What a Man My Man Is" }, { "docid": "15701209", "text": "unique and fleeting moment in time.\" Now That's What I Call Country Volume 4 Now That's What I Call Country Volume 4 is an album from the \"Now!\" series released in the United States on June 14, 2011. Steve Leggett of Allmusic believes the fourth installment of the \"Now That's What I Call Country\" series proves that contemporary country radio is \"filling the void that used to be occupied by classic pop and rock songs.\" The value of this collection and others in the series is that they zero in on a very specific period of time, \"making a little", "title": "Now That's What I Call Country Volume 4" }, { "docid": "15701208", "text": "Now That's What I Call Country Volume 4 Now That's What I Call Country Volume 4 is an album from the \"Now!\" series released in the United States on June 14, 2011. Steve Leggett of Allmusic believes the fourth installment of the \"Now That's What I Call Country\" series proves that contemporary country radio is \"filling the void that used to be occupied by classic pop and rock songs.\" The value of this collection and others in the series is that they zero in on a very specific period of time, \"making a little music box of memories for that", "title": "Now That's What I Call Country Volume 4" }, { "docid": "9406939", "text": "What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as \"murahaleen\" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "9406947", "text": "That Happens Will Happen Today\". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "10286121", "text": "What Time Is It? (song) \"What Time Is It?\" is the opening musical number and first single from the Disney Channel Original Movie \"High School Musical 2\". It is featured on the \"High School Musical 2\" soundtrack, and is the first song off the \"High School Musical 2\" soundtrack. The song had its world premiere on Radio Disney on May 25, 2007 as part of its Planet Premiere featurette. On June 8, Disney premiered the video as a sneak peek in multiple nations at close to the same time. The single was released on July 16, 2007 worldwide, and on", "title": "What Time Is It? (song)" }, { "docid": "7728596", "text": "clouds above the Krishna scene – so Wilkes abandoned the concept and instead used a darkened photo of Harrison inside the house as the album poster. The more common picture sleeve internationally was a close-up of Feinstein's \"All Things Must Pass\" front-cover image, taken on the main lawn of Friar Park. In Denmark, the sleeve featured four shots of Harrison, again with guitar, taken on stage during the Delaney & Bonnie tour. At the end of March, \"What Is Life\" peaked at number 10 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 7 on \"Cash Box\"s Top 100 chart, making Harrison", "title": "What Is Life" }, { "docid": "17344042", "text": "we decided to come up with this track. I just want people to know that I love my country, this is home. Even though I wasn't born here, I'm so proud to be here” She also stated, “People have kind of forgotten that working hard is huge, and that's what you need to do to get where you want. You can't just sit back and let things happen, and the great thing about this country is you can work for what you want. You can sit there and not do anything, and that's where you'll be for the rest of", "title": "This Country Is Bad Ass" }, { "docid": "20733844", "text": "interview with the magazine \"Expert\" in April 2005, the head of the presidential administration, Dmitry Medvedev said: In 2011, during a meeting of the government Commission for the development of the North Caucasian Federal District in Gudermes, Vladimir Putin said what would happen if the Caucasus suddenly left Russia: Secession in Russia The possible Dissolution of Russia is a hypothetical disintegration of the Russian Federation as a single state, as well as opinions and analysis of the consequences of this event. The topic is the subject of hundreds of articles on the Internet. Russia, like any other country, is experiencing", "title": "Secession in Russia" }, { "docid": "20374245", "text": "up to the standard of the best stuff pumped out by Swedish hit manufacturers.\" A mixed-to-positive review came from \"Variety\" writer Chris Willman, who wrote that the album \"suggests that Bryan has zero interest in fixing what ain't broke. It's a 15-song guidebook to What Makes Him Successful, filled with good-time drinking, better-time sex, a little bit of family, and no particular sadness that can't be cured as soon as a certain ex-girlfriend texts back.\" \"What Makes You Country\" debuted at number one on the US \"Billboard\" 200 with 108,000 album-equivalent units, of which 99,000 were pure album sales, giving", "title": "What Makes You Country" }, { "docid": "8742225", "text": "of Amy. One where she is in a giant, tall green dress. Another shot shows a black & white close up of Amy in a very retro-mod hair style. Remixes (feat. Chris Cox) – EP U.S. Promotional A&M CD Single U.S. Myrrh promotional CD single U.K. retail single That's What Love Is For \"That's What Love Is For\" is a 1991 Billboard Adult Contemporary chart #1 hit single and a Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single by Christian music singer Amy Grant. It was the third pop single off her 5x platinum selling album Heart in Motion and the only", "title": "That's What Love Is For" }, { "docid": "13801609", "text": "bar. As he gets up and goes outside everything and everybody starts going backwards as he walks back to his house. When he gets there, his lover is waiting there, crying after their fight. When he hugs her, time goes back to normal and they go inside. \"What I Meant to Say\" debuted at number sixty-nine on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 28, 1995. What I Meant to Say \"What I Meant to Say\" is a song written by Sam Hogin, Jim McBride and Don Cook, and recorded by American country music", "title": "What I Meant to Say" }, { "docid": "11964015", "text": "Hamid Karzai said: \"Our two countries have very close ties now. Russia as a neighboring country, with which we have long historical ties and traditionally friendly relations, can contribute to the peace process, and we believe that friendship with Russia will become an important factor of stability and sustainable development of our country.\" Russia's more active involvement in Afghanistan includes business investment proposals, diplomatic propaganda, cultural programs, financial and military support for the central government, power influence in the north and with the Taliban. In 2014, it re-opened a cultural center in Kabul. Since 2016, it has provided the Afghan", "title": "Afghanistan–Russia relations" }, { "docid": "11398932", "text": "What I Live to Do What I Live to Do is the first album by the American country music artist James Bonamy. Released in February 1996, it includes the single \"I Don't Think I Will\", a number 2 hit on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and \"She's Got a Mind of Her Own\" and \"All I Do Is Love Her\". The first single, \"Dog on a Toolbox\", was withdrawn by the label and replaced with \"She's Got a Mind of Her Own\". Dan Kuchar of \"Country Standard Time\" gave a mixed review. He thought that Bonamy's", "title": "What I Live to Do" }, { "docid": "13191779", "text": "one on the Hot Country Songs chart. \"That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You\" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 2, 1995. That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You \"That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You\" is a song recorded by American country music artist Aaron Tippin. It was released in August 1995 as the lead-off single to album \"Tool Box\". It peaked at number one in the United States, and No. 10 in Canada. Paul Jefferson, who co-wrote the song, later", "title": "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" }, { "docid": "8662377", "text": "Capital punishment in Russia Currently, Capital punishment in Russia is not allowed. There exists both an implicit moratorium established by President Boris Yeltsin in 1996, and an explicit one, established by the Constitutional Court of Russia in 1999 and most recently reaffirmed in 2009. Russia has not executed anyone since 1996. In medieval Russia capital punishment was extremely rare, and was even banned in many, if not most, principalities. The Law of Yaroslavl (c. 1017) put restrictions on what crimes warranted execution. Later, the law was amended in much of the country to completely ban capital punishment. The Russian Empire", "title": "Capital punishment in Russia" }, { "docid": "12792535", "text": "gave the song a favorable review. He stated that \"the single is clearly meant to put the album in hands and minds of country music radio station programmers. \"What I Really Meant to Say\" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 31, 2001. This song also was part of the Billboard's top 100 country songs of the 2000s, coming in at number 87. What I Really Meant to Say \"What I Really Meant to Say\" is a debut song written by Cyndi Thomson, Tommy Lee James and Chris Waters.", "title": "What I Really Meant to Say" }, { "docid": "10986132", "text": "Anderson's husband at the time, Glenn Sutton, produced this album and wrote a couple of its tracks, including the No. 1 hit. What a Man My Man Is (album) What a Man My Man Is is the name of a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in late 1974. The album was named after Anderson's big hit, \"What a Man My Man Is,\" which hit No. 1 on the country charts in the last week of 1974. The song would be her last No. 1 hit and last entry on the pop music Hot 100 chart. This album", "title": "What a Man My Man Is (album)" }, { "docid": "9287271", "text": "on my feet. I'd say, 'Jackie, go on.' Jackie would look up at me and his purr would get a little louder, but he would not leave.\" The title of the album was taken from a song of the same name, \"What I Mean To Say Is Goodbye\", which was later cut during the sequencing process and remains unreleased. Design and layout for \"What I Mean To Say Is Goodbye\" was created by Grammy-award winning designer, Peter Buchanan-Smith, and features original artwork, liner notes, and a short story by Tom Brosseau. What I Mean to Say Is Goodbye What I", "title": "What I Mean to Say Is Goodbye" }, { "docid": "18804959", "text": "What Color Is Your Sky What Color Is Your Sky is a studio album recorded by American country singer Jason Michael Carroll. Released on May 4, 2015 via Malaco Records/For the Lonely Records, it is Carroll's fourth studio album. Carroll started a Kickstarter campaign to help pay the cost of the album's recording in early 2014, the goal was to raise $40,000 but with help of fans Carroll raised over $70,000 by fans to album pay the album's production costs. He released the lead single on March 17, 2015 titled \"God Only Knows\", he also announced his new album would", "title": "What Color Is Your Sky" }, { "docid": "11248075", "text": "Here Is What Is Here Is What Is is the fifth studio album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois. It was first released in December 2007 as a high-quality download, and later released on CD on March 18, 2008. The album is the result of the same project that led to the 2007 documentary \"Here Is What Is\" that premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival in September. The movie documents the aesthetics and creative process behind Lanois' approach to music making and recording. The album has been presented as a direct soundtrack to this film, and", "title": "Here Is What Is" }, { "docid": "15385862", "text": "from a man who need not apologize for the things he does awfully well.\" Giving it four stars out of five, Jessica Phillips of \"Country Weekly\" magazine praised the album's \"traditional\" sound and variety of songs. She also thought that the album's more comedic songs provided a \"humorous equilibrium[…]without being relentlessly clever.\" \"Rolling Stone\" critic Will Hermes gave the album a 3½ star rating. Hermes thought the album \"embraces all of what country music is today — its soul, its vivid storytelling, and, yes, its genre clichés. The lead singles, uncharacteristically, are ads more than songs; Elsewhere, the greatest country", "title": "This Is Country Music" }, { "docid": "17344043", "text": "your life, or you can work hard and set a goal and achieve that. That's what this country is all about. That's the American Dream, and I think it's fantastic.” She also addressed how some people may misperceive the song based on the title. “I think people can form, maybe, a wrong opinion by the name of it. It's just about how amazing this country is. It's OK to be patriotic about your country. People in my age group, we've kind of, I think, forgotten where we came from. The history of this country — it's your morals, it’s, you", "title": "This Country Is Bad Ass" }, { "docid": "10040722", "text": "Close to the Edge (Diamond Rio album) Close to the Edge is the second studio album from the country music group Diamond Rio. Released in 1992 on Arista Records, it produced the singles \"In a Week or Two\", \"Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby\", \"This Romeo Ain't Got Julie Yet\", and \"Sawmill Road\". These singles respectively reached #2, #5, #13 and #21 on the \"Billboard\" country charts between 1992 and 1993; the album was certified gold in the United States. \"Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby\" was previously recorded by George Strait on his 1989 album \"Beyond the Blue Neon\".", "title": "Close to the Edge (Diamond Rio album)" }, { "docid": "10040721", "text": "Close to the Edge (Diamond Rio album) Close to the Edge is the second studio album from the country music group Diamond Rio. Released in 1992 on Arista Records, it produced the singles \"In a Week or Two\", \"Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby\", \"This Romeo Ain't Got Julie Yet\", and \"Sawmill Road\". These singles respectively reached #2, #5, #13 and #21 on the \"Billboard\" country charts between 1992 and 1993; the album was certified gold in the United States. \"Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby\" was previously recorded by George Strait on his 1989 album \"Beyond the Blue Neon\".", "title": "Close to the Edge (Diamond Rio album)" }, { "docid": "13801607", "text": "What I Meant to Say \"What I Meant to Say\" is a song written by Sam Hogin, Jim McBride and Don Cook, and recorded by American country music artist Wade Hayes. It was released in October 1995 as the fourth and final single from Hayes' debut album \"Old Enough to Know Better\". The song reached #5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart and #15 on the Canadian \"RPM\" country singles chart. It even charted on the Billboard Hot 200, peaking at #116. The narrator realizes that he hurt his lover when he said he could walk out on her", "title": "What I Meant to Say" }, { "docid": "7996921", "text": "I Want to Know What Love Is \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. It was released in November 1984 as the lead single from their fifth album, \"Agent Provocateur\". The song hit number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States and is the group's biggest hit to date. It remains one of the band's best-known songs and most enduring radio hits, charting in the top 25 in 2000, 2001, and 2002 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart. \"I Want to Know What Love Is\"", "title": "I Want to Know What Love Is" }, { "docid": "14975300", "text": "for his \"Let There Be Country\" album, although the album was not released until 1992. Don't Tell Me What to Do \"for Baby Animals' song of the same name, see \"Don't Tell Me What to Do (Baby Animals song)\" \"Don't Tell Me What to Do\" is a song written by Harlan Howard and Max D. Barnes, and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in December 1990 as the first single from the album \"Put Yourself in My Place\". The song reached number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart Marty Stuart recorded", "title": "Don't Tell Me What to Do" }, { "docid": "7050031", "text": "generally enjoyed very close cordial relations. Iran and Russia are strategic allies and form an axis in the Caucasus alongside Armenia. Moscow and Tehran are also military allies in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq and partners in Afghanistan and post-Soviet Central Asia. Due to Western economic sanctions on Iran, Russia has become a key trading partner, especially in regard to the former's excess oil reserves. Militarily, Iran is the only country in Western Asia that has been invited to join the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Russia's own international treaty organization in response to NATO. While much of the Iranian", "title": "Iran–Russia relations" }, { "docid": "4464527", "text": "the main stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Following this, \"New Beginnings\" and \"What It Is to Burn\" were released as a double A-sided single on August 25. The album received a generally positive reception. AllMusic rated the album with 4 out of 5 stars, commenting \"Finch's full-length debut is a phenomenal account of a band riding the thin line between hardcore and pop-punk while retaining a trademark sound that stands out from the crowd\", as well as being an album pick. Ryan Flatley of Sputnikmusic praised \"Grey Matter\" and \"Project Mayhem\" for their energy, but states that the", "title": "What It Is to Burn" }, { "docid": "7996927", "text": "In 1985, the New Jersey Mass Choir released the Prelude Records album entitled \"I Want to Know What Love Is\". The album's fifth track, \"I Want to Know What Love Is\", was released as a single in the gospel music market which garnered several awards within the industry. \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" was covered by Australian singer Tina Arena and her recording was released as a single in 1998 from her album \"In Deep\". Arena's version of the song was produced by Foreigner band member Mick Jones, who wrote the song. This version of the song includes", "title": "I Want to Know What Love Is" }, { "docid": "16662826", "text": "The physicists Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont, writing in \"Fashionable Nonsense\" (1997), state that \"What is Philosophy\" became a best-seller in France in 1991. They argue that in attempting to show how philosophy and science are distinct, Deleuze and Guattari use scientific terms such as \"chaos\" in incorrect or misleading ways, and that while in some passages they seem to discuss serious problems in the philosophy of science and mathematics, these passages prove to be largely meaningless on close inspection. The philosopher Roger Scruton, writing in \"Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left\" (2016), criticized \"What is Philosophy?\",", "title": "What is Philosophy? (Deleuze and Guattari)" }, { "docid": "17513540", "text": "belonged to this bourgeois intelligentsia. Lars T. Lih, a McGill University course lecturer, has suggested that Lenin's pamphlet has been widely misinterpreted partly by mistranslations of key terms used by Lenin. Lih says that those historians and textbooks that misinterpret the pamphlet follow \"three mutually reinforcing strands\": Lih argues that \"even if we examine the controversial passages in \"What is to be Done?\" we misunderstand them if we are not alive to the meanings of the words used. Some of these have been translated in such a way as to confuse or even to draw readers to the opposite of", "title": "What Is to Be Done?" }, { "docid": "4464524", "text": "at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK. In September, the group performed a few shows in Japan. In October and November, the band went tour across the US alongside New Found Glory, Something Corporate and Further Seems Forever. In November and December, the group went on a UK tour with From Autumn to Ashes and Coheed and Cambria. Around this time, the group signed to MCA Records. MCA had a distribution deal that allowed them to acquire Drive-Thru Records' bands over a period of time. In January 2003, \"What It Is to Burn\" was released as a radio", "title": "What It Is to Burn" }, { "docid": "4464525", "text": "single and a music video was filmed for the track. It was directed by Alexander Kosta. The band toured with From Autumn to Ashes across the US in January and February. Allister were initially planned to support before being replaced by Steel Train. In February, the band went on a co-heading US tour with The Used. While on the tour, the \"What It Is to Burn\" music video was posted online on February 21. Following this, the group continued touring with The Movielife, Senses Fail and A Static Lullaby until early March. In March, the group went on a tour", "title": "What It Is to Burn" }, { "docid": "4464521", "text": "other times take a whole day. Collectively, Strohmeyer said it took a year to write all of the material on the album. \"Awake\" was one of the group's oldest songs. Barcalow said it was about a couple resolving an argument. A music video was released for \"Letters to You\" in January 2002. Doherty said the video was \"[a]trocious\", while Linares called it \"[b]asically a piece of shit.\" \"What It Is to Burn\" was released on March 12 as a joint release between MCA and Drive-Thru Records. The artwork features an ice bucket and measurements. The back cover features a beaker", "title": "What It Is to Burn" }, { "docid": "4464519", "text": "the label. Reines offered the group a chance to perform and subsequently invited his sister, and co-label owner, Stefanie to the performance. The pair were impressed and signed the group. Pre-production and demos were done at DML Studios in Escondido, California in February and April 2001. They began recording \"What It Is to Burn\" in June at Big Fish Studios in Encinitas, California with producer Mark Trombino. They started tracking guitars in July. Strohmeyer used Fender guitars and Marshall amplifiers. Linares used ESP guitars and Mesa amplifiers. Trombino did guitar effects for the album, earning him a programming credit in", "title": "What It Is to Burn" }, { "docid": "11398933", "text": "singing voice had \"power and flair\", but criticized the songwriting of most songs other than \"I Don't Think I Will\" and \"The Devil Goes Fishin'\". What I Live to Do What I Live to Do is the first album by the American country music artist James Bonamy. Released in February 1996, it includes the single \"I Don't Think I Will\", a number 2 hit on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and \"She's Got a Mind of Her Own\" and \"All I Do Is Love Her\". The first single, \"Dog on a Toolbox\", was withdrawn by the", "title": "What I Live to Do" }, { "docid": "5321384", "text": "the West, in forcing on primitive Russia the material foundations of modern civilisation, and in giving Russia a place among the European powers, obliged them to concede, however reluctantly his title to greatness. Stalin was the most ruthless despot Russia had known since Peter, and also a great westerniser\". Though Carr made it clear that he preferred that historians refrain from expressing moral opinions, he did argue that if the historian should find it necessary then such views should best be restricted to institutions rather than individuals. Carr argued that such an approach was better because the focus on individuals", "title": "What Is History?" }, { "docid": "12792533", "text": "What I Really Meant to Say \"What I Really Meant to Say\" is a debut song written by Cyndi Thomson, Tommy Lee James and Chris Waters. It was released in March 2001 as Thomson's debut single, as well as the lead-off single from her debut album \"My World\". The song reached the top of the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, giving Thomson her only Number One single on that chart. It also made her the third country music artist that year to reach Number One with a debut single. The song is a mid-tempo mostly", "title": "What I Really Meant to Say" }, { "docid": "5970525", "text": "Thursday and Friday complete performances were needed in front of the camera, with no prompter to read from.\" Lavington was from Cardiff, and an episode was shot in Cardiff with Ken returning home to see his parents as his mother was in poor health. Scriptwriters included Marilyn Duckworth (5 in 1975-76). Its replacement series, \"Country GP\", starring Lani Tupu, did not enjoy as successful a run in the same timeslot. Close to Home (1975 TV series) Close to Home is a New Zealand television soap opera which ran on Television One (later becoming Television New Zealand) from 1975 to 1983.", "title": "Close to Home (1975 TV series)" }, { "docid": "17271693", "text": "on 17 March 2013. The video also has a guest appearance from Ron Jeremy. As of September 2017, it has received over 84 million views. \"This Is What It Feels Like\" was covered by Canadian country music artist Jason Benoit and released through Sky Hit Records, under license to Sony Music Canada, as Benoit's debut single on 10 September 2013. His rendition reached number 46 on the \"Billboard\" Canada Country chart. It received positive reviews for Benoit's \"strong vocal performance\" was also included on the compilation album, \"Country Heat 2014\". An official lyric video was uploaded to Benoit's Vevo channel", "title": "This Is What It Feels Like" }, { "docid": "15509488", "text": "(What Is) Love? \"(What Is) Love?\" is a song recorded by American entertainer Jennifer Lopez. Originally entitled \"What Is Love?\", the song appeared on the soundtrack to \"The Back-up Plan\" (2010), a film in which Lopez stars. The song was later included on Lopez's seventh studio album \"Love?\" (2011), as the album's title track. \"(What Is) Love?\" is a midtempo electropop song written by Diana \"Wynter\" Gordon, with the song's producer Emile \"D'Mile\" Dernst II. The song is about \"not knowing what love is,\" according to Gordon. A remix of \"(What Is) Love?\", entitled \"What Is Love? Part II\", was", "title": "(What Is) Love?" } ]

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[ { "docid": "11980960", "text": "celebration at San Siro upon their return to Milan, where they were presented with the Serie A trophy. Following this win, however, the club opted to sack Mancini on 29 May, citing his declaration to leave following the Champions League defeat to Liverpool as the reason. On 2 June 2008, Inter announced on their official website that they had appointed former Porto and Chelsea boss José Mourinho as new head coach, with Giuseppe Baresi as his assistant. This made Mourinho the only foreign coach in Italy in the 2008–09 season kick-off. Mourinho made only three additions to the squad during", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "16433449", "text": "Jesus scored his first goal for Inter, while Rocchi scored another one in his final Inter match, assisted by the returning Palacio. Inter finished the season in the 9th position in league, remaining out of European football for the first time since 1999–2000. This was also Inter's worst finish in Serie A since 1993–94. On 24 May, five days after the end of the season, head coach Andrea Stramaccioni was fired and replaced by Walter Mazzarri. Nike continued its supply of the Inter Milan kit, a relationship dating back to the 1998-99 season. Pirelli was the current sponsor, dating back", "title": "2012–13 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "17422513", "text": "! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards ! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 2013–14 Inter Milan season The 2013–14 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 105th in existence and 98th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, finishing fifth in the league and qualifying for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. On 24 May 2013, five days after the conclusion of the season, head coach Andrea Stramaccioni was fired and replaced by Walter Mazzarri. The June begun with Inter announcing the new one-year contract renewals of veterans", "title": "2013–14 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "17422509", "text": "2013–14 Inter Milan season The 2013–14 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 105th in existence and 98th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, finishing fifth in the league and qualifying for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. On 24 May 2013, five days after the conclusion of the season, head coach Andrea Stramaccioni was fired and replaced by Walter Mazzarri. The June begun with Inter announcing the new one-year contract renewals of veterans Javier Zanetti and Walter Samuel. Players such as Tommaso Rocchi and Walter Gargano left the", "title": "2013–14 Inter Milan season" } ]

[ { "docid": "11980946", "text": "the season following Inter's first-ever Serie A defeat to Reggina. Throughout this period, Inter also suffered the mocking of neighbours Milan, who were having success both domestically and in Europe and who would levy several defeats on Inter, including a 6–0 thrashing in 2000–01. Marco Tardelli, chosen to replace Lippi, failed to improve Inter's results, and is remembered by Inter fans as the manager that lost 6–0 the Derby della Madonnina to Milan. Other Inter personnel that suffered during the club's struggles were Christian Vieri and Fabio Cannavaro, both of whom had their restaurants in Milan vandalised after defeats to", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "14788549", "text": "1997–98 Inter Milan season In the 1997–98 season, the Italian football club Inter Milan, managed by Luigi Simoni, won the UEFA Cup and achieved second place in the Serie A league. Moratti relied on Luigi Simoni as coach and on Ronaldo as star. Further purchases resulted in Diego Simeone, Francesco Moriero and Álvaro Recoba who – in his debut – scored twice, helping Inter beat Brescia in a 2–1 comeback. Compared to the previous seasons, it proved to be better for Inter who mounted their first serious shot at the title since 1989. However, with a loss at Juventus, the", "title": "1997–98 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "11980932", "text": "History of Inter Milan This is the history of Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan outside of Italy, a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was founded on 9 March 1908 as Foot-Ball Club Internazionale following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club (44 members). A group of Italians and Swiss (Giorgio Muggiani, a painter who also designed the club's logo; Bossard; Lana; Bertoloni; De Olma; Enrico Hintermann; Arturo Hintermann; Carlo Hintermann; Pietro Dell'Oro; Hugo and Hans Rietmann; Voelkel; Maner; Wipf; and", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202311", "text": "Inter appointed former Lazio coach Roberto Mancini as its new head coach. In his first season, the team collected 72 points from 18 wins, 18 draws and only two losses, as well as winning the Coppa Italia and later the Supercoppa Italiana. On 11 May 2006, Inter retained their Coppa Italia title once again after defeating Roma with a 4–1 aggregate victory (a 1–1 scoreline in Rome and a 3–1 win at the San Siro). Inter were awarded the 2005–06 Serie A championship retrospectively after points were stripped from Juventus and Milan due to the match fixing scandal that year.", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202353", "text": "Inter in European competitions would not be lifted yet, due to partial fulfilment of the targets in the settlement agreement. Same announcement was made by UEFA in June 2018, based on Inter's 2016–17 season financial result. Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter and colloquially known as Inter Milan outside Italy, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Inter is the only Italian club to have never been relegated from the top flight. Inter has won 30 domestic trophies on par with its local rivals A.C. Milan, including 18", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202296", "text": "Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter and colloquially known as Inter Milan outside Italy, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Inter is the only Italian club to have never been relegated from the top flight. Inter has won 30 domestic trophies on par with its local rivals A.C. Milan, including 18 league titles, 7 Coppa Italia and 5 Supercoppa Italiana. From 2006 to 2010, the club won five successive league titles, equalling the all-time record at that time. They have won the Champions League three times: two", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "11980969", "text": "S.á r.l.) a company owned by Zhang Jindong, co-founder and chairman of Suning Commerce Group, acquired a majority stake of Inter Milan from Thohir's consortium International Sports Capital S.p.A. and from Moratti family's remaining shares in Internazionale Holding S.r.l. According to various filings, the total investment from Suning was around €270 million. History of Inter Milan This is the history of Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan outside of Italy, a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was founded on 9 March 1908 as", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202333", "text": "in the Curva Nord, or north curve of the San Siro. This longstanding tradition has led to the Curva Nord being synonymous with the club's most die-hard supporters, who unfurl banners and wave flags in support of their team. Inter have several rivalries, two of which are highly significant in Italian football; firstly, they participate in the intra city \"Derby della Madonnina\" with Milan; the rivalry has existed ever since Inter splintered off from Milan in 1908. The name of the derby refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose statue atop the Milan Cathedral is one of the city's main", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "11980950", "text": "a point over Parma. Inter's only saving grace in 2003–04 was the arrival of Dejan Stanković and Adriano in January 2004, making up for the departures of Clarence Seedorf and Hernán Crespo respectively. On 7 July 2004, Inter announced on their official website that they had appointed former Lazio boss Roberto Mancini as new head coach. In his first season, Inter and Mancini collected 72 points from 18 wins, 18 draws and only two losses. On 15 June 2005, Inter won the Coppa Italia after defeating Roma in the two-legged final 3–0 on aggregate (1–0 win in Milan and 0–2", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "14707801", "text": "1991–92 Inter Milan season When Trapattoni left Inter, in order to coach Juventus again, the club found his substitute in Corrado Orrico. Despite being UEFA Cup defending champions, the European title was lost. It was due to Boavista, who passed the round with a 2–1 aggregate (2–1 and 0–0 were the results). Midway through the league, due to the poor trend, Orrico was replaced by Luis Suárez. The Spanish, former Inter player, did not manage to improve the performances whilst Zenga saw his relationship with supporters deteriorate. Desideri, was also cut from the team after have mocking the coach (following", "title": "1991–92 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "202298", "text": "known as the Derby della Madonnina, are one of the most followed derbies in football. , Inter is the second-most supported team in Italy, and the sixth most-supported team in Europe. The club is one of the most valuable in Italian and world football. It was a founding member of the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs. The club was founded on 9 March 1908 as \"Football Club Internazionale\", following the schism with the Milan Cricket and Football Club (now A.C. Milan). The name of the club derives from the wish of its founding members to accept foreign", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "10549384", "text": "to 82. Inter conquested the title, for third consecutive season, in last Serie A match beating Parma for 2–0: both goals are of Zlatan Ibrahimović, who had scored for other 15 times during the whole league. For Parma, it was the first relegation to B after 18 consecutive seasons in top flight. In late May 2008, after have lost an other trophy against Roma, Mancini is fired by Moratti. Days later, the club announced that his coach was sacked for the statement after Inter-Liverpool of previous 11 March: this game had marked the side's Champions League failure. 2007–08 Inter Milan", "title": "2007–08 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14788550", "text": "reigning champions won 1–0, holding three points over Inter. Ten days later, Inter conquered – for the third time in the last seven years – the UEFA Cup beating Lazio 3–0. The domestic league ended with Inter in second place, last achieved in 1993. 4-3-3 Formation <div style=\"position: relative;\"> 1997–98 Inter Milan season In the 1997–98 season, the Italian football club Inter Milan, managed by Luigi Simoni, won the UEFA Cup and achieved second place in the Serie A league. Moratti relied on Luigi Simoni as coach and on Ronaldo as star. Further purchases resulted in Diego Simeone, Francesco Moriero", "title": "1997–98 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "12008814", "text": "or Crespo, then Balotelli). The quality of playing is immediately awake, and Inter came on the prints of previous season winning again the \"Scudetto\" (fourth in row), 10 points clear Juventus and Milan. 2008–09 confirmed transfers Total spending: €46.6 million Total income: €0 2008–09 Inter Milan season The 2008–09 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 100th in existence and 93th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. After Roberto Mancini's departure, José Mourinho became the new coach of Inter. The Portuguese manager won a trophy at his debut, Supercoppa Italiana, defeating Roma on penalties. He planned a 4–3–3", "title": "2008–09 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "11980933", "text": "Carlo Ardussi) were unhappy about the domination of Italians in the Milan team and broke away from them, leading to the creation of Internazionale. The name of the club derives from the wish of its founding members to accept foreign players as well as Italians. The club won its very first \"Scudetto\" (championship) in 1910 and its second in 1920. The captain and coach of the first \"Scudetto\" was Virgilio Fossati, who was killed in World War I. In 1922, Inter were in Group B of the CCI First Division and came in last place after picking up only 11", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "14707802", "text": "a goal celebration). Drawing half of the total games (17 out of 34) Inter failed - for the first time since 1975 - a European placement, finishing only eighth. 1991–92 Inter Milan season When Trapattoni left Inter, in order to coach Juventus again, the club found his substitute in Corrado Orrico. Despite being UEFA Cup defending champions, the European title was lost. It was due to Boavista, who passed the round with a 2–1 aggregate (2–1 and 0–0 were the results). Midway through the league, due to the poor trend, Orrico was replaced by Luis Suárez. The Spanish, former Inter", "title": "1991–92 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14677367", "text": "2004–05 Inter Milan season The 2004–05 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 96th in existence and 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The summer of 2004 saw Inter choose a new coach, Roberto Mancini coming from Lazio. Inter started the season qualifying for the Champions League group phase, but also collected many draws in the league. Inter, achieved better results in cups, made a known comeback (3–2) in a match against Sampdoria, scoring all goals in the last six minutes. The derby with Milan was lost 1–0 which broke a positive streak, in May 2004. the", "title": "2004–05 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14653100", "text": "1998–99 Inter Milan season Inter continued its increasingly frustrating run without the league title, which was extended to ten years following a chaotic season. Coach Luigi Simoni was fired when the side did not perform to the expected level, and the season saw a further three coaches trying to tame Inter without any success. Despite the chaos, the side managed to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where it lost to eventual champions Manchester United. Another worry was the injury problems affecting star striker Ronaldo, who only played in 19 of the 34 league matches (although in those", "title": "1998–99 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "8804481", "text": "is at Centro Sportivo \"Giacinto Facchetti\", 30,000 square metres of professional training and education facilities between the Niguarda and Bresso districts in the north of Milan. Inter Youth Sector has 20 scouts in the Lombardy region and 10 in the rest of Italy. They all report directly to the general coordinator in Milan. Below the Primavera team (U19), there are nine other teams: Inter Milan Youth Sector Inter Milan Youth Sector () is the youth set-up of Italian professional football club Inter Milan. The under-19 team plays in the Campionato Primavera 1. They have been Italian champions eight times and", "title": "Inter Milan Youth Sector" }, { "docid": "11980952", "text": "after points were stripped from Juventus and Milan, who were punished in a match fixing scandal that year. With the confirmed relegation of Juventus to Serie B and the eight-point deduction for city rivals Milan, Inter became favourites to retain their Serie A title for the 2006–07 Serie A season. During the season, Inter went on a record-breaking run of 17 consecutive victories in Serie A, starting on 25 October 2006 with a 4–1 home victory over Livorno and ending on 28 February 2007 after a 1–1 draw at home to Udinese. The 2–5 away win at Catania on 25", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "11980941", "text": "Ramón Díaz, Inter captured the 1988–89 Serie A championship. Fellow German Jürgen Klinsmann and the Italian Supercup were added the following season, though Inter failed to defend their Serie A title, finishing in third behind champions Napoli and city rivals Milan, respectively. The 1990s was a period of disappointment for Inter. While their great rivals, Milan and Juventus, were achieving success both domestically and in Europe, Inter were left behind with repeated mediocre results in the domestic league standings, their worst coming in 1993–94 when they finished just one shy of the relegation zone. Nevertheless, they achieved some European success", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "14457746", "text": "2001–02 Inter Milan season The 2001–02 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 93th in existence and 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. After a disappointing previous season, Massimo Moratti chose former Valencia coach Héctor Cúper as the coach of rebirth. Cúper managed to line-up a new team, buying players such as Toldo, Materazzi, Kallon and Ventola. Inter had a sprint-start, topping the league and passing several challenges in Europe. 2001 closed with Giuseppe Prisco's death, vicechairman since 1962. In the second part of season, Inter showed signs of exhaustion: 1–2 home loss to Atalanta was followed,", "title": "2001–02 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "202346", "text": "Inter remained in 9th place, surpassing Juventus (10th) but Milan re-took the leading role as the 7th. Inter became the 8th in 2010–11, but was still one place behind Milan. Since 2011, Inter fell to 11th in 2011–12, 15th in 2012–13, 17th in 2013–14, 19th in 2014–15 and 2015–16 season. In 2016–17 season, Inter was ranked 15th in the \"Money League\". In 2010 \"Football Money League\" (2008–09 season), the normalized revenue of €196.5 million were divided up between matchday (14%, €28.2 million), broadcasting (59%, €115.7 million, +7%, +€8 million) and commercial (27%, €52.6 million, +43%). Kit sponsors Nike and Pirelli", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "14653101", "text": "19 games he scored 14 goals). After the season, Inter signed Christian Vieri from Lazio for a world-record transfer fee of £32 million to help out with the goalscoring, while successful ex-Juventus coach Marcello Lippi was appointed in the hope he could end Inter's title drought. ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 1998–99 Inter Milan season Inter continued its increasingly frustrating run without the league title, which was extended to ten years following a chaotic season. Coach Luigi Simoni was fired when the side did not", "title": "1998–99 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "202328", "text": "or \"Serpente\", represents Inter. The snake is an important symbol for the city of Milan, appearing often in Milanese heraldry as a coiled viper with a man in its jaws. The symbol is famous for its presence on the coat of arms of the House of Sforza (which ruled over Italy from Milan during the Renaissance period), the city of Milan, the historical Duchy of Milan (a 400-year state of the Holy Roman Empire) and Insubria (a historical region the city of Milan falls within). For the 2010–11 season, Inter's away kit featured the serpent. The team's stadium is the", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202329", "text": "80,018 seat San Siro, officially known as the \"Stadio Giuseppe Meazza\" after the former player who represented both Milan and Inter. The more commonly used name, \"San Siro\", is the name of the district where it is located. San Siro has been the home of Milan since 1926, when it was privately built by funding from Milan's chairman at the time, Piero Pirelli. Construction was performed by 120 workers, and took 13 and a half months to complete. The stadium was owned by the club until it was sold to the city council in 1935, and since 1947 it has", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "11980948", "text": "first-half injury time and scored two more goals in the second half to clinch the victory. Juventus ultimately won the \"Scudetto\" after their 0–2 victory away to Udinese. The 2002–03 Serie A campaign saw Inter finish in a respectable second and also managed to make it to the 2002–03 Champions League semi-finals against rivals Milan. Being tied 1–1 with Milan, Inter lost on the away goals rule. Although they fell short in both competitions, Inter were progressing. Once again, however, Massimo Moratti's impatience got the better of him—Hernán Crespo was sold after just one season and manager Héctor Cuper was", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202332", "text": "the city of Milan were the middle-class bourgeoisie Milanese, while Milan fans were typically working-class. The traditional ultras group of Inter is \"Boys San\"; they hold a significant place in the history of the ultras scene in general due to the fact that they are one of the oldest, being founded in 1969. Politically, the ultras of Inter are usually considered right-wing and they have good relationships with the Lazio ultras. As well as the main group of \"Boys San\", there are four more significant groups: \"Viking\", \"Irriducibili\", \"Ultras\", and \"Brianza Alcoolica\". Inter's most vocal fans are known to gather", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202309", "text": "League by Swedish club Helsingborgs IF, with Álvaro Recoba missing a crucial late penalty. Lippi was sacked after only a single game of the new season following Inter's first ever Serie A defeat to Reggina. Marco Tardelli, chosen to replace Lippi, failed to improve results, and is remembered by Inter fans as the manager that lost 6–0 in the city derby against Milan. Other members of the Inter \"family\" during this period that suffered were the likes of Vieri and Fabio Cannavaro, both of whom had their restaurants in Milan vandalised after defeats to the \"Rossoneri\". In 2002, not only", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202334", "text": "attractions. The match usually creates a lively atmosphere, with numerous (often humorous or offensive) banners unfolded before the match. Flares are commonly present, but they also led to the abandonment of the second leg of the 2004–05 Champions League quarter-final matchup between Milan and Inter on 12 April after a flare thrown from the crowd by an Inter supporter struck Milan keeper Dida on the shoulder. The other most significant rivalry is with Juventus; the two participate in the \"Derby d'Italia\". Up until the 2006 Italian football scandal, which saw Juventus relegated, the two were the only Italian clubs to", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202337", "text": "top goalscorer, with 284 goals in 408 games. Behind him, in second place, is Alessandro Altobelli with 209 goals in 466 games, and Roberto Boninsegna in third place, with 171 goals over 281 games. Helenio Herrera had the longest reign as Inter coach, with nine years (eight consecutive) in charge, and is the most successful coach in Inter history with three \"Scudetti\", two European Cups, and two Intercontinental Cup wins. José Mourinho, who was appointed on 2 June 2008, and completed his first season in Italy by winning the Serie A league title and the Supercoppa Italiana, in the second", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "12197106", "text": "League (formerly UEFA Cup), UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup & Inter-Cities Fairs Cup matches. Inter Milan in European football Inter Milan is an Italian association football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was formed on 9 March 1908 to allow the foreign players to play in Italy. Inter played its first competitive match on 10 January 1910 against their cross-town rivals Milan, in which they lost 3–2. The club won its very first title in 1910 – the 1909–10 Italian Football Championship. Since then, the club has won further 17 league titles, along with seven Coppa Italia", "title": "Inter Milan in European football" }, { "docid": "8804480", "text": "Inter Milan Youth Sector Inter Milan Youth Sector () is the youth set-up of Italian professional football club Inter Milan. The under-19 team plays in the Campionato Primavera 1. They have been Italian champions eight times and Coppa Italia Primavera winners five times. They also participate in the annual Torneo di Viareggio, an international tournament which they have won six times. On 25 March 2012, the under-19 team were champions in the inaugural edition of the NextGen Series, an association football tournament which involved the under-19 teams from 16 different clubs from across Europe. The home of Inter's Youth Sector", "title": "Inter Milan Youth Sector" }, { "docid": "20199099", "text": "2017–18 Inter Milan season The 2017–18 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 109th in existence and 102th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The side competed only in domestic tournaments; Serie A and the Coppa Italia. On 20 May 2018, the final game of the season, Inter beat Lazio 2–3 at the Stadio Olimpico to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in seven seasons. Former AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti signed for Inter in early June. During the years he led Roma, the \"giallorossi\" won the Coppa Italia twice as well as a", "title": "2017–18 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14671962", "text": "2003–04 Inter Milan season The 2003–04 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 95th in existence and 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The 2003–04 season started with a lot of issues: despite expensive, Inter got poor results in the domestic league (two wins, three draws and a loss in derby) and Héctor Cúper was sacked. In order to replace him, Alberto Zaccheroni was appointed coach: eventually, Inter came to a bare fourth place. Inter's campaign in the Champions League, however, resulted in a failure: they didn't manage to pass the group stage, after a historical win", "title": "2003–04 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "20248875", "text": "Cup. Source: Coach: Luigi Radice 2 points for every win were awarded, so Inter collected 35 points instead 47. \"Appearances and goals are referred to domestic league\". Zenga (30/−23); Baresi (29); Sabato (29/2); Altobelli (28/10); Serena A. (28/8); Bagni (27/2); Collovati (27/1); Müller H. (26/5); Bergomi (25); Ferri (24); Pasinato (23/1); Beccalossi (22/3); Bini (18/1); Marini (17); Coeck (9); Muraro (7); Dondoni (1); Meazza L. (1); Recchi (1). 1983–84 Inter Milan season Coached by Luigi Radice, Inter had an awful start to the season failing in the Coppa Italia in the group stage, and losing three of four of the", "title": "1983–84 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "202326", "text": "and blue was chosen to represent the sky. Aside from a short period during World War II, Inter continued to wear the black and blue stripes, earning them the nickname \"Nerazzurri\". For a period of time, however, Inter were forced to abandon their black and blue uniforms. In 1928, Inter's name and philosophy made the ruling Fascist Party uneasy. As a result, during the same year the 20-year-old club was merged with \"Unione Sportiva Milanese\". The new club was named \"Società Sportiva Ambrosiana\" after the patron saint of Milan. The flag of Milan (the red cross on white background) replaced", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202330", "text": "been shared with Inter, when they were accepted as joint tenant. The first game played at the stadium was on 19 September 1926, when Inter beat Milan 6–3 in a friendly match. Milan played its first league game in San Siro on 19 September 1926, losing 1–2 to Sampierdarenese. From an initial capacity of 35,000 spectators, the stadium has undergone several major renovations, most recently in preparation for the 1990 FIFA World Cup when its capacity was set to 85,700, all covered with a polycarbonate roof. In the summer of 2008, its capacity was reduced to 80,018 to meet the", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "17985048", "text": "1963–64 Inter Milan season Inter made their debut in the European Cup, due to the \"Scudetto\" won last year. Their first match was in Everton, resulting in a goalless draw. Jair, in the retour match, became the first scorer of the club in this competition. In the following rounds, Inter beat in order: Monaco (4–1 aggregate), Partizan Beograd (4–1) and Borussia Dortmund (4–2). In the final, Inter faced off with Real Madrid who had defeated Milan (qualified as the reigning champion) in the quarter-finals. Some key men of the Spanish side, like Puskas and Di Stefano, were about to turn", "title": "1963–64 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "12197104", "text": "Inter Milan in European football Inter Milan is an Italian association football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was formed on 9 March 1908 to allow the foreign players to play in Italy. Inter played its first competitive match on 10 January 1910 against their cross-town rivals Milan, in which they lost 3–2. The club won its very first title in 1910 – the 1909–10 Italian Football Championship. Since then, the club has won further 17 league titles, along with seven Coppa Italia and five Supercoppa Italiana. They have also been crowned champions of Europe on three occasions by", "title": "Inter Milan in European football" }, { "docid": "20619200", "text": "internationally by the player, if any.\" Inter Milan Hall of Fame This is a list of Inter players who have been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. Inter's Hall of Fame has been launched in 2018 as part of the initiatives for the club's 110th anniversary. To be eligible, players must: Fans decide through electronic voting four shortlisted players, one for each position (goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward). Then, four winners are decided (a goalkeeper, a defender, a midfielder and a forward) among three candidates from each position through the votes from: The competition occurs every year. \"Nationality column", "title": "Inter Milan Hall of Fame" }, { "docid": "20619199", "text": "Inter Milan Hall of Fame This is a list of Inter players who have been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. Inter's Hall of Fame has been launched in 2018 as part of the initiatives for the club's 110th anniversary. To be eligible, players must: Fans decide through electronic voting four shortlisted players, one for each position (goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward). Then, four winners are decided (a goalkeeper, a defender, a midfielder and a forward) among three candidates from each position through the votes from: The competition occurs every year. \"Nationality column refers to the country (countries) represented", "title": "Inter Milan Hall of Fame" }, { "docid": "202322", "text": "general meeting on 28 June 2016, from which Suning Holdings Group had acquired a 68.55% stake in the club. The first season of new ownership, however, started with poor performance in pre-season friendlies. On 8 August 2016, Inter parted company with head coach Roberto Mancini by mutual consent over disagreements regarding the club's direction. He was replaced by Frank de Boer who was sacked on 1 November 2016 after leading Inter to a 4W–2D–5L record in 11 Serie A games as head coach. The successor, Stefano Pioli, didn't save the team from getting the worst group result in UEFA competitions", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "15719968", "text": "2011–12 Inter Milan season The 2011–12 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 103th in existence and 96th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed for the 10th consecutive season in the Champions League, breaking a record for Italian clubs. Massimo Moratti bets on Gian Piero Gasperini, the coach who in 2009 led Genoa to a comeback in UEFA competitions after 20 years. Other hopes have the faces and names of Ricky Álvarez - a winger - and Diego Forlán, a centre-forward bought in order to replace Samuel Eto'o, flown in Russia. Gasperini makes his official", "title": "2011–12 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "12008813", "text": "2008–09 Inter Milan season The 2008–09 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 100th in existence and 93th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. After Roberto Mancini's departure, José Mourinho became the new coach of Inter. The Portuguese manager won a trophy at his debut, Supercoppa Italiana, defeating Roma on penalties. He planned a 4–3–3 formation, with the new arrivals Amantino Mancini and Quaresma as wingers beside Zlatan Ibrahimović. As the 4–3–3 soon failed, Mourino reviewed his ideas switching in a 4–3–1–2 like the predecessor: Stanković acted as playmaker, behind Ibrahimović and his offensive partner (Adriano, rarely Cruz", "title": "2008–09 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14892458", "text": "1985–86 Inter Milan season Inter could line-up notable attacking players, such as the new Fanna in add to Altobelli and Rummenigge. Despite his good performances in Europe the Italian league was disappointed, forcing the club to replace Castagner with Mario Corso. The coach, renamed \"God's left foot\", was not able to get more a sixth position but reached the semi-finals of UEFA Cup, being defeated by Real Madrid for the second time in row. The side could take part to European cups for 1986–87 season only thank to the fact that Roma won Coppa Italia, leaving a spot for UEFA", "title": "1985–86 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "15719972", "text": "Forwards ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 2011–12 Inter Milan season The 2011–12 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 103th in existence and 96th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed for the 10th consecutive season in the Champions League, breaking a record for Italian clubs. Massimo Moratti bets on Gian Piero Gasperini, the coach who in 2009 led Genoa to a comeback in UEFA competitions after 20 years. Other hopes have the faces and names of Ricky Álvarez - a winger - and Diego Forlán, a centre-forward bought in order", "title": "2011–12 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "11980956", "text": "their first domestic defeat of the season). After being eliminated by Liverpool in the Champions League, Mancini then announced his intention to leave his job, only to change his mind the following day. Inter had a second run of this kind between 19 and 29 March in which they again went winless through three games, against Genoa, Juventus and Lazio. Like weeks previously, on 4 May 2008, Inter once again had a chance to wrap up their \"Scudetto\" race, this time against city rivals Milan, but instead suffered a 2–1 defeat. The following week, Inter again had the chance to", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "14892459", "text": "Cup. \"Statistics referred to domestic league\". Zenga (30/−33); Bergomi (30/5); Altobelli (29/9); Baresi G. (29/1); Brady (29/3); Fanna (28); Ferri (27); Mandorlini (26); Collovati (25); Rummenigge (24/13); Cucchi (22/1); Tardelli (19/2); Marangon (19); Minaudo (9/1); Bernazzani (8); Selvaggi (7); Rivolta (2); Marini G. (2); Pellegrini (2); Mandelli (1). RSSSF - Italy 1985/86 1985–86 Inter Milan season Inter could line-up notable attacking players, such as the new Fanna in add to Altobelli and Rummenigge. Despite his good performances in Europe the Italian league was disappointed, forcing the club to replace Castagner with Mario Corso. The coach, renamed \"God's left foot\", was", "title": "1985–86 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "202305", "text": "the European Cup, going down 0–2 to Johan Cruyff's Ajax in 1972. During the 1970s and the 1980s, Inter also added two to its Coppa Italia tally, in 1977–78 and 1981–82. Led by the German duo of Andreas Brehme and Lothar Matthäus, and Argentine Ramón Díaz, Inter captured the 1989 Serie A championship. Inter were unable to defend their title despite adding fellow German Jürgen Klinsmann to the squad and winning their first Supercoppa Italiana at the start of the season. The 1990s was a period of disappointment. While their great rivals Milan and Juventus were achieving success both domestically", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202297", "text": "back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010. Their latest win completed an unprecedented Italian seasonal treble, with Inter winning the Coppa Italia and the \"Scudetto\" the same year. The club has also won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup. Inter's home games are played at the San Siro stadium, also known as the \"Stadio Giuseppe Meazza\". Shared with rival A.C. Milan, the stadium is the largest in Italian football with a capacity of 80,018. The local team A.C. Milan are considered among their biggest rivals, and matches between the two teams,", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202300", "text": "jersey's design was inspired by the flag and coat of arms of the city of Milan. In 1929, club chairman Oreste Simonotti changed the club's name to \"Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana\", however supporters continued to call the team \"Inter\", and in 1931 new chairman Pozzani caved in to shareholder pressure and changed the name to \"Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana-Inter\". Their first Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) was won in 1938–39, led by the iconic Giuseppe Meazza, after whom the San Siro stadium is officially named. A fifth championship followed in 1940, despite Meazza incurring an injury. After the end of World War II", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202310", "text": "did Inter manage to make it to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, but were also only 45 minutes away from capturing the \"Scudetto\" when they needed to maintain their one-goal advantage away to Lazio. Inter were 2–1 up after only 24 minutes. Lazio equalised during first half injury time and then scored two more goals in the second half to clinch victory that eventually saw Juventus win the championship. The next season, Inter finished as league runners-up and also managed to make it to the 2002–03 Champions League semi-finals against Milan, losing on the away goals rule. On 8 July 2004,", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "14973380", "text": "1987–88 Inter Milan season Fans thought of 1987 as a \"year zero\", hoping in a revival from the club. Trapattoni managed to avoid the departures of Altobelli and Zenga while Nobile and Scifo arrived, in add to a return for Serena. Initial results were poor: Inter passed the preliminary stage of the Coppa Italia only due to goal difference, after have finished 4 out of 5 games from penalty spot (with an equal number of wins and losses). Rummenigge left Milan days before Italian league could start with a home loss (0–2) against Pescara, who gained his first win in", "title": "1987–88 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14719100", "text": "1992–93 Inter Milan season F.C. Internazionale Milano returned to the top echelon of the domestic scene, finishing second to city rivals A.C. Milan in the championship. The relatively narrow four-points margin between the two sides, was explained by Milan drawing several matches when it had already clinched the title, so the end result was a lot closer than it was during the course of the season. Following the indifferent 1991-92 season, Inter sold all of its three German internationals Andreas Brehme, Lothar Matthäus and Jürgen Klinsmann back to Bundesliga. That enabled Inter to purchase several foreign players, and especially playmaker", "title": "1992–93 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "18095618", "text": "1979–80 Inter Milan season Mazzola and Beltrami acquired on transfers, Roberto Mozzini (centre-back) and Domenico Caso (right winger) for a team who - in previous years - was told did not win due to the lack of planning. The line-up was completed by: Bordon (goalkeeper), Baresi and Pasinato (right and left full-back), Bini (sweeper and captain), Oriali (half-back), Marini (midfielder), Beccalossi (playmaker), Muraro (left winger) and Altobelli (centre-forward). Inter retained the top of the league since matchday 1, beating Pescara 2–0. Autumnal highlights resulted to be the wins over Milan (2–0 with both goals scored by Beccalossi) and Juventus (4–0", "title": "1979–80 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "17985079", "text": "1964–65 Inter Milan season Due to the European achievement in 1963–64 season, Inter also debuted in the Intercontinental Cup facing off with Independiente. After two legs, the aggregate score resulted in a draw; the cup was awarded by a tie-breaker, in which Inter won 1–0 at extra time. In Serie A Inter suffered a 3–0 loss in the Derby della Madonnina. In late January, there were two draws in row and an uprising defeat, by Foggia in matchday 19. So, over the mid of season, Milan had 7 points over Inter with 15 games to play. The following months saw", "title": "1964–65 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14501562", "text": "lost again: Milan won 6–0 in the Derby della Madonnina. Inter finished the league in fifth place with 51 points, two more than rivals Milan. ! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers ! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders ! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders ! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 2000–01 Inter Milan season The 2000–01 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 92th in existence and 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Inter hoped to improve from past seasons; the goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi was replaced by a young Sébastien Frey (aged 20), while a defender - Fabio Macellari - did the", "title": "2000–01 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "11980934", "text": "points in the season. Inter remained in the top league after winning two salvation play-offs. In 1928, during the Fascist era, the club was forced to merge with the \"Unione Sportiva Milanese\" and was renamed Società Sportiva Ambrosiana. They wore white shirts around this time with a red cross emblazoned on it. This shirt design was inspired by the flag and coat of arms of the city of Milan, which in turn derives from the flag of the patron saint of Milan, St. Ambrose, and dates back to the fourth century AD. In 1929, incoming president Oreste Simonotti decided to", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "14704403", "text": "1993–94 Inter Milan season In the summer of 1993, Inter acquired Dutch men Dennis Bergkamp and Wim Jonk, already spotted in the previous winter. Gianluca Festa, Massimo Paganin and Francesco Dell'Anno signed for Inter, too. Inter recorded slightly better results in the UEFA Cup rather than in Serie A. Rubén Sosa was - once again - vital for the club, scoring 16 goals including a hat-trick in the win over Parma (3–2). When the league stopped for Christmas holidays, the gap from Milan was still recoverable: 20 points to 24. However, in early February, after a 1–2 loss against Lazio", "title": "1993–94 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14704401", "text": "1993–94 Inter Milan season In the summer of 1993, Inter acquired Dutch men Dennis Bergkamp and Wim Jonk, already spotted in the previous winter. Gianluca Festa, Massimo Paganin and Francesco Dell'Anno signed for Inter, too. Inter recorded slightly better results in the UEFA Cup rather than in Serie A. Rubén Sosa was - once again - vital for the club, scoring 16 goals including a hat-trick in the win over Parma (3–2). When the league stopped for Christmas holidays, the gap from Milan was still recoverable: 20 points to 24. However, in early February, after a 1–2 loss against Lazio", "title": "1993–94 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "202307", "text": "did not win a single Serie A championship. For Inter fans, it was difficult to find who in particular was to blame for the troubled times and this led to some icy relations between them and the chairman, the managers and even some individual players. Moratti later became a target of the fans, especially when he sacked the much-loved coach Luigi Simoni after only a few games into the 1998–99 season, having just received the Italian manager of the year award for 1998 the day before being dismissed. That season, Inter failed to qualify for any European competition for the", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202301", "text": "the club regained its original name, winning its sixth championship in 1953 and its seventh in 1954. In 1960, manager Helenio Herrera joined Inter from Barcelona, bringing with him his midfield general Luis Suárez, who won the European Footballer of the Year in the same year for his role in Barcelona's La Liga/Fairs Cup double. He would transform Inter into one of the greatest teams in Europe. He modified a 5–3–2 tactic known as the \"\"Verrou\"\" (\"door bolt\") which created greater flexibility for counterattacks. The \"catenaccio\" system was invented by an Austrian coach, Karl Rappan. Rappan's original system was implemented", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "11980965", "text": "13 points from the leaders Milan (although Inter played two games less due to the FIFA Club World Cup appointment), the team announced Benítez's departure on their website. He was replaced by Leonardo the following day. Leonardo started extremely well, collecting 30 points from 12 games, with an average of 2.5 points per game, better than his predecessors Benítez and Mourinho. On 6 March 2011, Leonardo set a new Italian Serie A record by collecting 33 points in 13 games; the previous record was 32 points in 13 games made by Fabio Capello in 2004–05. On 15 March 2011, Inter", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "18165372", "text": "1981–82 Inter Milan season The 1981–82 season saw Inter win the Coppa Italia, the second in four years and the third overall. The final opponent was Torino, which were beaten 1–0 in first leg and drew 1–1 in the second. Inter showed some new faces, such as the young Giuseppe Bergomi and Riccardo Ferri (both born in 1963), Salvatore Bagni and Aldo Serena, who returned after several loans. Inter also reached the round of 32 in UEFA Cup - giving up in front of Dinamo Bucharest during overtime - and achieved fifth place in the domestic league, but the triumph", "title": "1981–82 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14514108", "text": "second leg, equalized by Obafemi Martins, for a 1–1 aggregate that sent Milan to the final on away goals. Focused on the European competition, Inter collected two draws in the league that stuck them behind Juventus, who won their second-straight title. ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards !width=\"7%\"|No. !width=\"7%\"|Pos. !width=\"7%\"|Nation !width=\"20%\"|Name !Serie A !Coppa Italia !Champions League !Total 2002–03 Inter Milan season The 2002–03 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 94th in existence and 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The start", "title": "2002–03 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14899476", "text": "1986–87 Inter Milan season Longing for redemption after a 5–years title absence, Inter bet on Giovanni Trapattoni, winner of 6 Scudetti sitting on Juventus' bench. 1986 summer also brought in Milan players such as Daniel Passarella and Gianfranco Matteoli. Autumnal results presented Inter like a competitive team, at least Rummenigge had to give up due to injuries. Trapattoni had already reach UEFA Cup's quarter-finals where he met Goteborg drawing (without goals) the first leg. It forced Inter to win the second but, after gaining the 1–0 with an own goal, team took the equalizer: away goals rule caused Swedish's victory.", "title": "1986–87 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "17984398", "text": "away due to Mazzola's goal: the next week Inter lost 3–0 by Roma, but stayed in first placed, due to Juventus' draw in Mantova. Inter ended with 49 points, four over Juventus and six over Milan. It was the first national title under Angelo Moratti's leadership, and the first in 10 years since 1952–53. 1962–63 Inter Milan season Prior to the 1962–63 season, Helenio Herrera was confirmed despite a doping scandal. The main signing was Jair da Costa, summoned-up after the World Cup from the Brazilian team. Inter suffered a very poor start to the season: the side collected just", "title": "1962–63 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "18165373", "text": "in the Coppa Italia resulted in a qualification for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Source: Date of birth and role are between brackets. - RSSSF Italy 1981/82 1981–82 Inter Milan season The 1981–82 season saw Inter win the Coppa Italia, the second in four years and the third overall. The final opponent was Torino, which were beaten 1–0 in first leg and drew 1–1 in the second. Inter showed some new faces, such as the young Giuseppe Bergomi and Riccardo Ferri (both born in 1963), Salvatore Bagni and Aldo Serena, who returned after several loans. Inter also reached the round", "title": "1981–82 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "202350", "text": "profit of €33 million in 2013–14 season, due to special income from the establishment of subsidiary Inter Media and Communication. All aforementioned figures were in separate financial statement. Figures from consolidated financial statement were announced since 2014–15 season, which were net losses of €140.4 million (2014–15), €59.6 million (2015–16 season, before 2017 restatement) and €24.6 million (2016–17). In 2015 Inter and Roma were the only two Italian clubs that were sanctioned by the UEFA due to their breaking of UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations, which was followed by Milan which was once barred from returning to European competition in 2018.", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "12009789", "text": "most recent match of 11 September 2010. INTER Archivio Inter Milan league record by opponent Only official matches included (Serie A, Italian Cup, Italian Super Cup, UEFA Champions League & UEFA Cup) matches <nowiki>*</nowiki> Updated after A.C. Milan match on 14 November 2010 <nowiki>*</nowiki> <nowiki>*</nowiki> <nowiki>*</nowiki> The following table lists the history of meetings between Inter and Atalanta, updated to the most recent match of 24 April 2010. The following table lists the history of meetings between Inter and Bari, updated to the most recent match of 22 September 2010. The following table lists the history of meetings between Inter", "title": "Inter Milan league record by opponent" }, { "docid": "14811587", "text": "1984–85 Inter Milan season Inter purchased Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, a striker well known for his physical skills and the regularity in scoring. The other foreign was Liam Brady, former Juventus player. The German - who declared to have chosen the Italian league it was the most difficult step of his career - partnered with Alessandro Altobelli, resulting in a notable number of goals. Before the Christmas break, Inter had reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup and was second in Serie A behind an underdog opponent, Hellas Verona. However, when the path became to get harder, the side did not manage", "title": "1984–85 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14501560", "text": "2000–01 Inter Milan season The 2000–01 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 92th in existence and 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Inter hoped to improve from past seasons; the goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi was replaced by a young Sébastien Frey (aged 20), while a defender - Fabio Macellari - did the same with Grigorios Georgatos who came from Greece. The burden of scoring was given to Hakan Şükür and Robbie Keane, waiting for Vieri's recovery and Ronaldo's return. The top player, however, resulted to be Vampeta. Inter did not pass the Champions League preliminary round: they", "title": "2000–01 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "20242970", "text": "1952–53 Inter Milan season The chairman Carlo Masseroni appointed manager Alfredo Foni, who had coached the national team from 1936 to 1942. He set up a revolution, later known as \"catenaccio\" referring to the use of play in defence. The goalkeeper Giorgio Ghezzi was covered by Blason, Giacomazzi, Nesti, Giovannini and Neri. Armano became the first winger of Italian football while, in attacking zone, Skoglund acted as a playmaker behind Lorenzi and Nyers, both strikers. Inter conceded few goals and at mid-league, the side had 30 points in 17 games. Inter also did not suffer a loss for 19 consecutive", "title": "1952–53 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "15835084", "text": "1989–90 Inter Milan season The reigning champions of Internazionale changed his centre-forward, Ramón Díaz, with Jürgen Klinsmann: in German league, he had scored at least 15 goals for season since 1985. In fact, he soon proved his skills scoring twice in Coppa Italia. However, the long-awaited European campaign expired out in the first round: Malmö, champions of Sweden, beaten Inter for 1–0 and then equalized 1–1 in Milan, defeating Trapattoni's side. Despite the conquest of domestic supercup, Internazionale was not able to solve the problem of partnership between Klinsmann and Aldo Serena: they also were not strong enough for Milan", "title": "1989–90 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "202323", "text": "in the club's history. Despite an eight-game winning streak, he and the club parted away when it became clear they would finish outside the league's top three for the sixth consecutive season. Primavera coach Stefano Vecchi took over for the last three rounds of the season. On 9 June 2017, former Roma coach Luciano Spalletti was appointed as Inter manager, signing a two-year contract and eleven months later Inter clinched a UEFA Champions League group stage spot after going six years without Champions League participation thanks to a 3–2 victory against Lazio in the season finale of 2017–18 Serie A.", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "14811589", "text": "Zenga (25/−23); Causio (24); Marini (23/3); Pasinato (12); Cucchi (7); Muraro (7/1); Recchi (5/−5); Bini (4). RSSSF - Italy 1984/85 1984–85 Inter Milan season Inter purchased Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, a striker well known for his physical skills and the regularity in scoring. The other foreign was Liam Brady, former Juventus player. The German - who declared to have chosen the Italian league it was the most difficult step of his career - partnered with Alessandro Altobelli, resulting in a notable number of goals. Before the Christmas break, Inter had reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup and was second in Serie", "title": "1984–85 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14514107", "text": "by Gabriel Batistuta, Inter lost some key matches. One of these was against Juventus who, could finally aim for the title. Inter managed to reach the Champions League quarter-finals after passing in second in the group phase. Inter's opponent was Valencia, winning 1–0 at home. A 2–1 defeat in Spain had no effect on qualification, due to the away goals rule. As Crespo came back from injury, Vieri got injured, but he managed to retain the title of the league's top scorer, with 24 goals. In the semi-finals, Inter lost to Milan due to Andriy Shevchenko's away goal in the", "title": "2002–03 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "12009783", "text": "Inter Milan league record by opponent Only official matches included (Serie A, Italian Cup, Italian Super Cup, UEFA Champions League & UEFA Cup) matches <nowiki>*</nowiki> Updated after A.C. Milan match on 14 November 2010 <nowiki>*</nowiki> <nowiki>*</nowiki> <nowiki>*</nowiki> The following table lists the history of meetings between Inter and Atalanta, updated to the most recent match of 24 April 2010. The following table lists the history of meetings between Inter and Bari, updated to the most recent match of 22 September 2010. The following table lists the history of meetings between Inter and Bologna, updated to the most recent match of", "title": "Inter Milan league record by opponent" }, { "docid": "11980961", "text": "the summer transfer window of 2008 in the form of Mancini, Sulley Muntari, and Ricardo Quaresma. In Mourinho's first season as Inter head coach, the \"Nerazzurri\" won an Italian Super Cup and a fourth consecutive title, being, however, also eliminated from the Champions League in the first knockout round for a third consecutive time, losing to Manchester United. In winning the league title for the fourth consecutive time, Inter joined Torino and Juventus as the only teams to do this and the first to accomplish this feat in the last 60 years. Inter enjoyed more luck in the 2009–10 Champions", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "202314", "text": "final day of the 2007–08 Serie A season, Inter played Parma away, and two goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović sealed their third consecutive championship. Mancini, however, was sacked soon after due to his previous announcement to leave the club. On 2 June 2008, Inter appointed former Porto and Chelsea boss José Mourinho as new head coach. In his first season, the \"Nerazzurri\" won a Suppercoppa Italiana and a fourth consecutive title, though falling in the Champions League in the first knockout round for a third-straight year, losing to eventual finalist Manchester United. In winning the league title Inter became the first", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "11980943", "text": "fans, especially when he sacked the fan-favourite coach Luigi Simoni after only a few games into the 1998–99 season after having just received Italian manager of the year award 1998 the day before his termination. In 1998–99, Inter failed to qualify for any European competition for the first time in nearly ten years, finishing in a disappointing eighth place. In the 1999–2000 season, Moratti made several major changes, once again investing in high-profile players. A major coup for Inter was the appointment of former Juventus manager Marcello Lippi. Moreover, Inter were seen by the majority of the fans and press", "title": "History of Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "20730293", "text": "2018–19 Inter Milan season The 2018–19 season is Football Club Internazionale Milano's 110th in existence and 103rd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The side is competing in Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League. On May 20, 2018, in the final round of 2017–18 Serie A, Inter beat Lazio 3–2 at Stadio Olimpico, which made them qualified for UEFA Champions League after six years' absence from this tournament. Later, in pre-season summer friendlies, Inter finished third place in 2018 International Champions Cup. During summer transfer window, Inter bought Radja Nainggolan from Roma and", "title": "2018–19 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "16433430", "text": "days later, Inter and Milan reached an agreement over an exchange deal involving Giampaolo Pazzini and Antonio Cassano, with a compensatory sum of €7.5 million in favor of the Nerazzurri. In play-off round, Inter faced Vaslui. On 23 August in the first leg, Inter achieved a comfortable 0–2 away win thanks to the goals of Cambiasso and Palacio. This was also the last match of Maicon in an Inter shirt. The same day, Álvaro Pereira accepted a transfer to Inter from Porto for total fee of €10 million by signing a contract until June 2016. Inter kicked off 2012–13 Serie", "title": "2012–13 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14694257", "text": "2006–07 Inter Milan season The 2006–07 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 98th in existence and 91th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed in Serie A, in the Coppa Italia, in the Supercoppa Italiana and in the UEFA Champions League. The relegation of Juventus to Serie B due to Calciopoli, and Milan and Fiorentina's penalisations, made Inter a clear favourite for the title: the side was empowered with the arrivals of Zlatan Ibrahimović, Patrick Vieira, Fabio Grosso and Maicon. In early September, the club suffered a tragedy: Inter's president Giacinto Facchetti died at the", "title": "2006–07 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "15835085", "text": "and Napoli, finishing the league with only a third place. - RSSSF - Italy Championship 1989/90 1989–90 Inter Milan season The reigning champions of Internazionale changed his centre-forward, Ramón Díaz, with Jürgen Klinsmann: in German league, he had scored at least 15 goals for season since 1985. In fact, he soon proved his skills scoring twice in Coppa Italia. However, the long-awaited European campaign expired out in the first round: Malmö, champions of Sweden, beaten Inter for 1–0 and then equalized 1–1 in Milan, defeating Trapattoni's side. Despite the conquest of domestic supercup, Internazionale was not able to solve the", "title": "1989–90 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14457748", "text": "won 4–2 on aggregate.\" \"Internazionale won 5–3 on aggregate.\" \"Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.\" \"Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.\" ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season !width=\"7%\"|No. !width=\"7%\"|Pos. !width=\"7%\"|Nation !width=\"20%\"|Name !Serie A !Coppa Italia !UEFA Cup !Total 2001–02 Inter Milan season The 2001–02 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 93th in existence and 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. After a disappointing previous season, Massimo Moratti chose former Valencia coach Héctor Cúper as", "title": "2001–02 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "17985050", "text": "tie-break for the awarding of Italian title: Bologna won 2–0, qualifying for 1964–65 European Cup in which Inter was admitted as defending champion. \"Squad at the end of the season\" 1963–64 Inter Milan season Inter made their debut in the European Cup, due to the \"Scudetto\" won last year. Their first match was in Everton, resulting in a goalless draw. Jair, in the retour match, became the first scorer of the club in this competition. In the following rounds, Inter beat in order: Monaco (4–1 aggregate), Partizan Beograd (4–1) and Borussia Dortmund (4–2). In the final, Inter faced off with", "title": "1963–64 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "20242972", "text": "Nesti (29/1); Neri (26); Blason (25); Fattori (13); Padulazzi (11/1); Buzzin (8); Brighenti (4); Broccini (4/1); Mazzoni (2); Grava (1); Morin (1). 1952–53 Inter Milan season The chairman Carlo Masseroni appointed manager Alfredo Foni, who had coached the national team from 1936 to 1942. He set up a revolution, later known as \"catenaccio\" referring to the use of play in defence. The goalkeeper Giorgio Ghezzi was covered by Blason, Giacomazzi, Nesti, Giovannini and Neri. Armano became the first winger of Italian football while, in attacking zone, Skoglund acted as a playmaker behind Lorenzi and Nyers, both strikers. Inter conceded few", "title": "1952–53 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "18095621", "text": "(27/2); Canuti (26); Oriali (25/6); Muraro (24/5); Mozzini (22/1); Pancheri (17); Ambu (13/1); Cipollini (1); Occhipinti (1). - RSSSF Italy 1979/80 1979–80 Inter Milan season Mazzola and Beltrami acquired on transfers, Roberto Mozzini (centre-back) and Domenico Caso (right winger) for a team who - in previous years - was told did not win due to the lack of planning. The line-up was completed by: Bordon (goalkeeper), Baresi and Pasinato (right and left full-back), Bini (sweeper and captain), Oriali (half-back), Marini (midfielder), Beccalossi (playmaker), Muraro (left winger) and Altobelli (centre-forward). Inter retained the top of the league since matchday 1, beating", "title": "1979–80 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14899477", "text": "Season ended with a third place, behind Napoli and coach's former club. \"Appearances and goals in league\". Ferri (30); Mandorlini (30/1); Matteoli (30/1); G.Baresi (29/1); Zenga (29/−16); Altobelli (28/11); Bergomi (28/2); Fanna (28/3); Piraccini (28); Tardelli (24); Passarella (23/3); Garlini (20/4); Calcaterra (14); Rummenigge (14/3); Cucchi (13); Ciocci (4/1); Marangon (3); Malgioglio (1/−1); Minaudo (1). RSSSF - Italy 1986/87 1986–87 Inter Milan season Longing for redemption after a 5–years title absence, Inter bet on Giovanni Trapattoni, winner of 6 Scudetti sitting on Juventus' bench. 1986 summer also brought in Milan players such as Daniel Passarella and Gianfranco Matteoli. Autumnal results", "title": "1986–87 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "18095619", "text": "with a hat-trick of Altobelli and a goal for Muraro). Toward the end of the first half, Inter lost some points losing to Roma and drawing with Fiorentina and Ascoli. However, by mid-season Inter was in first place with 21 points, two over the reigning champion of Milan. In the second half of the league, Inter earned another 20 points leaving all opponents behind. Their 12th \"Scudetto\" was won on 27 April 1980, with a 2–2 draw against Roma in which Mozzini scored his only goal of his Inter career. The final record was of 14 wins, 13 draws and", "title": "1979–80 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "202347", "text": "contributed €18.1 million and €9.3 million respectively to commercial revenues, while broadcasting revenues were boosted €1.6 million (6%) by Champions League distribution. Deloitte expressed the idea that issues in Italian football, particularly matchday revenue issues were holding Inter back compared to other European giants, and developing their own stadia would result in Serie A clubs being more competitive on the world stage. In 2009–10 season the revenue of Inter was boosted by the sales of Ibrahimović, the treble and the release clause of coach José Mourinho. According to the normalized figures by Deloitte in their 2011 \"Football Money League\", in", "title": "Inter Milan" }, { "docid": "16433425", "text": "2012–13 Inter Milan season The 2012–13 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 104th in existence and 97th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Inter confined his market to a few of purchases, as they were not yet ready for a deeper revolution: the most notable arrival being Rodrigo Palacio, from Genoa. For the first three months of 2012–13 season Inter achieved good results, especially in away games. However, during winter times, the side suffered from too many absences: Diego Milito and Javier Zanetti - for example - had long-term injuries. As a result, Inter had to use", "title": "2012–13 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14776970", "text": "1996–97 Inter Milan season During the 1996–97 Italian football season, F.C. Internazionale Milano competed in Serie A. Inter finished third in the championship and reached the UEFA Cup final in Roy Hodgson's first (and only) full season in charge. The third place was Inter's best since the days of Lothar Matthäus and Andreas Brehme in the early 1990s and a starting point for further success in the coming years. The most significant happening for Inter in 1997 was the purchase of Brazilian striker Ronaldo for a record-breaking fee from Barcelona. The biggest disappointment was the fact that Inter failed to", "title": "1996–97 Inter Milan season" }, { "docid": "14694258", "text": "age of 64, due to a cancer. The 2006–07 season was signed by records: Inter won 17 games in row for an achievement still unbeaten. Inter also got 11 wins in away matches and obtained the title with 5 games left to play. The side ended with 97 points, 22 over Roma which came second: in 38 matches Inter collected 30 wins, 7 draws and just one defeat (the first in Serie A since April 2006). 2006–07 Inter Milan season The 2006–07 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 98th in existence and 91th consecutive season in the top flight of", "title": "2006–07 Inter Milan season" } ]

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[ { "docid": "17571972", "text": "as Coca-Cola and Caterpillar Inc.. The pavilion is free to enter and full of activities for all ages. There are simulators, informational videos, building blocks, and plenty of equipment to climb in and explore. John Deere Pavilion The John Deere Pavilion is a landmark located in Moline, Illinois. The pavilion opened in 1997 as part of an urban renewal project. The pavilion serves as the official visitor center for John Deere, who's world headquarters are located a few blocks away. As well as being the visitor center to John Deere, the pavilion houses the largest retail store for John Deere", "title": "John Deere Pavilion" }, { "docid": "17571971", "text": "John Deere Pavilion The John Deere Pavilion is a landmark located in Moline, Illinois. The pavilion opened in 1997 as part of an urban renewal project. The pavilion serves as the official visitor center for John Deere, who's world headquarters are located a few blocks away. As well as being the visitor center to John Deere, the pavilion houses the largest retail store for John Deere merchandise. Opened in 1997, the pavilion has drawn over 200,000 visitors annually. It is one of the top attractions in the region and contributed directly to the development of other corporate visitor centers such", "title": "John Deere Pavilion" }, { "docid": "2531530", "text": "The John Deere Vermilion Works was located at North Sixth Ave., Hoopston, Illinois, where 140 employees were listed as making iron work and implement parts. Moline, with 42,705 residents in 1962, had the local 7,000 employees of John Deere represent 16% of the city's entire population. In 1969, John Deere followed its New Generation tractors of the 1960s with a New Generation of combines. These included the 3300, 4400, 6600, and 7700. These models were also the first to come with Quik-Tatch header mounting capabilities as standard equipment. In the 1980s, these combines were followed by the 4420, 6620, 7720,", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531511", "text": "with Andrus ended in 1848, and Deere relocated to Moline, Illinois, to have access to the railroad and the Mississippi River. There, Deere formed a partnership with Robert Tate and John Gould and built a factory the same year. Production rose quickly, and by 1849, the Deere, Tate & Gould Company was producing over 200 plows a month. A two-story addition to the plant was built, allowing further production. Deere bought out Tate and Gould's interests in the company in 1853, and was joined in the business by his son Charles Deere. At that time, the company was manufacturing a", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "8927050", "text": "John Deere World Headquarters The John Deere World Headquarters is a complex of four buildings located on 1,400 acres (5.7 km²) of land at One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois, United States. The complex serves as corporate headquarters for John Deere. The complex opened on April 20, 1964. The buildings were designed by the Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, who died before its construction was complete, only four days after he signed the contract for the newest buildings. The project was finished by architect Kevin Roche. It was built according to Deere & Company President William Hewitt's instructions using COR-TEN weathering", "title": "John Deere World Headquarters" }, { "docid": "1452129", "text": "as business improved, Deere left the day-to-day operations to his son Charles. In 1868, Deere incorporated his business as Deere & Company. Later in life, Deere focused most of his attention on civil and political affairs. He served as President of the National Bank of Moline, a director of the Moline Free Public Library, and was a trustee of the First Congregational Church. Deere also served as Moline's mayor for two years but due to chest pains and dysentery Deere refused to run for a second term. He died at home (known as Red Cliff) on May 17, 1886. John", "title": "John Deere (inventor)" }, { "docid": "8927053", "text": "architecture firm. The design picked up an ASLA Classic Award in 1991, and is considered by many to be the archetypal corporate setting. John Deere World Headquarters The John Deere World Headquarters is a complex of four buildings located on 1,400 acres (5.7 km²) of land at One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois, United States. The complex serves as corporate headquarters for John Deere. The complex opened on April 20, 1964. The buildings were designed by the Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, who died before its construction was complete, only four days after he signed the contract for the newest buildings.", "title": "John Deere World Headquarters" }, { "docid": "15475624", "text": "January 2010. The house was again sold in 2011. John Deere House The John Deere House is a historic building located in Moline, Illinois, United States. The house, which is associated with industrialist John Deere, sits on the edge of a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi River Valley and the urban landscape below. It was declared a Moline Historic Landmark in 2002, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The house was built in the Italianate style for Moline grocer William B. Dawson around 1870. The property consisted of three lots, and included the", "title": "John Deere House" }, { "docid": "15475618", "text": "John Deere House The John Deere House is a historic building located in Moline, Illinois, United States. The house, which is associated with industrialist John Deere, sits on the edge of a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi River Valley and the urban landscape below. It was declared a Moline Historic Landmark in 2002, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The house was built in the Italianate style for Moline grocer William B. Dawson around 1870. The property consisted of three lots, and included the house, a barn, outbuildings, a carriageway, fruit trees, grapery,", "title": "John Deere House" }, { "docid": "2531529", "text": "black interior on previous models. These tractors were followed by the mechanically similar 55 and 60 series tractors before they were replaced by the Deere's completely redesigned 7000 and 8000 series tractors in the early 1990s. In the 1962 Illinois Manufacturers Directory (50th anniversary edition), John Deere, listed as Deere and Company, claimed a total work force of 35,000, of which 9,000 were in Illinois. The corporate headquarters were located at 1325 Third Ave. in Moline, Illinois, with six manufacturing plants located around that city and a seventh plant in Hoopston, Illinois. The six plants in Moline were listed as:", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "15541932", "text": "Dwight Deere Wiman Dwight Deere Wiman (August 8, 1895 – January 20, 1951) was an American silent movie actor, playwright and theatrical director. He is best known as a Broadway producer. Dwight Wiman was born in Moline, Illinois, one of two boys born to William Wiman (son of Erastus Wiman and Eleanor née Galbrith/Erastus was the son of Erastus Wyman and Therese Amelia née Matthews) and Anna Deere, a granddaughter of John Deere. His mother died in 1906 and after his grandfather, Charles Deere, died the following year he, his father and his brother, Charles Deere Wiman, went to live", "title": "Dwight Deere Wiman" } ]

[ { "docid": "2531537", "text": "versions of John Deere software to circumvent restrictions on repair. John Deere manufactures a wide range of products, with several models of each in many cases. Agricultural products include, among others, tractors, combine harvesters, cotton harvesters, balers, planters/seeders, silage machines, and sprayers. Construction equipment includes: John Deere manufactures a range of forestry machinery, among others, harvesters, forwarders, skidders. feller bunchers and log loaders. Timberjack is a subsidiary of John Deere since 2000. The company manufactures lawn mowers and also is a manufacturer of consumer and commercial equipment, and snow throwers, as well as a supplier of diesel engines and powertrains", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "14571521", "text": "an incredibly wide implement, the DB120 folds into five sections . The planter weighs in at over 20 tons empty and almost 24 tons when loaded with seed. The DB120 had a limited release in 2009 with orders being taken for the 2010 season. It retailed at (US)$345,000 dollars. The DB120 needs a GPS (satellite navigation) system to guide it as there are no row markers to indicate where to position the tractor/planter. John Deere DB120 The John Deere DB120 is an agricultural planter made by Bauer Built Mfg. in Paton, Iowa. Upon its release in 2009, it was the", "title": "John Deere DB120" }, { "docid": "2531516", "text": "replaced by newer, lighter-weight harvesters. In the 1930s, John Deere and other farm equipment manufacturers began developing hillside harvesting technology. Harvesters now had the ability to effectively use their combines to harvest grain on hillsides with up to a 50% slope gradient. On an episode of the Travel Channel series \"Made in America\" that profiled Deere & Company, host John Ratzenberger stated that the company never repossessed any equipment from American farmers during the Great Depression. During World War II, the great-grandson of John Deere, Charles Deere Wiman, was president of the company, but he accepted a commission as a", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "14571520", "text": "John Deere DB120 The John Deere DB120 is an agricultural planter made by Bauer Built Mfg. in Paton, Iowa. Upon its release in 2009, it was the largest production planter in the world. It has a wide tool-bar and plants 48 rows which are apart. It is estimated that the planter should sow 90 to per hour at 5 to 5.5 miles per hour ground speed. This means that in a 12-hour day it will plant almost two sections of land. John Deere claims that the planter is 30% more productive than their 36 row DB90 planter. To transport such", "title": "John Deere DB120" }, { "docid": "2531518", "text": "the 1960s. In the mid-1950s, Deere introduced attachable corn heads, allowing crop producers to cut, shell, and clean corn in one smooth operation. In 1956, Deere & Company bought-out the German tractor manufacturer, Heinrich Lanz AG (see Lanz Bulldog). In the last months of 1958, John Deere install a factory in the north of Rosario, Argentina. In Argentina, the make was managed by Agar Cross & Co. John Deere made in Argentina the following models of tractors: 445, 730; the models of the serie 20 like 1420, 2420, 3420, 4420; the models of the serie 30 like 2330, 2530, 2730,", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531513", "text": "the company's original stockholders were Charles Deere, Stephen Velie, George Vinton, and John Deere, Charles effectively ran the company. In 1869, Charles began to introduce marketing centers and independent retail dealers to advance the company's sales nationwide. This same year, Deere & Company won \"Best and Greatest Display of Plows in Variety\" at the 17th Annual Illinois State Fair, for which it won $10 and a Silver Medal. The core focus remained on the agricultural implements, but John Deere also made a few bicycles in the 1890s. Increased competition during the early 1900s from the new International Harvester Company led", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "14567320", "text": ". The 9630 is also available with tracks instead of tires and is the 9630T. The 9630T is significantly different from the 9630 in that it is not articulated. It has only two tracks instead of being articulated and having four like a Case IH QuadTrac. This results in it having a significantly different design. John Deere 9630 The John Deere 9630 is an agricultural tractor model manufactured by John Deere. It is one of the largest production tractors in the world, and was the largest made by John Deere upon its release in 2007 until the end of its", "title": "John Deere 9630" }, { "docid": "14567319", "text": "John Deere 9630 The John Deere 9630 is an agricultural tractor model manufactured by John Deere. It is one of the largest production tractors in the world, and was the largest made by John Deere upon its release in 2007 until the end of its production in 2013. The 9630 has a six cylinder diesel engine that displaces , and was tested at on the drawbar ( max pull on the drawbar). The 9630 is an articulated tractor, coming stock with eight equally sized tires, duals in the front and back. Its ballasted weight (\"loaded\" tires, wheelweights, etc.) is over", "title": "John Deere 9630" }, { "docid": "2531536", "text": "River has designed and integrated computer vision and machine learning technology that will enable growers to reduce the use of herbicides by spraying only where weeds are present, optimizing the use of inputs in farming. John Deere's license covering the internal software on tractor control computers does not allow users to modify the software. This prevents repairs by farmers and creates a monopoly for John Deere dealerships. John Deere claims user repair is forbidden by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, through bypassing of digital rights management. Groups including the Electronic Frontier Foundation have criticised this activity. Some farmers use Ukrainian", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "10907431", "text": "John Deere snowmobiles John Deere was the trade name of snowmobiles designed and built by John Deere from 1972-1984. The initial design and testing phase came in 1970-1971, when engineers tested other popular snowmobiles, and found ways to improve them. The machines were produced by the John Deere Horicon Works of Horicon, Wisconsin along with lawn and garden products. Lawn and garden equipment is still manufactured there. John Deere also had its own range of snowmobile suits. The slogan \"Nothing Runs Like a Deere\", still used today by Deere & Co., started with the John Deere snowmobile line in 1972.", "title": "John Deere snowmobiles" }, { "docid": "2531538", "text": "(axles, transmissions, etc.) used especially in heavy equipment. Other products were/are snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and StarFire (a wide-area differential GPS). John Deere leasing has expanded to non-equipment loans. As of 2017, this is the leading division of John Deere. With a loan portfolio of $2 billion, it accounts for a third of John Deere's income. Major North American factories include: Other important factories: \"Green Magazine\" is a publication devoted to John Deere enthusiasts. It was begun in November 1984 by Richard and Carol Hain of Bee, Nebraska. The first issue was mailed in early November 1984 to 135 paid subscribers,", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "7641584", "text": "attachments, and the 9660 combine with a hydraflex and corn headers. There are also smaller vehicles such as the John Deere Gator and ATVs. There is a built-in map editor that enables players to create their own map. In 2006 a sequel, \"John Deere: American Farmer Deluxe\" was released and received positive reviews. John Deere: American Farmer John Deere: American Farmer is a farm construction and management simulation for Microsoft Windows featuring the John Deere license, developed by Gabriel Entertainment, published by Take 2 Interactive and Destineer Studios. The goal of the game is to make a living by raising", "title": "John Deere: American Farmer" }, { "docid": "10907432", "text": "From 1978 to 1980, JD used the slogan \"Big John - Little John.\" In 1980, another new slogan was introduced: \"Ride the new breed of Deere\". In 1980, John Deere was the official supplier of snowmobiles for the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York. In 1982–1984, the snowmobile market was in a downward slide, and the driving force behind the snowmobile program, executive vice president Robert Carlson, had left the company. This made ending the snowmobile program an easy decision for Deere. The parts supply and all snowmobile-related resources were sold to Polaris. There was an understanding that", "title": "John Deere snowmobiles" }, { "docid": "18349735", "text": "1960, the option was given to have power steering rather than mechanical steering. John Deere 435 The John Deere 435 was a tractor built for two years in 1959 and 1960. Prior to 1960, John Deere only produced tractors that had two-cylinder engines. The John Deere 435 was the only model that had a General Motors two-cylinder motor. This motor was much different than that of any other model produced before its time. There were a total of 4,626 John Deere 435 units built. The John Deere 435 had some options that it could come with. The front axle of", "title": "John Deere 435" }, { "docid": "18349734", "text": "John Deere 435 The John Deere 435 was a tractor built for two years in 1959 and 1960. Prior to 1960, John Deere only produced tractors that had two-cylinder engines. The John Deere 435 was the only model that had a General Motors two-cylinder motor. This motor was much different than that of any other model produced before its time. There were a total of 4,626 John Deere 435 units built. The John Deere 435 had some options that it could come with. The front axle of the tractor had a sway-back front end for some of the models. After", "title": "John Deere 435" }, { "docid": "18814542", "text": "the “10” series John Deere tractors, led by the 4010, helped propel John Deere from a 23% market share in 1959 to 34% by 1964 when the 4020 was introduced making it the top manufacturer of farm equipment in the United States. Elvis acquired a model 1963 4010 in 1967, with his purchase of Twinkletown Farm, and taken to his Graceland home shortly after, where it was a daily service tractor until 2008. Following its retirement and replacement with a fresh John Deere tractor, it was restored by students at Northwest Mississippi Community College and placed on display at the", "title": "John Deere 4010" }, { "docid": "9584670", "text": "site is long gone, however, in 1962 an archaeological team made of students from the University of Illinois approached the Deere Company about excavating the site where the shop once stood. The team unearthed the location of the original Deere Blacksmith Shop where the first successful steel plow was developed in 1837. The dig site is preserved beneath a building, known as the pavilion. The site is surrounded by museum exhibits which include artifacts, news clippings, and photographs. A blacksmith shop does occupy the current John Deere Historic Site grounds. Archaeologists used a magnetometer to locate the position of the", "title": "John Deere House and Shop" }, { "docid": "2531533", "text": "complete departure from the combines that Deere had built in the past. In the late 1970s, International Harvester had pioneered rotary combines with their Axial flow machines, and were soon followed by other manufacturers, but Deere continued to build only conventional walker combines through the 1980s and 1990s. In 1999, John Deere introduced the Single-Tine Separation (STS) system on its 9550, 9650, and 9750 combines, representing a step forward in rotary combine technology. The STS system uses less horsepower and improves material handling. , Deere & Company employed about 67,000 people worldwide, of which half are in the United States", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531507", "text": "John Deere John Deere is the brand name of Deere & Company, an American corporation that manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment. In 2018, it was listed as 102nd in the \"Fortune\" 500 America's ranking and was ranked 394th in the global ranking. The company also provides financial services and other related activities. Deere & Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DE. The company's slogan is \"Nothing Runs Like a Deere\", and its logo is a leaping deer, with the", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531515", "text": "Waterloo Boy tractor at its facilities in Waterloo, Iowa. Deere & Company continued to sell tractors under the Waterloo Boy name until 1923, when the John Deere Model D was introduced. The company continues to manufacture a large percentage of its tractors in Waterloo, Iowa, namely the 7R, 8R, and 9R series. The company produced its first combine harvester, the John Deere No. 2, in 1927. A year later, this innovation was followed up by the introduction of John Deere No. 1, a smaller machine that was more popular with customers. By 1929, the No. 1 and No. 2 were", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "18814539", "text": "John Deere 4010 The John Deere 4010 was an American farm tractor in production by the John Deere Company from 1960 to 1963. The 4010 was the primary attraction of the new “10” series known as the “New Generation” or “New Generation of Power” which consisted of four and six-cylinder tractors first introduced in 1959 to replace the two-cylinder tractors which led to the great success of John Deere as a tractor manufacturer until that time. The \"10\" series tractors were introduced to John Deere dealers in dramatic fashion on August 30, 1960 when dealers from around the world were", "title": "John Deere 4010" }, { "docid": "15323827", "text": "bent, gear shift lever. Some factory options available on the 3020 included hydraulic front wheel assist, a Roll Gard, roll over protective structure, a steel canopy that bolted to the Roll Gard. An enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning was also available as an extra cost option. From 1964 to 1969 John Deere also produced an industrial variant of the 3020. It was painted yellow instead of green and was known as the John Deere 500. John Deere 3020 John Deere 3020 is a tractor that was manufactured by John Deere as part of its New Generation series from", "title": "John Deere 3020" }, { "docid": "14548970", "text": "tractors were built. When John Deere introduced its Generation-II tractors in 1972, the 4020 was replaced by the 100 horsepower 4230. John Deere Model 4020 The 4020 was an agricultural tractor model made by John Deere from 1964 to 1972. It replaced the nearly identical 4010 that had been introduced with Deere's New Generation series in 1960 and offered a number of improvements over the previous model including more horsepower, heavier rear axles, and a differential lock. The 4020 has a six-cylinder engine tested at 84 drawbar and 96 PTO horsepower. John Deere's Syncro Range transmission with 8 forward speeds", "title": "John Deere Model 4020" }, { "docid": "15323825", "text": "John Deere 3020 John Deere 3020 is a tractor that was manufactured by John Deere as part of its New Generation series from 1964-1972. The 3020 is nearly identical to the John Deere 3010 model that it replaced. It has a wheelbase of 90 inches, and a fuel capacity of 29 gallons. It was offered with three different engine options including a 3.7L 4-cyl gasoline engine, a 4.4L 4-cyl diesel and a 3.7L 4-cyl LP gas engine all produced by John Deere. The 3020 was rated at 71 horsepower. Transmission options included the standard Synchro Range transmission that offered 8", "title": "John Deere 3020" }, { "docid": "10907434", "text": "Nelson brought home the trophy on his Liquidator. His sled is currently on display at the Snowmobile Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Germain, Wisconsin. 1977 was the last year for the factory program. Instead, Deere offered support and incentives for independent racers. A total of twenty-one models were produced: John Deere snowmobiles John Deere was the trade name of snowmobiles designed and built by John Deere from 1972-1984. The initial design and testing phase came in 1970-1971, when engineers tested other popular snowmobiles, and found ways to improve them. The machines were produced by the John Deere Horicon", "title": "John Deere snowmobiles" }, { "docid": "2531517", "text": "colonel in the U.S. Army. A replacement was hired and before returning to work at the company in late 1944, Wiman directed the farm machinery and equipment division of the War Production Board. In addition to farm machinery, John Deere manufactured military tractors, and transmissions for the M3 tank. They also made aircraft parts, ammunition, and mobile laundry units to support the war effort. In 1947, John Deere introduced its first self-propelled combine, the model 55. It was soon followed by the smaller models 40 and 45, the larger model 95, and an even larger model 105 was introduced in", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "10907433", "text": "Polaris would continue where Deere left off, selling snowmobiles and parts to the Deere dealers that were interested. This never worked out. The Snowfire was the last production snowmobile on the market to have a free-air engine, and the last snowmobile in production for John Deere. In 1974, a factory sponsored cross-country race team was assembled to go along with the introduction of the 295/S, Deere's first purpose-built snowmobile for cross-country racing. The team would eventually be known as \"Enduro Team Deere\". The team had many wins, the most notable being the 1976 Minneapolis - St. Paul International 500. Brian", "title": "John Deere snowmobiles" }, { "docid": "2531508", "text": "words 'JOHN DEERE' under it. The logo has been used by the company for over 155 years. Deere & Company began when John Deere, born in Rutland, Vermont, USA on February 7, 1804, moved to Grand Detour, Illinois in 1836 to escape bankruptcy in Vermont. Already an established blacksmith, Deere opened a shop in Grand Detour in 1837, which allowed him to serve as a general repairman in the village, as well as a manufacturer of large tools such as pitchforks and shovels. Small tools production was just a start; the item that set him apart was the self-scouring steel", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "9584662", "text": "John Deere House and Shop The John Deere House and Shop is located in the unincorporated village of Grand Detour, Illinois, near the Lee County city of Dixon. The site is known as the location where the first steel plow was invented by John Deere in 1837. The site includes Deere's house, a replica of his original blacksmith shop, a gift shop, and an archaeological exhibit showing the excavation site of his original blacksmith shop. The Deere House and Shop is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it joined that list in 1966, the year the Register was", "title": "John Deere House and Shop" }, { "docid": "1452124", "text": "John Deere (inventor) John Deere (February 7, 1804 – May 17, 1886) was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world. Born in Rutland, Vermont, Deere moved to Illinois and invented the first commercially successful steel plow in 1837. John Deere was born on February 7, 1804, in Rutland, Vermont. After a brief educational period at Middlebury College, at age 17 in 1821 he began an apprenticeship with Captain Benjamin Lawrence, a successful Middlebury blacksmith, and entered the trade for himself in 1826. He", "title": "John Deere (inventor)" }, { "docid": "18211012", "text": "John Deere Powershift transmission The John Deere PowerShift transmission was an eight-speed automatic transmission without a torque converter, used in John Deere tractors, including the iconic John Deere Model 4020. The Powershift is not to be confused with similar John Deere transmissions (including the Quad-Range and the PowrQuad), or with the Ford Ultra Command Powershift or the Allis Chalmers Power Director. The PowerShift was dropped in favor of the PowrQuad during the 1980s, and reintroduced in the 90s as a 16-speed model built by Funk, a company which was eventually purchased by John Deere. The 16-speed version was also used", "title": "John Deere Powershift transmission" }, { "docid": "18814543", "text": "Elvis Prelsey Automobile Museum. A licensed 1/16 toy replica of Elvis's tractor was produced by the Ertl Company. John Deere 4010 The John Deere 4010 was an American farm tractor in production by the John Deere Company from 1960 to 1963. The 4010 was the primary attraction of the new “10” series known as the “New Generation” or “New Generation of Power” which consisted of four and six-cylinder tractors first introduced in 1959 to replace the two-cylinder tractors which led to the great success of John Deere as a tractor manufacturer until that time. The \"10\" series tractors were introduced", "title": "John Deere 4010" }, { "docid": "6572804", "text": "as golf courses. The TE is an electric vehicle. John Deere Gator Gators are used mainly on farms and sometimes in the military, but most people refer to them as farmers' vehicles. They can be ordered with specific off-road features. In 1992, the vehicle replaced the three- or five-wheel John Deere AMTs, introduced in 1987. The Gator vehicles use small but powerful 341 cc (0.341 L) four-stroke engines found in lawn mowers, or an optional diesel engine that is also found in some Deere mowers and utility tractors. They use a continuously variable transmission employing a belt and a conical", "title": "John Deere Gator" }, { "docid": "6572796", "text": "John Deere Gator Gators are used mainly on farms and sometimes in the military, but most people refer to them as farmers' vehicles. They can be ordered with specific off-road features. In 1992, the vehicle replaced the three- or five-wheel John Deere AMTs, introduced in 1987. The Gator vehicles use small but powerful 341 cc (0.341 L) four-stroke engines found in lawn mowers, or an optional diesel engine that is also found in some Deere mowers and utility tractors. They use a continuously variable transmission employing a belt and a conical pulley system. Thus, they require no clutch or gear", "title": "John Deere Gator" }, { "docid": "15475619", "text": "and select plants. Dawson, however, defaulted on the property and John Deere purchased the house and the three lots in 1875. For the next five years, Deere renovated and expanded the house before occupying it in 1880. The additions more than doubled the size of the house. Deere made two unique innovations to the house in the process. Ceramic tile was buried and then placed from the basement to the lowest part of the property. The tile allowed cool air to pass from the lower hillside, into the basement and then into the lower floors of the house. The process", "title": "John Deere House" }, { "docid": "7809460", "text": "indicates scoring records.\"<br> Main sources Through 2016, six men have won the John Deere Classic more than once. John Deere Classic The John Deere Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in July, the week before the British Open, at TPC Deere Run in the Quad Cities community of Silvis, Illinois. The tournament began as the Quad Cities Open in 1971 and was a \"satellite event\" on the PGA Tour. It became an official tour event in 1972. Ed McMahon served as tournament host from 1975 to 1979. Title sponsors have included Miller", "title": "John Deere Classic" }, { "docid": "7809455", "text": "John Deere Classic The John Deere Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in July, the week before the British Open, at TPC Deere Run in the Quad Cities community of Silvis, Illinois. The tournament began as the Quad Cities Open in 1971 and was a \"satellite event\" on the PGA Tour. It became an official tour event in 1972. Ed McMahon served as tournament host from 1975 to 1979. Title sponsors have included Miller Brewing Company (1982–85), Hardee's (1986–94) and John Deere (since 1999). From the event's inception in 1971 through 1974,", "title": "John Deere Classic" }, { "docid": "18211013", "text": "in the Ford 8630 series tractors as an 18-speed Funk Ultra Command. John Deere Powershift transmission The John Deere PowerShift transmission was an eight-speed automatic transmission without a torque converter, used in John Deere tractors, including the iconic John Deere Model 4020. The Powershift is not to be confused with similar John Deere transmissions (including the Quad-Range and the PowrQuad), or with the Ford Ultra Command Powershift or the Allis Chalmers Power Director. The PowerShift was dropped in favor of the PowrQuad during the 1980s, and reintroduced in the 90s as a 16-speed model built by Funk, a company which", "title": "John Deere Powershift transmission" }, { "docid": "9584672", "text": "first steel plow. His invention was of significance to the entire United States and made large scale cultivation of areas in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio possible. When the U.S. National Register of Historic Places was established in 1966 the John Deere House and Shop was among the first properties to join that list. It was added to the National Register on October 15, 1966, the same day the National Register was established. John Deere House and Shop The John Deere House and Shop is located in the unincorporated village of Grand Detour, Illinois, near the Lee County city of Dixon.", "title": "John Deere House and Shop" }, { "docid": "9584665", "text": "of his success with Deere's plow quickly, and two neighbors soon placed orders with Deere. By 1841 he was manufacturing 75 plows per year, and 100 plows per year in 1876. The John Deere Historic Site in Grand Detour, Illinois is operated by the John Deere Company and has five components. Outside of the perimeter, which is surrounded by a white, wooden fence, are of prairie restoration. Inside of the fenced area is the replica blacksmith shop, the John Deere House and the visitor's center which is a gift shop. Also on the grounds is a building which houses the", "title": "John Deere House and Shop" }, { "docid": "2531540", "text": "Generation restoration written by Dan Brotzman, a \"Youngtimer\" article written by Tyler Buchheit, \"Shop Talk\" by Ron and JoAnn O'Neill, \"Saw it On eBay\" by Adam Smith and Benjamin Hain, \"Scale Models\" by Bill Proft, \"What's New and Old\" by Greg Stephen, \"Feature Model\" by Benjamin Hain, \"Do You Have One of These\" by Richard Hain, and \"Mr. Thinker\", which is said to be written by \"a variety of experts\". John Deere John Deere is the brand name of Deere & Company, an American corporation that manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531526", "text": "tractors, led by the 4010, helped propel John Deere from a 23% market share in 1959 to 34% by 1964 when the 4020 was introduced, making it the top manufacturer of farm equipment in the United States. In 1973, Deere introduced its new 'Sound Idea' tractors, the 4030, 4230, 4430, and 4630. While these tractors were mechanically similar to the New Generation tractors they replaced, and the 4230, 4430, and 4630 used a 404-cubic-inch displacement engine like the 4020, they featured redesigned sheet metal and most importantly they were available with an optional completely integrated operator's cab that John Deere", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531512", "text": "variety of farm equipment products in addition to plows, including wagons, corn planters, and cultivators. In 1857, the company's production totals reached almost 1,120 implements per month. In 1858, a nationwide financial recession took a toll on the company. To prevent bankruptcy, the company was reorganized and Deere sold his interests in the business to his son-in-law, Christopher Webber, and his son, Charles Deere, who would take on most of his father's managerial roles. John Deere served as president of the company until 1886. The company was reorganized again in 1868, when it was incorporated as Deere & Company. While", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531520", "text": "format, the assembly of combine harvesters 9570 STS Serie 70, 9470 STS, 9670 STS and 9770 STS. Also with the green line, the argentinian facility made some backhoe loaders and motor graders like 570 A/B, 544 A/B, 507, 308, 200 and the 627, 727 model tractors. On August 30, 1960, John Deere dealers from around the world converged on Dallas, Texas, for an unprecedented product showcase. Deere Day in Dallas, as the event was called, introduced the world to the \"New Generation of Power\", the company’s first modern four-cylinder and six-cylinder tractors, during a day packed with high-tech presentations, live", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "18814540", "text": "invited to Dallas, Texas where the entire new series was debuted at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium. The 4010 was rated at 80 horsepower in 1960, but tested at 84 horsepower during testing trials making it one of the most powerful two wheel drive farm tractors at that time. The 4010 was the predecessor to the 4020 which is widely regarded as the most popular tractor ever produced by John Deere and perhaps any other tractor manufacturer in the United States. Although the 4020 would later hold greater popularity, it was the 4010 that catapulted John Deere into the modern era", "title": "John Deere 4010" }, { "docid": "7641583", "text": "John Deere: American Farmer John Deere: American Farmer is a farm construction and management simulation for Microsoft Windows featuring the John Deere license, developed by Gabriel Entertainment, published by Take 2 Interactive and Destineer Studios. The goal of the game is to make a living by raising livestock such as beef cattle, dairy cows, and pigs, or by growing crops such as sunflowers, soybeans, wheat and corn. Players must contend with factors such as weather, market demand, employee skill. There is a variety of John Deere equipment to choose from such as the 7820, 9520 and 5303 tractors with numerous", "title": "John Deere: American Farmer" }, { "docid": "14548967", "text": "John Deere Model 4020 The 4020 was an agricultural tractor model made by John Deere from 1964 to 1972. It replaced the nearly identical 4010 that had been introduced with Deere's New Generation series in 1960 and offered a number of improvements over the previous model including more horsepower, heavier rear axles, and a differential lock. The 4020 has a six-cylinder engine tested at 84 drawbar and 96 PTO horsepower. John Deere's Syncro Range transmission with 8 forward speeds and two reverse speeds was standard, a power shift transmission was optional. Other options included dual rear wheels and an enclosed", "title": "John Deere Model 4020" }, { "docid": "12955675", "text": "John Deere Green \"John Deere Green\" is a song written by Dennis Linde, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It was released in November 1993 as the third single from his album \"Honky Tonk Attitude\". The song peaked at number 5 on the country charts. The song is a moderate up-tempo describing a boy named Billy Bob, who is in love with a girl named Charlene, both of whom \"met in high school in the (19)60s\". One night, he hauls a can of \"John Deere green\" paint to the top of a water tower and paints the", "title": "John Deere Green" }, { "docid": "1452125", "text": "married Demarius Lamb in 1827 and fathered nine children. Deere worked in Burlington before opening his own shops, first in Vergennes, and then in Leicester. John Deere settled in Grand Detour, Illinois. At the time, Deere had no difficulty finding work due to a lack of blacksmiths working in the area. Deere found that cast-iron plows were not working very well in the tough prairie soil of Illinois and remembered the needles he had previously polished by running them through sand as he grew up in his father's tailor shop in Rutland, Vermont. Deere came to the conclusion that a", "title": "John Deere (inventor)" }, { "docid": "2531523", "text": "were about to see \"a line of entirely new tractors – completely modern in every respect – with outstanding features not duplicated in any other make of tractor.\" Since entering the tractor business in 1918, John Deere had focused on two-cylinder machines. The New Generation of Power introduced at Deere Day in Dallas was very different from anything Deere had built before. The new line of four- and six-cylinder tractors, the models 1010, 2010, 3010, and 4010, were more far more powerful than Deere's two-cylinder models, and also easier and more comfortable to operate, with conveniently located controls, better visibility,", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531522", "text": "diamond-covered nameplate was displayed for all to see inside Neiman-Marcus, a popular Dallas-based department store. According to information released by the company at the time of the event, John Deere dealers and key employees came to Dallas via the \"largest commercial airlift of its type ever attempted.\" During the 24 hours leading up to the event, 16 airlines brought Deere employees and sales people from all over the United States and Canada to Love Field in Dallas. Bill Hewitt, then chairman and CEO of Deere & Company, welcomed the dealers and introduced the new tractors. Hewitt told the guests they", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "9471831", "text": "Johnny Blowers John G. Blowers Jr. (April 21, 1911 – July 17, 2006) was an American drummer of the swing era. Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Blowers (\"Blau-ers\") learned to play percussion during his schooldays and began performing with the Bob Pope Band in 1936. Blowers attended college at Oglethorpe College, now Oglethorpe University. In 1937 he travelled to New York City, where he found employment as a drummer in Greenwich Village. In 1938 he joined Bunny Berigan's band, and in 1942 he began performing with the up-and-coming Frank Sinatra, who asked Blowers to record with him. They performed and", "title": "Johnny Blowers" }, { "docid": "6572799", "text": "Gators, introduced in 2004, are larger than the original Gator, and designed for heavier-duty use. The Compact Series Gators, also introduced in 2004, are smaller and more like a golf cart in size and operation. They are targeted at homeowners rather than commercial customers. The Gator XUV 4x4 was introduced in 2007 as a more extreme-use Gator, for both commercial and recreational use. These models are often set up with snow plows and have severe use in the industry. The model comes with either gasoline or diesel engine choices. In response to an ever competitive market, Deere expanded the XUV", "title": "John Deere Gator" }, { "docid": "9584663", "text": "established. Prior to that, it was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 19, 1964. In 1836, native Vermonter John Deere set out from Rutland, Vermont to Grand Detour, Illinois, founded by his friend and fellow Vermont native Leonard Andrus. The town lacked a local blacksmith, Deere's trade, and within two days Deere had a forge and new business established. In Vermont, Deere produced plows made from cast-iron and when he first arrived in Illinois he produced the same plows. Soil conditions in Illinois differ from those in Vermont. In Vermont the soil is sandy and falls easily away from", "title": "John Deere House and Shop" }, { "docid": "2531525", "text": "and design following its successful history as a tractor manufacturer that was by the late 1950s experiencing waning market share due to its outdated technology. In addition to the advanced engine technology, the \"10\" series tractors offered many other upgrades from the older two-cylinder models they replaced, including significantly higher horsepower-to-weight ratio, advanced hydraulics, more convenient and comfortable operator stations, and many other improvements. Of the \"10\" series John Deere tractors introduced in 1960, the 4010 was by far the most popular, with more than 58,000 units sold from 1960 to 1963. The success of the \"10\" series John Deere", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531524", "text": "and improved seat suspension. These new tractors were also easier to service. The 4010 was rated at 80 horsepower in 1960, but tested at 84 horsepower during testing trials, making it one of the most powerful two-wheel-drive farm tractors at that time. The 4010 was the predecessor to the 4020, which is widely regarded as the most popular tractor ever produced by John Deere, and perhaps any tractor manufacturer in the United States. Although the 4020, which was available with Deere's optional Power Shift, enjoyed greater popularity, the 4010 moved John Deere into the modern era of farm tractor technology", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "9584667", "text": "Deere Company employees. Part of the John Deere Historic Site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with being designated a National Historic Landmark. The only contributing property on the National Register listing for the site is the John Deere House. The house is also the only \"property type\" listed on the National Historic Landmarks' online database entry for the site. The house obtained National Historic Landmark status on July 19, 1964 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places soon after its inception on October 15, 1966. The John Deere House was built in", "title": "John Deere House and Shop" }, { "docid": "6572803", "text": "when an M-Gator was available to them. M-Gators are also used by Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. The M-Gator has also been developed into an unmanned ground vehicle, known as the R-Gator. It was developed by John Deere and iRobot. It is capable of autonomous operations such as waypoint following with obstacle avoidance, and following dismounted infantry soldiers, as well as other vehicles. The Turf Vehicles series features the Gator TX, Gator TE, and the ProGator vehicles. The ProGators are intended for heavy-duty farm work, while the TX and TE are for niche industrial duties where quiet vehicles are desired, such", "title": "John Deere Gator" }, { "docid": "9584671", "text": "forge in the original blacksmith shop, thus, the current shop shares an interior which is an exact replica of the original. The exterior of the building has the same dimensions as the original as well. The John Deere House and Shop is historically significant for its influence in the areas of commerce, agriculture, industry, and invention. The site was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark on July 19, 1964. The Landmark designation was assigned by the U.S. Department of Interior because of the House and Shop's association with John Deere, founder of the John Deere Company and inventor of the", "title": "John Deere House and Shop" }, { "docid": "8596185", "text": "Graham v. John Deere Co. Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1 (1966), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court clarified the nonobviousness requirement in United States patent law, set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 103. The case was actually a set of consolidated appeals of two cases, originating in the same court and dealing with similar issues. The named petitioner, William T. Graham, had sued the John Deere Co. for patent infringement. The invention in question was a combination of old mechanical elements: a device designed to absorb shock from the shanks of chisel plows", "title": "Graham v. John Deere Co." }, { "docid": "2531521", "text": "demonstrations, and a parking lot full of brand-new green and yellow machines. The line of tractors introduced that day was five years in the making, and the event itself took months to plan. Deere chose Dallas to host the event partly because it was home to facilities large enough to accommodate the 6,000 guests and the equipment they were all there to see. The Dallas Memorial Auditorium, the Texas State Fairgrounds Coliseum, the Cotton Bowl, and the Cotton Bowl parking lot were each the site of part of the event. During the event, a new John Deere tractor with a", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "2531509", "text": "plow, which was pioneered in 1837 when John Deere fashioned a Scottish steel saw blade into a plow. Prior to Deere's steel plow, most farmers used iron or wooden plows to which the rich Midwestern soil stuck, so they had to be cleaned frequently. The smooth-sided steel plow solved this problem, and greatly aided migration into the American Great Plains in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The traditional way of doing business was to make the product as and when it was ordered. This style was very slow, As Deere realized that this was not going to be a", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "18867042", "text": "week later. It reached number 40 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 for the week of 10 October 2015. The song has sold 663,000 copies in the US as of February 2016. This is Keith's eighteenth top 40 hit on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 \"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16\" is a song written by Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman, and Josh Osborne and recorded by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 9 June 2015 as the first single from Urban's 2016 album \"Ripcord\". The song has a", "title": "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" }, { "docid": "7809457", "text": "saw Jordan Spieth, two weeks shy of his 20th birthday, become the first teenager to win on the PGA Tour since 1931. In order to help attract players who will compete in the following week's British Open, since 2008 the John Deere Classic has sponsored a charter flight that leaves the Quad Cities on Sunday night and arrives in Britain the next morning. Since the introduction of the Open Qualifying Series, the John Deere Classic is a final chance for a player not already exempt to earn entry into The Open if he finished in the top five. Michelle Wie", "title": "John Deere Classic" }, { "docid": "12955678", "text": "making him do their chores and bugging him consistently. However, in time he turns out fine and ends up as a highly ranked officer in the Norwegian army. John Deere Green \"John Deere Green\" is a song written by Dennis Linde, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It was released in November 1993 as the third single from his album \"Honky Tonk Attitude\". The song peaked at number 5 on the country charts. The song is a moderate up-tempo describing a boy named Billy Bob, who is in love with a girl named Charlene, both of whom", "title": "John Deere Green" }, { "docid": "18867037", "text": "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 \"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16\" is a song written by Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman, and Josh Osborne and recorded by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 9 June 2015 as the first single from Urban's 2016 album \"Ripcord\". The song has a slow 1970s funk vibe that carries distinct drum loops and several time changes, with production from Urban and longtime co-producer Dann Huff. The song has received positive reviews from music critics who praised the production and lyrics, as well as Urban's return to traditional country", "title": "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" }, { "docid": "8596197", "text": "the prior art were simply too minor and non-technical to maintain the validity of Cook’s patent. A companion case, \"United States v. Adams\", was argued the same day and - in contrast to the holding in \"Graham v. Deere\" - held that non-obviousness was satisfied. Graham v. John Deere Co. Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1 (1966), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court clarified the nonobviousness requirement in United States patent law, set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 103. The case was actually a set of consolidated appeals of two cases, originating in the", "title": "Graham v. John Deere Co." }, { "docid": "8927052", "text": "history of farming and the company's creation in 1837. This museum is located between the display room and grounds. The grounds are open seven days a week and are free to all to enter and see, between 9:00am and 5:00pm on weekdays, but check for weekend times also. As well as many historical items it is possible to see some of the more modern machines made by John Deere, one-off art displays by artists such as Alexander Girard, and read as much literature as you like. The design for the campus was created by Hideo Sasaki of Sasaki Associates landscape", "title": "John Deere World Headquarters" }, { "docid": "4409804", "text": "back and the heart. Each year many senior citizens and middle aged persons die from heart attacks while shovelling snow. Snow blowers are often used by people unwilling or unable to perform this labour, people with large driveways or other substantial surfaces and people who live in areas with long lasting winters with large amounts of snowfall. Others may hire a contractor with a plow bearing truck or a shovel. After a large snowfall, businessmen with plow trucks often drive through cities offering to plow for money. Removing ice is more difficult. Snow blowers are usually ineffective at clearing ice.", "title": "Snow removal" }, { "docid": "9471832", "text": "recorded together regularly until the 1950s. In 1947, he opened Club Blowers in the Queens district. In addition to Sinatra, Blowers performed with Louis Armstrong, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Sidney Bechet, Eddie Fisher, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, and Mel Tormé. Johnny Blowers John G. Blowers Jr. (April 21, 1911 – July 17, 2006) was an American drummer of the swing era. Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Blowers (\"Blau-ers\") learned to play percussion during his schooldays and began performing with the Bob Pope Band in 1936. Blowers attended college at Oglethorpe College, now Oglethorpe University. In 1937 he travelled", "title": "Johnny Blowers" }, { "docid": "7919568", "text": "of the Spirit are for today, and did not cease with the formation of the New Testament canon. Later on, this experience became the basis of his two companion books, \"Surprised by the Power of the Spirit\" followed by \"Surprised by the Voice of God\". At the end of 1987, Dr Deere left the Dallas Seminary faculty and joined the staff of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church in Anaheim, California, pastored at that time by his friend, Vineyard movement founder John Wimber. In 1992, Deere left the Anaheim Vineyard for Montana, where he began a ministry as a writer and", "title": "Jack Deere" }, { "docid": "2531514", "text": "the company to expand its offerings in the implement business, but the production of gasoline tractors came to define Deere & Company's operations during the 20th century. In 1912, Deere & Company president William Butterworth (Charles' son-in-law), who had replaced Charles Deere after his death in 1907, began the company's expansion into the tractor business. Deere & Company briefly experimented with its own tractor models, the most successful of which was the Dain All-Wheel-Drive, but in the end decided to continue its foray into the tractor business by purchasing the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company in 1918, which manufactured the popular", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "3282948", "text": "snow to the front or side. Typically, the snow is discharged to one side. Snow blowers range from the very small, capable of removing only a few inches (a few more cm) of light snow in an path, to the very large, mounted onto heavy-duty winter service vehicles and capable of moving wide, or wider, swaths of heavy snow up to deep. Snow blowers can generally be divided into two classes: single-stage and two-stage. On a single-stage snow blower, the auger (the paddle mechanism visible from the front) pulls snow into the machine and directs it out of a discharge", "title": "Snow blower" }, { "docid": "1452127", "text": "soil of the Midwest and worked better than other plows. By early 1838, Deere completed his first steel plow and sold it to a local farmer, Lewis Crandall, who quickly spread word of his success with Deere's plow. Subsequently, two neighbors soon placed orders with Deere. By 1841, Deere was manufacturing 75–100 plows per year. In 1843, Deere partnered with Leonard Andrus to produce more plows to keep up with demand. However, the partnership became strained due to the two men's stubbornness – while Deere wished to sell to customers outside Grand Detour, Andrus opposed a proposed railroad through Grand", "title": "John Deere (inventor)" }, { "docid": "9584666", "text": "1960s archaeological dig site. The blacksmith shop is a replica of the original Deere Shop, unearthed during the 1960s dig. The shop recreates Deere's shop and includes a demonstration by a modern blacksmith using antique tools of the trade and an open furnace. The visitor's center is inside an 1843 home built by a Deere neighbor, it houses a gift shop which has an original Deere family wall clock on display. The home was originally owned by William Dana. The house is furnished with period items as well as the gift shop's merchandise. The entire site is operated by John", "title": "John Deere House and Shop" }, { "docid": "15323826", "text": "forward speeds and two reverse speeds and an optional eight speed power shift transmission. Several different tread options were offered by John Deere on the 3020 including, standard, narrow front Row Crop, narrow front Row Crop with \"Roll-O-Matic\", wide front Row Crop, Row Crop Utility. and Orchard. During its production run a few minor changes were made to the 3020 and other tractors of the New Generation series. These included moving the hydraulic levers from the left side of the dash to a console to the right of the operator, a narrower oval muffler for improved visibility, and a longer,", "title": "John Deere 3020" }, { "docid": "3282949", "text": "chute. The auger contacts the ground, making single-stage snow blowers unsuitable for use on unpaved surfaces. On a two-stage snow blower, the auger pulls snow into the machine and feeds it into a high-speed impeller, which in turn directs it out of a discharge chute. Two-stage snow blowers can generally handle deeper snow depths than single-stage ones, and because their augers don't touch the ground, they can be used on unpaved surfaces. Robert Carr Harris of Dalhousie, New Brunswick patented a \"Railway Screw Snow Excavator\" in 1870. In 1923, Robert E. Cole patented a snowplow that operated by using cutters", "title": "Snow blower" }, { "docid": "2531532", "text": "inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. In 1997, Deere celebrated 50 years of self-propelled combine production, and the 1997 models featured a 50th-anniversary decal. In 1998, the 9410, 9510, and 9610 were introduced. These were essentially the same machines, but with minor upgrades. Deere dealers offered '10 series' upgrades to owners of older 9000 series Maximizer combines. In 1999, Deere introduced the 50 series Maximizer combines. These machines featured significant cosmetic upgrades including a more streamlined appearance, improved ergonomics in the cab, PTO shaft-style header hook-up, and the larger models were available as rotary machines which were a", "title": "John Deere" }, { "docid": "15475621", "text": "the home Red Cliff. Deere lived in the house for six years until his death in 1886. His body lay in repose in the front parlor where thousands of mourners paid their respects. His widow, Lucenia, lived in the house two more years before her death in 1888. The house remained in the Deere family until 1933, when it was sold to a banker. In 1936, the house was sold to an interior decorator who divided it into 11 apartments. For the next 50 years the property had several different owners. In 1988, the Resolution Trust Corporation took possession of", "title": "John Deere House" }, { "docid": "14432825", "text": "cousin of Blowers, made an appearance at Blowers' album première concert in Seminole, Florida, playing lead guitar on \"Distance\", \"Through Glass's\" second track. Track listing In addition to his music career, Blowers has appeared in commercials for Disney and played the role of \"Lance\" in the television drama series, \"Walk on Water\". Blowers has also lent his acting, dancing, and vocal talent to several Musical and Opera performances at the Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida. Blowers visits churches and youth events throughout Central Florida playing his music. In concert, his sister, Brianne Grace Blowers, often accompanies him on flute", "title": "Bruce G. Blowers" }, { "docid": "14548969", "text": "the 4020. It was a high horsepower-to-weight tractor, designed as a \"runner\" rather than a \"lugger\". Using the same engine as the 4020, but being almost 1000 lbs lighter, the 4000 could, according to Deere, in the same amount of time, pull a 4-bottom plow fast enough to cover the same acreage as a 4020 pulling a 5-bottom plow. The John Deere 4000 was also an economy tractor, providing the same power as the 4020 with fewer features and smaller rear axles at a lower price. However most buyers opted for the popular 4020 and only 7,987 of the 4000", "title": "John Deere Model 4020" }, { "docid": "13955135", "text": "Norman High School in 1987. His fire for music was lit the day he sang in front of his second grade class (Glen Campbell’s Rhinestone Cowboy). He began writing songs in high school and played in local bands around Oklahoma. After spending a year at Brigham Young University, where he started as a freshman on BYU’s rugby team, and after serving a two-year mission for his church, Deere finished his education at the University Of Oklahoma in 1994 with a degree in English Literature. He then moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he has resided since. Deere has made a career", "title": "Jason Deere" }, { "docid": "7803028", "text": "71 from the championship tees. The course record is 59, shot by Paul Goydos in the opening round of the John Deere Classic in 2010. TPC at Deere Run TPC Deere Run is an 18-hole golf course in the central United States, located in Silvis, Illinois, along the Rock River. It is operated by the PGA Tour as a member of their Tournament Players Club network of golf courses and plays host to the annual John Deere Classic, part of the tour's regular season schedule. It is usually held in July, the week preceding the British Open. TPC Deere Run", "title": "TPC at Deere Run" }, { "docid": "7919563", "text": "Jack Deere Jack Deere is an American charismatic pastor and theologian. He was an associate professor of Old Testament at Dallas Seminary. In the late 1980s, he abandoned his earlier theological position, announcing that he had experienced the charismatic gifts for himself through the ministry of John Wimber. From 1988 to 1992 he pastored a Vineyard church, and pastored a Presbyterian church in Montana from 1994 to 1996. He remained in Montana for several years while traveling and speaking, and then moved back to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex where he was pastor of Wellspring Church in North Richland Hills that", "title": "Jack Deere" }, { "docid": "20855299", "text": "Misty Blowers Misty Blowers is an American computer scientist and professor of blockchain technologies at George Mason University. She was awarded the 2018 Early Achievement Award from SPIE. Blowers attended Oneida High School in Oneida County, New York. She attended State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, where she earned a Bachelors degree in Paper Science in 1995. After graduating she spent six years working at Chemical Process Equipment Suppliers designing new pulp mill systems. Blowers completed a Masters in Computer Science at Syracuse University in 2003. She obtained her doctorate in Paper and Bio-process Engineering", "title": "Misty Blowers" }, { "docid": "1452126", "text": "plow made out of highly polished steel and a correctly shaped moldboard (the self-scouring steel plow) would be better able to handle the soil conditions of the prairie, especially its sticky clay. There are varying versions of the inspiration for Deere's famous steel plow. In one version, he recalled the way the polished steel pitchfork tines moved through hay and soil and thought that same effect could be obtained for a plow. In 1837, Deere developed and manufactured the first commercially successful cast-steel plow. The wrought-iron framed plow had a polished steel share. This made it ideal for the tough", "title": "John Deere (inventor)" }, { "docid": "8002114", "text": "Deere claimed his first combat victories, shooting down two Bf 109s. Later the same day he shot down a third Bf 109. On 24 May he added a Bf 110 over Dunkirk and on the 26th claimed two more in the same area. On 28 May Deere was shot down by a Dornier Do 17 he was attacking near Dunkirk. He was knocked unconscious when making a forced landing on a Belgian beach. Rescued by a soldier, Deere made his way on foot to Oost-Dunkerke where his head injuries were dressed. He hitched a ride on a British Army lorry", "title": "Alan Christopher Deere" }, { "docid": "1697622", "text": "married William Blowers Bliss. He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church (Halifax). Sampson Salter Blowers Sampson Salter Blowers (March 10, 1742 – October 25, 1842) was a noted North American lawyer, Loyalist and jurist from Nova Scotia who, along with Chief Justice Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange, waged \"judicial war\" in his efforts to free Black Nova Scotian slaves from their owners. He was born in Boston, the son of John Blowers III and Sarah Salter, but raised by his maternal grandfather, Sampson Salter, after the death of his parents. He was educated in Boston and at Harvard", "title": "Sampson Salter Blowers" }, { "docid": "1697618", "text": "Sampson Salter Blowers Sampson Salter Blowers (March 10, 1742 – October 25, 1842) was a noted North American lawyer, Loyalist and jurist from Nova Scotia who, along with Chief Justice Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange, waged \"judicial war\" in his efforts to free Black Nova Scotian slaves from their owners. He was born in Boston, the son of John Blowers III and Sarah Salter, but raised by his maternal grandfather, Sampson Salter, after the death of his parents. He was educated in Boston and at Harvard College, then went on to study law. Blowers is probably most noted as one of", "title": "Sampson Salter Blowers" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5975956", "text": "Actors Under 25\". She has been nominated four times, three consecutive years (2003–2005) and in 2008 for the Young Artist Award. She received praise for her role in \"Adventureland\" (2009), a comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola, and co-starring Jesse Eisenberg. Critic James Berardinelli of \"Reelviews\" said, \"Stewart is more than merely appealing in this role – she makes Em a fully realized woman, and some of the most intricate development results from what the camera observes in Stewart's eyes.\" \"Los Angeles Times\" Kenneth Turan said Stewart was \"beautiful, enigmatic and very experienced\". and MSN Movies James Rocchi", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975975", "text": "also write. Stewart appeared in the music video for Interpol's track \"If You Really Love Nothing\" which was released on 23 August, 2018. Stewart lives in Los Angeles. She previously dated her \"Speak\" co-star Michael Angarano. She then dated her \"Twilight\" co-star Robert Pattinson, but they broke up in July 2012 after she was photographed in an intimate embrace with her \"Snow White and the Huntsman\" director Rupert Sanders. Sanders, who was 19 years older than Stewart and married at the time, issued a public apology for the affair, as did Stewart. She later dated visual effects producer Alicia Cargile,", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975953", "text": "whether Stewart means to be playing hippie-chick Tracy as vapid, or whether it just comes off that way.\" The film received Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. After \"Into the Wild\", Stewart had a cameo appearance in \"Jumper\" and also appeared in \"What Just Happened\", which was released in October 2008. She co-starred in \"The Cake Eaters,\" an independent film that has been screened only at film festivals. Both the film and Stewart's performance received many positive reviews. Critic Bill Goodykoontz from \"The Arizona Republic\" said that Stewart \"really shines... She excels", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975952", "text": "\"In the Land of Women\" (2007), a romantic drama starring Meg Ryan and Adam Brody. The film, as well as Stewart's performance, received mixed reviews. That same year, Stewart had a small role in the Sean Penn-directed adaptation \"Into the Wild\". For her portrayal of Tracy – a teenage singer who has a crush on young adventurer Christopher McCandless (played by Emile Hirsch) – Stewart received mixed reviews. While Salon.com considered her work a \"sturdy, sensitive performance\", and the \"Chicago Tribune\" noted that she did \"vividly well with a sketch of a role\", \"Variety\"s critic Dennis Harvey said, \"It's unclear", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975958", "text": "reprised this role in \"\". At the 2010 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Stewart and \"Twilight\" co-star Taylor Lautner presented a tribute in honor of the horror movie genre. In 2009, Stewart starred in \"The Yellow Handkerchief\", which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and was released into theaters in 2010 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. She also starred alongside James Gandolfini in \"Welcome to the Rileys\", which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010. In 2010, Stewart portrayed rock star Joan Jett in \"The Runaways\", a biographical film of the titular band of the same name from writer-director Floria", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975964", "text": "of $34.5 million. She earned $12.5 million each for the last two installments in the \"Twilight\" series, including royalties. She ranked #7 on AskMen's list of \"Top 99 Women\" for 2013. On February 24, 2013 she presented at the 85th Annual Academy Awards with actor Daniel Radcliffe. December 11, 2013, \"Chanel\" announced that Stewart was its \"new face\" for a Western-inspired fashion collection. The campaign has been shot by Karl Lagerfeld and was released online in May 2014. In 2014, \"Balenciaga\" released a new fragrance, \"Rosabotanica\", with Stewart remaining the face of the brand. She was ranked #3 on Forbes", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975954", "text": "at both aspects of the performance, giving Georgia a strength that defies any sort of pity one might feel for her, without letting us forget her vulnerability\". On November 16, 2007, Summit Entertainment announced that Stewart would play main character Isabella \"Bella\" Swan in the film \"Twilight\", based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance novel of the same name. Stewart was on the set of \"Adventureland\" when director Catherine Hardwicke visited her for an informal screen test, which \"captivated\" the director. She starred alongside Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward Cullen, her vampire boyfriend. The film began production in February 2008", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975945", "text": "\"Into the Wild\" (2007). In 2010, she was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Stewart went on to gain wide recognition for playing Bella Swan in \"The Twilight Saga\" film series (2008–12), which collectively grossed over $3.3 billion worldwide. Her work in the series established her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world. Following a role in the fantasy film \"Snow White and the Huntsman\" (2012), Stewart eschewed parts in big-budget films in favour of independent productions. She featured in the dramas \"Camp X-Ray\" and \"Still Alice\" (both 2014), and the science fiction romance \"Equals\" (2015). In 2015,", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975966", "text": "a fine performer she was in the likes of \"Into the Wild\" and \"Adventureland\".\". In 2014 she appeared in Jenny Lewis' \"One of The Guys\" music video, and in \"The New York Times\" short movie \"9 Kisses\", which featured best performing actor. Stewart next appeared alongside Juliette Binoche and Chloë Grace Moretz in \"Clouds of Sils Maria\". The film had its premiere at 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Her performance in the film earned her critical acclaim. Todd McCarthy of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said that \"Stewart's habitual low-keyed style, which can border on the monotone, functions as effectively underplayed contrast.\" Peter", "title": "Kristen Stewart" } ]

[ { "docid": "5975944", "text": "Kristen Stewart Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born ) is an American actress, model and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a César Award, making her the first American woman to win the award. Born in Los Angeles to parents who worked in show business, Stewart began her career as a child actor in 1999. She gained notice in 2002 for playing Jodie Foster's daughter in the thriller \"Panic Room\", which garnered her a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Feature Film. She subsequently starred in \"Speak\" (2004), \"Catch That Kid\" (2004), \"\" (2005), and", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975978", "text": "Circle, and Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in \"Clouds of Sils Maria\". Kristen Stewart Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born ) is an American actress, model and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a César Award, making her the first American woman to win the award. Born in Los Angeles to parents who worked in show business, Stewart began her career as a child actor in 1999. She gained notice in 2002 for playing Jodie Foster's daughter in the thriller \"Panic Room\", which garnered her a Young Artist Award nomination for", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "9357900", "text": "that it's Eric on the video with Kristen. Marlena plays the video at the wedding. Kristen tries to tell Brady that Eric seduced her. He doesn't buy it, nor does he buy Eric's explanation that he was drugged. After learning what Kristen did, Nicole pays Kristen a visit, telling her that she's going to jail. Kristen makes a run for it. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues causing both Kristen and Nicole to get into car accidents. Kristen's car is found badly damaged and upside down. Kristen is not found in the car, and a torn piece of", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "5975967", "text": "Debruge of \"Variety\" praised her, saying that \"Stewart is the one who actually embodies what Binoche's character most fears, countering the older actress’ more studied technique with the same spontaneous, agitated energy that makes her the most compellingly watchable American actress of her generation.\" Robbie Collin of the \"Daily Telegraph\" praised her, saying \"...it's Stewart who really shines here. Valentine is probably her best role to date: she's sharp and subtle, knowable and then suddenly distant, and a late, surprising twist is handled with a brilliant lightness of touch.\" For the role Stewart won a César Award for Best Supporting", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "9357906", "text": "at Daniel's apartment to make amends, he discovers both Daniel and Kristen in the throes of passion. In the absence of Brady, Kristen and Daniel stop short of having sex, both agreeing that it would be wrong. Brady later confronts Kristen at her hotel room. While he admits that she was telling the truth about Theresa's wrongdoing, he's furious at what she did with Daniel. and makes it known that there is no hope of reconciliation between the two of them. An enraged Kristen heads to the park to calm down, only to overhear Theresa revealing to Anne that she's", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "3994147", "text": "Look What I Did Look What I Did is an American post-hardcore band, formed in 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The music combines elements of jazz/fusion, hardcore, metal, and progressive pop punk. The band is known for its intense live show, described by Cincinnati CityBeat as a \"live act capable of unleashing a scary, uncontrolled intensity bordering on dangerous,\" and oft-satirical eccentric lyrics. Look What I Did was formed in 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee by singer Barry Donegan and guitarist Colby Shea. Miles McPherson (drums, currently drumming for Kelly Clarkson) and Chris Bradley (bass) were added before the band's first", "title": "Look What I Did" }, { "docid": "9357903", "text": "supply closet and ties her up. Later, Daniel takes her back to Salem where she is arrested. EJ refuses to be Kristen's lawyer because of what she did to Sami's brother Eric. Kristen is charged with an array of different counts, including assault, battery, rape and the use of restricted pharmaceuticals. After she pleads not guilty to the charges, Kristen is released on bail and is forced to wear a tracking device. In an attempt to win back Brady, Kristen gives Daniel and Kayla Brady (Mary Beth Evans) part of a formula for a miracle drug that could possibly awaken", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "7578096", "text": "in her bedroom, makes the best of things and waits, hoping to outgrow her injury. There is no physical therapy – instead Katy is warned to avoid too much movement lest she \"set herself back\". Cousin Helen manages to travel a little, and even goes for a hydrotherapy water cure at one point, but it is made clear that she has no hope of ever walking again. Two TV movies and a brief TV series have been based on \"What Katy Did\". The most recent film (1999) starred Alison Pill as Katy, with Megan Follows as Cousin Helen, Michael Cera", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "13633202", "text": "ends. In his book \"Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s\", Kim Newman argues that \"I Saw What You Did\" was responsible for the eventual creation of Dark Castle Entertainment, a production company that created remakes of horror films. In \"Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography\", Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell refer to the film as \"abysmall\" and consider it inferior to the original. Similarly, in his book \"Movie and Video Guide 1993\", film critic Leonard Maltin refers to the film as \"bland\", compared to the original. I Saw What You Did (1988 film) I Saw What You Did", "title": "I Saw What You Did (1988 film)" }, { "docid": "9357897", "text": "John and Marlena plotting against them, Brady proposes to Kristen. Brady also starts adoption proceedings. John intends to seduce Kristen and have Brady catch them in the act in order to destroy the relationship. Unbeknownst to him, Kristen has the same plan. Kristen is blackmailed with a photo by the mugger she hired to attack Brady. Kristen tries to hunt it down. Just as she thinks the photo has been destroyed, Marlena gets her hands on it. Kristen and John meet in a hotel room, sticking to the plan of having sex and getting Brady to catch them. Instead, Kristen", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "9829305", "text": "Kristen Vigard Kristen Vigard (born May 15, 1963) is an American actress and singer. She is known for being the first actress to play the role of Annie in its Broadway debut and for her two-year run as \"Morgan Richards\" on \"Guiding Light\" (1980–1981). She also had a two-year run on \"One Life to Live\" (1984–1985). Vigard has appeared in two feature films, \"The Black Stallion\" (1979) and \"The Survivors\" (1983). Additionally she had roles in two TV movies, \"Home to Stay\" (1978) and \"License to Kill\" (1984), and also had guest appearances on three TV series. Kristen Vigard released", "title": "Kristen Vigard" }, { "docid": "4249884", "text": "receive it,\" Mrs. Pfaff said. \"It's sad because Kristen wasn't here herself to enjoy the moment. You work so hard in the business to make it at the national level, and that's what Kristen did. I just wish she was here to enjoy it, and see how her hometown feels about her.\" A local Minneapolis radio station, University of Minnesota's KUOM, has started a yearly $1,000 Memorial Scholarship in her name. The award is earmarked for \"individuals active in the arts in the pursuit of their educational goals.\" Portions from the proceeds of Hole's album sales have gone to the", "title": "Kristen Pfaff" }, { "docid": "5975950", "text": "at age 14 in the children's action-comedy \"Catch That Kid\" (2004), opposite Max Thieriot and Corbin Bleu. That year Stewart also played the role of Lila in the thriller, \"Undertow\" (2004). Stewart starred in the Lifetime/Showtime television film \"Speak\" (2004), based on the novel by the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. Stewart, 13 at the time of filming, played a high school freshman, Melinda Sordino, who after being raped nearly stops speaking. Her performance was widely praised, with \"The New York Times\" stating \"Ms. Stewart creates a convincing character full of pain and turmoil.\" Stewart appeared in the fantasy-adventure", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975959", "text": "Sigismondi. Stewart met with Jett over the 2008–2009 New Year to prepare for the role; she prerecorded songs in a studio for the film. She received praise for her performance: the \"Metro Times\" wrote, \"It turns out that Stewart is actually really good at capturing Jett's icy, tough-but-cool girl swagger, adding the needed touches of vulnerability that transform it into a pretty terrific performance... Stewart is a genuine rock star here.\" Also, A. O. Scott of \"The New York Times\" noted \"Ms. Stewart, watchful and unassuming, gives the movie its spine and soul.\" The same year, Stewart was listed as", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "9357907", "text": "pregnant with Brady's baby. Kristen, in an act of revenge, orders for Theresa to be kidnapped. Kristen makes one final phone call to Brady letting him know that as she leaves Salem, she's going to be carrying a part of him inside of her. An unknown procedure is prepared for Kristen and an unconscious Theresa by doctors. Kristen, who is living in Italy, gives birth to Theresa and Brady's baby. The baby, named Christopher, is born with an autoimmune deficiency and requires a bone marrow transplant. Kristen orders that Brady and Theresa's blood be drawn in order to find a", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "11365888", "text": "Dana Bright in USA Network's \"The Dead Zone\", starring Anthony Michael Hall. Dalton's other television appearances include roles in \"Beverly Hills, 90210\", \"Murder, She Wrote\", \"Diagnosis Murder\", \"Sliders\", \"Stargate SG-1\", and \"\". She has also appeared in TV movies, such as \"Danielle Steel's Family Album\", \"They Nest\", \"Surviving Gilligan's Island\" (2001) (in which she portrayed actress Tina Louise), \"Babysitter Wanted\" and \"Gleason\". She married fellow actor Darren Jack Dalton on August 8, 1993. They divorced in 2009. Kristen Dalton (actress) Kristen Dalton (born Kristen V. Hocking; February 14, 1966) is an American actress who has appeared in over 20 television", "title": "Kristen Dalton (actress)" }, { "docid": "5975963", "text": "who don't already count themselves among the franchise converts.\" On December 6, 2011, Stewart was named number one on \"Forbes\" magazine's list of \"Hollywood's Best Actors for the Buck\". On January 13, 2012, she became the face of a new unnamed Balenciaga perfume; in June, its name was promoted as \"Florabotanica\". Stewart starred as Snow White in the film \"Snow White and the Huntsman\" (2012). Stewart appears as Mary Lou in \"On the Road\", the film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's cult classic novel of the same name. According to \"Forbes\", Stewart was the highest-paid actress in 2012, with total earnings", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975946", "text": "she received critical acclaim for her role opposite Juliette Binoche in Olivier Assayas's French film \"Clouds of Sils Maria\", for which she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Stewart reunited with Assayas the following year in the supernatural thriller \"Personal Shopper\" (2016) and made her directorial debut with the 2017 short film \"Come Swim\". Stewart was born and raised in Los Angeles. Both of her parents work in the entertainment industry. Her father, John Stewart, is a stage manager and television producer who has worked for Fox and on the Comedy Central show \"@midnight\". Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart,", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975951", "text": "film \"\" (2005), playing the role of Lisa Budwing, the irresponsible older sister of two little boys. During their playing a board game, they turn their house into a spacecraft hurtling uncontrollably in outer space. The film was praised by critics, but Stewart's performance did not garner much media attention. Her character is immobilized during most of the film. The next year, she played the character Maya in \"Fierce People\" (2006), directed by Griffin Dunne. After that film, she received the lead role of Jess Solomon in the supernatural thriller film \"The Messengers\". Stewart appeared as teenager Lucy Hardwicke in", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "4414001", "text": "in movies such as \"Terminal Island\" (1973) and the cult science-fiction film \"Battle Beyond the Stars\" (1980). She starred in the 1998 television movie \"Lost in Space Forever\" and had a cameo role in the 1998 movie \"Lost in Space\". She also appeared in the A&E biography \"Jonathan Harris, Never Fear, Smith Is Here\" in 2002. Kristen also provided voice work for the 2009 animated theatrical short \"The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas\" which also included voice work from her \"Lost in Space\" co-stars Harris, Mumy, and Angela Cartwright. Kristen has a daughter and granddaughter. On a trip to Finland in", "title": "Marta Kristen" }, { "docid": "5975970", "text": "to September 2014. In 2015, Stewart was confirmed to join \"Certain Women\" directed by Kelly Reichardt and was released on October 14, 2016 . In 2016, she starred in the Woody Allen movie \"Café Society\", opposite Steve Carell and Jesse Eisenberg, marking her third collaboration with the latter. it was released on July 15, 2016. She also co-starred in Ang Lee's war drama \"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk\", which was released on November 11, 2016. In December 2016, Stewart appeared in the music video for the Rolling Stones' single \"\"Ride 'Em on Down\"\". Stewart reunited with \"Clouds of Sils Maria\"", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975972", "text": "very few such offers. On May 2, 2016, it was announced that Stewart will make her directorial debut with a short film titled \"Water\" for female-focused digital publisher Refinery29. The short will be part of their \"ShatterBox Anthology\". In July 2016, it was confirmed that Stewart's short film will be titled \"Come Swim\" in an interview with \"Philippine Daily Inquirer.\" It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017. During the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Stewart revealed that her next short film will be about gun control. In December 2016, Stewart starred in the official music", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975976", "text": "French singer Soko, and musician Anne Clark, better known by her stage name St. Vincent. Since late 2016, she has been dating New Zealand model Stella Maxwell. In her February 2017 appearance on \"Saturday Night Live\", Stewart described herself as \"so gay\", and in an interview with \"The Guardian\" she clarified that she was bisexual, saying, \"You're not confused if you're bisexual. It's not confusing at all. For me, it's quite the opposite.\" Similarly in an interview with \"Harper's Bazaar\" in August 2017, Stewart stated that she was open to dating men again, saying, \"I want to try everything\". Stewart", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975957", "text": "stated, \"Stewart's vulnerable, spooky power is used to nice effect.\" Stewart reappeared as Bella in the sequel, \"\", once again receiving mixed reviews for her performance. Jordan Mintzer from \"Variety\" called Stewart \"the heart and soul of the film\" and praised her for giving \"both weight and depth to dialogue...she makes Bella's psychological wounds seem like the real deal.\" On the other hand, Manohla Dargis from \"The New York Times\" said Stewart's \"lonely-girl blues soon grow wearisome,\" and Billy Goodykoontz from \"The Arizona Republic\" stated \"Stewart is a huge disappointment... She sucks the energy right out of the film\". She", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975947", "text": "is originally from Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia. She is a script supervisor and has also directed a film, the 2012 prison drama \"K-11\". She has an older brother, Cameron B. Stewart, and two adopted brothers, Dana and Taylor. Stewart attended local schools until the seventh grade. As she became more involved in acting, she continued her education by correspondence until completing high school. As she grew up with a family who worked behind the camera, Stewart thought she would become a screenwriter/director, but never considered being an actor. She recalled, \"I never wanted to be the center of attention—I wasn't that", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "9357910", "text": "look at his child and leaves him with Melanie to be executed. Kristen goes to leave the castle with the baby and finds Marlena, who accidentally grabbed hold of the wrong address to find Paul (Christopher Sean) and John, at her doorstep. Melanie and Brady manage to subdue and kill Clint. Theresa overpowers Dr. Mandrake. Marlena senses that Kristen is up to no good and is determined to find out what she's hiding. Kristen pulls out a gun and the two end up fighting for it. Brady barges in and Kristen, now distracted, is catapulted by Marlena through a glass", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "7347822", "text": "'Dad?' Hurley comments that he did not expect Rose's husband to be white, before Jack quickly changes the subject. The producers felt it was important to address that they are an interracial couple, and that Hurley was saying what the audience would be thinking. Caldwell agreed with them and thought it would be odd if the issue was not addressed. Anderson also was glad that Hurley brought up the issue, and liked that Jack did not pay any attention. The episode gained 21.54 million American viewers in its first airing. What Kate Did \"What Kate Did\" is the 34th episode", "title": "What Kate Did" }, { "docid": "9357883", "text": "Davidson said that Kristen is written with \"a lot of latitude\". During her first run, she developed an unhealthy obsession over her love interest, John Black (Drake Hogestyn). Upon her return, she said that Kristen is \"more mature and more together\" after \"lots of therapy\" which has been \"intense\". Of Kristen's rivalry with Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall), she said \"Marlena just doesn’t trust her. No matter what Kristen does it seems like she just can’t convince her that she’s definitely changed. So that’s been the biggest hurdle for Kristen to overcome, is getting Marlena to trust her again.\" For fourteen", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "9357901", "text": "fabric from the wedding dress she was wearing is found away from the vehicle. Brady later receives a DVD from Kristen that she made before their wedding and before he announced the details of their honeymoon. He stops watching it midway through and destroys it. Later, Dr. Chyka is seen talking to Kristen on the phone, assuring her that no one will know that she drugged Eric, thus further suggesting that Kristen did indeed survive the car accident. In 2014, Daniel Jonas (Shawn Christian) is lured to a hotel room in St. Louis by Kristen who has her henchman knock", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "7578097", "text": "as Dorry, Bryn McAuley as Joanna, and Dean Stockwell as \"Tramp\". A 1972 UK movie adaptation, \"Katy\", starred Clare Walker, and the 1962 eight-part TV series made in the UK, also called \"Katy\", featured rising star Susan Hampshire in the title role. In 2015, author Jacqueline Wilson wrote her novel \"Katy\", which is a modern retelling of \"What Katy Did\". The August 2016 edition of Storytime featured a new illustrated adaptation with illustrations by Italian artist Marco Guadalupi. \"What Katy Did\" was followed by four sequels: \"What Katy Did at School\" in which Katy and Clover attend the fictional Hillsover", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "18937073", "text": "quietest albums in Michael Gira’s catalog.\" What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "7578098", "text": "School (set in Hanover, New Hampshire); \"What Katy Did Next\", in which a new friend of Katy's takes her on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe; \"Clover\", in which Katy is married and Clover accompanies her brother Phil to Colorado after he falls ill; and \"In the High Valley\", which shows the lives of a handful of young people living in the High Valley in Colorado, including Clover, Elsie and their husbands. What Katy Did What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "18937071", "text": "What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only been made by these two men,", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "5975973", "text": "video for \"Ride 'Em On Down\" by The Rolling Stones. In 2017 Stewart coauthored a computer science preprint about the use of Neural net techniques in the making of her short film \"Come Swim\". In 2018, she was a member of the jury for the official competition of the 71st Cannes Film Festival. In 2018, Stewart appeared in \"Lizzie\", opposite Chloë Sevigny, revolving around Lizzie Borden, directed by Craig William Macneill, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2018. It is scheduled to be released on September 14, 2018, by Saban Films and Roadside Attractions.", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975968", "text": "Actress, becoming the first American actress to receive a nomination in thirty years. She is the second American winner after Adrien Brody, who won César Award for Best Actor in 2003. Stewart appeared alongside Julianne Moore in \"Still Alice\", a drama film that had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Her performance received praise from critics. Peter Travers of \"Rolling Stone\" called her \"wonderfully vibrant and contentious\" and said: \"Even when \"Still Alice\" sometimes slips into sentiment, Moore and Stewart are funny, fierce and glorious. In 2015, she was named #1 for Glamour magazine's \"Best Dressed", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975977", "text": "was listed as the highest-earning female actress in the \"Vanity Fair\" \"Hollywood Top Earners List of 2010\", with estimated earnings of $28.5 million. In 2011, she was named number one on \"Forbes\" list of \"Hollywood's Best Actors for the Buck\". \"Forbes\" also named her as the highest-paid actress in 2012, with total earnings of $34.5 million. Stewart is the brand ambassador of Chanel and Balenciaga fashion brands. Stewart has received a César Award, a Milano Film Festival award, a Young Artist Award and the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She won the National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975971", "text": "director Olivier Assayas to lead his next film \"Personal Shopper\", a ghost story that takes place in the fashion underworld. Assayas won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for the film, which was released in the US in March 2017. Stewart wants to direct a film. She told \"Vanity Fair,\" \"I think that I'd be pretty good at getting people on the same plane and on the sort of train.\" At the Sundance Film Festival premiere of her indie drama, \"Certain Women,\" Stewart was asked how often she gets offers from big movie franchises. She said that she receives", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975949", "text": "Objects\" (2001), as the tomboy daughter of a troubled single mother (Patricia Clarkson). Stewart also played a tomboy, diabetic daughter of a divorced mother (Jodie Foster) in the film \"Panic Room\" (2002). She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance. After \"Panic Room\"s success, Stewart was cast in another thriller, \"Cold Creek Manor\" (2003), playing the daughter of characters played by Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone. She was nominated again for a Young Artist Award for her performance. About this time in her career, she started homeschooling because of her irregular schedule. Stewart's first starring role was", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "13579047", "text": "Mrs. Ashe's brother, Ned, they fell in love. When Katy got home, she received a letter from Ned and blushed and ran to her room, leaving Clover and the reader thinking that Katy and Ned may get married in the future. What Katy Did Next What Katy Did Next (1886) is a children's book by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, working under the pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the stories \"What Katy Did\" (1872) and \"What Katy Did At School\" (1873) and tells the adventures of Katy Carr as she travels to Europe. The book opens by reintroducing the Carr family", "title": "What Katy Did Next" }, { "docid": "13579043", "text": "What Katy Did Next What Katy Did Next (1886) is a children's book by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, working under the pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the stories \"What Katy Did\" (1872) and \"What Katy Did At School\" (1873) and tells the adventures of Katy Carr as she travels to Europe. The book opens by reintroducing the Carr family and introducing the widow Mrs. Ashe. Mrs. Ashe has her nephew, Walter, over for a visit and it is discovered that he has scarlet fever. Anxious that her only daughter Amy should not contract the disease, Amy is sent to live", "title": "What Katy Did Next" }, { "docid": "7578094", "text": "Cousin Helen: Papa's niece; she cannot walk because of an accident years ago. Despite her suffering she is amusing, cheerful, and kind; just what Katy wants to be. After Katy's accident, Cousin Helen helps her adjust to her illness. Susan Coolidge shared her publisher, Roberts Brothers, with Louisa May Alcott, and \"What Katy Did\" helped satisfy the demand for naturalistic novels about girlhood that followed the 1868 success of \"Little Women\". Like Alcott, Coolidge heightened the realism of her novel by drawing on her own childhood memories. \"What Katy Did\" also illustrates social shifts. First the novel depicts the treatment", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "17178956", "text": "co-writer and friend\") but he also thanked Charles Horman, the American journalist whose disappearance was the centerpiece of the film. When interviewed about what impact the foreign policy issues raised by \"Missing\" had on audiences, Stewart commented: \"\"Movies have a tendency to really heat up the emotions.\"\" Stewart died in his apartment at the Sierra Towers in Los Angeles of cancer in 1999 at age 69. He had three children, Scott Stewart (now deceased), Sarah Cassleman and Peter Stewart. He was separated from his fifth wife at the time of his death. Donald E. Stewart Donald E. Stewart (24 January", "title": "Donald E. Stewart" }, { "docid": "9679665", "text": "\"Little White Lies\" book, \"What I Love About Movies\" (), was published by Faber and Faber in 2014. The book is a collection of responses from directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Francis Ford Coppola and actors including Ryan Gosling, Kristen Stewart and Helen Mirren to the magazine's signature question: What do you love about movies? \"Little White Lies\" has since published other books such as \"Making Your Own Movie in 39 Steps\" and \"Where's the Dude?: The Great Movie Spotting Challenge.\" The former is a step-by-step guide to filmmaking while the latter is a \"Where's Wally?\"-inspired book where the", "title": "Little White Lies (magazine)" }, { "docid": "13633196", "text": "people, saying \"I saw what you did, and I know who you are\" before hanging up. Lisa and Kim later discuss Kim's love life, and they decide she needs an older man who appreciates her. They decide on calling Adrian again, but Lisa, afraid to seduce him, repeats the line \"I saw what you did, and I know who you are.\" Adrian, who was caught in the act when he was burying Robyn's body, does not realize it's a prank and is determined to get rid of her. She thinks he was flirting with her on the phone and later", "title": "I Saw What You Did (1988 film)" }, { "docid": "5753826", "text": "album, \"Definitive Collection\", which reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart in 2005. Paper Lace included this song on their 1974 album, \"Paper Lace\". I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "5753825", "text": "I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2 UK hit in June 1971, and was also a hit in Ireland, where it also reached number 2. The track later appeared on Christie's compilation", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "9357880", "text": "the role on-screen on November 13, 2013. In late November, it was confirmed that Davidson would return for an episode scheduled to air on December 3, 2013. On January 28, 2014, Michael Logan of \"TV Guide\" announced that Davidson would return to \"Days\" with filming beginning in March, with an on-screen return sometime during the summer. Davidson will return for what is described as a \"powerful Kristen DiMera story arc\". \"Days\" co-executive producer Greg Meng added: \"The writers have some great things cooking for Kristen and we can’t wait for the fans to see what this will mean for Salem.", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "9723275", "text": "Kristen Johnson Kristen Johnson is an award-winning escape artist who works with her husband magician Kevin Ridgeway under the names Living Illusions, Ridgeway & Johnson and Breathless. She was the featured magician on the cover of the June 2009 issue of the magicians' magazine \"The Linking Ring\". Kristen was born in Glens Falls, NY and grew up in Carmel, Indiana. Her mother, Sunny Johnson, was also a performer, being best known as a clown although she also did magic. Sunny, who was featured on the front cover of \"The Linking Ring\" magazine in March 2002, still lives in Carmel, where", "title": "Kristen Johnson" }, { "docid": "8809069", "text": "Marcy Walker and Nancy Lee Grahn. Kristen Meadows Kristen Meadows (born January 7, 1957) is an actress who has appeared in such daytime TV soap operas as \"One Life to Live\" as Mimi King and \"Santa Barbara\" as Victoria Lane. Meadows was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She comes from a family of performers and started her stage career in musicals. When she was 12, she has got a leading role in musical directed by her grandfather (a bandmaster). Later she was a model for Wilhelmina Models Agency, did commercials, and became a TV and movie actress. Kristen was engaged with", "title": "Kristen Meadows" }, { "docid": "8809067", "text": "Kristen Meadows Kristen Meadows (born January 7, 1957) is an actress who has appeared in such daytime TV soap operas as \"One Life to Live\" as Mimi King and \"Santa Barbara\" as Victoria Lane. Meadows was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She comes from a family of performers and started her stage career in musicals. When she was 12, she has got a leading role in musical directed by her grandfather (a bandmaster). Later she was a model for Wilhelmina Models Agency, did commercials, and became a TV and movie actress. Kristen was engaged with English designer Paul Stanley Lewis, but", "title": "Kristen Meadows" }, { "docid": "9723284", "text": "Beaumont, Texas. This was Kristen's 600th attempt. Kristen Johnson Kristen Johnson is an award-winning escape artist who works with her husband magician Kevin Ridgeway under the names Living Illusions, Ridgeway & Johnson and Breathless. She was the featured magician on the cover of the June 2009 issue of the magicians' magazine \"The Linking Ring\". Kristen was born in Glens Falls, NY and grew up in Carmel, Indiana. Her mother, Sunny Johnson, was also a performer, being best known as a clown although she also did magic. Sunny, who was featured on the front cover of \"The Linking Ring\" magazine in", "title": "Kristen Johnson" }, { "docid": "3994152", "text": "I Were You I Wouldn't<nowiki>\"</nowiki> in January 2016 on their YouTube account, followed by \"Fireball\" in June 2016, their first songs released since 'Zanzibar III : Analog Prison'. The band was named after friend's child said the phrase 'Mommy, look what I did', about a drawing to her mother when Barry was talking to her over the phone discussing what the band's name should be. Look What I Did Look What I Did is an American post-hardcore band, formed in 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The music combines elements of jazz/fusion, hardcore, metal, and progressive pop punk. The band is", "title": "Look What I Did" }, { "docid": "216561", "text": "In an interview with Michael Parkinson in 1973, Stewart declared that out of all the movies he had made, \"It's a Wonderful Life\" was his favorite. After viewing the film, President Harry S. Truman concluded, \"If Bess and I had a son we'd want him to be just like Jimmy Stewart.\" In the aftermath of the film, Capra's production company went into bankruptcy, while Stewart started to have doubts about his ability to act after his military hiatus. His father kept insisting he come home and marry a local girl. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, his generation of actors were fading and", "title": "James Stewart" }, { "docid": "8334567", "text": "– 0:31 16. \"A Little Buzz\" – 2:46 17. \"Kids Didn't Change\" – 0:54 18. \"Heaven Is Where the Heart Is\" – 5:03 What Did He Say? What Did He Say? is the second solo album released by bassist Victor Wooten. 1. \"Yo Victa\" – 0:07 2. \"What Did He Say?\" – 3:20 3. \"What You Won't Do for Love\" – 4:43 4. \"Cherokee\" – 1:49 5. \"Don't Wanna Cry\" – 5:07 6. \"The Lonliest Monk\" – 4:36 7. \"A Chance\" – 2:54 8. \"Radio W-OO-10\" – 1:06 9. \"Norwegian Wood\" – 4:52 10. \"Bro John\" – 4:18 11. \"Naima\"", "title": "What Did He Say?" }, { "docid": "8334566", "text": "What Did He Say? What Did He Say? is the second solo album released by bassist Victor Wooten. 1. \"Yo Victa\" – 0:07 2. \"What Did He Say?\" – 3:20 3. \"What You Won't Do for Love\" – 4:43 4. \"Cherokee\" – 1:49 5. \"Don't Wanna Cry\" – 5:07 6. \"The Lonliest Monk\" – 4:36 7. \"A Chance\" – 2:54 8. \"Radio W-OO-10\" – 1:06 9. \"Norwegian Wood\" – 4:52 10. \"Bro John\" – 4:18 11. \"Naima\" – 5:57 12. \"Sometimes I Laugh\" – 3:20 13. \"My Life\" – 4:45 14. \"The Sojourn of Arjuna\" – 6:29 15. \"Buzz Ntro\"", "title": "What Did He Say?" }, { "docid": "11856925", "text": "What Hetty Did What Hetty Did is the seventh novel by J.L. Carr, published in 1988 when he was 76 years old. The novel describes the experiences of an 18-year-old girl. Hetty Birtwisle has been brought up by adoptive parents in the Fens; after a beating by her father, discovering that she was adopted, she flees to Birmingham where she has learnt she was born and alters her surname to Beauchamp. Hetty Beauchamp comes across several characters from Carr's other novels in the boarding house in which she lives, including Emma Foxberrow, a teacher in \"The Harpole Report\" and Edward", "title": "What Hetty Did" }, { "docid": "16918902", "text": "Festival in Turkey. The film was released on DVD in Ireland on 8 February 2013. What Richard Did What Richard Did is a 2012 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Malcolm Campbell. The film is loosely based on Kevin Power's \"Bad Day in Blackrock\", a fictionalised novel inspired by the real-life death of Brian Murphy in 2000. It won the best Irish film of the year award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards and was the most commercially successful Irish film of 2012. It has screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and the", "title": "What Richard Did" }, { "docid": "11856928", "text": "early 20s. The story was adapted by Ellen Dryden for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour Drama in 2004. What Hetty Did What Hetty Did is the seventh novel by J.L. Carr, published in 1988 when he was 76 years old. The novel describes the experiences of an 18-year-old girl. Hetty Birtwisle has been brought up by adoptive parents in the Fens; after a beating by her father, discovering that she was adopted, she flees to Birmingham where she has learnt she was born and alters her surname to Beauchamp. Hetty Beauchamp comes across several characters from Carr's other novels in", "title": "What Hetty Did" }, { "docid": "16918894", "text": "What Richard Did What Richard Did is a 2012 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Malcolm Campbell. The film is loosely based on Kevin Power's \"Bad Day in Blackrock\", a fictionalised novel inspired by the real-life death of Brian Murphy in 2000. It won the best Irish film of the year award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards and was the most commercially successful Irish film of 2012. It has screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival and was selected to screen at the Tribeca Film Festival in", "title": "What Richard Did" }, { "docid": "7578085", "text": "up: \"What Katy Did at School\" and \"What Katy Did Next\". Two further sequels relating the adventures of Katy's younger siblings were also published—\"Clover\" and \"In the High Valley\". The books were frequently reprinted and all are available online. Coolidge modeled Katy on her own childhood self, and the other 'Little Carrs' on her brothers and sisters. The title is a play on the katydid, a family of insects – which explains the insects on the first edition book cover. 12-year-old Katy Carr lives with her widowed father and her two brothers and three sisters in Burnet, a small midwestern", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "7578084", "text": "What Katy Did What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted. Two sequels follow Katy as she grows", "title": "What Katy Did" }, { "docid": "7347814", "text": "What Kate Did \"What Kate Did\" is the 34th episode of \"Lost\". It is the ninth episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Paul Edwards, and written by Steven Maeda and Craig Wright. It first aired on November 30, 2005, on ABC. The character of Kate Austen is featured in the episode's flashbacks. Kate Austen kills her alcoholic stepfather, Wayne Jansen, by blowing up his house. Kate confronts her mother, Diane Austen. Kate reveals that she took out an insurance policy under Diane's name. Later, Kate attempts to buy a ticket to Tallahassee, when she is arrested", "title": "What Kate Did" }, { "docid": "17247248", "text": "Thomas has also appeared advising on corsets on ABC's Nightline in 2012 and in the same year was nominated for Cosmopolitan's Businesswoman of the Year. The brand recreates designs from the 1950s including the bullet bra, which has been worn by celebrities such as Madonna and Rihanna. What Katie Did are also known for their steel boned corsets. Models for the company include Bernie Dexter, Missy Malone, Jami Deadly and Miss Polly Rae. What Katie Did (company) What Katie Did is a British lingerie design house founded in 1999 by Katie Thomas. In 1999, being unable to afford fully fashioned", "title": "What Katie Did (company)" }, { "docid": "7019984", "text": "Woolf?\", and \"Funny Girl\". HDNet Movies tapped Jim Breuer to host a week-long event of films starring former cast members of \"Saturday Night Live\" in March. The line-up included films starring Breuer, Will Ferrell, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Chris Farley, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Kristen Wiig, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and many more. In May, the network aired a marathon of all seven \"Police Academy\" films, hosted by franchise star Michael Winslow. HDNet Movies dedicated the entire month of June to celebrating classic films from the 1980s with a \"Totally 80's Month.\" The month-long", "title": "HDNet Movies" }, { "docid": "18787754", "text": "daughter. All three examples are connected by a chorus stating \"\"I'll take this one day and figure out what I did right / And I'll do it the same way for the rest of my life.\"\" Deborah Evans Price of \"Billboard\" reviewed the song favorably, saying that \"Like 'I Hope You Dance'…the song will touch a universal chord with everyone who has experienced a moment so perfect they wish they could capture it and live it over again.\" What I Did Right \"What I Did Right\" is a song recorded by American country music group Sons of the Desert. It", "title": "What I Did Right" }, { "docid": "9723276", "text": "she owns a clowning supplies company. Kristen began learning magic when she was a teenager and used it to earn money to help pay her way through college. Kristen and her husband Kevin Ridgeway are Christians and, under the name Living Illusions, built up a strong reputation as performers specialising in faith based events. These included the Will Graham Celebration with evangelist Billy Graham's grandson in May 2008. As their act has become more successful they expanded into doing larger venues, fairs and festivals with a show under the name of Ridgeway & Johnson geared specifically for that market. In", "title": "Kristen Johnson" }, { "docid": "17247247", "text": "What Katie Did (company) What Katie Did is a British lingerie design house founded in 1999 by Katie Thomas. In 1999, being unable to afford fully fashioned stockings, Thomas decided to invest in nylons to sell at The London Fetish Fair. This led to Thomas creating her own website. In 2002, What Katie Did's first reproduction of the Bullet bra was launched, the first to be produced in the country. The next year, the company opened a boutique in London Portobello. In 2010, Thomas was asked to advise on an bra of Marilyn Monroe that was put up for auction.", "title": "What Katie Did (company)" }, { "docid": "19967768", "text": "Kristen Ulmer Kristen Ulmer (born September 8, 1966) is a former professional extreme skier who retired in 2003 to study and teach about Fear. Today she facilitates groups and individuals, and is author of the forthcoming book “The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to do Instead.” She is also known for developing a facilitation tool called Shift, The Game of 10,000 Wisdoms, which Ulmer claims can “get a client unstuck from an unconscious pattern in a matter of hours, instead of a decade or more using therapy.” Born and raised in the small ski town;", "title": "Kristen Ulmer" }, { "docid": "19390442", "text": "week. He worked his way up to his own radio show in New York on NBC, the fifteen-minute nightly, \"Freddie Stewart Sings\". He wrote a song \"Do I Know What I'm Doing” for \"She's for Me\" (1943), and made an appearance in \"She's a Sweetheart\" (1944). He later joined Tommy Dorsey's band as a singer for a year. In 1945 he signed with Monogram Pictures to make a series of movies. Freddie Stewart (actor) Freddie Stewart, born Morris Joseph Lazar (25 March 1921 - 21 August 2000) was an American actor and singer. His credits included playing the lead in", "title": "Freddie Stewart (actor)" }, { "docid": "9357885", "text": "character and all the insanity and the drama was so heightened because of what was going on with Marlena and John at that time.\" Davidson felt that she wasn't sure whether or not Kristen would \"have enough of an impact\" upon her return, but praised the writers as \"terrific\" and hoped that audiences would be receptive of her. On whether or not she would have a \"big storyline\", Davidson called it a \"multi-leveled and complicated story\" which would \"bring in lots of different characters\". She said that Kristen had scenes with Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker) who thinks \"she is so", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "8145551", "text": "York after marriage equality passed in the state senate in June, 2011. Kristen and Sarah were featured in a special New York Times Style section devoted to Marriage Equality on the day it became legal in New York State (July 24, 2011). The Huffington Post also did a 3 part feature web series titled \"Here Come The Brides\", documenting the couple's wedding, from dress shopping to their eventual \"I Do's.\" Kristen and Sarah Kate (President & CEO of GLAAD - Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), got pregnant on exactly the same day in May, 2008, and gave birth in", "title": "Kristen Henderson" }, { "docid": "5531406", "text": "called \"Den siste langrennaren\". Almost 45 years old, Skjeldal did a remarkable comeback at the Norwegian Championship 2012, finishing 8th at the 15 km free, beating all of the Norwegian team elite squad, except Martin Johnsrud Sundby, who won. All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Note: Until the 1994 Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system. Kristen Skjeldal Kristen Skjeldal (born 27 May 1967) is an Olympic champion and cross country skier from Norway. He has won three olympic medals: two gold and one bronze. He won his first gold medal in", "title": "Kristen Skjeldal" }, { "docid": "7263691", "text": "2016, Shout! Factory released the film for the first time on Blu-ray Disc under their sub-label, Scream Factory. \"I Saw What You Did\" was remade for television in 1988 with Robert Carradine, David Carradine, Tammy Lauren and Shawnee Smith. I Saw What You Did I Saw What You Did is a 1965 American horror-thriller film released by Universal Pictures and starring Joan Crawford and John Ireland. The plot follows two teenage girls who find themselves in serious danger after making a prank phone call to a man who has just murdered his wife. The screenplay by William P. McGivern was", "title": "I Saw What You Did" }, { "docid": "10149533", "text": "You Know What You Did \"You Know What You Did\" is the first episode of the third season of \"The Hills\". It originally aired on MTV on August 13, 2007. In the episode, Lauren Conrad ends her friendship with former housemate Heidi Montag after suspecting that Heidi and her boyfriend Spencer Pratt fabricated rumors of a sex tape involving Lauren and her ex-boyfriend Jason Wahler. The ensuing feud between the women becomes a central focus of the series, and is carried through each subsequent season in which Conrad appears. \"You Know What You Did\" was produced by Tony DiSanto, Adam", "title": "You Know What You Did" }, { "docid": "3994150", "text": "the band signed a deal with new label Modernist Movement. The album \"Atlas Drugged\" was released on February 9, 2010 via Modernist Movement Recordings. Atlas Drugged was also produced by Brian Virtue. Decibel magazine referred to the band in a review of Atlas Drugged, \"Look What I Did crush on political philosophers, put Latin words in their song titles and generally get off on being a bunch of wiseasses to spazzed-out Adderall punk.\". The album title is play on Ayn Rand's 1957 novel 'Atlas Shrugged' In 2013, Look What I Did began revealing songs set to be released on their", "title": "Look What I Did" }, { "docid": "18787753", "text": "What I Did Right \"What I Did Right\" is a song recorded by American country music group Sons of the Desert. It was released in February 2001 as the third single from the album \"Change\". The song reached number 22 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Lead singer Drew Womack wrote the song with Sonny LeMaire. The song is a ballad about treasuring moments in the narrator's life, using three examples: an expression of pride from a grandfather who fought in World War II, of love from the narrator's wife, and of comfort from the narrator's newborn", "title": "What I Did Right" }, { "docid": "8001773", "text": "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? is a 1966 comedy DeLuxe Color film written by William Peter Blatty and directed by Blake Edwards for the Mirisch Company in Panavision. It stars James Coburn and Dick Shawn. Filming was at Lake Sherwood Ranch in Thousand Hills, 40 miles northwest of Hollywood. In what had been a cow pasture, designer Fernando Carrere fabricated a storybook Sicilian village which added $800,000 to the production's already elevated $5.5 million budget. Captain Lionel Cash (Dick Shawn), a staff officer under General Max Bolt (Carroll O'Connor),", "title": "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" }, { "docid": "17542106", "text": "live. The film is being distributed by MVD Entertainment, and was released on DVD in November 2012. It is also available on iTunes, Hulu, and Video-on-Demand. Writing in Punk News, John Gentile said, \"The wilder songs, like 'Audiowhore' where bassist Matt Gentling just gets completely down, stomping around like a T-rex, are nearly berserk, with the band approaching a Stooges-type thrash. 'What Did You Expect?' could pass for Fugazi's wilder side. Gentling just goes nuts on the bass, which is wild. Likewise, the mid-tempo songs like \"Freezing Point\" have an inherent urgency.\" What Did You Expect? (film) What Did You", "title": "What Did You Expect? (film)" }, { "docid": "4297821", "text": "a housewife (with Dax Shepard as her husband) preparing for a Christmas party in Sia's music video for \"Santa's Coming For Us\". In 2018, she began hosting the web series \"Momsplaining with Kristen Bell\", with episodes airing on the Ellen DeGeneres video platform Ellentube. In the series, Bell gives new and expecting mothers tips about motherhood. The title of the series is a pun on the commonly used term \"mansplaining\". Bell later starred in the Netflix comedy-drama film \"Like Father\". She also voiced the character of Jade Wilson in the animated comedy film \"Teen Titans Go! To the Movies\" and", "title": "Kristen Bell" }, { "docid": "9357891", "text": "John discovers Marlena is alive and goes to rescue her in Paris forcing Rachel and Kristen to follow. In August 1996, Kristen is hospitalized after an explosion kills her mother and she miscarries her child. Stefano soon reappears in Salem and hires Kristen's lookalike Susan Banks (Davidson) to carry a child that Kristen would raise as her and John's. With the help of her father and Peter, Kristen fakes her pregnancy. When Susan goes into labor, Kristen disguised as a nurse is forced to watch as John marries Susan, believing she is really Kristen. Kristen gets custody of the child", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "16049220", "text": "What Did I Do? \"What Did I Do?\" is a song by Kele Okereke, released as the first single from his EP \"The Hunter\". The song's music video was released on 13 September 2011, with the song being released as a digital single in Japan 10 days later. The song features vocals from singer Lucy Taylor. The single was produced by constant collaborator XXXChange and mixed by Sub Focus. The single's cover is the same as the cover for \"The Hunter\" EP. On 16 November 2011, Liberator Music released a remix of the single by All The Lights to the", "title": "What Did I Do?" }, { "docid": "16049221", "text": "Australian iTunes Store. On Boxing Day 2011, a remix by Sander van Doorn was released to Beatport, released on Doorn Records. The single is billed to Kele vs. Sander van Doorn featuring Lucy Taylor. A music video (simply a re-edited version of the original video) was released. The songs music video was released on 13 September 2011 to Kele's official YouTube channel. As of 23 November 2011, the video has 295939 views. The music video was directed by Nova Dando, with the dancers styled by Nadine Artois. What Did I Do? \"What Did I Do?\" is a song by Kele", "title": "What Did I Do?" }, { "docid": "5975969", "text": "Women\". And she appeared in Tim Blake Nelson's \"Anesthesia\", an indie drama about a group of New Yorkers, which was released on January 8, 2016. and costarred with Jesse Eisenberg again in \"American Ultra\" (2015), which was filmed from April to June 2014, and was released on August 21, 2015. In December 2015 she starred in Once and Forever as Irys Duke for Chanel which was directed by Karl Lagerfeld. Stewart co-starred along with Nicholas Hoult in Drake Doremus' futuristic love story \"Equals\" which was released on July 15, 2016. The filming took place in Japan and Singapore from August", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975948", "text": "'I want to be famous, I want to be an actor' kid. I never sought out acting, but I always practiced my autograph because I love pens. I'd write my name on everything.\" She began acting at 8, after an agent saw her perform in her elementary school's Christmas play. After auditioning for a year, Stewart gained her first role with a small, nonspeaking part in the Disney Channel TV-movie \"The Thirteenth Year\". Her next film was \"The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas,\" where she played the \"ring toss girl\". She also appeared in the independent film \"The Safety of", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "5975974", "text": "She will next appear in \"JT LeRoy\", a biopic revolving around Laura Albert, alongside Laura Dern and Diane Kruger. \"Underwater\", an adventure-thriller film directed and co-written by William Eubank. She will also appear in \"Against All Enemies\", as actress Jean Seberg, directed by Benedict Andrews. and in \"Charlie's Angels\", alongside Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska, directed by Elizabeth Banks, which is scheduled to be released on November 1, 2019, by Columbia Pictures. Stewart revealed she is working on her feature film directorial debut which will be an adaptation of writer Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir \"The Chronology of Water\", which she will", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "13686288", "text": "Daddy, what did you do in the Great War? \"Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?\" was a British recruitment poster from 1915. It was released by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. A war recruitment poster from the First World War shows a daughter posing a question to her father, \"Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?\" There was an extensive recruitment campaign in Great Britain during World War I. Recruitment for World War I was different from prior wars, which had been fought by the regular (professional) army. Samuel Hynes writes that the war was fought", "title": "Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?" }, { "docid": "5975961", "text": "#6 in the 2010 FHM list of \"Sexiest Women in the World\". \"\" was released on November 18, 2011. Though the film received mixed to negative reviews, Stewart's performance was praised. Gabriel Chong called Stewart's performance \"mesmerising\" and said that she \"makes [Bella's] every emotion keenly felt that runs the gamut from joy, trepidation, anxiety, distress and above all quiet and resolute determination.\" \"The Village Voice\"'s Dan Konis said Stewart \"beautifully underplays\" the role. Some critics found Pattinson and Stewart's chemistry lacking and said that the relationship came off like a \"charade\" onscreen, or that none of the three leads", "title": "Kristen Stewart" }, { "docid": "17338140", "text": "What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included three previously unreleased songs written by Stansfield, Devaney and Morris: \"My Apple Heart,\" \"Lay Me Down\" and \"Something's Happenin'.\" \"What Did I Do to You?\" was remixed by Mark Saunders and", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "216587", "text": "Young University's Harold B. Lee Library in 1983. Stewart had diversified investments including real estate, oil wells, a charter-plane company and membership on major corporate boards, and he became a multimillionaire. In the 1980s and '90s, he did voiceover work for commercials for Campbell's Soups. Stewart's longtime friend Henry Fonda died in 1982, and former co-star and friend Grace Kelly died after a car crash shortly afterwards. A few months later, Stewart starred with Bette Davis in \"Right of Way\". He filmed several television movies in the 1980s, including \"Mr. Krueger's Christmas\", which allowed him to fulfill a lifelong dream", "title": "James Stewart" }, { "docid": "9357909", "text": "denies it. Brady searches the castle and leaves empty handed. Melanie sneaks into the castle and finds the baby in a secret room. Kristen catches Melanie and uses her to lure Brady back to the castle. Kristen presents the baby as Daniel Jonas'. Unsure if Kristen is telling the truth, Brady demands a paternity and maternity test. Kristen takes Brady and Melanie captive. Thinking that she's being taken on a luxury vacation, Theresa arrives at the castle with Clint. Kristen drugs Theresa and has her taken to the baby's room for the bone marrow procedure. Kristen gives Brady one last", "title": "Kristen DiMera" }, { "docid": "17542105", "text": "What Did You Expect? (film) What Did You Expect?, which made its film festival debut in June, 2012, is a live concert documentary capturing the Archers of Loaf reunion tour, directed by Gorman Bechard. Indie rock icons the Archers of Loaf reunited in 2011, and during the course of their reunion tour played two legendary concerts at Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. Combining in-your-face concert footage along with rare interviews of the band, this film by director Gorman Bechard documents those concerts, and captures the excitement and explosive energy of what its like to see this extraordinary band perform", "title": "What Did You Expect? (film)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "8924871", "text": "Orange County Library System The Orange County Library System (OCLS) is a public library system located in the Orlando area of Central Florida. Its headquarters are at the Orlando Public Library in Downtown Orlando located at 101 E. Central Blvd. Orlando, FL 32801. The System is made up of 16 total locations, one main library (Orlando Public Library) and 15 branch locations. The Orange County Library System is a 501(c)3 organization. The (OCLS) Mission Statement is \"Where you engage in amazing experiences and opportunities to learn, explore, and create the best you.\" Before the Orlando Public Library came into existence,", "title": "Orange County Library System" }, { "docid": "8924888", "text": "allow the library to bring in popular and award-winning authors for readings, book discussions and writing workshops geared towards children, teens and young adults. Some of the authors include Sharon Draper, Sarah Weeks and Jason Reynolds. In August 2018, the library was a recipient of the Disney Grant for $50,000. Orange County Library System The Orange County Library System (OCLS) is a public library system located in the Orlando area of Central Florida. Its headquarters are at the Orlando Public Library in Downtown Orlando located at 101 E. Central Blvd. Orlando, FL 32801. The System is made up of 16", "title": "Orange County Library System" }, { "docid": "10981251", "text": "Department provided mainly women's health services. In the 1960s-era reorganization of public health in Florida, the Orlando City and Orange County health departments were combined under the new state public health agency then known as the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. As of December 2011, the Orange County Health Department was the fifth largest county health department in the state of Florida. The Florida Department of Health in Orange County is one of 67 County Health Departments in FL. County Health Departments in FL are local health departments responsible for single county jurisdictions. All County Health Departments in", "title": "Orange County Health Department" }, { "docid": "11257911", "text": "Old Orange County Courthouse (Orlando, Florida) The old Orange County Courthouse, located in Orlando, Florida, United States, serves as the home of the Historical Society of Central Florida and the Orange County Regional History Center. Constructed in 1927, the Courthouse stands in the vicinity of a number of previous judicial buildings. An earlier courthouse was built in 1892 and demolished in 1957. A Courthouse Annex was also constructed in 1960. The notorious serial killer Ted Bundy was tried for the murder of Kimberly Leach at the Orange County Courthouse beginning on January 7, 1980. Defense attorneys Julius Africano and Lynn", "title": "Old Orange County Courthouse (Orlando, Florida)" }, { "docid": "10981262", "text": "Orange County Florida School District, Valencia College, and the University of Central Florida, have all passed tobacco-free resolutions and smoking bans involving campuses. On May 14 the FL Department of Health in Orange County and Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a part of Orlando Health System, announced the second US case of MERS Co V, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus, in a traveler and resident from Saudi Arabia who was visiting family in the Orlando area. The infection was contained with swift contact investigation and proper handling of health care workers and household contacts. Several other contact cases were also part", "title": "Orange County Health Department" }, { "docid": "11257912", "text": "Thompson attempted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, but on February 7 the verdict of \"Guilty\" was issued. Ted Bundy while being tried for murder engraved his name on the corner of the table at which he was sitting. Old Orange County Courthouse (Orlando, Florida) The old Orange County Courthouse, located in Orlando, Florida, United States, serves as the home of the Historical Society of Central Florida and the Orange County Regional History Center. Constructed in 1927, the Courthouse stands in the vicinity of a number of previous judicial buildings. An earlier courthouse was built in 1892", "title": "Old Orange County Courthouse (Orlando, Florida)" }, { "docid": "818707", "text": "is also part of the larger Orlando–Deltona–Daytona Beach, FL Combined Statistical Area. Volusia County was named after its largest community, Volusia, when the Florida legislature created it by dividing Orange County on December 29, 1854. At the time, Volusia County had about 600 residents. The origins of the word \"Volusia\" are unclear, though there are several theories: The land area of present-day Volusia County was long inhabited by the indigenous Timucua, and Mayaca people. Neither historic group exists today as distinct ethnic tribes, having been decimated by disease and war in the decades after contact with European traders and settlers.", "title": "Volusia County, Florida" }, { "docid": "969461", "text": "Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the Ivory Coast. As a result, Orlando now has the second-highest number of foreign consulates in Florida next to Miami. The British Government operated a Consulate from 1994 to 2014 when all services transferred to the British Consulate General in Miami. Orlando, Florida Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Orange County. Located in Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 280,257, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in July 2017. These figures make", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "969376", "text": "Orlando, Florida Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Orange County. Located in Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 280,257, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in July 2017. These figures make it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States, and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida. As of 2015, Orlando had an estimated city-proper population of , making it the 73rd-largest city in the United States, the fourth-largest city", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "969407", "text": "Orlando's city limits resemble a checkerboard, with pockets of unincorporated Orange County surrounded by city limits. Such an arrangement results in some areas being served by both Orange County and the City of Orlando. This also explains Orlando's relatively low city population when compared to its metropolitan population. The city and county are working together in an effort to \"round-out\" the city limits with Orlando annexing portions of land already bordering the city limits. Metro Orlando has a total of 19 completed skyscrapers. The majority are located in Downtown Orlando and the rest are located in the tourist district southwest", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "3358440", "text": "Orlando Executive Airport Orlando Executive Airport is a public airport three miles (6 km) east of downtown Orlando, in Orange County, Florida. It is owned and operated by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) and serves general aviation. Orlando Executive Airport is a general aviation and corporate aviation airport. Its proximity to the State Road 408 East-West Expressway and downtown Orlando makes it a popular airport. The airport is still the \"minor\" airport of Orlando, Florida, as Orlando International Airport is the airport for airline flights, drawing more passengers every year. The airport has been used for special air industry", "title": "Orlando Executive Airport" }, { "docid": "12135194", "text": "Great Orlando Wheel The Great Orlando Wheel (or Orlando Great Wheel) is one of at least five Great Wheel Corporation proposed giant Ferris wheel projects which failed between 2007 and 2010. It was to have been constructed near Orlando in Orange County, Florida, United States, at a site adjacent to the Orlando–Orange County Convention Center, near Interstate 4, SeaWorld, and International Drive. Plans included an integrated terminal building with commercial and retail facilities, and it was to have provided a 25-mile (40 km) view of Central Florida attractions including SeaWorld, Universal Studios and Walt Disney World, as well as firework", "title": "Great Orlando Wheel" }, { "docid": "15239482", "text": "is the second tallest building in metropolitan Orlando only surpassed by the SunTrust Center in Downtown Orlando. On August 28, 2013, UST Hotel Joint Venture Ltd. sold The Peabody Orlando for $717 million, to Hyatt Hotels. The hotel was renamed Hyatt Regency Orlando on October 1, 2013. Hyatt Regency Orlando The Hyatt Regency Orlando is a hotel directly connected to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The 32-story, 1641-room hotel was originally constructed in 1986 as The Peabody Orlando, a brand extension of the original Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. In late 2010, a $450 million renovation of", "title": "Hyatt Regency Orlando" }, { "docid": "969431", "text": "than one park, alongside Aquatica water park and Discovery Cove. Fun Spot Orlando and Kissimmee are more typical amusement parks with big thrills in a small space with roller coasters like White Lightning and Freedom Flyer in Orlando and Mine Blower and Rockstar Coaster in Kissimmee. Orlando is also home to I-Drive 360 on International Drive home to the Orlando Eye, Madame Tussauds, and Sealife Aquarium. Orlando attractions also appeal to many locals who want to enjoy themselves close to home. The convention industry is also critical to the region's economy. The Orange County Convention Center, expanded in 2004 to", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "8468929", "text": "Orlando Utilities Commission The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC: \"The \"Reliable\" One\") is a municipally-owned public utility providing water and electric service to the citizens of Orlando, Florida and portions of adjacent unincorporated areas of Orange County, as well as St. Cloud, Florida, in Osceola County. Established in 1923 by a special act of the Florida Legislature, OUC is the second largest municipal utility in Florida and 14th largest municipal in the country. OUC provides electric, water, chilled water and/or lighting services to more than 240,000 customers. OUC owns and operates the Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center in east Orange County.", "title": "Orlando Utilities Commission" }, { "docid": "19080452", "text": "Pantry Rehoboth Beach, DE • Middletown Diaper Bank Middletown, DE Florida • Angels in Diapers Fort Myers, FL • Baby Basics at St. Margaret Mary Winter Park, FL • Baby Basics of Collier County, Inc Bonita Springs, FL • Babycycle St. Petersburg, FL • Blessed Bottoms, Inc. Valrico, FL • Broward Moms Inc. Cooper City, FL • Destiny Ministries of Southwest Florida, Inc. Ft. Myers, FL • Doers of the Word Ministry Pensacola, FL • Foundation for Sustainable Families St. Petersburg, FL • Gail's House Incorporated Palm Bay, FL • Healthy Start Coalition of Orange County Orlando, FL • Healthy", "title": "National Diaper Bank Network" }, { "docid": "17243197", "text": "WonderWorks. Pointe Orlando Pointe Orlando is an outdoor shopping center, located in Orlando, Florida. It is located at 9101 International Drive, near the Hyatt Regency Orlando hotel and the Orange County Convention Center. The mall has had several stores close in its duration, but still sees a good number of tourists visit it. The mall has a Regal Entertainment Group movie theater, stores including Bath & Body Works, Victoria's Secret, Hollister Co., Armani Exchange, Tommy Bahama, Sunglass Hut, and more. Restaurants include Johnny Rockets, Maggiano's, The Capital Grille and several others. It also includes a comedy club, and is next", "title": "Pointe Orlando" }, { "docid": "17243196", "text": "Pointe Orlando Pointe Orlando is an outdoor shopping center, located in Orlando, Florida. It is located at 9101 International Drive, near the Hyatt Regency Orlando hotel and the Orange County Convention Center. The mall has had several stores close in its duration, but still sees a good number of tourists visit it. The mall has a Regal Entertainment Group movie theater, stores including Bath & Body Works, Victoria's Secret, Hollister Co., Armani Exchange, Tommy Bahama, Sunglass Hut, and more. Restaurants include Johnny Rockets, Maggiano's, The Capital Grille and several others. It also includes a comedy club, and is next to", "title": "Pointe Orlando" }, { "docid": "969378", "text": "Walt Disney World, opened by the Walt Disney Company in 1971, and located approximately southwest of Downtown Orlando in Bay Lake; and the Universal Orlando Resort, opened in 1990 as a major expansion of Universal Studios Florida. With the exception of Walt Disney World, most major attractions are located along International Drive with one of these attractions being the famous Orlando Eye. The city is also one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions; the Orange County Convention Center is the second-largest convention facility in the United States. Like other major cities in the Sun Belt, Orlando grew", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "8468931", "text": "of more than 1,700 miles of pipe. OUC’s water is pumped from the Lower Floridan Aquifer and treated with ozone to reduce the need for other chemicals. Orlando Utilities Commission The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC: \"The \"Reliable\" One\") is a municipally-owned public utility providing water and electric service to the citizens of Orlando, Florida and portions of adjacent unincorporated areas of Orange County, as well as St. Cloud, Florida, in Osceola County. Established in 1923 by a special act of the Florida Legislature, OUC is the second largest municipal utility in Florida and 14th largest municipal in the country. OUC", "title": "Orlando Utilities Commission" }, { "docid": "8241792", "text": "Greater Orlando Aviation Authority The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) is the governmental entity that operates Orlando International Airport (FAA ID: MCO) and Orlando Executive Airport (FAA ID: ORL) in Orlando, Florida. GOAA replaced the former City of Orlando Aviation Department in 1976 following the closure of McCoy Air Force Base and its conveyance from the U.S. Air Force to the General Services Administration to the City of Orlando, and its subsequent transition to Orlando International Airport. GOAA is tasked with the operation, maintenance and administration of all public airports in Orange County, Florida, including any public airports which may", "title": "Greater Orlando Aviation Authority" }, { "docid": "5030325", "text": "Park, the Orange County Regional History Center and many other area organizations. Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is Central Florida's resident professional orchestra, appearing in more than 125 performances each season. Founded in 1993, the orchestra's mission is to foster and promote symphonic music through excellence in performance, education and cultural leadership. The Orlando Philharmonic has balanced its budget every year of its existence. At over $4 million, the Orlando Philharmonic has the largest endowment of any arts institution in Central Florida. The Orlando Philharmonic entered its 23rd anniversary in the 2015-2016 season, led by Eric Jacobsen in", "title": "Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra" }, { "docid": "20762028", "text": "Florida State Road 424 State Road 424 (FL 424) is a state highway in Orange County, Florida, that runs from Florida State Road 434 and County Road 424 on the Orlando-Lockhart city line to West Par Street and Edgewood Drive in northern Orlando. County Road 424 (CR 424) is a county road in Orange County, Florida that is a former extension of SR 424. It runs from Plymouth Sorrento Road in Plymouth to Florida State Road 434 and Florida State Road 424 on the Orlando-Lockhart city line. Although once continuous, CR 424 is now split into two sections by Florida", "title": "Florida State Road 424" }, { "docid": "20762029", "text": "State Road 414 (Maitland Boulevard Extension) in Lockhart. Florida State Road 424 State Road 424 (FL 424) is a state highway in Orange County, Florida, that runs from Florida State Road 434 and County Road 424 on the Orlando-Lockhart city line to West Par Street and Edgewood Drive in northern Orlando. County Road 424 (CR 424) is a county road in Orange County, Florida that is a former extension of SR 424. It runs from Plymouth Sorrento Road in Plymouth to Florida State Road 434 and Florida State Road 424 on the Orlando-Lockhart city line. Although once continuous, CR 424", "title": "Florida State Road 424" }, { "docid": "969451", "text": "downtown bus service called Lymmo. Orlando and other neighboring communities are also serviced by SunRail, a local commuter rail line that began service in 2014. Orlando, like other major cities, experiences gridlock and traffic jams daily, especially when commuting from the northern suburbs in Seminole County south to downtown and from the eastern suburbs of Orange County to Downtown. Heavy traffic is also common in the tourist district south of downtown. Rush hours (peak traffic hours) are usually weekday mornings (after 7 am) and afternoons (after 4 pm). There are various traffic advisory resources available for commuters including downloading the", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "15239481", "text": "Hyatt Regency Orlando The Hyatt Regency Orlando is a hotel directly connected to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The 32-story, 1641-room hotel was originally constructed in 1986 as The Peabody Orlando, a brand extension of the original Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. In late 2010, a $450 million renovation of the hotel added a 31-story wing that doubled the number of rooms from 891 to 1641 and added a resort pool complete with a water slide, waterfall, bridges, a kiddie area, a splash pad, an outdoor restaurant, and cabanas for rent. The expansion tower, standing at ,", "title": "Hyatt Regency Orlando" }, { "docid": "19563215", "text": "were then directed to the newly opened Orlando United Assistance Center jointly set up by the City and Orange County, which, according to the mayor of Orlando, \"will stay open as long as there is a need\". The two hospitals that treated Pulse victims, Orlando Regional Medical Center and Florida Hospital, announced in late August that they will not be billing the survivors or pursuing reimbursement. The City of Orlando offered free plots and funeral service at the city-owned Greenwood Cemetery for those killed in the shooting. Equality Florida, the state's largest LGBT rights group, started a fundraising page to", "title": "Orlando nightclub shooting" }, { "docid": "10633294", "text": "Orlando Apopka Airport Orlando Apopka Airport is a privately owned, uncontrolled, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of Apopka, in Orange County, Florida, United States. It was previously known as Orlando Country Airport and McDonald Airport prior to that, the latter due its proximity to the unincorporated community of McDonald, Florida. Orlando Apopka Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 143 feet (44 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 15/33 which measures 3,987 by 60 feet (991 x 18 m). Runway 15 has a", "title": "Orlando Apopka Airport" }, { "docid": "18782352", "text": "Orlando maglev A proposed US$400 million magnetic levitation train system would have connected the Orlando International Airport and the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, with a stop at the Florida Mall. The privately funded train line would be built by American Maglev Technology and was once expected to be operational by 2017. If completed, the train would have been the first commercial maglev system in North America. The plan was canceled in late 2015, when the Orlando International Airport board voted unanimously to begin negotiations for right-of-way for a new light-rail system to connect to International Drive and", "title": "Orlando maglev" } ]

[ { "docid": "4541719", "text": "\"Orlando Sentinel-Star\" in 1973 when the \"Orlando Morning Sentinel\" and the \"Orlando Evening Star\" were merged. It dropped \"Star\" from the name in 1982. It is also served by various weekly and semi-weekly papers, including \"Orlando Weekly\", \"The West Orange Times\", \"The East Orlando Sun\" and \"The Osceola News-Gazette\" in Kissimmee. The extended area is also covered by \"The Daytona Beach News-Journal\" and \"Florida Today\". Greater Orlando makes up a large portion of the \"Orlando–Ocala–Daytona Beach, FL\" DMA, which ranks No. 19 in size with 1,466,420 households in 2007–08 according to Nielsen Media Research. All six major broadcast networks are", "title": "Greater Orlando" }, { "docid": "13582065", "text": "Orlando Anarchy The Orlando Anarchy are a women's American football team based in the Orlando, Florida area. They currently play in the Women's Football Alliance. They play their home games at Trinity Preparatory School in the city of Winter Park, FL. The team was founded in 2010 as the Central Florida Anarchy, starting play in the first year of the WFA. They filled a void in women's football in Orlando left by the demise of the Independent Women's Football League's Orlando Mayhem. The mission of the Orlando Anarchy is to provide opportunities for female players to participate in professional tackle", "title": "Orlando Anarchy" }, { "docid": "19000379", "text": "Orlando Rossardi Orlando Rossardi (born September 5, 1938) is a Cuban American poet, playwright and a researcher in Latin American literature. Orlando Rossardi (pseudonym of Orlando Rodríguez Sardiñas) was born in Havana, Cuba in 1938. He left the island in 1960, and has since been living in Spain and in the United States. Orlando Rodríguez Sardiñas obtained a Ph.D. at the University of Texas, Austin, and taught at the University of New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Miami Dade College in Florida. He began working in 1984 for Radio Martí in Washington, D.C, and later at their office in Miami, FL, as", "title": "Orlando Rossardi" }, { "docid": "799320", "text": "Flagler County, Florida Flagler County is a county on the east coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 95,696. Its county seat is Bunnell. Created in 1917 from portions of Saint Johns and Volusia Counties, it was named for Henry Morrison Flagler, who built the Florida East Coast Railway. Flagler County is included in the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area, and is also included in the Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL Combined Statistical Area. In 1974, Marco Polo Park, a theme park off Interstate 95 opened. It was never profitable and closed", "title": "Flagler County, Florida" }, { "docid": "11557336", "text": "Accreditation organization (NLSA). The \"Crusader Communicator\" was the official weekly school-to-home newsletter of The Orlando Lutheran Academy which was produced by Carl Schuster. Orlando Lutheran Academy The Orlando Lutheran Academy was a private, religious school located in Orlando, FL. It served as both a middle and high school, and functioned in a way that was similar to a standard, public, high school. At its high point, it was ranked in the top 3 private schools in Orlando, but is now defunct as a result of financial difficulties incurred during the height of its enrollment. On Sunday, May 23, 2010, the", "title": "Orlando Lutheran Academy" }, { "docid": "6186412", "text": "FL (programming language) FL (short for Function Level) is a functional programming language created at the IBM Almaden Research Center by John Backus, John Williams, and Edward Wimmers in the 1980s and documented in a report from 1989. FL was designed as a successor of Backus' earlier FP language, providing specific support for what Backus termed function-level programming. FL is a dynamically typed strict functional programming language with throw and catch exception semantics much like in ML. Each function has an implicit history argument which is used for doing things like strictly functional input/output (I/O), but is also used for", "title": "FL (programming language)" }, { "docid": "3355508", "text": "Orlando Reeves According to one tale on the origin of the name of Orlando, Florida, Sentinel Orlando Reeves was an American soldier who was killed during the Seminole War, when he was about to fire a warning shot to his fellow soldiers. The real namesake was a man named Orlando Reeves, who operated a sugar mill and plantation about thirty miles north of the modern city at Spring Garden in modern Volusia County. According to the story he carved his name in a tree near what is now Lake Eola, which later settlers assumed was a grave marker. Their speculations", "title": "Orlando Reeves" }, { "docid": "11557334", "text": "Orlando Lutheran Academy The Orlando Lutheran Academy was a private, religious school located in Orlando, FL. It served as both a middle and high school, and functioned in a way that was similar to a standard, public, high school. At its high point, it was ranked in the top 3 private schools in Orlando, but is now defunct as a result of financial difficulties incurred during the height of its enrollment. On Sunday, May 23, 2010, the school had their farewell party as a dedication to the school and its alumni. Students chose from electives such as: Civil War, Psychology,", "title": "Orlando Lutheran Academy" }, { "docid": "3358450", "text": "to the new Orlando Jetport at McCoy at McCoy AFB, known today as Orlando International Airport. In 1965 three airlines were serving Herndon Airport: Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines and National Airlines. Delta flew Douglas DC-6 and Douglas DC-7 propliners on nonstop flights to Atlanta with direct service to Chicago. Eastern and National operated Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops with National flying direct service to New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., Norfolk, Charleston, SC, Savannah, Jacksonville, FL and Miami, and Eastern operating nonstop and direct flights to Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, FL and Tallahassee. Eastern Convair 440 prop aircraft also stopped", "title": "Orlando Executive Airport" }, { "docid": "13582068", "text": "Blanco (CB). 2nd Team: Coral Bryan (WR), Brittany Koziara (RB), Michelle Anthony (LB). 3rd Team: Cabriel Duran (FB), Dana Mitchell (DE), Raksha Bethencourt (CB). !Totals || 19 || 43 || 0 <nowiki>*</nowiki> = Current standing <nowiki>^</nowiki> = Forfeit <nowiki>^</nowiki> = Forfeit Orlando Anarchy The Orlando Anarchy are a women's American football team based in the Orlando, Florida area. They currently play in the Women's Football Alliance. They play their home games at Trinity Preparatory School in the city of Winter Park, FL. The team was founded in 2010 as the Central Florida Anarchy, starting play in the first year of", "title": "Orlando Anarchy" }, { "docid": "20234332", "text": "year winning the first 9 out of 10 games of the inaugural season. They finished the season on a 7-Game winning streak. Waves finished the 2016-17 Season in the 3rd Seed in the Florida League, and 4th Seed in the 4th Seed in the ABA, with a 16-2 record. Starting the 2017-18 Season, the Orlando Waves will start playing their Home Games at the Orlando Downtown Recreation Complex. The Orlando Waves played their inaugural season at the Kissimmee Civic Center in Kissimmee, FL. On February 10, 2017 the Waves announced that they would be playing their home games at the", "title": "Orlando Waves" }, { "docid": "818662", "text": "Sumter County, Florida Sumter County is a county located in the state of Florida, United States. As of September 2016, the population according to county officials is 118,577. It has the oldest median age (62.7 years) of any US county. Its county seat is Bushnell, and the largest community is The Villages. Sumter County comprises Metropolitan Statistical Area of The Villages, which is included in the Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL Combined Statistical Area. Sumter County was created in 1853. It was named for General Thomas Sumter, a general in the American Revolutionary War. The county in the past, and to this", "title": "Sumter County, Florida" }, { "docid": "805651", "text": "International Airport is a former Army Airfield and municipal airport located along Lake Harris east of downtown Leesburg, Florida. Mid Florida Air Service Airport is located on State Road 44 east of Eustis. LakeXpress is the public transportation agency that serves the Lake County, Florida area since 2007. Lake County, Florida Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 297,052. Its county seat is Tavares, and its largest city is Clermont. Lake County is included in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake County was created in 1887", "title": "Lake County, Florida" }, { "docid": "805640", "text": "Lake County, Florida Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 297,052. Its county seat is Tavares, and its largest city is Clermont. Lake County is included in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake County was created in 1887 from portions of Sumter and Orange counties. It was named for the many lakes contained within its borders (250 named lakes and 1,735 other bodies of water). During the Great Depression, citrus became the leading industry in Lake County. In 1949 the Groveland Four, four young African-American men", "title": "Lake County, Florida" }, { "docid": "818672", "text": "Croom-A-Coochee areas through the county’s Library on Wheels program in 2008. Sumter County, Florida Sumter County is a county located in the state of Florida, United States. As of September 2016, the population according to county officials is 118,577. It has the oldest median age (62.7 years) of any US county. Its county seat is Bushnell, and the largest community is The Villages. Sumter County comprises Metropolitan Statistical Area of The Villages, which is included in the Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL Combined Statistical Area. Sumter County was created in 1853. It was named for General Thomas Sumter, a general in the", "title": "Sumter County, Florida" }, { "docid": "12805349", "text": "officially announced in November 2013 that Orlando would join MLS, after the club had received the necessary approvals from city and county officials to construct a new stadium. Orlando City plays in a new stadium in downtown Orlando that began construction in 2014 and was completed in 2017. They played their first and second seasons at the venue now known as Camping World Stadium. Orlando had been previously considered for a Major League Soccer franchise following its 1994 World Cup success, but no willing investors were identified at the time. In 1998, Orlando hosted the 1998 MLS All-Star Game, where", "title": "Sports in Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "799328", "text": "The project mission states, \"This collection of oral life histories seeks to sample the common themes and unique stories of selected local residents.\" Flagler County, Florida Flagler County is a county on the east coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 95,696. Its county seat is Bunnell. Created in 1917 from portions of Saint Johns and Volusia Counties, it was named for Henry Morrison Flagler, who built the Florida East Coast Railway. Flagler County is included in the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area, and is also included in the Orlando-Deltona-Daytona", "title": "Flagler County, Florida" }, { "docid": "969420", "text": "population of Orlando is 1,377,342. When Combined Statistical Areas were instituted in 2000, Orlando was initially joined together with The Villages, Florida, Micropolitan Statistical Area, to form the Orlando-The Villages, Florida, Combined Statistical Area. In 2006, the metropolitan areas of Deltona (Volusia County) and Palm Coast (Flagler County) were added to create the Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, Florida, Combined Statistical Area. This new larger CSA has a total population (as of 2007) of 2,693,552, and includes three of the 25 fastest-growing counties in the nation—Flagler ranks 1st; Osceola, 17th; and Lake, 23rd. Orlando is a major industrial and hi-tech center. The metro", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "969459", "text": "40 miles of new railway track and terminate at the new Orlando International Airport South Intermodal Center. Service to Orlando is slated to be launched in 2020. Lynx provides local transit service covering a five-county area: Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Polk, and Volusia. Greyhound Lines offers intercity bus service from Orlando to multiple locations across the country. The Orlando Greyhound Station is located west of Downtown Orlando. Orlando is served by a collection of independently owned taxi companies. In downtown Orlando, taxis can be hailed on a regular basis. Taxis are also available in and around the Amway Center, Orlando Convention", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "4541710", "text": "When fully completed, it will eventually connect from DeLand to Poinciana through Downtown Orlando. SunRail (formerly referred to as Central Florida Commuter Rail) is a commuter rail system under construction in the Greater Orlando, Florida area, linking Poinciana to DeLand through Downtown Orlando. When Phase 1 is completed in May 2014, it will run for 31 miles (50 km) with 17 stations along the CSX Transportation \"A\" Line (former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad main line). Service is scheduled to begin from Volusia County through Orlando with eventual connectivity to south Osceola County under Phase 2. Church Street Station, once a", "title": "Greater Orlando" }, { "docid": "17523426", "text": "FL-Group FL-Group is a Danish family-owned transport and logistics company, active in the Northern part of Europe. The FL-Group's main segment is FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods). The main areas of business: The primary area is logistics in the Northern part of Europe and transport between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. The company headquarters is in Vitten, northwest of Aarhus, Denmark. The FL-Group includes: Frode Laursen A/S: represents the largest part of the activities of the FL-Group and includes FMCG logistics in Scandinavia and Northern Germany with its own warehouse. Frode Laursen A/S offers pickup from factories in Europe to", "title": "FL-Group" }, { "docid": "5030323", "text": "FL as part of its Focus Series. A summer version of this series, the Sounds of Summer Series, takes place during June, July and August, featuring programs compiled by the orchestra's own musicians. Additionally, the Orlando Philharmonic performs numerous full-orchestra outdoor fall and spring community pops concerts, performed in partnerships with municipalities throughout the region and offered free to the public. When the Orlando Opera closed its doors in 2009, the Philharmonic took on the responsibility of keeping opera alive in the Central Florida community. In 2010, the Philharmonic performed two Concert Operas, Carmen and Porgy and Bess. In 2011,", "title": "Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra" }, { "docid": "8359096", "text": "plastic cladding up front. The corners are also new, as is the front bumper. The interior is also improved, with particular concern for entry and exit. As a part of the Euro 6 renewal of the FL, a 12-tonne version was also launched. It means a lighter and lower truck compared to the 2006 Volvo FL. It uses a four-cylinder D4 with 240 horsepower. Volvo FL The Volvo FL is Volvo's smallest truck and is suitable for local and regional distribution operations, refuse collection, construction truck or small format tractor. The Volvo FL has been built since the summer of", "title": "Volvo FL" }, { "docid": "5030322", "text": "resident professional orchestra, composed of accomplished musicians recruited from around the world. The orchestra presents several different types of programming. The Super Series, which runs September through April, comprises ten concerts, including five classical concerts and five \"pops\" concerts. The 2015-2016 classical series includes guest artists such as conductor JoAnn Falletta and pianist Stuart Goodyear. The pops series features music from Broadway musicals, the cinema and popular music. All super series concerts are performed at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre in Orlando, FL. The Philharmonic performs several chamber music concerts each year at The Plaza Live Theatre in Orlando,", "title": "Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra" }, { "docid": "1192516", "text": "families that had regularly traded in Orlando to move away. Passenger train service through Orlando ceased after World War II ended, and construction of I-35 caused the town to lose most of its commercial highway traffic after 1964. Orlando is located at (36.148267, -97.377512). It is north of Guthrie, the county seat, west of the Payne County line, and south of the Noble County line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 201 people, 74 households, and 52 families residing", "title": "Orlando, Oklahoma" }, { "docid": "18111276", "text": "I would run again in 2003,\" Sanchez said. \"It's what I want to do and be. When I start something, I stick to it.\" Sanchez made the run-off, but lost to Bill White in the general election. He was elected Harris County Treasurer in 2006 making him the first Latino immigrant in Harris County to be elected to a countywide non-judicial office. Sanchez was reelected in 2010 and again in 2014. As County Treasurer, Orlando Sanchez oversees Harris County’s multiple bank accounts, pays the county’s expenses and is an independent set of eyes in overseeing spending of county taxpayer dollars.", "title": "Orlando Sanchez (politician)" }, { "docid": "2202856", "text": "FL Studio FL Studio (formerly known as FruityLoops) is a digital audio workstation developed by the Belgian company Image-Line. FL Studio features a graphical user interface based on a pattern-based music sequencer. The program is available in four different editions for Microsoft Windows and macOS, including Fruity Edition, Producer Edition, Signature Bundle, and All Plugins Bundle. Image-Line offers lifetime free updates to the program, which means customers receive all future updates of the software for free. Image-Line also develops FL Studio Mobile for iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and Android devices. FL Studio can also be used as a VST instrument", "title": "FL Studio" }, { "docid": "15324667", "text": "Orlando City then played a series of games against Florida college teams. They played Division II runner-up Rollins College Tars on March 16 at the Cahall-Sandspur Field and Barker Family Stadium in Winter Park resulting in a 3–1 victory. They followed this game with a 5–1 victory over Division I University of Central Florida Knights at the UCF Track and Soccer Complex in Orlando. Orlando City played on March 22 against Division I Stetson University Hatters in DeLand, FL, and the final pre-season game was on March 26 against Division I University of South Florida Bulls at the USF Soccer", "title": "2011 Orlando City SC season" }, { "docid": "4060007", "text": "set L of decision problems which can be solved in deterministic logspace. FL is a subset of FP, the set of function problems which can be solved in deterministic polynomial time. FL is known to contain several natural problems, including arithmetic on numbers. Addition, subtraction and multiplication of two numbers are fairly simple, but achieving division is a far deeper problem which was open for decades. Similarly one may define FNL, which has the same relation with NL as FNP has with NP. FL (complexity) In computational complexity theory, the complexity class FL is the set of function problems which", "title": "FL (complexity)" }, { "docid": "17798901", "text": "of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"An absorbing narrative and talented cast help \"Big Time in Hollywood, FL\" balance its occasionally obnoxious antics with witty slapstick.\" On Metacritic, the season has a score of 68 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Big Time in Hollywood, FL Big Time in Hollywood, FL is an American comedy television series created and written by Alex Anfanger and Dan Schimpf. A 10-episode first season was ordered by the American cable television network Comedy Central, which premiered on March 25, 2015. Comedy Central made no official cancellation statement, however", "title": "Big Time in Hollywood, FL" }, { "docid": "17798900", "text": "Big Time in Hollywood, FL Big Time in Hollywood, FL is an American comedy television series created and written by Alex Anfanger and Dan Schimpf. A 10-episode first season was ordered by the American cable television network Comedy Central, which premiered on March 25, 2015. Comedy Central made no official cancellation statement, however on September 25, 2015, series star Lenny Jacobson confirmed that there would not be a second season. \"Big Time in Hollywood, FL\" received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a rating of 73%, based on 11 reviews, with an average rating", "title": "Big Time in Hollywood, FL" }, { "docid": "17523430", "text": "and warehouse in Kerava (Helsinki) is established. FL Polska in Szcezcin starts up. \" 2010:\" 'Acquisition of logistics company Nielsen and Soerensen GMBH in Flensburg, the warehouse Pack Scandinavia in Odense and the transport company Elementtransporten A/S. \" 2011:\" 'Established in Oslo, Norway \" 2012:\" '57% of the share of Agri Norcold A/S is acquired. FL-Group FL-Group is a Danish family-owned transport and logistics company, active in the Northern part of Europe. The FL-Group's main segment is FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods). The main areas of business: The primary area is logistics in the Northern part of Europe and transport between", "title": "FL-Group" }, { "docid": "2202858", "text": "four-channel MIDI drum machine. Dambrin became Chief Software Architect for the program, and it quickly underwent a series of large upgrades that made it into a popular and complex digital audio workstation. FL Studio has undergone twelve major updates since its inception. On 22 May 2018, a macOS-compatible version of FL Studio was released. FL Studio 20 works on Windows 7/8/10 (32-bit or 64-bit versions) or on macOS 10.11/10.12/10.13. FL Studio requires a 2GHz AMD or Intel Pentium 3 CPU with full SSE1 support. It requires 2 GB of free disk space and 4 GB of RAM is recommended. FL", "title": "FL Studio" }, { "docid": "8359087", "text": "Volvo FL The Volvo FL is Volvo's smallest truck and is suitable for local and regional distribution operations, refuse collection, construction truck or small format tractor. The Volvo FL has been built since the summer of 1985 in a variety of different models of different weight ratings. The latest model has been sold since 2013. Volvo had lost much of its global market share in the medium weight segment by the 1970s and thus felt compelled to develop an entire new range of trucks to regain competitiveness. \"FL\" stands for \"Forward Cab\" and \"Low-level Cab\". The FL6 and the larger", "title": "Volvo FL" }, { "docid": "12805350", "text": "the U.S. All-Stars beat the World All-Stars, 6-1, before an attendance of 34,416. Orlando was a finalist in the 1993 MLB expansion. It lost out to Miami and Denver. It was also a finalist in the 1998 MLB expansion, losing out that time to Tampa Bay and Phoenix. The Orlando area is home to spring training for one Major League Baseball team. The Atlanta Braves train at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. In 2017 the Braves Class A Advanced affiliate, the Florida Fire Frogs of the Florida State League moved into Osceola County Stadium", "title": "Sports in Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "2202864", "text": "recognized as a focal point for the FL Studio community. After initially buying the software, all future updates are free for a lifetime. FL Studio FL Studio (formerly known as FruityLoops) is a digital audio workstation developed by the Belgian company Image-Line. FL Studio features a graphical user interface based on a pattern-based music sequencer. The program is available in four different editions for Microsoft Windows and macOS, including Fruity Edition, Producer Edition, Signature Bundle, and All Plugins Bundle. Image-Line offers lifetime free updates to the program, which means customers receive all future updates of the software for free. Image-Line", "title": "FL Studio" }, { "docid": "16280376", "text": "Robert Beaumont (fl.1639) Robert Beaumont (\"fl\". 1639), essayist, is chiefly remarkable for his \"Missives\", which appear, from one part of Beaumont's epistle to the reader, to be his own composition, and from another part to be the composition of others. But the former intimation has the stronger support. \"Letters\", he says, \"should be like a well-furnished table, where every guest may eat of what dish he pleases.\" This reminds us of Bickerstaff's once-popular opera, \"Love in a Village\" There are fifteen essays on the various parts of the body–the head, eye, nose, ear, tongue, and so forth. They are full", "title": "Robert Beaumont (fl.1639)" }, { "docid": "969379", "text": "rapidly from the 1980s up into the first decade of the 21st century. Orlando is home to the University of Central Florida, which is the largest university campus in the United States in terms of enrollment . In 2010, Orlando was listed as a \"Gamma−\" level global city in the World Cities Study Group's inventory. Orlando ranks as the fourth-most popular American city based on where people want to live according to a 2009 Pew Research Center study. \"Fort Gatlin\", as the Orlando area was once known, was established at what is now just south of the city limits by", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "8359093", "text": "and user friendly. The Volvo FL transmission is offered as a manual or as an automatic. The manual gearbox made by ZF ZF Friedrichshafen AG for the Volvo FL has full synchromesh, 9-speed and a wide range of gear ratios. The manual gearbox also features an easy-changing gear selector that requires little pressure to operate. The Automatic gearboxes made by Allison for the Volvo FL are available in several variants adapted to different engine models in 5-speed versions. Volvo FL gearboxes are fitted with a hydraulic torque converter to give superior starting traction and offer a high level of performance", "title": "Volvo FL" }, { "docid": "18314067", "text": "even indicates that Thimbron was slain in personal combat by Struthas himself. What was left of his army was subsequently incorporated into a new army under Diphridas. It is likely that this Thimbron is the same one mentioned by Aristotle as writing a treatise on the Spartan Constitution. Thimbron (fl. 400–391 BC) Thimbron or Thibron (Greek: ; fl. 400–391 BC) was a Spartan general. He was sent out as harmost in 400 BC, with an army of about 5,000 men, composed of 1,000 emancipated helots and 4,000 other Peleponesians, to aid the Ionians against Tissaphernes, who wished to bring them", "title": "Thimbron (fl. 400–391 BC)" }, { "docid": "9605244", "text": "Harley-Davidson FL The Harley-Davidson FL is a model designation used on Harley-Davidson motorcycles since 1941. The FL prefix is mostly applied to Harley-Davidson's large-framed bikes, including the current Touring series, and also the Softail series, especially those with traditional styling, 16-inch front wheels, and either Springer forks or large-diameter telescopic front forks. The FL was introduced to the Harley-Davidson model line in 1941. It used a version of the \"Knucklehead\" OHV engine that powered the EL in form. The FL shared its frame with the EL and with the U and UL, which used a 74 cubic inch flathead engine.", "title": "Harley-Davidson FL" }, { "docid": "969389", "text": "military records by using the name of other people named 'Orlando' that exist in some written records – Orlando Acosta; however, not much is known about Acosta or whether he even existed. Another version of the story has Orlando Reed, supposedly an Englishman and mail carrier between Fort Gatlin and Fort Mellon, allegedly killed while camping with his friends near Fort Gatlin. A second variation also places the story in 1835 during the Second Seminole War. This name is taken from a South Carolinian cattle rancher named \"Orlando Savage Rees\". Rees owned a Volusia County sugar mill and plantation as", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "7431644", "text": "based on the technologies of FL-7. FL-7 In addition to developing the C-101 and C-301 supersonic anti-ship missiles which are fairly large in size, China has developed FL-7 (FL: Fei Long, meaning Flying Dragon) supersonic anti-ship missile which can be carried on airplanes and warships. The Feilong-7 has an effective range of 32 kilometers and a speed of Mach 1.4. It has powerful anti-jamming capability and its supersonic flight makes terminal interception difficult. The warhead of the FL-7 can pierce solid armor and destroy large and medium-sized surface warships. This missile can be roughly considered as the supersonic counterpart of", "title": "FL-7" }, { "docid": "7431642", "text": "missile is powered by a liquid fuel rocket motor and a solid rocket booster, which is under the airframe at the rear. Along with C-101, FL-7 competed for the air-launched supersonic anti-ship missile program in China during the 1990s. However, C-101 was selected because it flies at faster speed and its range is nearly a third greater than that of FL-7, while it only weighs slightly heavier. Being the last Chinese anti-ship missile with rocket motor powered by liquid fuel, the role of FL-7 is decreasing, but not yet immediately phased out. The reason is that the Chinese coastal defense", "title": "FL-7" }, { "docid": "8359094", "text": "and excellent ergonomics. The 2006 Volvo FL is powered by Deutz's newly developed D7E 6-cylinder turbocharged intercooled diesel engine with a displacement of 7.2 litres. The 2006 Volvo FL transmission is offered as a Manual made by ZF from its Eco Mid series or Automatic by Allison. The Volvo FL is available with two overdrive manual gearboxes, one with 6 gears and the other with 9. The gearboxes are servo-assisted and light in operation, with a short gear lever. The lever is vibration-free and has a short throw and a very well-defined shift pattern. The automatic transmission with its 6", "title": "Volvo FL" }, { "docid": "9780937", "text": "from a headache. Eventually, the headache ended, but Orlando soon noticed he had the ability to perform calendrical calculations of amazing complexity. He can also recall the weather, as well as (to a varying degree) where he was and what he has done for every day since the accident. Orlando Serrell Orlando L. Serrell (born 1968) is an \"acquired savant\" — someone who exhibits savant skills after CNS injury or disease, as opposed to a person born with autistic disorder or other developmental disability. Orlando Serrell did not possess any special skills until he was struck by a baseball on", "title": "Orlando Serrell" }, { "docid": "6173115", "text": "Flettner Fl 282 The Flettner Fl 282 \"Kolibri\" (\"Hummingbird\") is a single-seat intermeshing rotor helicopter, or \"synchropter\", produced by Anton Flettner of Germany. According to Yves Le Bec, the Flettner Fl 282 was the world's first series production helicopter. The Fl 282 \"Kolibri\" was an improved version of the Flettner Fl 265 announced in July 1940, which pioneered the same intermeshing rotor configuration that the \"Kolibri\" used. It had a 7.7 litre displacement, seven-cylinder Siemens-Halske Sh 14 radial engine of 150-160 hp mounted in the center of the fuselage, with a transmission mounted on the front of the engine from", "title": "Flettner Fl 282" }, { "docid": "20649965", "text": "Orlando Stevens Orlando Stevens (October 12, 1797 - March 25, 1879) was an attorney and politician whose career included work in Vermont and Minnesota. He is most notable for having served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, Vermont Senate, and Minnesota House of Representatives. Orlando Stevens was born in Rutland, Vermont on October 12, 1797, the son of David Stevens and Polly (Crafts) Stevens. Orlando Stevens was raised in St. Albans, and was educated at the Franklin County Grammar School and Castleton Seminary. He then studied law with Asa Aldis, was admitted to the bar in 1819,", "title": "Orlando Stevens" }, { "docid": "20649968", "text": "included daughter Parma, who was the wife of David Olmsted, the first mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Orlando Stevens Orlando Stevens (October 12, 1797 - March 25, 1879) was an attorney and politician whose career included work in Vermont and Minnesota. He is most notable for having served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, Vermont Senate, and Minnesota House of Representatives. Orlando Stevens was born in Rutland, Vermont on October 12, 1797, the son of David Stevens and Polly (Crafts) Stevens. Orlando Stevens was raised in St. Albans, and was educated at the Franklin County Grammar School", "title": "Orlando Stevens" }, { "docid": "6186413", "text": "linking to C code. For doing optimization, there exists a type-system which is an extension of Hindley–Milner type inference. Many of the language’s innovative ideas have since been implemented in Kenneth E. Iverson’s J language. PLaSM is a \"geometry-oriented extension of a subset of the FL language\" first described in 1992. FL (programming language) FL (short for Function Level) is a functional programming language created at the IBM Almaden Research Center by John Backus, John Williams, and Edward Wimmers in the 1980s and documented in a report from 1989. FL was designed as a successor of Backus' earlier FP language,", "title": "FL (programming language)" }, { "docid": "18948031", "text": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy is a 1976 book by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Explaining the relationship between the soul and consciousness in the Nyaya-Vaisesika philosophy, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya makes three points. First, consciousness in this view is knowledge (jnana) in an empirical sense. Second, consciousness is one of the multiple qualities of the soul. Third, consciousness is a transient quality, not a permanent quality. By itself, the soul is without consciousness; consciousness is produced in the soul only when it is conjoined with certain other entities. Hiriyanna,", "title": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy" }, { "docid": "11098879", "text": "his later years he resided at Leinster Lodge, near Athy, County Kildare. The date of his death is not given; but he was buried in the old churchyard at Palmerstown. He had at least one child, Louis Perrin, a judge, who was born at Waterford in 1782. He was the author of: The majority of these works went to many editions, and the \"Fables\" were adapted to the Hamiltonian system in 1825. Jean Baptiste Perrin (fl. 1786) Jean Baptiste Perrin (fl. 1786–1798) was a tutor and educational author. Born in France, he moved to Dublin and became a teacher of", "title": "Jean Baptiste Perrin (fl. 1786)" }, { "docid": "18948032", "text": "commenting on this point, notes: Hiriyanna expresses his perplexity in reviewing the Nyaya-Vaisesika view of consciousness, and then comes out with a comment equating this view with the Charvaka view of consciousness: What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy is a 1976 book by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Explaining the relationship between the soul and consciousness in the Nyaya-Vaisesika philosophy, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya makes three points. First, consciousness in this view is knowledge (jnana) in an empirical sense. Second, consciousness is one of the multiple qualities of the soul. Third,", "title": "What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy" }, { "docid": "12805347", "text": "Sports in Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida, has a history of major events in sports. It has had a considerable measure of success in minor league sports as well, with teams winning several minor league championships. Orlando is home to the Orlando Magic, an NBA pro basketball franchise that plays at Amway Center in downtown Orlando. The Magic hosted the 1992 NBA All-Star Game at the Amway Arena, and hosted the 2012 NBA All-Star Game at the Amway Center. Orlando is home to the Orlando Apollos, an AAF pro football franchise that plays at Spectrum Stadium on the UCF campus. The", "title": "Sports in Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "11562616", "text": "the war and in 1947 the company was taken over by Lombardi. Over 700 aircraft had been built by AVIA and Lombardi when production stopped in 1948. In 1953 Meteor SpA acquired the rights for the FL.3 and with some re-design produced it as the Meteor FL.53 and this was followed by a three-seat version the FL.54 powered by a 135 hp Lycoming engine. A four-seat version the FL.55 was also produced powered by either a 150 hp (112 kW) or 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming engine. AVIA FL.3 The AVIA FL.3 (also later known as the Lombardi FL.3) was", "title": "AVIA FL.3" }, { "docid": "686076", "text": "34470 Belleview 13145 SE Highway 484 Belleview, FL 34420 Dunnellon 20351 Robinson Road Dunnellon, FL 34431 Forest 905 S. Highway 314A Ocklawaha, FL 32179 Freedom 5870 SW 95th St. Ocala, FL 34476 Ft. McCoy 14660 NE Highway 315 Ft. McCoy, FL 32134 Marion Oaks 294 Marion Oaks Lane Ocala, FL 34473 Reddick 15150 NW Gainesville Road Reddick, FL 32686 Local bus service is provided by SunTran. Since 1980 Marion County has become a solidly Republican county. Marion County, Florida Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 331,298.", "title": "Marion County, Florida" }, { "docid": "9605258", "text": "including the FL models, were switched from the Evolution engine to the counterbalanced Twin Cam 88B engine specially developed for the rigid engine mounting in this frame. The FLSTN designation returned in 2005 with the Softail Deluxe. Harley-Davidson introduced the FLD Dyna Switchback in 2012. Designed to be reminiscent of the late 1950s Duo Glide models, the Switchback is the first Dyna platform motorcycle from Harley-Davidson to use an FL front end, and is marketed as a convertible model, with removable saddlebags and windscreen allowing the user to easily convert the bike for touring use. Harley-Davidson FL The Harley-Davidson FL", "title": "Harley-Davidson FL" }, { "docid": "5981988", "text": "diarist who compiled what is known as \"Colman's Opera Register\" recorded after the premiere of \"Orlando\":Orlando Furiose a New Opera, by Handel The Cloathes & Scenes all New. Extraordinary fine & magnificent – performed Severall times until Satturday. (New costumes and scenery were not provided for every new staging as is the custom today but were often taken from stock). Scottish politician and lawyer Sir John Clerk, also a musical connoisseur and a composer himself, saw \"Orlando\" in its original run of eleven performances and wrote:I never in all my life heard a better piece of musick nor better perform’d", "title": "Orlando (opera)" }, { "docid": "799424", "text": "is served by the Hernando County Public Library System. The system has four branches. 238 Howell Ave Brooksville, FL 34601 6457 Windmere Road Brooksville, FL 34602 6335 Blackbird Avenue Brooksville, FL 34613 9220 Spring Hill Drive Spring Hill, FL 34608 All branches can be reached by calling (352) 754-4043 Hernando County, Florida Hernando County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 172,778. Its county seat is Brooksville, and its largest community is Spring Hill. Hernando County is included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2005,", "title": "Hernando County, Florida" }, { "docid": "15709411", "text": "Image-Line released FL Studio Mobile and FL Studio Mobile HD, versions of their Windows digital audio workstation FL Studio. FL Studio Mobile was designed by Artua and developed in cooperation with the makers of Music Studio. Image-Line released the program at an introductory price of $15.99 ($19.99 for the HD version), and both versions are available for download at the App Store. In November/December 2016 Image-Line released FL Studio Mobile 3 on the Android (Google Play Store) then iOS (Apple App Store) and finally Windows (Windows App Store). FL Studio Mobile 3 was a completely new application developed in-house at", "title": "FL Studio Mobile" }, { "docid": "4374968", "text": "Church Street Station (Orlando) Church Street Station, also called the Old Orlando Railroad Depot, is a historic train station and commercial development in Orlando, Florida. The historic depot and surrounding buildings house a retail and entertainment center. The complex also contains a stop for SunRail, the commuter rail service of the Greater Orlando area. The station building was constructed in 1889 by South Florida Railroad. It served several different railroads until 1926, when passenger services transferred to what is now the Orlando Health/Amtrak station. In the 1970s, the station and nearby buildings were bought and developed into an entertainment center.", "title": "Church Street Station (Orlando)" }, { "docid": "969386", "text": "in 1857, debate had grown concerning the name of the town. Pioneer William B. Hull recalled how James Speer (a local resident, and prominent figure in the stories behind the naming of Orlando) rose in the heat of the argument and said, \"This place is often spoken of as 'Orlando's Grave.' Let's drop the word 'grave' and let the county seat be Orlando.\" Through a retelling of history, it is believed that a marker of some sort was indeed found by one of the original pioneers. However, others claim Speer simply used the Orlando Reeves legend to help push his", "title": "Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "7431641", "text": "FL-7 In addition to developing the C-101 and C-301 supersonic anti-ship missiles which are fairly large in size, China has developed FL-7 (FL: Fei Long, meaning Flying Dragon) supersonic anti-ship missile which can be carried on airplanes and warships. The Feilong-7 has an effective range of 32 kilometers and a speed of Mach 1.4. It has powerful anti-jamming capability and its supersonic flight makes terminal interception difficult. The warhead of the FL-7 can pierce solid armor and destroy large and medium-sized surface warships. This missile can be roughly considered as the supersonic counterpart of the subsonic C-704 anti-ship missile. The", "title": "FL-7" }, { "docid": "3973972", "text": "Lynx (Orlando) Lynx (stylized as LYNX) is a bus system run by the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, serving the greater Orlando, Florida area in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties with limited service to Polk County. Bus routes are referred to as Links. The standard adult one-way fare is $2 with free single transfers valid for 90 minutes (not valid on the same Link or for round trips). LYNX runs the zero-fare Lymmo Bus in Downtown Orlando, connecting many downtown destinations to parking and the LYNX Central Station by controlling traffic signals on a three-mile route along a fully separate", "title": "Lynx (Orlando)" }, { "docid": "15709412", "text": "Image-Line, replacing the existing FL Studio Mobile 2, Artua developed version. The price was revised downward to $14.99 USD. FL Studio Mobile 1.0 is compatible with devices that operate iOS 3.1.3 or later, specifically all iPhones and iPod touch models. iPad 1 and iPad 2 can run either FL Studio Mobile or FL Studio Mobile HD, and the HD version requires iOS 4.2 or later. The iPhone 4 version includes Retina Display support. The program has a track editor mode that supports 99 layered tracks. Features include adding, duplicating, and deleting tracks, changing the track's instruments, setting song signature and", "title": "FL Studio Mobile" }, { "docid": "3973978", "text": "free with fare-paying rider; 3-kid-limit applies. Lynx (Orlando) Lynx (stylized as LYNX) is a bus system run by the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, serving the greater Orlando, Florida area in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties with limited service to Polk County. Bus routes are referred to as Links. The standard adult one-way fare is $2 with free single transfers valid for 90 minutes (not valid on the same Link or for round trips). LYNX runs the zero-fare Lymmo Bus in Downtown Orlando, connecting many downtown destinations to parking and the LYNX Central Station by controlling traffic signals on a", "title": "Lynx (Orlando)" }, { "docid": "12805377", "text": "The annual Community Effort Orlando (CEO) is the second biggest fighting game tournament of the country. Having grown exponentially since its introduction in 2010, the event got over 4,000 attendees from more than 25 different countries in 2016. Its \"Street Fighter\" tournament has been part of the Capcom Pro Tour since its start in 2014. Many major athletes are from Orlando, such as: Orlando is home to many notable athletes former and present, including: Sports in Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida, has a history of major events in sports. It has had a considerable measure of success in minor league sports", "title": "Sports in Orlando, Florida" }, { "docid": "11542392", "text": "a fan to assist cooling. Six helicopters were constructed, but series production was curtailed in favour of the Flettner Fl 282. Flettner Fl 265 The Flettner Fl 265 was an experimental helicopter designed by Anton Flettner. This helicopter, developed in 1938 with the support of Nazi Germany's \"Kriegsmarine\", made it possible, for the first time, to transition from powered rotary-wing flight to autorotation and back again, making it the safest helicopter of its time. In contrast to the Fl 185, the Fl 265, believed to be the pioneering example of a synchropter, had two intermeshing rotors 12 m in diameter,", "title": "Flettner Fl 265" }, { "docid": "14269270", "text": "final List-A game came against Essex in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. Additionally, in 1995 le Fleming played eight Second Eleven Championship matches for the Somerset Second XI. After retiring from cricket, Orlando became a prominent bass player on the British jazz scene, playing and recording with local musicians, including vibraphone player Roger Beaujolais, with visiting guests from America. Orlando le Fleming Antony Orlando Frank le Fleming (born 7 July 1976 in Birmingham, Warwickshire) is a jazz musician and former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Orlando le Fleming made his county debut for Devon", "title": "Orlando le Fleming" }, { "docid": "17127791", "text": "Orlando Humason House The Orlando Humason House is a historic house located in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. Humason (1828–1875), the \"Father of Wasco County\", lived in this modest Gothic Revival house from its construction in 1860 until his death. Originally from Ohio, he worked in law, prospecting, agriculture, and journalism, prior to settling in The Dalles as a prosperous merchant and river transport businessman. Representing first Oregon City then The Dalles in the territorial and state legislatures, he introduced legislation establishing Wasco County, Multnomah County, and the City of The Dalles. He also championed a bill to build a", "title": "Orlando Humason House" }, { "docid": "10351333", "text": "Orlando Burrell Orlando Burrell (July 26, 1826 – June 7, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Newton, Pennsylvania, Burrell moved with his parents to White County, Illinois, in 1834. He attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. During the Civil War he raised a company of Cavalry in June 1861, and was elected its captain, and was attached to the First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. He served as judge of White County 1873-1881. Sheriff of White County 1892-1894. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis in 1892. Burrell was elected as", "title": "Orlando Burrell" } ]

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[ { "docid": "13708676", "text": "Robert Pattinson Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model and musician. He started his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in \"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire\" in 2005. He later got the leading role of vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the \"Twilight\" novels by Stephenie Meyer, which consisted of five films between 2008 and 2012 that combined grossed over $3.3 billion in worldwide receipts. \"Twilight\" brought Pattinson worldwide fame, and established him among the highest paid and most bankable actors in Hollywood. In 2010, Pattinson was named one of", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708692", "text": "gloves. ... Pattinson's excellent performance reps an indispensable asset.\" Robbie Collin of \"The Telegraph\" stated that it is a sensational performance from Robert Pattinson, \"yes, that Robert Pattinson – as Packer. Pattinson plays him like a human caldera; stony on the surface, with volcanic chambers of nervous energy and self-loathing churning deep below.\" And Owen Gleiberman of \"Entertainment Weekly\" stated, \"Pattinson, pale and predatory even without his pasty-white vampire makeup, delivers his frigid pensées with rhythmic confidence.\" Pattinson one last time appeared as Edward Cullen in the final instalment of Twilight saga, \"\" which was released on 16 November 2012,", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708723", "text": "he discovered after Pattinson, as \"246789 Pattinson\". He was honoured with a tribute at 2017 Deauville American Film Festival on 2 September 2017, with screening of selected films of his during the festival run. Robert Pattinson Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model and musician. He started his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in \"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire\" in 2005. He later got the leading role of vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the \"Twilight\" novels by Stephenie Meyer, which consisted of five films between 2008 and 2012", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708722", "text": "Rising Star Award for his performance in film \"Life\" from Deauville American Film Festival in 2015. In July 2018, Robert Pattinson received a top award at the closing of the 53rd edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. A wax statue of Pattinson was added to the Madame Tussauds collection in London and New York City in 2010. Pattinson along with his Twilight co-stars, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner put his signature, hand and foot prints in wet concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on 3 November 2011. On 19 February 2014, \"Timur Kryachko\" a Russian astronomer named the asteroid", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708719", "text": "of 2014's \"London's 1000 most influential people\". Pattinson interviewed actor Jamie Bell for Interview magazine, which was published on 20 July 2015. In summer 2009, Pattinson became romantically linked to \"Twilight\" co-star Kristen Stewart. For a long time, the two decided not to talk about their private life and did not explicitly confirm a relationship, but press photographs and eyewitness accounts drove intense media attention and fan speculations. However, Stewart officially acknowledged her relationship with Pattinson for the first time in July 2012, when \"Us Weekly\" published photos of Stewart having an affair with her \"Snow White and the Huntsman\"", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "5774544", "text": "Lizzy Pattinson Elizabeth Pattinson (born 1983) is an English singer and songwriter. She is the second of three children to her parents. Pattinson has an older sister, Victoria, and younger brother, actor Robert Pattinson. She attended Wimbledon High School, London. In January 2016 she married her long-time partner, professional climber John Oliver Dunthorne II. Pattinson has performed with the UK dance act Aurora and German duo Milk & Sugar, for which she was lead vocalist on the latter's No. 1 \"Billboard\" Hot Dance Club Play track \"Let The Sun Shine\". In 2008, Pattinson recorded background vocals for the movie \"Twilight\",", "title": "Lizzy Pattinson" }, { "docid": "16049220", "text": "What Did I Do? \"What Did I Do?\" is a song by Kele Okereke, released as the first single from his EP \"The Hunter\". The song's music video was released on 13 September 2011, with the song being released as a digital single in Japan 10 days later. The song features vocals from singer Lucy Taylor. The single was produced by constant collaborator XXXChange and mixed by Sub Focus. The single's cover is the same as the cover for \"The Hunter\" EP. On 16 November 2011, Liberator Music released a remix of the single by All The Lights to the", "title": "What Did I Do?" }, { "docid": "16049221", "text": "Australian iTunes Store. On Boxing Day 2011, a remix by Sander van Doorn was released to Beatport, released on Doorn Records. The single is billed to Kele vs. Sander van Doorn featuring Lucy Taylor. A music video (simply a re-edited version of the original video) was released. The songs music video was released on 13 September 2011 to Kele's official YouTube channel. As of 23 November 2011, the video has 295939 views. The music video was directed by Nova Dando, with the dancers styled by Nadine Artois. What Did I Do? \"What Did I Do?\" is a song by Kele", "title": "What Did I Do?" }, { "docid": "13708683", "text": "the best-selling novel by Kate Long, \"The Bad Mother's Handbook\". In 2008, Pattinson landed the role of Edward Cullen in the film \"Twilight\", based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling novel of the same name. According to \"TV Guide\", Pattinson was initially apprehensive about auditioning for the role, fearful that he would not be able to live up to the \"perfection\" expected from the character. The film was released on 21 November 2008 and turned Pattinson into a movie star overnight. Although the film received mixed reviews, critics praised his and co-star Kristen Stewart's chemistry in the film. The \"New York Times\"", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "11187105", "text": "Konami for the Wii, Nintendo DS, PC and iPhone was released alongside the second film. Since its release, \"Twilight\" has received numerous nominations and awards. In January 2009, Carter Burwell was nominated for Film Composer of the Year by the International Film Music Critics Association. Robert Pattinson won Bravo TV's A-List Award for A-List Breakout. At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Pattinson, who was nominated alongside Taylor Lautner, also won an award for Male Breakthrough Performance, \"Decode\" was nominated for Best Song from a Movie, \"Twilight\" won an award for Best Movie, Kristen Stewart won for Best Female performance, Stewart", "title": "Twilight (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "17338140", "text": "What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included three previously unreleased songs written by Stansfield, Devaney and Morris: \"My Apple Heart,\" \"Lay Me Down\" and \"Something's Happenin'.\" \"What Did I Do to You?\" was remixed by Mark Saunders and", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "13708721", "text": "when Pattinson was seen removing personal items from Stewart's home. Pattinson has received Best Actor award at \"Strasbourg Film Festival\" for his performance in \"How to Be\" (2009). For his work in \"The Twilight Saga\", he has earned two Empire Awards nomination and won eleven MTV Movie Awards, two People's Choice Awards with additional other awards and nominations including winning 2009's Hollywood Film Award for New Hollywood by Hollywood Film Festival. In 2014, he earned nominations from Australian Academy Awards (AACTA) and Canadian Screen Awards for his performances in \"The Rover\" and \"Maps to the Stars\" respectively. He won Hollywood", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "7922660", "text": "Sir Robert Pattinson Academy Sir Robert Pattinson Academy (formerly Robert Pattinson School) is a secondary school on the northeast side of Moor Lane in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, England. The Academy has approximately 1,281 students and is a Language College specialist school. The school was opened in 1953 as the Robert Pattinson School. Sir Robert Pattinson was the Chairman of Kesteven County Council for 20 years, and for 50 years a County Councillor. He was Liberal MP for Grantham 1922–23. He was knighted in 1934, the year he became leader of Kesteven County Council. His sister married Sir Richard Winfrey, another", "title": "Sir Robert Pattinson Academy" }, { "docid": "13708690", "text": "said he \"smolders\" in the film and Todd McCarthy of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said that \"Pattinson is entirely convincing as Jacob\". Pattinson reappeared as Edward Cullen in \"\", which was released on 18 November 2011 and earned $705,058,657 at the box office. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 24% of critics (of the 188 counted reviews) gave the film a positive review, and the site's consensus reads, \"Slow, joyless, and loaded with unintentionally humorous moments, \"Breaking Dawn Part 1\" may satisfy the \"Twilight\" faithful, but it's strictly for fans of", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "17338142", "text": "1989–2003\" box set (2014), including previously unreleased Red Zone Mix by David Morales. European/UK 7\" single European/UK/Japanese CD single UK 10\" single European/UK 12\" single UK 12\" promotional single Other remixes What Did I Do to You? \"What Did I Do to You?\" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, \"Affection\". It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received positive reviews from music critics. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was released as the fourth European single on 30 April 1990. It included", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "12733129", "text": "Conservatives. The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting MP, Sir James Blindell. He had captured the seat for the Liberals in a by-election in 1929 and had later joined the Liberal Nationals. In the end Herbert Butcher of Peterborough, Chairman of the East Midlands Liberal National Area Council was chosen as the National Government candidate. Pattinson himself later formally joined the Liberal Nationals. Pattinson died at his home, The Fosse House, in Lincoln on 2 December 1954 at the age of 82 years. Robert Pattinson (politician) Sir Robert Pattinson, JP, DL (19 February 1872 – 4 December", "title": "Robert Pattinson (politician)" }, { "docid": "17338141", "text": "by the Grammy Award-winning American house music DJ and producer, David Morales. The Philip Richardson-directed music video was also released. The single became a top forty hit in the European countries reaching number seven in Italy, number eighteen in Finland, number twenty in Ireland and number twenty-five in the United Kingdom. \"What Did I Do to You?\" was also released in Japan. In 2014, the remixes of \"What Did I Do to You?\" were included on the deluxe 2CD + DVD re-release of \"Affection\" and on \"People Hold On ... The Remix Anthology\". They were also featured on \"The Collection", "title": "What Did I Do to You?" }, { "docid": "12733121", "text": "Robert Pattinson (politician) Sir Robert Pattinson, JP, DL (19 February 1872 – 4 December 1954) was a British Liberal politician and businessman. Pattinson joined his family's railway contracting firm after finishing school and was quickly appointed to senior positions. In 1900, he became chairman of Ruskington Urban District Council and four years later joined Kesteven County Council, eventually becoming an alderman and serving as its chairman for 20 years between 1934 and his death in 1954. He chaired the Sleaford Liberal Association (1900–18) and was nominated as the party's representative for Sleaford shortly before World War I broke out. He", "title": "Robert Pattinson (politician)" }, { "docid": "13708704", "text": "daughter as the ship reaches the black hole. Critics praised the film with Allen Hunter of \"Screen International\" noting Pattinson as the most \"dominant\" and \"engaging\" element in the film and Jason Bailey of \"The Playlist\" called it \"another scorching Pattinson performance; he plays the character’s menace and rebellion with brio\". As of November 2018, Pattinson has several projects in various stages of production. He has completed filming for Robert Eggers's black-and-white dark fantasy horror film \"The Lighthouse\", set in ancient sea-faring myths world, as well as his second collaboration with David Michod, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's plays titled", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708709", "text": "early cut without his knowledge, and he agreed that \"one of them specifically, it really made the scene better. It was like it was supposed to be there.\" The soundtrack for the film \"How to Be\" features three original songs performed by Pattinson and written by composer Joe Hastings. Pattinson has said, \"I've never really recorded anything – I just played in pubs and stuff\", and when asked about a professional music career, he said, \"Music is my back-up plan if acting fails.\" In 2010, Pattinson was awarded the \"Hollywood's Most Influential Top Unexpected Musicians\" award. In March 2017 interview", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "12791226", "text": "lost to \"Drag Me to Hell\" and Saoirse Ronan, respectively. Lautner was also nominated for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Actor at the 2010 Young Artist Awards. However, it was nominated for four Razzies: Worst Supporting Actor (Robert Pattinson), Worst Screen Couple (Kristen Stewart and either Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson), Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel, and Worst Screenplay. In February 2009, Summit Entertainment scheduled a film adaptation of \"Eclipse\", the third novel in the \"Twilight\" series, for release on June 30, 2010. Weitz would not be able to direct the third film of \"The Twilight", "title": "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" }, { "docid": "13708710", "text": "Pattinson confirmed about contributing to the music of his upcoming film \"Damsel\". Talking about it, he said that \"I don’t play that much any more, though I am doing music for [‘Damsel’]. I used to differentiate between music and acting but the more I don’t play music, the more I push that area of my brain into acting. I improvise like I would when I play music.\" Pattinson supports and promotes the ECPAT UK's campaign \"Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People\" to stop human trafficking. At 2009 Cannes Film Festival amfAR event, he raised $56,000 for the cause.", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "14016857", "text": "on the set of \"Adventureland\" when Hardwicke visited her for an informal screen test, which \"captivated\" the director. Hardwicke did not initially choose Robert Pattinson for the role of Edward Cullen; but, after an audition at her home with Stewart, he was selected. Meyer allowed Pattinson to view a manuscript of the unfinished \"Midnight Sun\", which chronicles the events in \"Twilight\" from Edward's point of view. Meyer was \"excited\" and \"ecstatic\" in response to the casting of the two main characters. She had expressed interest in having Emily Browning and Henry Cavill cast as Bella and Edward, respectively, prior to", "title": "The Twilight Saga (film series)" }, { "docid": "12733122", "text": "contested Grantham unsuccessfully in 1918, but was returned for the seat in 1922, serving until he was defeated in the following year's general election. Several other unsuccessful attempts at a parliamentary career followed. He chaired several bodies responsible for maintaining Lincolnshire's waterways, served as a magistrate for Kesteven and Lindsey and sat as Lincolnshire's High Sheriff in 1941. Knighted in 1934, Pattinson died aged 82 in 1954 after several years of illness. Born in 19 February 1872, Robert Pattinson was the son of a contractor and businessman, William Pattinson, JP (d. 1906), and his wife Anne (1833–1916). His father ran", "title": "Robert Pattinson (politician)" }, { "docid": "13708685", "text": "short films following eight individuals from diverse backgrounds on their quest for true contentment. He reprised his role as Edward Cullen in the \"Twilight\" sequel \"\", which was released on 20 November 2009. The film earned a record-breaking $142,839,137 opening weekend and an overall run of $709,827,462 worldwide. Though the film received negative reviews, film critic Michael Phillips from the \"Chicago Tribune\" said that Pattinson was still \"interesting to watch\" despite the bad makeup. Bill GoodyKoontz from the \"Arizona Republic\" said that \"Pattinson's actually not in the film that much, but he does his best when he's around\" and Michael", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708679", "text": "He sang songs for the \"Twilight\" film series and the 2008 independent comedy-drama film \"How to Be\". He is a supporter of the End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT) campaign, Parents and Abducted Children Together (PACT), and the GO Campaign, a nonprofit organization that raises awareness and funds to help orphans and vulnerable children throughout the world. He became ambassador of the latter in 2015 to help raise international awareness of it. He is also a member of International Medical Corps and has promoted and shared details about cancer through PSAs to raise awareness about the disease. Pattinson was born", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708697", "text": "Lawrence Of Arabia as a sharp-tongued, sardonic figure who can see through the pretensions of his bosses and colleagues.\" David Rooney of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" called his role \"brief but significant\" and concluded that \"the easy camaraderie in his scenes with Kidman is appealing.\" Sam Adams of Indiewire said that, \"Robert Pattinson gets relatively high marks for his brief turn as the bonafide T.E. Lawrence.\" Next he starred in Anton Corbijn's \"Life\" as \"Life Magazine\" photographer Dennis Stock; the film deals with the friendship between actor James Dean and Stock. Critical reception for the film was mixed but Pattinson received", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708702", "text": "described by the magazine as, \"Robert Pattinson Battles Fame and Fear to Get a New York Street Dog\". Shot on the streets of New York, the film narrates Pattinson's journey to buy a hot dog while avoiding media and fans in the hustle of the city. \"The A.V. Club\" called it \"bizarre and delightful\". While \"IndieWire\" said that \"he's got bright\" and \"shimmering future\". Zellner Brothers's western-comedy \"Damsel\" was his first comedy since his 2008 film \"How to Be\". Pattinson portrayed Samuel Alabaster, an eccentric pioneer who travel west in search of his fiancé. His performance was favorably received, as", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "16229789", "text": "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn: Part 2) is a 2012 American romantic drama fantasy film directed by Bill Condon and based on the novel \"Breaking Dawn\" by Stephenie Meyer. Constituting the second of a two-part adaptation of the novel, the film is the fifth and final installment in \"The Twilight Saga\" film series, following 2011's \"\". All three main cast members, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprise their roles, with Mackenzie Foy portraying Renesmee Cullen. Alongside Pattinson, Lautner, Stewart and Foy,", "title": "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2" }, { "docid": "13073219", "text": "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (commonly referred to as Eclipse) is a 2010 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2007 novel \"Eclipse\". It is the third installment of \"The Twilight Saga\" film series, following 2008's \"Twilight\" and 2009's \"\". Summit Entertainment greenlit the film in February 2009. Directed by David Slade, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. Melissa Rosenberg, who penned the scripts for both \"Twilight\" and \"New Moon\", returned as screenwriter. Filming began on August 17, 2009, at", "title": "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" }, { "docid": "13708678", "text": "critical appreciation for his performances in David Michod's futuristic western \"The Rover\" (2014); in Cronenberg's satire drama \"Maps to the Stars\" (2014); in James Gray's \"The Lost City of Z\" (2017), as an aide-de-camp to an explorer who disappeared in the Amazon while looking for an ancient city; and in the Safdie Brothers' \"Good Time\" (2017). Pattinson started his career as a model at the age of 12. In 2013, Dior Homme signed him as the face of their Fragrances. In 2016, he also became the first brand ambassador of their Menswear collection. Pattinson composes and plays his own music.", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "18388158", "text": "What Did I Do? / God as My Witness \"What Did I Do?/God as My Witness\" is a song by the American rock band Foo Fighters and is the fourth single from their eighth studio album \"Sonic Highways\". The song was released on November 6, 2014. The song was recorded at KLRU-TV Studio 6A in Austin, Texas and features a guest appearance from Gary Clark, Jr. The music video aired during the fourth episode of \"\". It mainly shows Foo Fighters and Gary Clark Jr. performing inside of KLRU-TV Studio 6A, the famous location where \"Austin City Limits\" was filmed.", "title": "What Did I Do? / God as My Witness" }, { "docid": "18388157", "text": "What Did I Do? / God as My Witness \"What Did I Do?/God as My Witness\" is a song by the American rock band Foo Fighters and is the fourth single from their eighth studio album \"Sonic Highways\". The song was released on November 6, 2014. The song was recorded at KLRU-TV Studio 6A in Austin, Texas and features a guest appearance from Gary Clark, Jr. The music video aired during the fourth episode of \"\". It mainly shows Foo Fighters and Gary Clark Jr. performing inside of KLRU-TV Studio 6A, the famous location where \"Austin City Limits\" was filmed.", "title": "What Did I Do? / God as My Witness" }, { "docid": "11187108", "text": "than Summit's schedule for the production and release of the sequel would provide, Chris Weitz was selected to direct it in December 2008. Twilight (2008 film) Twilight is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the first film in \"The Twilight Saga\" film series. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan (a teenage girl) and Edward Cullen (a vampire), and the subsequent efforts of Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from", "title": "Twilight (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "11187070", "text": "Twilight (2008 film) Twilight is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the first film in \"The Twilight Saga\" film series. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan (a teenage girl) and Edward Cullen (a vampire), and the subsequent efforts of Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from a coven of evil vampires. The project was in development for approximately three years at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation", "title": "Twilight (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "13708717", "text": "of 2010's 100 Most Influential People in The World. In June 2010, Pattinson was named by \"Forbes\" magazine the 50th most powerful celebrity in the world with earnings $17 million. On 14 November 2010, Pattinson received two BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards, Best Dressed and Best Actor. In 2011, Pattinson was 15th on \"Vanity Fair\"s \"Hollywood Top 40\" with earnings of $27.5 million in 2010. \"GQ\" once again named Pattinson the \"Best Dressed Man\" of 2012. In October 2012, Pattinson was named \"Sexiest Man Alive\" by \"Glamour UK\". In 2013, Pattinson was 2nd on \"Glamour UK\"s \"Richest UK Celebs Under", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13073255", "text": "the Twilight series, \"Breaking Dawn\" and greenlit a two film adaptation in April 2010. \"\" was released on November 18, 2011 and on November 16, 2012 with Bill Condon directing, and author Stephenie Meyer co-producing. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (commonly referred to as Eclipse) is a 2010 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2007 novel \"Eclipse\". It is the third installment of \"The Twilight Saga\" film series, following 2008's \"Twilight\" and 2009's \"\". Summit Entertainment greenlit the film in February 2009. Directed by David Slade, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor", "title": "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" }, { "docid": "13708694", "text": "premieres at 2014 Cannes Film Festival. First, Pattinson starred in David Michod's futuristic western \"The Rover\", alongside Guy Pearce and Scoot McNairy. The film had its premiere out of competition at the festival. For his performance of a naïve simpleton member of the criminal gang, Pattinson received rave reviews. Scott Foundas of \"Variety\" said that \"Pattinson who turns out to be the film's greatest surprise, sporting a convincing Southern accent and bringing an understated dignity to a role that might easily have been milked for cheap sentimental effects.\" He further added that \"(it is) a career re-defining performance for Pattinson", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "12570891", "text": "with a \"Love Theme\" for Bella and Edward's relationship, a variation of which became \"Bella's Lullaby\" that Robert Pattinson plays in the film and that is included on the \"Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\". The original theme is featured throughout the film, and serves to \"play the romance that drives the story\". Another theme Burwell composed was a \"Predator Theme\", which opens the film, and is intended to play Edward's vampire nature. Other themes include a bass-line, drum beat and distorted guitar sound for the nomadic vampires, and a melody for the Cullen family. \"Twilight: The Score\" was released digitally", "title": "Twilight (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "14387154", "text": "that Robert Pattinson mentioning him as the ideal director for \"Breaking Dawn\" was what made him audition for the job and described the audition as \"very nerve-wracking\". However, after Condon was hired, Sant suggested that the reason behind not getting hired was his style and way of auditioning being different from what the executive producers were used to. In June, Summit officially confirmed that a two-part adaptation of the fourth book would start filming in November. The first part was released on November 18, 2011, and the second part's release date is set for November 16, 2012. \"The Twilight Saga\"", "title": "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1" }, { "docid": "14016891", "text": "of the films and a parody version of \"Breaking Dawn Part – 1\". The animated movie \"Hotel Transylvania\" was released the same year, and has a scene inspired by \"Twilight\". The 2013 Filipino comedy sitcom entitled \"My Daddy is a Vampire\" resembled some \"Twilight\" scenes. The Twilight Saga (film series) The Twilight Saga is a series of five romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. The films star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. The series has grossed over $3.3 billion in worldwide receipts. The first installment, \"Twilight\", was released", "title": "The Twilight Saga (film series)" }, { "docid": "12791179", "text": "The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Twilight Saga: New Moon (commonly referred to as New Moon) is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2006 novel \"New Moon\". It is the second film in \"The Twilight Saga\" film series and is the sequel to 2008's \"Twilight\". Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, following the early success of \"Twilight\". Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. Melissa Rosenberg, who handed in a draft of the film", "title": "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" }, { "docid": "7401851", "text": "based relationships with her short film \"Into The Twilight Haze\". \"Twilight\" was adapted as a film by Summit Entertainment. The film was directed by Catherine Hardwicke and stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as protagonists Bella and Edward. The screenplay was adapted by Melissa Rosenberg. The movie was released in theaters in the United States on November 21, 2008, and on DVD on March 21, 2009. The DVD was released in Australia on April 22, 2009. On July 15, 2009, \"Entertainment Weekly\" confirmed rumors that a graphic novel adaptation of \"Twilight\" was in the works. The book was drawn by", "title": "Twilight (Meyer novel)" }, { "docid": "13073240", "text": "reserved tickets; the Fairview, Texas location sold out their showings of \"Eclipse\" for June 30. The film was re-released into theaters on September 13, 2010 in recognition of lead character Bella Swan's birthday. \"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse\" was released on DVD in the United States on December 4, 2010. The two-disc special-edition DVD and Blu-ray discs include special features such as: eight deleted and extended scenes, music videos by Muse and Metric from \"\" and commentaries by Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Stephenie Meyer and Wyck Geoffery. It was released on December 1, 2010 in New Zealand and Australia. There", "title": "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" }, { "docid": "13708701", "text": "his career. Pattinson received unanimous praise from critics for his performance. Guy Lodge of \"Variety\" described it as his \"career-peak\", Eric Kohn of \"Indiewire\" called it \"his Career-Best\" and David Rooney of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" drew comparisons with Al Pacino's Sonny Wortzik in \"Dog Day Afternoon\", and ultimately noted it as \"his most commanding performance to date.\" Pattinson received his first nomination from Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in the film. In August 2017, during promotion for \"Good Time\", Pattinson wrote and starred in a short film for GQ, titled \"Fear & Shame\", which was", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "10833128", "text": "the Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2009, for being \"Sexually Explicit\", \"Unsuited to Age Group\", and having a \"Religious Viewpoint\". A screenplay for \"Twilight\" was written by Melissa Rosenberg and has been adapted into a film by Summit Entertainment. The film was directed by Catherine Hardwicke, with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in the leading roles of Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen, respectively. The movie was released in the United States on November 21, 2008. \"Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion\", written by Mark Cotta Vaz, was released October 28. On November 22, 2008, following the box office success of", "title": "Twilight (novel series)" }, { "docid": "13708715", "text": "so together we can give opportunity to even more kids and young adults across the globe.\" Pattinson was named one of the \"Sexiest Men Alive\" in 2008 and 2009 by \"People Magazine\". In 2009, he was named the \"Sexiest Man Alive\" by \"Glamour UK\". AskMen named Pattinson as one of the top 49 most influential men of 2009. In 2009, \"Vanity Fair\" named Pattinson \"the most handsome man in the world\" along with Angelina Jolie as the most beautiful woman in the world. Pattinson was named one of \"Vanity Fair\"s \"Top Hollywood Earners of 2009\" with estimated earnings of $18", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708699", "text": "roles, first a brief but crucial role of Charles Marker, a reporter in Germany during World War I and latter as an adult version of the leader. He received praise for his performance, which Peter Bradshaw of \"The Guardian\" called \"elegant\" and Lee Marshall of Screen International described as \"excellent\". In 2016, Pattinson appeared in Paramount Pictures and Plan B Entertainment's adaptation of \"The Lost City of Z\", directed by James Gray. Premiered at New York Film Festival, the film stars Pattinson as British explorer Corporal Henry Costin. Pattinson grew a heavy beard and lost 35 pounds of weight for", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13232615", "text": "mundane shooters and RPGs with their played out themes of morality, but it's trying too hard to be clever.\" The game currently holds 69% on Metacritic. There have been two sequels to \"What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord?\" released on PSP: \"What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord? 2\" and \"No Heroes Allowed!\". A third sequel, \"No Heroes Allowed!\", was released in 2014 for PlayStation Vita, with a fourth, \"No Heroes Allowed! VR\", released on October 14 2017 for PlayStation VR. What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? The game was released in", "title": "What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord?" }, { "docid": "13708706", "text": "\"When I first started I was quite tall and looked like a girl, so I got lots of jobs, because it was during that period where the androgynous look was cool. Then, I guess, I became too much of a guy, so I never got any more jobs. I had the most unsuccessful modelling career.\" Pattinson appeared in the advertising campaign for Hackett's autumn 2007 collection. In November 2010, Pattinson was approached by Burberry to be the face of their brand with a £1m deal, which he turned down. In June 2013, Pattinson was announced as the new face of", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "18787754", "text": "daughter. All three examples are connected by a chorus stating \"\"I'll take this one day and figure out what I did right / And I'll do it the same way for the rest of my life.\"\" Deborah Evans Price of \"Billboard\" reviewed the song favorably, saying that \"Like 'I Hope You Dance'…the song will touch a universal chord with everyone who has experienced a moment so perfect they wish they could capture it and live it over again.\" What I Did Right \"What I Did Right\" is a song recorded by American country music group Sons of the Desert. It", "title": "What I Did Right" }, { "docid": "7922661", "text": "Lincolnshire Liberal MP, and their son, Richard Pattinson Winfrey, founded the East Midland Allied Press in 1947, today known as the magazine publisher EMAP. Sir Robert Pattinson died a year later on 2 December 1954, aged 82. The school was a 'bilateral' school (part grammar/part secondary modern) until January 1961 when the grammar school students transferred to the newly opened North Kesteven Grammar School. It became a comprehensive when parts of northern Kesteven became comprehensive in September 1970. This was four years before Lincoln went comprehensive – Lincoln was a separate county borough until April 1974, and had been historically", "title": "Sir Robert Pattinson Academy" }, { "docid": "13686288", "text": "Daddy, what did you do in the Great War? \"Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?\" was a British recruitment poster from 1915. It was released by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. A war recruitment poster from the First World War shows a daughter posing a question to her father, \"Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?\" There was an extensive recruitment campaign in Great Britain during World War I. Recruitment for World War I was different from prior wars, which had been fought by the regular (professional) army. Samuel Hynes writes that the war was fought", "title": "Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?" }, { "docid": "12138900", "text": "the past: \"Why don't you do what you do / when you did what you did to me?\" Its B-side is \"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)\", a duet with Michael Jackson. The song was sampled by Lil Wayne for \"How Could Something\" and by Chamillionaire for \"Void In My Life\". The music video was an imitation of \"The Godfather\" and supermodel Iman played Jackson's love interest who eventually betrays him by trying to shoot him. After his henchmen take her away, it is not revealed what happened to her. Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson", "title": "Do What You Do (Jermaine Jackson song)" }, { "docid": "7126107", "text": "the 2000 EP, \"Avalanche\", which was only available to buy over the internet. All tracks written by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant. with: What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Echo & the Bunnymen. The album saw the departure of bassist Les Pattinson from the group, partly due to disagreements with vocalist Ian McCulloch; McCulloch and the remaining band member, guitarist Will Sergeant, subsequently recorded the record with session musicians. The London Metropolitan Orchestra provided backing music and the", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "7126096", "text": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Echo & the Bunnymen. The album saw the departure of bassist Les Pattinson from the group, partly due to disagreements with vocalist Ian McCulloch; McCulloch and the remaining band member, guitarist Will Sergeant, subsequently recorded the record with session musicians. The London Metropolitan Orchestra provided backing music and the American alternative hip hop band Fun Lovin' Criminals appeared as guest musicians on two tracks. The album was produced by Alan Douglas and", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "8001773", "text": "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? is a 1966 comedy DeLuxe Color film written by William Peter Blatty and directed by Blake Edwards for the Mirisch Company in Panavision. It stars James Coburn and Dick Shawn. Filming was at Lake Sherwood Ranch in Thousand Hills, 40 miles northwest of Hollywood. In what had been a cow pasture, designer Fernando Carrere fabricated a storybook Sicilian village which added $800,000 to the production's already elevated $5.5 million budget. Captain Lionel Cash (Dick Shawn), a staff officer under General Max Bolt (Carroll O'Connor),", "title": "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" }, { "docid": "14016850", "text": "The Twilight Saga (film series) The Twilight Saga is a series of five romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. The films star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. The series has grossed over $3.3 billion in worldwide receipts. The first installment, \"Twilight\", was released on November 21, 2008. The second installment, \"\", followed on November 20, 2009, breaking box office records as the biggest midnight screening and opening day in history, grossing an estimated $72.7 million. The third installment, \"\", was released on June 30, 2010, and was the", "title": "The Twilight Saga (film series)" }, { "docid": "12742417", "text": "Samuel Pattinson Samuel Pattinson (17 December 1870 – 15 November 1942) was a British businessman and Liberal politician. Samuel Pattinson was born on 17 December 1870 in Ruskington, the son of a contractor and businessman, William Pattinson (d. 1906), and his wife Anne (1833–1916). His father ran the building company Messrs. Pattinson and Son alongside serving as chairman of Ruskington Urban District Council. Pattinson was educated at Abingdon House School, and Carre's Grammar School in Sleaford with his brother Robert (d. 1954), an active politician who chaired Kesteven County Council between 1934 and his death. Their eldest brother, John (d.", "title": "Samuel Pattinson" }, { "docid": "11187088", "text": "his last job, he was unemployed, he was in debt.\" Pattinson flew to Los Angeles on his own dime to read with Stewart. Shiloh Fernandez, Jackson Rathbone, Ben Barnes, and Robert Pattinson were the final four up for the role of Edward. Hardwicke did not initially choose Robert Pattinson for the role of Edward Cullen, but after an audition at her home with Stewart, he was selected. Hardwicke said, \"Kristen was like, ‘It’s got to be Rob!’ She felt connected to him from the first moment. That electricity, or love at first sight, or whatever it is.\" Hardwicke gave him", "title": "Twilight (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "13708707", "text": "Dior Homme fragrance and featured in the advertising campaign titled \"1000 LIVES\", directed by Romain Gavras and photographed by Nan Goldin. This campaign has also featured the track Whole Lotta Love by English rock band Led Zeppelin. Goldin, later released a book titled \"Robert Pattinson: 1000 Lives\", collection of Pattinson's images from the campaign. In January 2016, he appeared in another campaign for Dior Homme shot by German photographer and director Peter Lindbergh. Next month, he was announced as the first ambassador of Dior Homme Menswear and appeared in brand's 2016 fall collection campaign shot by Karl Lagerfeld. In 2017,", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13232609", "text": "What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? The game was released in North America exclusively as a download game on the PlayStation Store, under the title Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This?. However, on February 9, 2010, NIS America revealed it would be changing the game's name to avoid conflict with the Batman franchise. The game was re-released on April 22, 2010 on the PlayStation Network after it was removed to make the changes, while its sequel, \"What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord? 2\", had been delayed to May", "title": "What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord?" }, { "docid": "8001782", "text": "shelved when, during the scene where Captain Cash visits Charlie Company at their chow line, he holds out his hand and one of the GI mess orderly's ladles beans into the captain's hand. The score is by Henry Mancini. It includes \"The Swing March\" and \"In the Arms of Love\". What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? is a 1966 comedy DeLuxe Color film written by William Peter Blatty and directed by Blake Edwards for the Mirisch Company in Panavision. It stars James Coburn and Dick Shawn. Filming was at Lake", "title": "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" }, { "docid": "13859488", "text": "What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord? 2 What Did I Do To Deserve This My Lord!? 2 (formerly known as \"Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! 2: Time To Tighten Up Security!\", known as \"Yūsha no Kuse ni Namaiki da or2\", 勇者のくせになまいきだor2, literally \"For a hero, [you are] quite impudent/cheeky/bold] 2)\" in Japan) is a real-time strategy/god game for the PlayStation Portable, sequel to What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord?. The game was released in Japan in 2008, and was announced for a North American release during Tokyo Game Show 2009. This release was delayed", "title": "What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord? 2" }, { "docid": "13859490", "text": "This, My Lord!? 2\" contains \"4 times more stages, 3.3 times more monsters and 2.3 times more heroes\" than the first game. What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord? 2 What Did I Do To Deserve This My Lord!? 2 (formerly known as \"Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! 2: Time To Tighten Up Security!\", known as \"Yūsha no Kuse ni Namaiki da or2\", 勇者のくせになまいきだor2, literally \"For a hero, [you are] quite impudent/cheeky/bold] 2)\" in Japan) is a real-time strategy/god game for the PlayStation Portable, sequel to What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord?. The game was", "title": "What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord? 2" }, { "docid": "20155752", "text": "performed it on \"Sommarkrysset\" and during RIX FM Festival concerts. A music video for the song was released onto YouTube on 12 May 2017. It was filmed in Cyprus and directed by Konrad Aksinowicz. The video sees Margaret as a star of a video game. What You Do (song) \"What You Do\" is a song recorded by Polish singer Margaret for her third studio album, \"Monkey Business\" (2017). The song was written by Margaret, Arash Labaf, Robert Uhlmann, Anderz Wrethov and Thomas Karlsson, and produced by Uhlmann, Labaf and Wrethov, with co-production from Alex Papaconstantinou. \"What You Do\" was released", "title": "What You Do (song)" }, { "docid": "16936458", "text": "in 1850, when Pattinson and his partners (and sons-in-law) Isaac Lowthian Bell and Robert Benson Bowman established a chemical company at Washington, County Durham. Under an 1850 Indenture, Charles William Vane, Marquis of Londonderry, Pattinson and Bell declared themselves \"chemical manufacturers and co-partners in trade\". In 1838 Pattinson became vice-president of the chemical section of the British Association. He was a fellow of the Geological Society and also of the Royal Astronomical Society. Pattinson was made a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) on 3 June 1852 for his metallurgical work. Pattinson married Phoebe Walton on 25 December 1815, having", "title": "Hugh Lee Pattinson" }, { "docid": "14387141", "text": "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn: Part 1) is a 2011 American romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon, based on the novel \"Breaking Dawn\" by Stephenie Meyer. Constituting the first of a two-part adaptation of the novel, the film is the fourth and penultimate instalment in \"The Twilight Saga\" film series, and was followed by \"\" in 2012. All three main cast members, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprised their roles. Wyck Godfrey and Karen Rosenfelt served as producers of the", "title": "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1" }, { "docid": "12733126", "text": "Pattinson and Co., Ltd, a company of merchants and shippers. Pattinson became chairman of the Ruskington Urban District Council in 1900. He was elected to Kesteven County Council in 1904, became an alderman in 1911 and served as its vice-chairman from 1923 until he was elected chairman in 1934, the year he was knighted. Pattinson served on the Lincolnshire County Committee for 50 years, and as chairman of the Witham and Steeping Rivers Catchment Board when it was formed in 1931; after World War II, he was appointed chairman of Lincolnshire River Board, and was appointed to be one of", "title": "Robert Pattinson (politician)" }, { "docid": "12733125", "text": "G. W. R. Russell, elder son of J. J. Russell, of Ballygasson House, High Sheriff of County Louth, and secondly, Wing Commander Colin Spencer Richardson, of Salisbury, son of Colonel Alan Richardson. After schooling at Carre's Grammar School and Abingdon School, Pattinson joined his father and uncle's railway contracting firm. Two years later, he oversaw a project to widen the Great Northern Railway between Finsbury Park and King's Cross. The partnership became Messrs W. Pattinson and Sons, Ltd., and Pattinson became a managing director, with responsibility for many of its large projects, and he also became a director in Messrs", "title": "Robert Pattinson (politician)" }, { "docid": "12733124", "text": "and the south of England, before moving back to Lincolnshire; he represented Heckington and Sleaford on the County Council, became a justice of the peace and served as vice-chairman of the Sleaford Bench. Pattinson married Catherine Lucy Pratt (d. 1917), daughter of Henry Pratt of Lincoln in 1895. There were two sons and one daughter of the marriage: Henry Pattinson (died 1941), a captain in the Indian Army; William Pratt Pattinson, a solicitor and coroner for the Lincoln South District, who married Elaine Eva Higson Smith, daughter of Louis W. Smith, MP, of Lincoln; and Catherine Mary, who married, firstly,", "title": "Robert Pattinson (politician)" }, { "docid": "15979700", "text": "What Do You Take Me For? \"What Do You Take Me For?\" is a song by English singer Pixie Lott from her second studio album, \"Young Foolish Happy\" (2011). The song features American rapper Pusha T and was released on 4 November 2011 as the album's second single. The track received its first play on Capital FM on 26 September 2011. Robert Copsey of \"Digital Spy\" gave the song four out of five stars, stating: \"Fortunately, the rest of the track is less spooktacular and more in-yer-face girl power. 'Don't know what you think I'm after/ What do you take", "title": "What Do You Take Me For?" }, { "docid": "13708695", "text": "that reveals untold depths of sensitivity and feeling.\" Todd McCarthy, writing for \"The Hollywood Reporter\", wrote that \"Pattinson delivers a performance that, despite the character’s own limitations, becomes more interesting as the film moves along.\" Jessica Kiang in her review for \"The Playlist\", noted that \"(Pattinson) turns in a performance that manages to be more affecting than affected.\" Next, he reunited with Cronenberg in \"Maps to the Stars\", a satirical drama described as a darkly comic look at Hollywood excess. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. In the film, he played the role", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "16936451", "text": "Hugh Lee Pattinson Hugh Lee Pattinson FRS (25 December 1796 – 11 November 1858) was an English industrial chemist. He was also an entrepreneur, sharing the risk of major industrial developments with famous ironmaster Isaac Lowthian Bell and cable manufacturer Robert Stirling Newall. Although known in his time for the patent process for refining silver that bears his name, he is best remembered for his daguerreotype photographs taken in 1840. Among these is the earliest known photograph of the Niagara Falls. Pattinson was the son of Thomas Pattinson, a shopkeeper in the country town of Alston, Cumberland, and his wife", "title": "Hugh Lee Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708716", "text": "million in 2009. In December 2009, Pattinson autographed a guitar to be auctioned off for charity. He also volunteered for the \"\" in January 2010. \"GQ\" and \"Glamour\" both named him the \"Best Dressed Man\" of 2010, with \"GQ\" stating, \"Extremely elegant and inspiring, the true essence of a contemporary man.\" In 2010, \"People\" listed Pattinson in their \"World's Most Beautiful\" issue. In 2010, the actor declined a $2 million fashion campaign with Burberry. Britain's \"The Sunday Times\" \"Rich List\" put him on its \"list of young millionaires\" in the UK, worth £13 million. \"Time\" magazine named him as one", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708698", "text": "appreciation for his portrayal of a photographer. Guy Lodge of Variety called his performance a \"sly turn\", \"Little White Lies\" said that \"Pattinson's performance is as crisp as the white shirt and black suits his character always wears. This is a camouflage for his own problems that slowly unfurl, adding colour and improving the film.\" David Rooney of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" noted that Pattinson \"gives arguably the most fully rounded performance.\" In late 2015, Pattinson appeared in Brady Corbet's directorial debut film \"The Childhood of a Leader\", alongside Bérénice Bejo and Stacy Martin. In the film, he played the dual", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708689", "text": "genuine charm.\" In 2011, he starred as Jacob Jankowski in \"Water for Elephants\", a film adaptation of the Sara Gruen novel of the same name. The film received mixed reviews, but Pattinson's performance was praised. Film critic Richard Corliss from \"Time\" praised Pattinson for being \"shy and watchful\" and said that he \"radiates a slow magnetism that locks the viewer's eyes on him\", ultimately calling him \"star quality\". Mick LaSalle from the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" stated that Pattinson succeeded at holding his own at the center of a major feature and was \"endlessly watchable\". Peter Travers of the \"Rolling Stone\"", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708680", "text": "in London. His father, Richard, imported vintage cars from the United States, and his mother, Clare (\"née\" Charlton), worked for a modelling agency. Pattinson has two elder sisters, Victoria and singer Elizabeth \"Lizzy\" Pattinson. Growing up in Barnes, London, he attended Tower House School until he was 12, and then The Harrodian School. He became involved in amateur theatre at the Barnes Theatre Company. He auditioned and was cast in a small role in \"Guys and Dolls\". He next auditioned for Thornton Wilder's \"Our Town\", and was cast as George Gibbs. He also appeared in \"Anything Goes\" and \"Macbeth\". He", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708684", "text": "called Pattinson a \"capable and exotically beautiful\" actor and Roger Ebert said he was \"well-chosen\" for the role. His other release of 2008, \"How to Be\", was a low-budget comedy drama film written and directed by Oliver Irving. It screened at number of film festivals, earned mixed reviews from critics. Pattinson then starred as Salvador Dalí in the film \"Little Ashes\", a Spanish-British drama directed by Paul Morrison. He also starred in a short film \"The Summer House\" directed by Daisy Gili. This short film later re-released as a part of an anthology film titled \"Love & Distrust\", comprising five", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "20894229", "text": "the word \"damn\" in the mix. The chorus is repetitive with Gaga singing the words, \"Why did you do that, do that, do that, do that, do that to me?\" against a house beat. Warren clarified that the intention was not to write a \"bad\" pop song, but something that was fun and less serious, showing Ally's change into a pop artist. She added: \"I love that [Ally] defended her music. It doesn't have to be what he thinks music should be — music can be everything. It can be a serious song, it can be a pop song, it", "title": "Why Did You Do That?" }, { "docid": "5774545", "text": "in which her brother Robert had starred as vampire, Edward Cullen. Her vocals can be heard on the track \"Who Are They?\" by Carter Burwell. In 2011, Pattinson recorded vocals once again with Burwell for \"\" at Abbey Road Studios. As of 2014, she participated in the eleventh series of \"The X Factor\". She reached the top 6 in her category (the contestants older than 25 years old, the \"Over 25s\" group, mentored by Simon Cowell) but was eliminated from the show at the judges' houses. Lizzy Pattinson Elizabeth Pattinson (born 1983) is an English singer and songwriter. She is", "title": "Lizzy Pattinson" }, { "docid": "3135894", "text": "to Say Goodbye\". A music video for \"How Do I Deal\" was made available to music television networks. On August 15, 2006, a straight-to-DVD sequel titled \"I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer\" was released. The film is unrelated to the two previous films, and features no returning cast members. It was originally proposed to continue where \"I Still Know What You Did Last Summer\" left off. Instead, the film features an unrelated plot with a brief mention of the first two films. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer I Still Know What You Did Last Summer", "title": "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" }, { "docid": "11357789", "text": "What I Can Do for You \"What I Can Do for You\" is a single by Sheryl Crow from the album \"Tuesday Night Music Club\" released on A&M Records. It was originally released in 1993 and the single includes a rare speedier version of LP track \"The Na-Na Song\" (i.e. \"Volvo Cowgirl 99\"). \"What I Can Do for You\" managed only number 97 when first released at the end of 1993, but was re-released after the success of \"All I Wanna Do\" and \"Strong Enough\". Two CD singles were released, with the second one being a limited edition including a", "title": "What I Can Do for You" }, { "docid": "13708718", "text": "30\" with earnings of £45 million. Britain's London Evening Standard named him one of the \"London's most influential people of 2013\" in their \"The Power 1000\". In February 2014, he appeared on the cover of \"World Film Locations: Toronto\", a book about Toronto and the films shot in the city. A play about three mature women obsessed with Pattinson, titled \"Totally Devoted\", debuted at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh on 13 August 2014. In October 2014, Pattinson was 3rd on \"Heat magazine\"'s \"annual rich list of young British stars\" with earnings of $82.89 million. London Evening Standard included him in their list", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "13708687", "text": "have to let go of her beating heart if she's to stay with him forever.\" Will Lawrence of \"Empire Online\" praised the performance of three leads of the film by saying that \"All three corners of the love triangle look sharper than before: the most accomplished actor, Stewart, still lip-biting, Lautner still pec-flexing, and Pattinson not fully shaking that fiery-eyed pout. But all have grown into their roles, cutting loose in a film that (thankfully) sidesteps the melodrama of its prequels.\" Pattinson executively produced and starred in the film \"Remember Me\", which was released on 12 March 2010. Though the", "title": "Robert Pattinson" }, { "docid": "5753826", "text": "album, \"Definitive Collection\", which reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart in 2005. Paper Lace included this song on their 1974 album, \"Paper Lace\". I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "5753825", "text": "I Did What I Did for Maria \"I Did What I Did for Maria\" is a song recorded by English singer Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's \"Las Vegas\" and \"Avenues and Alleyways\". The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife, hence the title. It was a number 2 UK hit in June 1971, and was also a hit in Ireland, where it also reached number 2. The track later appeared on Christie's compilation", "title": "I Did What I Did for Maria" }, { "docid": "12733127", "text": "the original members of the River Board Areas Consultative Committee and a member Central Transport Board for Great Britain, 1948–54. Pattinson also served as the first chairman of the Lincolnshire Archives Committee, as a Justice of the Peace (for Kesteven from 1900 and Lindsey from 1930), and Deputy Lieutenant for Lincolnshire. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1941. In 1898, Pattinson became chairman of the Sleaford Division Liberal Association, serving until 1918. He was first chosen as Liberal candidate for Sleaford division in 1914. At the 1918 general election he unsuccessfully contested the Grantham division for the party.", "title": "Robert Pattinson (politician)" }, { "docid": "13232614", "text": "the name was changed again to \"What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!?\", to avoid infringing upon the Batman IP. A third game, \"No Heroes Allowed!\" was released in late 2010. With the exception of Japan, \"Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This?\" received average reviews. \"\"Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!\" is an extremely quirky, challenging title that has a few frustrating elements that keep it from being a stellar downloadable,\" IGN said about the game. Game Revolution gave the game a C-, stating, \"A weird and unique freak of nature amongst the", "title": "What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord?" }, { "docid": "14319269", "text": "10 on 15 September. The song spent a total of 11 weeks inside the top 75 chart. In Australia, \"What Can You Do For Me\" did not enter the ARIA top 100 singles chart until April 1993, following its re-release after the success of \"Something Good\". A new version of the song remixed by Drumsound & Bassline Smith was released on 26 February 2012. What Can You Do for Me \"What Can You Do For Me\" is the debut single by English electronic group Utah Saints. The song was released on 12 August 1991 and reached a peak position of", "title": "What Can You Do for Me" }, { "docid": "11542051", "text": "but did become domestically available digitally shortly after Khan won multiple Grammys for her 2007 album \"Funk This\". In 2016, Big Break Records re-issued the album as an expanded edition with special liner notes and pictures containing three additional tracks: \"Only Once\", \"Lover's Touch\" and \"I Know You, I Live You (Remix)\". What Cha' Gonna Do for Me What Cha' Gonna Do for Me is the Gold certified third solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1981. Three singles were released from \"What Cha' Gonna Do\": the Beatles cover \"We Can", "title": "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" }, { "docid": "7126099", "text": "McCulloch was proud of the song, it was not popular with the fans, peaking number nine on the UK Singles Chart. It was beaten to the number one position by the unofficial song, \"Three Lions '98\", released by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds. When Echo & the Bunnymen entered the studio to record \"What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?\", bassist Les Pattinson received news that his mother was unwell. That, coupled with Pattinson's perception that McCulloch wanted everything his way, led to Pattinson announcing his retirement from the band. McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant", "title": "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" }, { "docid": "12733123", "text": "the building company Messrs. Pattinson and Son alongside serving as chairman of Ruskington Urban District Council. Robert's brother Samuel (d. 1924) was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Horncastle (1922–24), head of Messrs Pattinson and Co, Ltd, and a prominent member of Kesteven County Council. One of his sisters, Emmeline Taylor (d. 1937), became the first female Kesteven county councillor and alderman, while his other sister's husband Richard Winfrey was also a Liberal MP, for South West Norfolk from 1906–23 and Gainsborough from 1923–24. Their eldest brother, John (d. 1939), was involved in the family business, supervising contracts in Liverpool", "title": "Robert Pattinson (politician)" }, { "docid": "6988628", "text": "as the third single off the album instead, and the track was specially remixed for single release. The 1999 biographical book \"Girl Next Door\" identified this track as Kylie's favourite to perform live. The single artwork was photographed by Robert Erdmann. \"What Do I Have To Do?\" received very positive reviews from many music critics. While reviewing the album \"Rhythm of Love\" (1990), Chris True from Allmusic highlighted the song as an album standout. While reviewing \"Ultimate Kylie\", Mark Edwards from Stylus Magazine gave it a positive remark, saying along with \"Shocked\", \"Give Me Just a Little More Time\"; \"were", "title": "What Do I Have to Do" }, { "docid": "12851558", "text": "around\" and go back to his lover, then hold her, and then tell her how sorry he is for what he did. What I Need to Do \"What I Need To Do\" is a song written by Tom Damphier and Bill Luther, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in January 2000 as the fourth and final single from Chesney's 1999 album \"Everywhere We Go\". The song peaked at number 8 in the United States and number 13 in Canada in 2000. The song describes the narrator thinking about \"what [he] need[s] to do\" as", "title": "What I Need to Do" }, { "docid": "18937073", "text": "quietest albums in Michael Gira’s catalog.\" What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "18937071", "text": "What We Did What We Did is a collaborative studio album by Swans frontman Michael Gira and Windsor for the Derby member Dan Matz. It was released on November 13, 2001 through Gira's Young God Records label. \"What We Did\" has a considerably more pop-oriented and accessible sound, compared to Gira's other solo works. The majority of the lyrics on the album was written by Matz. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the album as \"a finely wrought album of relayed styles and layered textures enfolding one another into a music that could have only been made by these two men,", "title": "What We Did" }, { "docid": "18421717", "text": "Sandé performed \"What I Did for Love\" on \"The X Factor UK\" on 22 November 2014. BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\" also used the song as part of their live episode on 20 February 2015. What I Did for Love (David Guetta song) \"What I Did for Love\" is a song by French music producer David Guetta. It was released as the third single from his sixth studio album, \"Listen\" (2014). It features vocals by Scottish recording artist Emeli Sandé. It was released officially on 20 February 2015 in the United Kingdom. The song was written by Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Breyan", "title": "What I Did for Love (David Guetta song)" }, { "docid": "12930540", "text": "version as the lead single from her third studio album, \"Ladies and Gentlemen\" (1977). The song peaked at number 6 on the Kent Music Report, becoming Hines' third top 10 single in Australia. What I Did for Love (A Chorus Line) \"What I Did for Love\" is a song from the musical \"A Chorus Line\" (music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban). It was quickly recognized for its show-business potential outside Broadway and was picked up by popular singers to include in their performances in their club and television appearances. Both female and male singers have made it an", "title": "What I Did for Love (A Chorus Line)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5713006", "text": "Government of the Philippines The Government of the Philippines () is the national government of the Philippines. It is governed as unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic and a constitutional republic where the President function as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform multi-party system. The government has three interdependent branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The powers of the branches are vested by the Constitution of the Philippines in the following: Legislative power is vested in the two-chamber Congress of the Philippines—the Senate", "title": "Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5713013", "text": "autonomous regions, where the residents of the local government units have to ratify in a plebiscite their inclusion in such a setup. Government of the Philippines The Government of the Philippines () is the national government of the Philippines. It is governed as unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic and a constitutional republic where the President function as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform multi-party system. The government has three interdependent branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The powers of the branches are", "title": "Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "11786589", "text": "power is vested in the President of the Philippines. Andrés Bonifacio was President (titled \"Supremo\") of the Tagalog Republic's revolutionary government from 1896–97. Emilio Aguinaldo was President of the insurgent Philippine Republic revolutionary government from 1899–1902. The Philippine government recognises Emilio Aguinaldo as \"President of the First Republic\". The incumbent President is Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Heads of state and government of the Philippines Listed here are the heads of state and government of the Philippines, from the Spanish occupation up to the current Republic. The Royal Governor-General of the Philippines ruled the Spanish colony that is today the Republic of", "title": "Heads of state and government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "11786588", "text": ") was the official position of the head of the government (whereas the President of the Philippines was the head of state) of the Philippines. The position existed in the country from 1978 to 1986, as well as a limited version of such existed temporarily in 1899. see also: List of Presidents of the Philippines and List of Unofficial Presidents of the Philippines The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. The President of the Philippines in Filipino is referred to as \"Ang Pangulo\" or \"Pangulo\" (\"\"Presidente\",\" informally). The executive", "title": "Heads of state and government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "11786585", "text": "Heads of state and government of the Philippines Listed here are the heads of state and government of the Philippines, from the Spanish occupation up to the current Republic. The Royal Governor-General of the Philippines ruled the Spanish colony that is today the Republic of the Philippines except a two-year British occupation of Manila. This territory was also called the Captaincy-General of the Philippines and thus the governor also held the title of Captain General, a military rank conferred by the Spanish Cortes Generales. The men that held this position governed the Philippines and the rest of the Spanish East", "title": "Heads of state and government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20681214", "text": "Revolutionary Government of the Philippines (1898–1899) The Revolutionary Government of the Philippines (Filipino: \"Pamahalaang Panghimagsikan ng Pilipinas\") was an insurgent government established in the Spanish East Indies on June 23, 1898, during the Spanish–American War, by Emilio Aguinaldo, its initial and only President. The government succeeded a dictatorial government which had been established by Aguinaldo on 18 June, and which was disestablished and replaced by this government upon its establishment. This government endured until January 23, 1899, when the proclamation of the Malolos Constitution established an insurgent Philippine Republic government which replaced it. Four governmental departments were initially created, each", "title": "Revolutionary Government of the Philippines (1898–1899)" }, { "docid": "17689206", "text": "Women and government in the Philippines Women and government in the Philippines describes the trend on how women in the Philippines participate in the politics and governance of the Republic of the Philippines throughout its history. There had been a gradual increase in the number of Filipino women participating in Philippine politics, both at the local and national level. Female involvement in the political environment of the Philippines was highlighted by the election of two women as President of the Philippines, namely Corazon Aquino and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Representation and integration of Filipino women in Philippine politics at the local and", "title": "Women and government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20681219", "text": "been proclaimed on June 12, 1898. Mabini had planned for the Revolutionary Congress to act only as an advisory body to the president and submitted a draft of Constitutional Program of the Philippine Republic ., while Paterno submiited a constitutional draft based on Spanish Constitution of 1869. The Congress, however, began work to draft a constitution. The resulting document, the Malolos Constitution, was promulgated on January 21, 1899. Its proclamation resulted in the creation of the First Philippine Republic, which replaced the Revolutionary Government. Revolutionary Government of the Philippines (1898–1899) The Revolutionary Government of the Philippines (Filipino: \"Pamahalaang Panghimagsikan ng", "title": "Revolutionary Government of the Philippines (1898–1899)" }, { "docid": "17689213", "text": "such as being supporters of their politician husbands, become \"diplomatic entertainers\" for their husband's constituents, being providers of charity work and social welfare functions, their maternal role as caretakers of the next male generation of male politicians, and the access to resources for those who were elected to decision-making positions. Women and government in the Philippines Women and government in the Philippines describes the trend on how women in the Philippines participate in the politics and governance of the Republic of the Philippines throughout its history. There had been a gradual increase in the number of Filipino women participating in", "title": "Women and government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1940805", "text": "Macapagal-Arroyo but none reached the required endorsement of a third of the House of Representatives. The official title of the Philippine head of state and government is \"President of the Philippines.\" The title in Filipino is \"Pangulo\" (cognate of Malay \"penghulu\" \"leader\", \"chieftain\"). The honorific for the President is \"Your Excellency\" or \"His/Her Excellency\", adopted from the title of the Governor-General of the Philippines during Spanish and American occupation. The term \"President of the Republic of the Philippines\" used under Japanese occupation of the Philippines distinguished the government of then-President José P. Laurel from the Commonwealth government-in-exile under President Manuel", "title": "President of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "16583748", "text": "Revenue stamps of the Philippines Governing authorities in the Philippines have issued a variety of stamps for internal revenue taxes and other fiscal taxes since 1856. Prior to 1856, internal revenues were collected via stamped paper. Revenue stamps for the Philippines were issued by the Spanish East Indies government (1856–1898), the revolutionary government of the First Philippine Republic (1898–1901), the Insular Government of the United States (1901–1935), the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–42, 1945–46), the Philippine Executive Commission (1942–44) and the Republic of the Philippines (1946–present). The Spanish government of the Philippines as part of the Spanish", "title": "Revenue stamps of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "16583755", "text": "revenues where reissued with a \"Victory\" overprint. After independence, the Republic of the Philippines began issuing revenue stamps inscribed \"Republic of the Philippines\" and of new designs. Revenue stamps of the Philippines Governing authorities in the Philippines have issued a variety of stamps for internal revenue taxes and other fiscal taxes since 1856. Prior to 1856, internal revenues were collected via stamped paper. Revenue stamps for the Philippines were issued by the Spanish East Indies government (1856–1898), the revolutionary government of the First Philippine Republic (1898–1901), the Insular Government of the United States (1901–1935), the government of the Commonwealth of", "title": "Revenue stamps of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1706175", "text": "Regions of the Philippines In the Philippines, regions (), () are administrative divisions that serve primarily to organize the provinces () of the country for administrative convenience. Currently, the archipelagic republic of the Philippines is divided into 17 regions (16 administrative and one autonomous). Most national government offices provide services through their regional branches instead of having direct provincial offices. These regional offices are usually (but not always) in the city designated as the regional center. The regions themselves do not possess a separate local government, with the exception of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which has an elected", "title": "Regions of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1425199", "text": "order from north to south. The Cordillera Administrative Region, National Capital Region, MIMAROPA Region and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao do not have numerical designations. Each province is a member of the League of Provinces of the Philippines, an organization which aims to address issues affecting provincial and metropolitan government administrations. A provincial government is autonomous of other provinces within the Republic. Each province is governed by two main elected branches of the government: executive and legislative. Judicial affairs are separated from provincial governance and are administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Each province has at least", "title": "Provinces of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13718901", "text": "League of Cities of the Philippines The League of Cities of the Philippines – or more simply the League of Cities or LCP – is a formal organization of all the cities in the Philippines. Presently, 145 cities are part of this organization. Its creation and purpose is mandated by Section 499 of the Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended, which states: There shall be an organization of all cities to be known as the League of Cities for the primary purpose of ventilating, articulating and crystallizing issues affecting city government administration,", "title": "League of Cities of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13703578", "text": "League of Municipalities of the Philippines The League of Municipalities of the Philippines - or more simply the League of Municipalities or LMP - is a formal organization of all the municipalities in the Philippines. Presently, sixty eight municipalities are part of this organization. Its creation and purpose is mandated by Section 496 of the Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended, which states: There shall be an organization of all municipalities to be known as league of municipalities for the primary purpose of ventilating, articulating and crystallizing issues affecting municipal government administration,", "title": "League of Municipalities of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "16808004", "text": "National Archives of the Philippines The National Archives of the Philippines ( and abbreviated NAP) is an agency of the Republic of the Philippines mandated to collect, store, preserve and make available archival records of the Government and other primary sources pertaining to the history and development of the country. It is the primary records management agency, tasked to formulate and implement the records schedule and vital records protection programs for the government. The Archives, as it is organized today, was a result of the passage of Republic Act 9470 in 2007, but its roots can be traced back to", "title": "National Archives of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5606165", "text": "Prime Minister of the Philippines The Prime Minister of the Philippines () was the official designation of the head of the government (whereas the President of the Philippines was the head of state) of the Philippines from 1978 until the People Power Revolution in 1986. A limited version of this office existed temporarily in 1899 during the First Philippine Republic. The created the office of the Council of Government () which was composed of the President of the Council () and seven secretaries. The president of the revolutionary government led by Emilio Aguinaldo, appointed his advisor Apolinario Mabini as the", "title": "Prime Minister of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "11786586", "text": "Indies from 1565 to 1821, on behalf of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The Spanish Monarchy was the head of state of the Philippines at this time, as it was also the monarch of New Spain. During the period when the Philippine Revolution and Spanish–American War were proceeding concurrently, the U.S. established a military government from August 14, 1898, in the parts of the country under control of U.S. forces On June 22, 1899, the Malolos Congress promulgated the Malolos Constitution, which established of the \"República Filipina\" (in Spanish) or the \"Philippine Republic\" (in English). After the Spanish–American War was", "title": "Heads of state and government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "315794", "text": "and later left for the United States, where they set up a government in exile. MacArthur was ordered to Australia, where he started to plan for a return to the Philippines. The Japanese military authorities immediately began organizing a new government structure in the Philippines and established the Philippine Executive Commission. They initially organized a Council of State, through which they directed civil affairs until October 1943, when they declared the Philippines an independent republic. The Japanese-sponsored republic headed by President José P. Laurel proved to be unpopular to the pro-colonial Filipinos, but very popular to the pro-Asiatic independence Filipinos.", "title": "History of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "16808013", "text": "the National Library of the Philippines in its Philippine Insurgency Records collection. UNESCO has suggested for the nomination of important documents from the archives into the Memory of the World Register. National Archives of the Philippines The National Archives of the Philippines ( and abbreviated NAP) is an agency of the Republic of the Philippines mandated to collect, store, preserve and make available archival records of the Government and other primary sources pertaining to the history and development of the country. It is the primary records management agency, tasked to formulate and implement the records schedule and vital records protection", "title": "National Archives of the Philippines" } ]

[ { "docid": "20720834", "text": "war would result in the retention of the Philippines by the United States.\" Dictatorial Government of the Philippines The Dictatorial Government of the Philippines (Filipino: \"Pamahalaang Diktadura ng Pilipinas\") was an insurgent government in the Spanish East Indies inaugurated during the Spanish–American War by Emilio Aguinaldo in a public address on May 24, 1898 on his return to the Philippines from exile in Hong Kong, and formally established on June 18. The government was succeeded by a revolutionary government which was established by Aguinaldo on June 23. In 1896, the Philippine Revolution began. In December 1897, the Spanish government and", "title": "Dictatorial Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5713007", "text": "is the upper chamber and the House of Representatives is the lower chamber. Executive power is exercised by the government under the leadership of the President. Judicial power is vested in the courts with the Supreme Court of the Philippines as the highest judicial body. The legislative power is vested in the Congress of the Philippines which consists of the Senate of the Philippines Senate and House of Representatives. The upper house is located in Pasay City, while the lower house is located in Quezon City. Both are in Metro Manila. The district and sectoral representatives are elected for a", "title": "Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5713010", "text": "as the new Vice President. The appointment must then be validated by a three-fourths vote of the Congress. Executive leadership: National government Local government The judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court of the Philippines and lower courts established by law. The Supreme Court, which has a Chief Justice as its head and 14 Associate Justices, occupies the highest tier of the judiciary. The justices serve until the age of 70. The justices are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council of the Philippines. The sitting Chief Justice is Maria Lourdes Sereno, the", "title": "Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20720828", "text": "Dictatorial Government of the Philippines The Dictatorial Government of the Philippines (Filipino: \"Pamahalaang Diktadura ng Pilipinas\") was an insurgent government in the Spanish East Indies inaugurated during the Spanish–American War by Emilio Aguinaldo in a public address on May 24, 1898 on his return to the Philippines from exile in Hong Kong, and formally established on June 18. The government was succeeded by a revolutionary government which was established by Aguinaldo on June 23. In 1896, the Philippine Revolution began. In December 1897, the Spanish government and the revolutionaries signed a truce, the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, requiring that the Spanish", "title": "Dictatorial Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20471844", "text": "Revolutionary government in the Philippines A revolutionary government or provisional government has been declared a number of times in the Philippines by insurgent groups. A revolutionary government was declared by the Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution or the War for Independence of the Philippines against the Spanish colonial administration over the islands. The Tejeros Convention of 1897 saw the election of officers for a revolutionary government. The independence of the Philippines from Spain was declared by Katipunan leader, Emilio Aguinaldo, who is recognized as the first President of the country, on June 12, 1898. Six days later a revolutionary government", "title": "Revolutionary government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5713012", "text": "Deputy, the Deputy for Luzon, the Deputy for Visayas, the Deputy for Mindanao, the Deputy for the Armed Forces, and the Special Prosecutor. The Philippines has four main classes of elected administrative divisions, often lumped together as local government units (LGUs). They are, from the highest to the lowest division: Beyond these, the national government groups provinces and independent cities into regions, e.g. Metro Manila or Region VI. The President has the prerogative to create, abolish and determine the composition of regions, which is done so most often in consultation with the local government units affected, with the exception of", "title": "Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20720830", "text": "On 12 June 1898, Aguinaldo proclaimed the independence of the Philippines at his house in Cavite El Viejo. Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista wrote the Philippine Declaration of Independence, and read this document in Spanish that day at Aguinaldo's house. On 18 June, Aguinaldo issued a decree formally establishing his dictatorial government. On June 23, Aguinaldo issued another decree, this time replacing the dictatorial government with a revolutionary government (and naming himself as President). Writing retrospectively in 1899, Aguinaldo claimed that an American naval officer had urged him to return to the Philippines to fight the Spanish and said \"The United States", "title": "Dictatorial Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5713011", "text": "24th to serve in that position... Other court types of courts, of varying jurisdiction around the archipelago, are the:<br> Lower Collegiate Courts: Regular Courts: Muslim Courts Article 9 of the Constitution of the Philippines establishes three constitutional commissions: the Civil Service Commission, the Commission on Elections, and the Commission on Audit. The Philippine government or three of its branches are independently monitored by the office of the Ombudsman (Filipino: \"Tanodbayan\"). The Ombudsman is given the mandate to investigate and prosecute any government official allegedly guilty of crimes, especially Graft and Corruption. The Ombudsman is assisted by six deputies: the Overall", "title": "Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "16240048", "text": "Student Government in the Philippines The Student Government Program (SGP) is the Philippines' program for pupil governments in elementary schools student governments in secondary schools of the Department of Education, under the Office of the Undersecretary for Regional Operations. It is the foremost co-curricular student organization authorized to implement pertinent programs, projects, and activities in Philippine schools as mandated by the Department of Education. The Philippines has a complex student union with different names such as \"student government\", the term used in all public secondary schools and some of the universities and/or colleges and \"student council\" for most of the", "title": "Student Government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13177012", "text": "Local government in the Philippines Officially local government in the Philippines, often called local government units or LGUs, are divided into three levels – provinces and independent cities; component cities and municipalities; and barangays. In one area, above provinces and independent cities, is an autonomous region, the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Below barangays in some cities and municipalities are sitios and puroks. All of these, with the exception of sitios and puroks, elect their own executives and legislatures. Sitios and puroks are often led by elected barangay councilors. Provinces and independent cities are organized into national government regions but", "title": "Local government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13177021", "text": "the power to create or modify lower-level LGUs under its jurisdiction, including provinces and cities. However, the Supreme Court's decision on the unconstitutionality of the now-defunct province of Shariff Kabunsuan has effectively confined the regional assembly's powers to creating or modifying only municipalities and barangays. Local government in the Philippines Officially local government in the Philippines, often called local government units or LGUs, are divided into three levels – provinces and independent cities; component cities and municipalities; and barangays. In one area, above provinces and independent cities, is an autonomous region, the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Below barangays in", "title": "Local government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13177017", "text": "barangays, the smallest of the Local Government Units. Barangays can be further divided into sitios and puroks but those divisions do not have leaders elected in formal elections supervised by the national government. A barangay's executive is the Punong Barangay or barangay captain and its legislature is the Sangguniang Barangay, composed of barangay captain, the Barangay Kagawads (barangay councilors) and the SK chairman. The SK chairman also leads a separate assembly for youth, the Sangguniang Kabataan or SK. Local governments have two branches: executive and legislative. All courts in the Philippines are under the Supreme Court of the Philippines and", "title": "Local government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20471845", "text": "over the Philippines was officially declared. Following the fall of the authoritarian administration of President Ferdinand Marcos due to the People Power Revolution of February 1986, Marcos successor, President Corazon Aquino established a revolutionary government with the signing of the \"Freedom Constitution\" by the virtue of Proclamation No. 3, which established human rights as the core of Philippine democracy. In October 13, 2017, Rodrigo Duterte threatened the opposition that he shall declare a de facto authoritarian government through a revolutionary government that will hinder liberalism in the Philippines. He cited the revolutionary government of Corazon Aquino, however, experts disagree with", "title": "Revolutionary government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20471846", "text": "his citing of Aquino's People Power Revolution as the 1986 revolution was initiated by the people of the Philippines, and not by an incumbent president. The opposition criticized Duterte's statements, stating that his revolutionary government will be another martial law age in the Philippines. He has threatened communist rebels of arrest and a full-scale war against the CPP–NPA–NDF once a revolutionary government that would last until the end of his term was declared. Though by November 2017, Duterte has dropped the idea saying that he doesn't need to declare a revolutionary government in order to arrest communist rebels. Revolutionary government", "title": "Revolutionary government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13177013", "text": "those are administrative regions and not separately governed areas with their own elected governments. According to the Constitution of the Philippines, the local governments \"shall enjoy local autonomy\", and in which the Philippine president exercises \"general supervision\". Congress enacted the Local Government Code of the Philippines in 1991 to \"provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization with effective mechanisms of recall, initiative, and referendum, allocate among the different local government units their powers, responsibilities, and resources, and provide for the qualifications, election, appointment and removal, term, salaries, powers and functions and", "title": "Local government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "18220968", "text": "score of 100% rating based on 5 critics. From What Is Before From What Is Before () is a 2014 Filipino drama film directed by Lav Diaz. The film follows a remote town in the Philippines during the 1970s under the Marcos dictatorship. The film had its world premiere in the Philippines on 3 July 2014, and competed at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival where it won the main prize, the Golden Leopard. The film also had its North American premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, under the Wavelengths section. In addition, the film had its Philippine", "title": "From What Is Before" }, { "docid": "18220966", "text": "From What Is Before From What Is Before () is a 2014 Filipino drama film directed by Lav Diaz. The film follows a remote town in the Philippines during the 1970s under the Marcos dictatorship. The film had its world premiere in the Philippines on 3 July 2014, and competed at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival where it won the main prize, the Golden Leopard. The film also had its North American premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, under the Wavelengths section. In addition, the film had its Philippine screening for free at 21 September 2014. The", "title": "From What Is Before" }, { "docid": "1400804", "text": "Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines The Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government (OMACG) was created in 1935 upon the initiative of President Manuel L. Quezon by the Philippine and American governments for the purposes of developing a system of national defense for the Commonwealth of the Philippines by 1946. OMACG's recommendations were adopted by the Philippine National Assembly in Commonwealth Act Number 1, the National Defense Act of 1935. The Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government was U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, who was assisted by Major Dwight Eisenhower and Major", "title": "Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1940774", "text": "President of the Philippines The President of the Philippines (, informally referred to as \"Presidente ng Pilipinas;\" or in ) is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The President leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The President is directly elected by the people, and is one of only two nationally elected executive officials, the other being the Vice President of the Philippines. However, four vice presidents have assumed the presidency without having been elected to the office, by virtue of a president's", "title": "President of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "16957521", "text": "History of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines What originally started as the Manila Business School that opened in 1904, is now the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, the largest university system in the country by enrollment. This institution started as the Manila Business School (MBS, also referred as the Manila School of Commerce), founded on October 19, 1904 as part of the city school system under the superintendence of Gabriel A. O’Reilly. The school was established to meet the growing need for businessmen and women in government service and private employment. It was renamed as Philippine School of Commerce", "title": "History of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13177015", "text": "A Cordillera Autonomous Region has never been formed because no plebiscite has received the required support. An autonomous region is governed by the regional governor and a legislature such as the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly. Outside the lone autonomous region, the provinces are the highest-level local government. The provinces are organized into component cities and municipalities. A province is governed by the governor and a legislature known as the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. Municipal government in the Philippines is divided into three – independent cities, component cities, and municipalities (sometimes referred to as towns). Several cities across the country are \"independent cities\"", "title": "Local government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1844417", "text": "Municipalities of the Philippines A municipality (; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines. A municipality is also usually called town in its archaic term, since municipalities have the functions of a town since its inception. They are distinct from cities, which are a different category of local government unit. Provinces of the Philippines are divided into cities and municipalities, which in turn, are divided into barangays, formerly barrios. , there are 1,489 municipalities across the country.. A municipal district is a now-defunct local government unit; previously certain areas were created", "title": "Municipalities of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1940827", "text": "Among other honors, former Presidents and their immediate families are entitled to three soldiers as security detail. , there are four living former Presidents: President of the Philippines The President of the Philippines (, informally referred to as \"Presidente ng Pilipinas;\" or in ) is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The President leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The President is directly elected by the people, and is one of only two nationally elected executive officials, the other being the Vice", "title": "President of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "15616647", "text": "hand with participating colleges, universities, and other private and public educational institutions in the Philippines, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), national government agencies, and local government units in order to establish and develop animation as a \"lucrative career\" for Filipinos, including those that are adapted as introductory courses for children. Animation Council of the Philippines The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. (ACPI) is a non-profit and non-stock organization in the Philippines that specializes in 2D and 3D animation. As an organization that is recognized and supported by the Government of the Philippines, and as a business", "title": "Animation Council of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "9406939", "text": "What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as \"murahaleen\" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "4523798", "text": "Land Bank of the Philippines Land Bank of the Philippines (Filipino: \"Bangko sa Lupa ng Pilipinas\", Spanish: \"Banco Hipotecario de Filipinas\"), stylized as LANDBANK or also known by its initials, LBP, is a universal bank in the Philippines owned by the Philippine government with a special focus on serving the needs of farmers and fishermen. While it provides the services of a universal bank, it is officially classified as a \"specialized government bank\" with a universal banking license. LANDBANK is the fourth largest bank in the Philippines in terms of assets and is the largest government-owned bank. It is also", "title": "Land Bank of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "18962379", "text": "Censorship in the Philippines Censorship in the Philippines refers to the control of certain information in the Philippines. The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board is responsible for rating television programs, movies and home videos aired in the Philippines. The government agency can classify a movie or television program, a X rating which forbids the material from being shown to the public due to issues such as excessive obscenity. Some freedom of expression groups has disputed the MTRCB regarding it views on what constitutes obscenity and has also accused the agency for giving the X rating to materials for", "title": "Censorship in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "9406947", "text": "That Happens Will Happen Today\". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "20095402", "text": "Filipino refugees remain difficult due to the ongoing conflict in the southern Philippines. The latest peace deal between the Government of the Philippines and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a step towards peace and stability in the southern Philippines. The MILF have been welcoming the return of Filipino refugees from Malaysia as the peace is being gradually restored in their homeland. The International Monitoring Team (IMT) led by Malaysia also monitoring the ceasefire between the Philippine government and MILF since 2010 and put hopes that further new administration of the Philippine government will put an end to the refugee", "title": "Refugees of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "16240050", "text": "in 2009 as per Department Order No. 79, s. 2009. The last set of National Federation officers were elected September 2012 with Raja Barber of Oriental Mindoro as the last National Federation President. In 2014, through Department Order No. 47, s. 2014 the Constitution and By-Laws of Supreme Pupil Governments in elementary schools and Supreme Student Governments in secondary schools around the country were unified. This marks the year where the Supreme Pupil Governments are institutionalized. Currently the program is now under the Office of the Undersecretary for Regional Operations. Student Government in the Philippines The Student Government Program (SGP)", "title": "Student Government in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "315979", "text": "not reflected in the below sectoral discussion of the domestic economy. OFW remittances is also credited for the Philippines' recent economic growth resulting in investment status upgrades from credit ratings agencies such as the Fitch Group and Standard & Poor's. In 1994, more than $2 billion USD worth of remittance from Overseas Filipinos were sent to the Philippines. In 2012, Filipino Americans sent 43% of all remittances sent to the Philippines, totaling to $10.6 billion USD. Agriculture employs 30% of the Filipino workforce as of 2014. Agriculture accounts for 11% of Philippines GDP as of 2014. The type of activity", "title": "Economy of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "9686491", "text": "What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in \"Folktales of Greece\". It is Aarne-Thompson type 875 and has many Greek and Slavic variants, generally revolving about the exchange of clever answers. This type of tale is the commonest European tale dealing with witty exchanges. In ballad form, the clever answers to the riddles, and the winning of a husband by them, are found in Child ballad 1, \"Riddles Wisely Expounded\". A brother argue over how they should split their land, some", "title": "What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?" }, { "docid": "13053291", "text": "Prehistory of the Philippines The prehistory of the Philippines covers the events prior to the written history of what is now the Philippines. The current demarcation between this period and the Early history of the Philippines is 21 April 900, which is the equivalent on the Proleptic Gregorian calendar for the date indicated on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription—the earliest known surviving written record to come from the Philippines. This period saw the immense change that took hold of the archipelago from Stone Age cultures in the fourth century, continuing on with the gradual widening of trade until 900 and the", "title": "Prehistory of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13053336", "text": "old theories are adapted or new ones developed, which has led to numerous and sometimes conflicting theories about the prehistory of the Philippines, leading to a lack of consensus among archaeologists and historians. Prehistory of the Philippines The prehistory of the Philippines covers the events prior to the written history of what is now the Philippines. The current demarcation between this period and the Early history of the Philippines is 21 April 900, which is the equivalent on the Proleptic Gregorian calendar for the date indicated on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription—the earliest known surviving written record to come from the", "title": "Prehistory of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20681216", "text": "the Spanish-American war and about two months after Aguinaldo's proclamation of this revolutionary government, the United States. established a military government in the Philippines, with General Merritt acting as military governor. Aguinaldo appointed his first Cabinet on June 15, consisting of Baldomero Aguinaldo as Secretary of War and Public Works, Leanardo Ibarra as Secretary of the Interior and Mariano Trias as Secretary of Finance; the secrateryship of Foreign Relations, Marine, and Commerce was provisionally left in the charge of the Presidency. On September 23, the cabinet was reorganized to six departments.: On January 2, 1899, when it became certain that", "title": "Revolutionary Government of the Philippines (1898–1899)" }, { "docid": "19654483", "text": "United Architects of the Philippines The United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) or the Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization of Architects (IAPOA), is the professional organization for architects in the Philippines. UAP offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession in the country and improve its public image. Its headquarters is located in Quezon City. The United Architects of the Philippines was formed through the merger of three architectural organization in the Philippines in 1975. These were the League of Philippine Architects (LPA), the Association of Philippine Government Architects (APGA), and the Philippine Institute", "title": "United Architects of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "9203190", "text": "President of the Senate of the Philippines The President of the Senate of the Philippines (), or more popularly known as the Senate President, is the presiding officer and the highest-ranking official of the Senate of the Philippines, and third highest and most powerful official in the Government of the Philippines. He/she is elected by the entire body to be their leader. The Senate President is second in line in succession for the presidency, behind the Vice President of the Philippines and in front of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The current Senate President of", "title": "President of the Senate of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20955717", "text": "embarked on a set of political maneuvers designed to undermine the economic power and political influence of the Philippines’ traditional elite, and replace them with individuals loyal to him. With strategic appointments and the systematic use of what would later be called “behest loans” he elevated the influence of a select group of industrialists and entrepreneurs such as Roberto Benedicto who was put in charge of the then-government-owned Philippine National Bank, and Rodolfo Cuenca, whose Cuenca Construction Company was expanded into what became the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines in 1966. These were the first among the group", "title": "Economic history of the Philippines (1965–86)" }, { "docid": "10979821", "text": "National Museum of the Philippines The National Museum of the Philippines () is an umbrella government organization that oversees a number of national museums in the Philippines including ethnographic, anthropological, archaeological and visual arts collections. Since 1998, the National Museum has been the regulatory and enforcement agency of the Government of the Philippines in the restoring and safeguarding of important cultural properties, sites, and reservations throughout the Philippines. The National Museum operates the National Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, and National Planetarium, all located in the National Museum Complex in Manila. The", "title": "National Museum of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "16389954", "text": "Office of the President of the Philippines The Office of the President (OP) is an administrative, advisory, consultative government agency which aids the President of the Philippines in performing their duty as head of state and chief of the executive branch of government. The office is housed within the Malacañang Palace complex. The Office of the President (OP) was created through Administrative Order No. 322, s. 1997. The order was issued following the submission of position papers by the officials of the Department of History of the University of the Philippines, and the Board of National Historical Institute which conducted", "title": "Office of the President of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "2290234", "text": "Culture of the Philippines The culture of the Philippines is a combination of cultures of the East and West. Filipino identity was created primarily as a result of pre-colonial cultures, colonial influences and Chinese traders intermixing together; gradually evolving into a uniquely Filipino identity. In pre-colonial times, the Philippines was a divided set of nations, islands and tribes being ruled by their own kings, chieftains, lakans, rajahs, datus and sultans. Every nation has its own identity and some are even part of a larger empire outside of what is now the Philippines. Manila, for example, was once part of the", "title": "Culture of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "15625105", "text": "External debt of the Philippines The external debt is the amount of debt a country owes to foreign or international creditors. The debtors can be the government, corporations or citizens of that country. The estimated Philippines foreign debt under the Aquino administration in early 2016 was US$77,319,196,000. The public debt is the total amount of debt a central government or country owes. It is also known as national debt. The debtors can be the government, corporations or citizens of that country. The estimated Philippines public debt under the Aquino administration in 2016 was $ 972,678. Developing countries use external borrowing", "title": "External debt of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "10377737", "text": "establishment of civil government. This led to the erection of government buildings from the city all the way to the municipal level. Designed in the most respectable manner, these government houses resembled Greek or Roman architecture. The revival period, popular at the turn of the century, became the foremost architectural parlance of the era as seen in such buildings particularly in Manila. Education of the masses also became the thrust of the American occupation, as such, public education was established, foremost of which is the University of the Philippines. With American rule firmly established in the Philippines, the military government", "title": "Architecture of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "12338479", "text": "\"Pilipinas\" is used; while some other languages, including Ilocano and Chavacano, use \"Filipinas\". Though the name \"Philippines\" is the official name that is used by the country's government for international and domestic businesses, numerous major languages of the world still use their own translation or transliteration of the name \"Philippines\" to refer to it. Names of the Philippines The name of the Philippines ( ; ) is a truncated form of \"Philippine Islands\", derived from the King Philip II of Spain in the 16th century. During the expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos to the islands, Spanish sailor Bernardo de", "title": "Names of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5093433", "text": "Ombudsman of the Philippines The Ombudsman of the Philippines, also known as Tanodbayan ng Pilipinas (using Filipino loan words), is an ombudsman responsible for investigating and prosecuting Philippine government officials accused of crimes, especially graft and corruption. Under the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the Ombudsman Act of 1989, the Office of the Ombudsman independently monitors all three branches of the government for political corruption. The Ombudsman \"is principally tasked to investigate on its own or upon complaint by any person, in any form or manner, any act or omission of any public officer or employee, including those in government-owned or", "title": "Ombudsman of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "4343797", "text": "Minister. Under her revolutionary powers, President Corazon Aquino abolished the system of government ministries and restored the department system. With the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, this change became permanent. Cabinet of the Philippines The Cabinet of the Philippines (Filipino: \"Gabinete ng Pilipinas\", usually referred to as the Cabinet or Filipino: \"Gabinete\") consists of the heads of the largest part of the executive branch of the national government of the Philippines. Currently, it includes the secretaries of 20 executive departments and the heads of other several other minor agencies and offices that are subordinate to the President of the Philippines.", "title": "Cabinet of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "14907939", "text": "Malay Democrats of the Philippines Malay Democrats of the Philippines is a political party of the Philippines. It was first registered as Lakas ng Pilipino party on March 23, 1987 with registration number SPC 86-027. In an order dated February 9, 2001, the Commission on Election acting on a petition filed by former Department of Budget and Management Secretary Salvador Enriquez, renamed the party as Malay Democrats of the Philippines with registration number SPP 01–006. Malay Democrats of the Philippines is considered an offshoot of National Economic Protectionism Association (NEPA), a local non-government organization in the Philippines. MDP is the", "title": "Malay Democrats of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "15616643", "text": "Animation Council of the Philippines The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. (ACPI) is a non-profit and non-stock organization in the Philippines that specializes in 2D and 3D animation. As an organization that is recognized and supported by the Government of the Philippines, and as a business engaged in information and communications technology, the goal of the ACPI is to promote the animation industry locally and globally. It aims to create an identity for the Philippines within the animation industry. It has the intention of making the Philippines as one of the preferred countries that provides animation services. It expresses", "title": "Animation Council of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "2290236", "text": "was during Spanish colonization that Chinese influence truly left their mark on what is now the Philippines. The blending of indigenous, colonial and external influence is very evident in the historic arts and traditions of the Philippines. The Philippines was first settled by Negritos; today, although few in numbers, they preserve a very traditional way of life and culture. After them, the Austronesians arrived on the archipelago. Today, the Austronesian culture is strongly evident in the ethnicities, languages, cuisine, music, dance and almost every aspect of the culture. These Austronesians engaged in trading with other Austronesians, particularly in the neighbouring", "title": "Culture of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "18134247", "text": "Space program of the Philippines The space program of the Philippines is decentralized and is maintained by various agencies of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). There is no dedicated space agency to oversee the country's space program and is funded through the National SPACE Development Program by the DOST. Early Philippine initiatives in space technology has been led by private firms although in the recent years the government has played a more active role. The Philippines has been involved in space technology since the 1960s, when the government built an Earth satellite receiving station by the administration of", "title": "Space program of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "7077139", "text": "Cultural Center of the Philippines The Cultural Center of the Philippines (, or CCP) is a government owned and controlled corporation established to preserve, develop and promote arts and culture in the Philippines. The CCP was established through Executive Order No. 30 s. 1966 by President Ferdinand Marcos. Although an independent corporation of the Philippine government, it receives an annual subsidy and is placed under the National Commission for Culture and the Arts for purposes of policy coordination. The CCP is headed by an 11-member Board of Trustees, currently headed by Chairperson Margarita Moran-Floirendo. Its current president is Arsenio Lizaso.", "title": "Cultural Center of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "20982966", "text": "administration's efforts in the \"Philippines v. China\" case expressed disbelief regarding the banners. Florin Hilbay, former Solicitor General who played a key role in the \"Philippines v. China\" arbitration case called the banners a creative form of protest and says that these were reflective on how the Philippine government's policy towards China drastically changed in just two years while urging the government to assert the country's sovereignty against what he calls China's militarization of the South China Sea. Philippines, Province of China banners Tarpaulin banners were installed in various parts of Metro Manila which was discovered by government authorities on", "title": "Philippines, Province of China banners" }, { "docid": "17237651", "text": "sugar at an average price of 23.5 cents (US currency) per pound although the prevailing world prices were then above 30 cents per pound. What happened next was government monopolization of the sugar industry. Government substitution on the role of the market apparently did not work out favorably to the industry but rather worsened the declination of the industry. PHILSUCOM and its trading subsidiary, the National Sugar Trading Corporation (NASUTRA), were tainted with controversies. According to the findings of a study conducted by a group of economists in the University of the Philippines (U.P.), during the periods between 1974 and", "title": "Sugar industry of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "9097548", "text": "Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines () is the presiding officer and the highest-ranking official of the lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives, as well as the fourth highest and most powerful official of the Government of the Philippines. The Speaker is elected by a majority of all of the Representatives from among themselves. The Speaker is the third and last in line in succession for the presidency, after the President of the Senate of the Philippines, and Vice President of the Philippines. A Speaker", "title": "Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "16583752", "text": "the Philippines was known as the Commonwealth of the Philippines and most internal matters were handled by a semi-autonomous Commonwealth government. Revenue stamps used during the territorial period remained in use until the Japanese occupied the islands in 1942. Cattle registration revenue stamped documents which had been in use since 1906 and inscribed \"Government of the Philippine Islands\" were eventually reprinted in 1936 with the inscription: \"Commonwealth of the Philippines\". In January 1942, shortly after the occupation of Manila, Japanese authorities established the Philippine Executive Commission as the provisional government of the Philippines under Japanese Occupation. The commission used existing", "title": "Revenue stamps of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1844423", "text": "a bill must be passed in Congress, then signed into law by the President and then the residents would vote in the succeeding plebiscite to accept or reject cityhood. One benefit in being a city is that the city government gets more budget, but taxes are much higher than in municipalities. Municipalities are divided into income classes according to their average annual income during the previous four calendar years: Municipalities of the Philippines A municipality (; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines. A municipality is also usually called town in", "title": "Municipalities of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "18619769", "text": "16 cities and solitary municipality with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority serving as an advisory body to the local government units of the metropolis. Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has advocated for a Metro Manila autonomous region as an alternative to President Rodrigo's campaign to shift the system of national government to federalism which would render Metro Manila as an independent federal state within the Philippines. Autonomous regions of the Philippines An autonomous region of the Philippines () is a first-level administrative division and it has the authority to control the region's culture and economy. It is a minority entity", "title": "Autonomous regions of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "315994", "text": "from the BPO sector has increased to over $13.1 Billion in 2013. The IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) also projects that the sector will have an expected total revenue of $25 Billion in 2016. This growth in the industry is further promoted by the Philippine government. The industry is highlighted by the Philippines Development Plan as among the 10 high potential and priority development areas. To further entice investors, government programs include different incentives such as tax holidays, tax exemptions, and simplified export and import procedures. Additionally, training is also available for BPO applicants. Tourism is", "title": "Economy of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "4520696", "text": "Development Bank of the Philippines The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is a state-owned development bank headquartered in Makati City, the Philippines. It is the seventh-largest bank in the Philippines in terms of assets with assets of more than P483 billion as of 2016. It is the second-largest state-owned bank, next only to Landbank. It is also one of the largest government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) in the Philippines. It has 114 branches and 15 regional marketing centers across the country. Under its charter, DBP is classified as a development bank. It is primarily tasked to provide banking services", "title": "Development Bank of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "9599069", "text": "Civil Code of the Philippines The Civil Code of the Philippines is the product of the codification of private law in the Philippines. It is the general law that governs family and property relations in the Philippines. It was enacted in 1950, and remains in force to date with some significant amendments. The Philippine Civil Code is strongly influenced by the Spanish \"Código Civil\", which was first enforced in 1889 within the Philippines when it was still a colony of the Spanish Empire. The \"Código Civil\" remained in effect even throughout the American Occupation; by 1940, the Commonwealth Government of", "title": "Civil Code of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5588588", "text": "City. The Vice President of the Philippines generally rides in a Mercedes Benz W140 S-Class, backed up by personnel from the Presidential Security Group. Vice President of the Philippines The Vice President of the Philippines (, informally referred to as \"Bise Presidente ng Pilipinas\") or in () is the second-highest executive official of the government of the Philippines, after the President. The Vice President currently holds office at the Quezon City Reception House in Quezon City. Previously, the Vice President of the Philippines held office at the Coconut Palace (located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex), the Philippine", "title": "Vice President of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1835823", "text": "Cities of the Philippines A city is one of the units of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities (), whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific municipal charters in addition to the \"Local Government Code of 1991\", which specifies their administrative structure and powers. As of December 12, 2015, there are 145 cities. Cities are entitled to at least one representative in the Philippine House of Representatives if its population reaches 250,000. They are allowed to use a common seal. As corporate entities, cities have the power to take,", "title": "Cities of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "9406942", "text": "writes: \"Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art.\" The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "315996", "text": "Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) is GDP measured at regional levels. Figures below are for the year 2016: Most of the following statistics are sourced from the International Monetary Fund – Philippines (as of 2012; figures are in US dollars unless otherwise indicated). The national government budget for 2016 has set the following budget allocations: Economy of the Philippines The economy of the Philippines is the world's 34th largest economy by nominal GDP according to the 2017 estimate of the International Monetary Fund's statistics, it is the 13th largest economy in Asia, and the 3rd largest economy in the ASEAN after", "title": "Economy of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "15625514", "text": "Monetary policy of the Philippines Monetary policy is the monitoring and control of money supply by a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve Board in the United States of America, and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in the Philippines. This is used by the government to be able to control inflation, and stabilize currency. Monetary Policy is considered to be one of the two ways that the government can influence the economy – the other one being Fiscal Policy (which makes use of government spending, and taxes). Monetary Policy is generally the process by which the central bank, or", "title": "Monetary policy of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "10084748", "text": "students in order to better prepare them for access to tertiary education in the University of the Philippines. Some units have remained on the Iloilo City Campus: Part of the Miagao Campus has been reserved to accommodate government regional offices and the Miagao town government offices and centers with which UPV interfaces. At present, a Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) Branch is accommodated in the UPV Miagao Campus Library-Museum Building. The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) of the University of the Philippines Visayas gives fisheries education. The college has instituted degree programs that address the need for", "title": "University of the Philippines Visayas" }, { "docid": "16389957", "text": "on said executive powers of the President, the OP proper would perform the following core functions: Office of the President of the Philippines The Office of the President (OP) is an administrative, advisory, consultative government agency which aids the President of the Philippines in performing their duty as head of state and chief of the executive branch of government. The office is housed within the Malacañang Palace complex. The Office of the President (OP) was created through Administrative Order No. 322, s. 1997. The order was issued following the submission of position papers by the officials of the Department of", "title": "Office of the President of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1399096", "text": "Commonwealth of the Philippines The Commonwealth of the Philippines (; ) was the administrative body that governed the Philippines from 1935 to 1946, aside from a period of exile in the Second World War from 1942 to 1945 when Japan occupied the country. It replaced the Insular Government, a United States territorial government, and was established by the Tydings–McDuffie Act. The Commonwealth was designed as a transitional administration in preparation for the country's full achievement of independence. During its more than a decade of existence, the Commonwealth had a strong executive and a Supreme Court. Its legislature, dominated by the", "title": "Commonwealth of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1399121", "text": "important laws passed by the U.S. Congress on April 30, 1946 regarding the Philippine lands. They are the Philippine Rehabilitation Act and the Philippine Trade Act. Both recommendations were accepted by the Congress. Commonwealth of the Philippines The Commonwealth of the Philippines (; ) was the administrative body that governed the Philippines from 1935 to 1946, aside from a period of exile in the Second World War from 1942 to 1945 when Japan occupied the country. It replaced the Insular Government, a United States territorial government, and was established by the Tydings–McDuffie Act. The Commonwealth was designed as a transitional", "title": "Commonwealth of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "3055356", "text": "Languages of the Philippines There are some 120 to 187 languages and dialects in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages. A number of Spanish-influenced creole varieties generally called Chavacano are also spoken in certain communities. The 1987 constitution designates Filipino as the national language and an official language along with English. While Filipino is used for communication across the country's diverse linguistic groups and is used in popular culture, the government operates mostly using English. Including second-language speakers, there are more speakers of Filipino than English in the Philippines. The other regional languages", "title": "Languages of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1576728", "text": "University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines System (UP; Filipino: \"Unibersidad ng Pilipinas\" or \"Pamantasan ng Pilipinas\") is a state university system in the Philippines, and is the country's national university. Founded by the American colonial government on June 18, 1908, it was originally a university conceived for the Filipinos. Act 1870 of the 1st Philippine Legislature was signed to establish UP to provide \"advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training\" to eligible students regardless of \"age, sex, nationality, religious belief and political affiliation\". UP has institutional autonomy as", "title": "University of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "1576778", "text": "finals drought. Despite falling short of taking the championship from the defending champs, the Ateneo Blue Eagles, the Fighting Maroons found a new sports hero in Paul Desiderio. The UP MBT will be vying for the championship in Season 82 with Ricci Rivero and Kobe Paras donning their new jerseys. University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines System (UP; Filipino: \"Unibersidad ng Pilipinas\" or \"Pamantasan ng Pilipinas\") is a state university system in the Philippines, and is the country's national university. Founded by the American colonial government on June 18, 1908, it was originally a university conceived for", "title": "University of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "3055396", "text": "languages in the Philippines, collectively called Chavacano. These may be split into two major geographical groups: Languages of the Philippines There are some 120 to 187 languages and dialects in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages. A number of Spanish-influenced creole varieties generally called Chavacano are also spoken in certain communities. The 1987 constitution designates Filipino as the national language and an official language along with English. While Filipino is used for communication across the country's diverse linguistic groups and is used in popular culture, the government operates mostly using English. Including second-language", "title": "Languages of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "17700474", "text": "used as wrappers of cigarette boxes, strips of banana frond, or wrappings of medicinal leaves. The type of \"pull\" felt during the massage therapy becomes the basis of what causes the ailment (i.e. the \"smoothness\" of the pull of the material used or the lingering or hovering or the strength of resistance of the applied material on a specific spot of the patient's body). The mangtatawas (literally \"user of \"tawas\"\") determines the cause and nature of illnesses through the use of potassium alum, locally known in the Philippines as \"tawas\" as one of the primary ingredients. The other materials used", "title": "History of medicine in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5588576", "text": "Vice President of the Philippines The Vice President of the Philippines (, informally referred to as \"Bise Presidente ng Pilipinas\") or in () is the second-highest executive official of the government of the Philippines, after the President. The Vice President currently holds office at the Quezon City Reception House in Quezon City. Previously, the Vice President of the Philippines held office at the Coconut Palace (located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex), the Philippine National Bank Financial Center, and the Philippine International Convention Center (also located in the CCP Complex), all in Pasay, Metro Manila. Bearing similarities with", "title": "Vice President of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "4579746", "text": "government documents and property has since been redesigned to conform with the Executive Order. Seal of the President of the Philippines The Seal of the President of the Philippines () is a symbol used to represent the history and dignity of the President of the Philippines. Its original form was designed by Captain Galo B. Ocampo, Secretary of the Philippine Heraldry Committee, and patterned after the Seal of the President of the United States. It was first used by President Manuel Roxas in 1947. The seal is composed of the coat of arms of the president, which, according to consists", "title": "Seal of the President of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "8940071", "text": "Office of the Executive Secretary of the Philippines The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Philippines (formerly the Executive Office) is the head and highest-ranking official of the Office of the President of the Philippines and a member of the Cabinet of the Philippines. The office-holder has been nicknamed as the \"Little President\" due to the nature of the position. It was given the mandate \"to directly assist the President in the management of affairs of the government as well as to direct the operations of the Executive Office.\" It is headed by the Executive Secretary. The office was", "title": "Office of the Executive Secretary of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "13974714", "text": "Sovereignty of the Philippines The Sovereignty of the Philippines refers to the status of the Philippines as an independent nation. This article covers sovereignty transitions relating to the Philippines, with particular emphasis on the passing of sovereignty from Spain to the United States in the Treaty of Paris (1898), signed on December 10, 1898 to end the Spanish–American War. President of the United States William McKinley asserted U.S. sovereignty over the Philippines on December 21, 1898 in his \"Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation\". In March 1897 Emilio Aguinaldo, a leader of the Katipunan, had been elected President of a revolutionary government at", "title": "Sovereignty of the Philippines" }, { "docid": "5606180", "text": "the National Assembly provides those. This includes the power of the Prime Minister to sign and create treaties and foreign agreements as well as appointment of ambassadors and consuls with the permission of the Commission on Appointments. Government documents Published works Prime Minister of the Philippines The Prime Minister of the Philippines () was the official designation of the head of the government (whereas the President of the Philippines was the head of state) of the Philippines from 1978 until the People Power Revolution in 1986. A limited version of this office existed temporarily in 1899 during the First Philippine", "title": "Prime Minister of the Philippines" } ]

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[ { "docid": "9403367", "text": "Adelaide Park Lands, over the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line and crosses South Road and Marion Road before passing the Airport and reaching Tapleys Hill Road. Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Adelaide Sir Donald Bradman Drive is a major arterial road that travels east–west through the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the main route from the Adelaide city centre to the Adelaide Airport. Formerly known as Burbridge Road, the section between the city centre and Tapleys Hill Road was renamed as Sir Donald Bradman Drive on 1 January 2001 in honour of Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman. The remaining section", "title": "Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Adelaide" }, { "docid": "9403366", "text": "Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Adelaide Sir Donald Bradman Drive is a major arterial road that travels east–west through the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the main route from the Adelaide city centre to the Adelaide Airport. Formerly known as Burbridge Road, the section between the city centre and Tapleys Hill Road was renamed as Sir Donald Bradman Drive on 1 January 2001 in honour of Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman. The remaining section of Burbridge Road, west of Tapleys Hill Road to the coast, retains its original name, The road starts at West Terrace, goes through the", "title": "Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Adelaide" }, { "docid": "20894699", "text": "Sir Don Sir Don is a song written and recorded by Australian country singer John Williamson. The song is a tribute to Australian cricketer, Donald Bradman and $1 from each sale went towards the Bradman Museum. The song was released in June 1996 as the lead single from Williamson's thirteenth studio album \"Pipe Dream\" and peaked at number 72 on the ARIA Charts. Following Bradman's death in February 2001, Williamson performed the track at Bradman's Memorial Service at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide. The original scraps of paper this song was written on have been framed and hang in the Bradman", "title": "Sir Don" }, { "docid": "20894700", "text": "Museum at Bowral. Sir Don Sir Don is a song written and recorded by Australian country singer John Williamson. The song is a tribute to Australian cricketer, Donald Bradman and $1 from each sale went towards the Bradman Museum. The song was released in June 1996 as the lead single from Williamson's thirteenth studio album \"Pipe Dream\" and peaked at number 72 on the ARIA Charts. Following Bradman's death in February 2001, Williamson performed the track at Bradman's Memorial Service at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide. The original scraps of paper this song was written on have been framed and hang", "title": "Sir Don" }, { "docid": "18991294", "text": "saw Bradman's debut in a fully staged opera as Mimì in Gale Edwards' production of \"La bohème\" for Opera Australia in the Sydney Opera House. Bradman – with vocalist Luke Harrison, guitarist Karin Schaupp and the Queensland Ballet – performed \"Eliza's Aria\" from Elena Kats-Chernin's \"Wild Swans\" in the 2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. Bradman was born in Adelaide as Greta Bradsen. She is a granddaughter of cricketer Sir Don Bradman. Her father John had changed his name from Bradman to Bradsen in order to escape the inevitable connection with his father's celebrity, but the family changed back to Bradman", "title": "Greta Bradman" }, { "docid": "8785612", "text": "Australian\" are also available. The West Torrens Civic Centre (council offices) are on the corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive and Brooker Terrace. The Hamra Centre Library is located next door. Hilton Plaza shopping centre is located on the corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive and Bagot Avenue. Hilton is serviced by Sir Donald Bradman Drive, connecting the suburb to Adelaide City Centre. Hilton is serviced by public transport run by the Adelaide Metro. The bus routes that serve Hilton are 163, J1 and J1X express bus to the city. Hilton, South Australia Hilton is an inner western suburb of", "title": "Hilton, South Australia" }, { "docid": "882661", "text": "on their employee's newly won fame. They asked Bradman to leave his teammates and attend official receptions they organised in Adelaide, Melbourne, Goulburn, his hometown Bowral and Sydney, where he received a brand new custom-built Chevrolet. At each stop, Bradman received a level of adulation that \"embarrassed\" him. This focus on individual accomplishment, in a team game, \"... permanently damaged relationships with his contemporaries\". Commenting on Australia's victory, the team's vice-captain Vic Richardson said, \"... we could have played any team without Bradman, but we could not have played the blind school without Clarrie Grimmett\". A modest Bradman can be", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "13983644", "text": "Grote Street, Adelaide Grote Street is a major street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs in an east-west direction, as a continuation of Wakefield Street where it crosses Victoria Square. It concludes at West Terrace; the road which continues is Sir Donald Bradman Drive. The Grote Street–Sir Donald Bradman Drive route is the most direct method of travelling from the CBD to the Adelaide Airport. It was named after George Grote, an English classical historian and supporter of Robert Gouger. Grote Street is largely occupied by retail outlets, as well as St Patrick's Church", "title": "Grote Street, Adelaide" }, { "docid": "882719", "text": "that, \"[b]usiness was excluded on medical grounds, [so] the only sensible alternative was a career in the administration of the game which he loved and to which he had given most of his active life\". Bradman was honoured at a number of cricket grounds, notably when his portrait was hung in the Long Room at Lord's; until Shane Warne's portrait was added in 2005, Bradman was one of just three Australians to be honoured in this way. Bradman inaugurated a \"Bradman Stand\" at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 1974; the Adelaide Oval also opened a Bradman Stand in 1990,", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "18991293", "text": "Greta Bradman Greta Bradman is an Australian operatic soprano. Richard Bonynge selected Bradman to sing the title role in a performance of Handel's \"Rodelinda\" in 2014. Bradman was the subject of two episodes of the ABC TV program \"Australian Story\" in 2015. Later that year, she joined David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, and Lisa McCune for a concert tour of the five Australian mainland state capitals. Bradman's name was added as a critics' choice to the Walk of Fame at the Adelaide Festival Centre. After guest presenting in 2016, in 2017 Bradman joined ABC Classic FM as a presenter. 2017", "title": "Greta Bradman" }, { "docid": "882701", "text": "Ern Saunders, Bradman permanently lost the feeling in the thumb and index finger of his (dominant) right hand. In June 1945, Bradman faced a financial crisis when the firm of Harry Hodgetts collapsed due to fraud and embezzlement. Bradman moved quickly to set up his own business, utilising Hodgetts' client list and his old office in Grenfell Street, Adelaide. The fallout led to a prison term for Hodgetts, and left a stigma attached to Bradman's name in the city's business community for many years. However, the SA Cricket Association had no hesitation in appointing Bradman as their delegate to the", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "18550411", "text": "Pathway. Ultimately, there is intended to be a loop around Adelaide Airport. The costs for the bike path was $900,000 with the eventual extension being worth up to $1.5 million. Anna Meares Bike Path The Anna Meares Bike Path is a bike path in Adelaide, Australia, adjacent to Sir Donald Bradman Drive near Adelaide Airport. It was named after the Australian track cyclist Anna Meares when it was opened by herself on 28 November 2012. The western end of the bike path is the intersection of Sir Donald Bradman Drive and Tapleys Hill Road opposite the Reece Jennings Bikeway. It", "title": "Anna Meares Bike Path" }, { "docid": "18550410", "text": "Anna Meares Bike Path The Anna Meares Bike Path is a bike path in Adelaide, Australia, adjacent to Sir Donald Bradman Drive near Adelaide Airport. It was named after the Australian track cyclist Anna Meares when it was opened by herself on 28 November 2012. The western end of the bike path is the intersection of Sir Donald Bradman Drive and Tapleys Hill Road opposite the Reece Jennings Bikeway. It extends east to Frank Collopy Court, and is intended to eventually extend east and south around the airport precinct to Watson Avenue in Netley to connect with the Captain McKenna", "title": "Anna Meares Bike Path" }, { "docid": "882707", "text": "His last double century (201) came at Adelaide, and he scored a century in each innings of the Melbourne Test. On the eve of the Fifth Test, he announced that the match would be his last in Australia, although he would tour England as a farewell. Australia had assembled one of the great teams of cricket history. Bradman made it known that he wanted to go through the tour unbeaten, a feat never before accomplished. English spectators were drawn to the matches knowing that it would be their last opportunity to see Bradman in action. RC Robertson-Glasgow observed of Bradman", "title": "Don Bradman" } ]

[ { "docid": "17013434", "text": "Sir Donald Bradman Oration Sir Donald Bradman Oration is an Australian Cricket calendar event which honours the career, contribution and memory of one of the greatest-ever cricketers, Sir Don Bradman. The function provides a platform for a prominent national or international figure to reflect on Sir Donald's career, and on cricket's place in their own lives and the life of the nation. The Honourable John Howard delivered the inaugural oration in August 2000 in his capacity as Australia's prime minister. The 11th Bradman Oration was delivered by former England captain Mike Brearley. Although his playing career ended more than half", "title": "Sir Donald Bradman Oration" }, { "docid": "17013436", "text": "field over a period of more than seven decades. It also provides the keynote speaker with the chance to honour and celebrate his place in Australian history more generally. Sir Donald Bradman Oration Sir Donald Bradman Oration is an Australian Cricket calendar event which honours the career, contribution and memory of one of the greatest-ever cricketers, Sir Don Bradman. The function provides a platform for a prominent national or international figure to reflect on Sir Donald's career, and on cricket's place in their own lives and the life of the nation. The Honourable John Howard delivered the inaugural oration in", "title": "Sir Donald Bradman Oration" }, { "docid": "17013435", "text": "a century ago, Sir Donald Bradman remains Australian cricket's most rewarded and influential figure. His contribution as a player, a leader, and an administrator transcended cultures and generational divides, and extended right across the international cricket community. The Sir Donald Bradman Oration was established by Cricket Australia in 2000 as a means of marking that contribution, and recognising the role that cricket has played in shaping Australian culture and the Australian way of life. The Oration permits a significant national or sporting identity the opportunity to recognise Sir Donald's unique and profound impact upon the sport on and off the", "title": "Sir Donald Bradman Oration" }, { "docid": "14310432", "text": "the International Cricket Hall of Fame. Bradman Oval is historically significant at a State level through its association with Sir Donald Bradman's cricketing activities, an association which has been reinforced by the recent construction of the Bradman Museum and the name change to Bradman Oval to commemorate national cricketing history. Bradman Oval provides a tangible link to Sir Donald Bradman's formative years. As the former Glebe Park, the Bradman Oval represents the country town parks of the turn of the century which were characterised by a simple planting layout of trees and a few shrubs and reflects a phase in", "title": "Bradman Oval" }, { "docid": "882736", "text": "early 1930s, including \"Every Day Is A Rainbow Day For Me\", with Jack Lumsdaine. In 2000, the Australian Government made it illegal for the names of corporations to suggest a link to \"Sir Donald Bradman\", if such a link does not in fact exist. Other entities with similar protection are the Australian and foreign governments, Saint Mary MacKillop, the Royal Family and the Returned and Services League of Australia. Don Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as \"The Don\", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "14310430", "text": "competition, Bradman scored 1,318 runs, an average of 94.14 runs. He also took 51 wickets, averaging 7.8 and held 26 catches. Another memorable game on this ground was in 1925 when Bradman scored 234 against the Wingello team that included Bill O'Reilly. In 1947 the \"A Glebe\" wicket was formally named the Bradman Oval. Later, improvements were made to the oval through the efforts of Bowral Municipal Council, and Gordon Whatman of Bowral personally maintained the wicket area. In 1976 the reopening of a rehabilitated Bradman Oval was performed by Sir Donald Bradman himself in the company of O'Reilly. Bradman", "title": "Bradman Oval" }, { "docid": "882637", "text": "Don Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as \"The Don\", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport. The story that the young Bradman practised alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball is part of Australian folklore. Bradman's meteoric rise from bush cricket to the Australian Test team took just over two years. Before his 22nd birthday, he had set many", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "10686512", "text": "illegal for the names of corporations to suggest a link to \"Sir Donald Bradman\", if such a link does not in fact exist. Other entities with similar protection are the Australian and foreign governments, the Royal Family, and ex-service men's organisations. \"Don Bradman Cricket 14\", a video game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows was released in 2014. Don Bradman in popular culture The appearances of former Australian cricketer Don Bradman in popular culture are many and varied. As a player, he first came to prominence during the 1928/29 season. His record-breaking performances on the 1930 tour", "title": "Don Bradman in popular culture" }, { "docid": "10686509", "text": "is a list of books that encompasses biographies, pictorial essays, artworks and anthologies that have been written about Bradman and his cricketing career: In 1987, the Bradman museum opened at the Bradman Oval in Bowral. The Sir Donald Bradman Rose, a hybrid tea rose bred by Meilland International, was released in June 2002. \"The Don\" award is made annually and was first awarded in 1998 to, \"honour a current Australian athlete who, by their achievements and example over the last 12 months, are considered to have had the capacity to most inspire the nation.\" Award-winners do not receive immediate induction", "title": "Don Bradman in popular culture" }, { "docid": "20584040", "text": "Our Don Bradman \"Our Don Bradman\" is a 1930 song by Jack O'Hagan about the legendary Australian cricketer Donald Bradman. It was written just before the 1930 Ashes Test Series between England and Australia, which was held in England that year. The song celebrates Donald Bradman as someone who \"has won Australia's very highest praise\". It lists his achievements and talents, and declares him the person whom \"all Australia raves about\", more than \"Amy Johnson or little Mickey Mouse\". The song also mentions other contemporary Australian cricketers, namely Bill Woodfull, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford, Alan Kippax \"and the rest\", but", "title": "Our Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882735", "text": "Bradman himself wrote four books: \"Don Bradman's Book–The Story of My Cricketing Life with Hints on Batting, Bowling and Fielding\" (1930), \"My Cricketing Life\" (1938), \"Farewell to Cricket\" (1950) and \"The Art of Cricket\" (1958). The story of the Bodyline series was retold in a 1984 television mini-series, with Gary Sweet portraying Bradman. Bradman is immortalised in three popular songs from different eras, \"Our Don Bradman\" (1930s, by Jack O'Hagan), \"Bradman\" (1980s, by Paul Kelly), and \"Sir Don\", (a tribute by John Williamson performed at Bradman's memorial service). Bradman recorded several songs accompanying himself and others on piano in the", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "11658430", "text": "2 million copies worldwide. Bradman and his family live in Beckenham, Kent. The \"Dilly the Dinosaur\" series was llustrated by Susan Hellard. The \"Daisy Tales\" series was illustrated by Priscilla Lamont. \"The Bluebeards\" series was illustrated by Rowan Barnes Murphy. Tony Bradman Tony Bradman (born 22 January 1954) is an English writer of children's books and short speculative fiction best known for the \"Dilly the Dinosaur\" book series. He is the author of more than 50 books for young people published by multiple houses including Alfred A. Knopf, Methuen Publishing, Puffin Books, and HarperCollins. Bradman was born in Balham, London.", "title": "Tony Bradman" }, { "docid": "882700", "text": "test revealed that Bradman had poor eyesight. Invalided out of service in June 1941, Bradman spent months recuperating, unable even to shave himself or comb his hair due to the extent of the muscular pain he suffered. He resumed stockbroking during 1942. In his biography of Bradman, Charles Williams expounded the theory that the physical problems were psychosomatic, induced by stress and possibly depression; Bradman read the book's manuscript and did not disagree. Had any cricket been played at this time, he would not have been available. Although he found some relief in 1945 when referred to the Melbourne masseur", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "12847380", "text": "Mount Sir Donald Mount Sir Donald is a peak in the Rogers Pass area of British Columbia, Canada. Its good rock quality and classic Matterhorn shape make it popular for alpine rock climbers, and the Northwest Arete route is included in the popular book \"Fifty Classic Climbs of North America\". It was originally named Syndicate Peak in honor of the group who arranged the finances for the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but was later renamed after Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, head of the syndicate. The first ascent was made in 1890 by Emil Huber", "title": "Mount Sir Donald" }, { "docid": "11903014", "text": "Where Did Your Heart Go? \"Where Did Your Heart Go?\" is a song written by American musicians David Was and Don Was. The song was first recorded and released by the writers' disco-dance-rock band Was (Not Was) as a single in the UK as a double A-side with \"Wheel Me Out\" in September 1981. The single did not chart. It was featured as the second track on the band's début album \"Was (Not Was)\" in August 1981. French editions of the single included the track \"It's an Attack!\" as the B-side. A live recording of \"Where Did Your Heart Go?\"", "title": "Where Did Your Heart Go?" }, { "docid": "16784193", "text": "Sam Bradman Sam Bradman (born May 26, 1990) is a professional lacrosse player on Team STX of the LXM Pro Tour. Hailing from Canton, NY, Bradman was a four-year standout at Salisbury University in Maryland, where he stockpiled honors, including National Division III Player of the Year in 2012, en route to becoming one of the most successful college lacrosse players in history. Bradman recently signed an endorsement deal with leading lacrosse manufacturer STX, upon the completion of his senior season, and now tours the country in a promotional capacity for the company between LXM events. Bradman's career has been", "title": "Sam Bradman" }, { "docid": "16784189", "text": "Sam Bradman Sam Bradman (born May 26, 1990) is a professional lacrosse player on Team STX of the LXM Pro Tour. Hailing from Canton, NY, Bradman was a four-year standout at Salisbury University in Maryland, where he stockpiled honors, including National Division III Player of the Year in 2012, en route to becoming one of the most successful college lacrosse players in history. Bradman recently signed an endorsement deal with leading lacrosse manufacturer STX, upon the completion of his senior season, and now tours the country in a promotional capacity for the company between LXM events. Bradman's career has been", "title": "Sam Bradman" }, { "docid": "12425173", "text": "US and \"Superduck\" in the UK) were created. The origins of Donald Duck's name may have been inspired by Australian cricket legend Donald Bradman. In 1932 Bradman and the Australian team were touring North America and he made the news after being dismissed for a duck against New York West Indians. Walt Disney was in the process of creating a friend for Mickey Mouse when he possibly read about Bradman's dismissal in the papers and decided to name the new character \"Donald Duck\". Voice performer Clarence Nash auditioned for Walt Disney Studios when he learned that Disney was looking for", "title": "Donald Duck" }, { "docid": "882720", "text": "which housed new media and corporate facilities. The Oval's Bradman Stand was demolished in 2013 as the stadium underwent an extensive re-development. Later in 1974, he attended a Lord's Taverners function in London where he experienced heart problems, which forced him to limit his public appearances to select occasions only. With his wife, Bradman returned to Bowral in 1976, where the new cricket ground was named in his honour. He gave the keynote speech at the historic Centenary Test at Melbourne in 1977. On 16 June 1979, the Australian government awarded Bradman the nation's second-highest civilian honour at that time,", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "12847381", "text": "and Carl Sulzer of Switzerland and porter Harry Cooper. As of the 1910s, an average of three or four ascents per year were being made. Mount Sir Donald Mount Sir Donald is a peak in the Rogers Pass area of British Columbia, Canada. Its good rock quality and classic Matterhorn shape make it popular for alpine rock climbers, and the Northwest Arete route is included in the popular book \"Fifty Classic Climbs of North America\". It was originally named Syndicate Peak in honor of the group who arranged the finances for the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but was", "title": "Mount Sir Donald" }, { "docid": "3306253", "text": "historic buildings including the historical Berrima Gaol and Courthouse which is in use today and many other historical buildings. Bowral is considered the commercial centre of the Highlands and may be the most well-known towns of the Highlands. Bowral is well known for its boutiques, gourmet restaurants, Corbett Gardens and renowned Springetts Arcade. The town is also home to the Sir Donald Bradman or Bradman Museum. The \"Bradman Museum\" is a tribute museum to Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman who grew up in and spent his early life in Bowral until his fame. The museum contains artifacts of Bradman's life", "title": "Southern Highlands (New South Wales)" }, { "docid": "10686510", "text": "into the Hall of Fame, they become eligible for nomination after retirement, the same rule that applies to all athletes. So far, 12 winners have been named. Bradman is immortalised in some popular songs of very different styles and eras. In the Italian campaign of the Second World War, \"Bradman will be batting tomorrow\" were the code words used by allied forces to signal their attack on the Monte Cassino monastery. A popular story is that Sir Charles Moses, General Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and personal friend of Bradman asked that Bradman's Test batting average be immortalised as", "title": "Don Bradman in popular culture" }, { "docid": "6114571", "text": "on December 29, 1964. It was equivalent to Motown 25 or Live Aid as a pivotal music concert event . When it hit theaters nationwide, it undoubtedly raised and extended the visibility of the \"Where Did Our Love Go\" album. All tracks written by Holland–Dozier–Holland except as noted. The original album sold a million copies {in 1964-1965} stateside alone. The limited exclusive \"40th Anniversary\" version is now listed as \"sold out\". It remains, to date, their third best-selling studio album. Where Did Our Love Go (album) Where Did Our Love Go is the second studio album by Motown singing group", "title": "Where Did Our Love Go (album)" }, { "docid": "13413361", "text": "Sir Donald Campbell, 1st Baronet Sir Donald Campbell (August 3, 1800 – October 18, 1850) was a colonial administrator, the tenth Governor of Prince Edward Island, serving from December 9, 1847 to October 18, 1850. He was born in Dunstaffnage, Scotland, the son of Angus Campbell and Lillias Buchanan. Campbell served in the cavalry for a short time while a young man. In 1825, he married Caroline Eliza Plomer. Campbell was named the 1st Baronet of Dunstaffnage in 1836. He became lieutenant governor for Prince Edward Island in 1847 following the dismissal of Sir Henry Vere Huntley. After his arrival,", "title": "Sir Donald Campbell, 1st Baronet" }, { "docid": "882660", "text": "by any overseas batsman on a tour of England. On the tour, the dynamic nature of Bradman's batting contrasted sharply with his quiet, solitary off-field demeanour. He was described as aloof from his teammates and he did not offer to buy them a round of drinks, let alone share the money given to him by Whitelaw. Bradman spent a lot of his free time alone, writing, as he had sold the rights to a book. On his return to Australia, Bradman was surprised by the intensity of his reception; he became a \"reluctant hero\". Mick Simmons wanted to cash in", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882657", "text": "The match ended in anti-climax as poor weather prevented a result, as it also did in the Fourth Test. In the deciding Test at The Oval, England made 405. During an innings stretching over three days due to intermittent rain, Bradman made yet another multiple century, this time 232, which helped give Australia a big lead of 290 runs. In a crucial partnership with Archie Jackson, Bradman battled through a difficult session when England fast bowler Harold Larwood bowled short on a pitch enlivened by the rain. \"Wisden\" gave this period of play only a passing mention: A number of", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882651", "text": "second innings and appeared set to guide the team to victory when he was run out. It was to be the only run out of his Test career. The losing margin was just 12 runs. The improving Australians did manage to win the Fifth and final Test. Bradman top-scored with 123 in the first innings, and was at the wicket in the second innings when his captain Jack Ryder hit the winning runs. Bradman completed the season with 1,690 first-class runs, averaging 93.88, and his first multiple century in a Sheffield Shield match, 340 not out against Victoria, set a", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "10730644", "text": "retired Bill Woodfull as captain. The Board of Control wanted Bradman to lead the team. However, on 8 August 1935, the Board announced that Bradman was unfit and that he was withdrawing from the squad; yet he led the South Australia team in a full programme of matches in the absence of the Australian players. Vic Richardson, who Bradman replaced as SA captain, was made Test captain, even though his form did not warrant a place in the Australian team. Chris Harte has thoroughly researched the files of the SACA, and written histories of both the SACA and Australian cricket.", "title": "Controversies involving Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "13306410", "text": "Mackenzie of Kintail and they had several children: Sir Donald Gorme Og Macdonald, 1st Baronet Sir Donald Gorme Macdonald, 8th Laird of Sleat, and 1st Baronet (?-1643) was a Scottish laird. Donald Gorme Mor Macdonald, 7th Laird of Sleat died, in 1616, without any children so he was succeeded by his nephew Donald Gorme Og MacDonald of Sleat. Donald Gorme was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, by King Charles I, with a special clause of precedency placing him second of that order in Scotland. He adhered to the cause of Charles I, and died in 1643. He married Janet,", "title": "Sir Donald Gorme Og Macdonald, 1st Baronet" }, { "docid": "13306409", "text": "Sir Donald Gorme Og Macdonald, 1st Baronet Sir Donald Gorme Macdonald, 8th Laird of Sleat, and 1st Baronet (?-1643) was a Scottish laird. Donald Gorme Mor Macdonald, 7th Laird of Sleat died, in 1616, without any children so he was succeeded by his nephew Donald Gorme Og MacDonald of Sleat. Donald Gorme was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, by King Charles I, with a special clause of precedency placing him second of that order in Scotland. He adhered to the cause of Charles I, and died in 1643. He married Janet, the second daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord", "title": "Sir Donald Gorme Og Macdonald, 1st Baronet" }, { "docid": "882655", "text": "match. His batting reached a new level in the Second Test at Lord's where he scored 254 as Australia won and levelled the series. Later in life, Bradman rated this the best innings of his career as, \"practically without exception every ball went where it was intended to go\". \"Wisden\" noted his fast footwork and how he hit the ball \"all round the wicket with power and accuracy\", as well as faultless concentration in keeping the ball on the ground. In terms of runs scored, this performance was soon surpassed. In the Third Test, at Headingley, Bradman scored a century", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882640", "text": "his status as a national icon was still recognised. Almost 50 years after his retirement as a Test player, in 1997, Prime Minister John Howard of Australia called him the \"greatest living Australian\". Bradman's image has appeared on postage stamps and coins, and a museum dedicated to his life was opened while he was still living. On the centenary of his birth, 27 August 2008, the Royal Australian Mint issued a $5 commemorative gold coin with Bradman's image. In 2009, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Donald George Bradman was the youngest son of George and", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882733", "text": "Bradman's reclusiveness in later life is partly attributable to the ongoing health problems of his wife, particularly following the open-heart surgery Jessie underwent in her 60s. Lady Bradman died in 1997, aged 88, from cancer. This had a dispiriting effect on Bradman, but the relationship with his son improved, to the extent that John resolved to change his name back to Bradman. Since his father's death, John Bradman has become the spokesperson for the family and has been involved in defending the Bradman legacy in a number of disputes. The relationship between Bradman and his wider family is less clear,", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "4451968", "text": "The town features the Sir Donald Bradman Birthplace Museum, a fully restored visitors' site, the home where \"The Don\" was born, featuring cricketing memorabilia and artifacts. Cootamundra is the home of the Cootamundra wattle. Every year there is a large 'Wattle Time' Festival held at the time the wattle starts to bloom, with an art show and festivities. The earliest people to live in the area where present day Cootamundra exists are considered to be the tribe of Wiradjuri, with the name probably deriving from their word \"guudhamang\" for \"turtle\". Cootamundra was incorporated as a township on 9 August 1861,", "title": "Cootamundra" }, { "docid": "5528654", "text": "Companion of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India (CI) by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 6 March 1900. Stewart's honours included: Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart, 1st Baronet, (1 March 182426 March 1900) was a senior Indian Army officer. He fought on the Aka Khel Expedition to the North-West Frontier in 1854, took part in the response to the Indian Rebellion in 1857 and, after serving as commandant of the penal settlement of the Andaman Islands, fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War as Commander of the Quetta Army. In that role,", "title": "Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet" }, { "docid": "5528647", "text": "Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart, 1st Baronet, (1 March 182426 March 1900) was a senior Indian Army officer. He fought on the Aka Khel Expedition to the North-West Frontier in 1854, took part in the response to the Indian Rebellion in 1857 and, after serving as commandant of the penal settlement of the Andaman Islands, fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War as Commander of the Quetta Army. In that role, he advanced through the Bolan Pass to Quetta, and then on to Kandahar in January 1879. In March 1880, he made a difficult march", "title": "Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet" }, { "docid": "13413362", "text": "Campbell was closely associated with the more conservative faction on the island, taking Thomas Heath Haviland as his adviser. Campbell quickly came into conflict with the forces calling for responsible government for Prince Edward Island. He dissolved the assembly in 1850, hoping that more cooperative members would be returned, but the majority of those elected were reformers. He died in office in Charlottetown at the age of 50. Sir Donald Campbell, 1st Baronet Sir Donald Campbell (August 3, 1800 – October 18, 1850) was a colonial administrator, the tenth Governor of Prince Edward Island, serving from December 9, 1847 to", "title": "Sir Donald Campbell, 1st Baronet" }, { "docid": "882730", "text": "commemorate his life. On 27 August 2018, to celebrate 110 years since his birth, Bradman was commemorated with a Google Doodle. In 1999, Bradman was named in the six man shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Century. Asteroid 2472 Bradman discovered by Luboš Kohoutek is named in his honour. Bradman first met Jessie Martha Menzies in 1920 when she boarded with the Bradman family, to be closer to school in Bowral. The couple married at St Paul's Anglican Church at Burwood, Sydney on 30 April 1932. The two had an impeccable marriage and were both devoted to each other.", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882728", "text": "gave interviews, assisting Michael Page, Roland Perry and Charles Williams, who all produced biographical works about him. Bradman also agreed to an extensive interview for ABC radio, broadcast as \"Bradman: The Don Declares\" in eight 55-minute episodes during 1988. The most significant of these legacy projects was the Bradman Museum, opened in 1989 at the Bradman Oval in Bowral. This organisation was reformed in 1993 as a non-profit charitable Trust, called the Bradman Foundation. In 2010, it was expanded and rebranded as the International Cricket Hall of Fame. When the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame was created in Melbourne in", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882705", "text": "peace\", Whitington wrote. Bradman regained his finest pre-war form in making 187, followed by 234 during the Second Test at Sydney (Sid Barnes also scored 234 during the innings, many in a still standing 405 run 5th Wicket partnership with Bradman. Barnes later recalled that he purposely got out on 234 because \"it wouldn't be right for someone to make more runs than Bradman\"). Australia won both matches by an innings. Jack Fingleton speculated that had the decision at Brisbane gone against him, Bradman would have retired, such were his fitness problems. In the remainder of the series, Bradman made", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "2903114", "text": "of the conditions in which he played cricket in Antigua as a child, explains how this technique came to be. Richards remains one of only four non-English cricketers to have scored 100 first-class centuries, the others being Australian Donald Bradman, New Zealander Glenn Turner and Pakistani Zaheer Abbas. He was chosen as a \"Wisden Cricketer of the Year\" for 1977. In 2000, Richards was named by a 100-member panel of experts one of the five \"Wisden Cricketers of the Century\". He received 25 votes, behind Sir Donald Bradman (100 votes), Sir Garfield Sobers (90 votes), Sir Jack Hobbs (30 votes)", "title": "Viv Richards" }, { "docid": "10686511", "text": "the post office box number of the ABC. The ABC's mailing address in every capital city of Australia is PO Box 9994. There is some debate about whether the story is true, but ABC sports host Karen Tighe confirms that the number was in fact chosen in honour of Bradman, and the claim is also supported by Alan Eason in his book \"The A–Z of Bradman\". However, the broadcaster was not assigned the box number until after Moses's successor, Sir Talbot Duckmanton, had retired. The ABC's national toll-free telephone number is 13 9994. In 2000, the Australian Government made it", "title": "Don Bradman in popular culture" }, { "docid": "10686506", "text": "Don Bradman in popular culture The appearances of former Australian cricketer Don Bradman in popular culture are many and varied. As a player, he first came to prominence during the 1928/29 season. His record-breaking performances on the 1930 tour of England made him a national hero in Australia. Bradman was a private person who did not enjoy the adulation associated with his fame. In cricket, a batsman who enjoys an exceptional run of form over an extended period is sometimes called Bradmanesque. Bradman's name has become a generic term for outstanding excellence, both within cricket and in the wider world.", "title": "Don Bradman in popular culture" }, { "docid": "12904166", "text": "an innings. Bradman rested himself in the next match against Glamorgan, a rain-affected draw that did not reach the second innings. He then scored 31 and 13 not out, bowled by Eric Hollies as Australia defeated Warwickshire by nine wickets. Hollies's 8/107 was the best innings bowling figures against the Australians for the summer and earned him selection for the Fifth Test, where he famously dismissed Bradman in his final Test innings for a duck. Australia proceeded to face and draw with Lancashire for the second time on the tour. Bradman made 28 after being dropped twice in Australia's 321,", "title": "Don Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948" }, { "docid": "6662102", "text": "a regular co-host on \"The Conversation Hour\" with Jon Faine on 774 ABC Melbourne until near the end of 2006. Haigh has been known to be critical of what he regards as the deification of Sir Donald Bradman and \"the cynical exploitation of his name by the mediocre and the greedy\". He did so in a September 1998 article in \"Wisden Cricket Monthly\" entitled \"Sir Donald Brandname\". Haigh has been critical of Bradman's biographer Roland Perry, writing in \"The Australian\" that Perry's biography was guilty of \"glossing over or ignoring anything to Bradman's discredit\". Haigh won the John Curtin Prize", "title": "Gideon Haigh" }, { "docid": "882718", "text": "commented that he \"would have preferred to remain just Mister\". The following year he published a memoir, \"Farewell to Cricket\". Bradman accepted offers from the \"Daily Mail\" to travel with, and write about, the 1953 and 1956 Australian teams in England. \"The Art of Cricket\", his final book published in 1958, is an instructional manual. Bradman retired from his stockbroking business in June 1954, depending on the \"comfortable\" income earned as a board member of 16 publicly listed companies. His highest profile affiliation was with Argo Investments Limited, where he was chairman for a number of years. Charles Williams commented", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882703", "text": "\"painstaking\". Batting against the Australian Services cricket team, Bradman scored 112 in less than two hours, yet Dick Whitington (playing for the Services) wrote, \"I have seen today the ghost of a once great cricketer\". Bradman declined a tour of New Zealand and spent the winter of 1946 wondering whether he had played his last match. \"With the English team due to arrive for the 1946–47 Ashes series, the media and the public were anxious to know if Bradman would lead Australia.\" His doctor recommended against a return to the game. Encouraged by his wife, Bradman agreed to play in", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882695", "text": "Len Hutton scored an individual world record, by making 364. In an attempt to relieve the burden on his bowlers, Bradman took a rare turn at bowling. During his third over, he fractured his ankle and teammates carried him from the ground. With Bradman injured and Fingleton unable to bat because of a leg muscle strain, Australia were thrashed by an innings and 579 runs, which remains the largest margin in Test cricket history. Unfit to complete the tour, Bradman left the team in the hands of vice-captain Stan McCabe. At this point, Bradman felt that the burden of captaincy", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882678", "text": "losing the third wicket from the last ball of the day. Listed to bat at number five, Bradman would start his innings the next day. That evening, Bradman declined an invitation to dinner from Neville Cardus, telling the journalist that he wanted an early night because the team needed him to make a double century the next day. Cardus pointed out that his previous innings on the ground was 334, and the law of averages was against another such score. Bradman told Cardus, \"I don't believe in the law of averages\". In the event, Bradman batted all of the second", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882641", "text": "Emily (née Whatman) Bradman, and was born on 27 August 1908 at Cootamundra, New South Wales (NSW). He had a brother, Victor, and three sisters—Islet, Lilian and Elizabeth May. Bradman was of English heritage on both sides of his family. His grandfather Charles Andrew Bradman left Withersfield, England for Australia. When Bradman played at Cambridge in 1930 as a 21 year old on his first tour of England, he took the opportunity to trace his forebears in the region. Also, one of his great-grandfathers was one of the first Italians to migrate to Australia in 1826. Bradman's parents lived in", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "18991295", "text": "when Greta was a teenager. Her husband is Didier Elzinga, with whom she has two sons, Jude and Caspar. Greta Bradman Greta Bradman is an Australian operatic soprano. Richard Bonynge selected Bradman to sing the title role in a performance of Handel's \"Rodelinda\" in 2014. Bradman was the subject of two episodes of the ABC TV program \"Australian Story\" in 2015. Later that year, she joined David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, and Lisa McCune for a concert tour of the five Australian mainland state capitals. Bradman's name was added as a critics' choice to the Walk of Fame at the", "title": "Greta Bradman" }, { "docid": "14310433", "text": "the development of Bowral when attention was turning to the garden environment. Aesthetically, the park's simple layout is further enhanced by the combination of mature Eucalyptus and deciduous trees which enhance the surroundings. Bradman Oval was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 23 June 2000. Bradman Oval Bradman Oval is situated at Bowral in the southern highlands area of New South Wales, Australia. It was named after cricketer Don Bradman, who lived locally and played at the ground in the 1920s. His ashes are scattered on and near the Oval. It was added to the New", "title": "Bradman Oval" }, { "docid": "14310429", "text": "the Bradman Museum that operated 1989-2010) are tourist attractions for cricket fans in Australia, and for people visiting from overseas. The land on which Bradman Oval is situated was originally part of Glebe Park, granted to the Church of England by John Oxley. In 1883 the Bowral Cricket Club was formed and cricket has been played on the ground since 1893. Bradman first played on this oval when he was 12 and scored 29 not out for the Bowral Cricket Club. Bradman became a member of the Bowral Cricket Club in 1925. During his first season in the Berrima District", "title": "Bradman Oval" }, { "docid": "14310428", "text": "Bradman Oval Bradman Oval is situated at Bowral in the southern highlands area of New South Wales, Australia. It was named after cricketer Don Bradman, who lived locally and played at the ground in the 1920s. His ashes are scattered on and near the Oval. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 23 June 2000. It is an attractive ground, with a white picket fence and an old fashioned pavilion. The Camden Woollybutt is the main gum tree species surrounding the playing surface. Bradman Oval and the nearby International Cricket Hall of Fame (which incorporates", "title": "Bradman Oval" }, { "docid": "12957015", "text": "Grahame Donald Air Marshal Sir David Grahame Donald, (27 July 1891 – 23 December 1976), often known as Sir Grahame Donald, was a Royal Naval Air Service pilot during the First World War, a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer between the wars and a senior RAF commander during the Second World War. In February 1939, Donald was appointed Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry. He was also a rugby union international having represented Scotland twice in 1914. Grahame Donald was the son of Dr David Donald, and was educated at Dulwich College where he played in a school", "title": "Grahame Donald" }, { "docid": "9152672", "text": "Howard Watt Howard Hugh Watt (1 March 1911, Rosebank, Cape Town, Cape Province – 17 August 2005, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) was the last surviving pre-war Springbok and part of the South African rugby team nicknamed \"The Invincibles\". Nicknamed \"Sparkle\", he was both a cricketer and rugby player. He toured New Zealand with the Springboks in 1937 and although he participated in some tour games he did not play a Test. He bowled Sir Donald Bradman twice in one match in Chicago in 1932 as a fast bowler. When Howard Watt met him again in 1937, Bradman remembered him as", "title": "Howard Watt" }, { "docid": "20584042", "text": "Eleven\", written by Jack Lumsdaine. The sheet music was released at the same time, just as Bradman scored a triple-century in a Test match in England, and sold 40,000 copies in a few days. A piano roll was also released that month, recorded by Laurel Pardey. The song quickly became popular and in a few weeks was being performed at community concerts around Australia. When Bradman returned to his home town of Bowral in November 1930 after the triumphant tour of England, the band at the civic reception played \"Our Don Bradman\". Our Don Bradman \"Our Don Bradman\" is a", "title": "Our Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "10730652", "text": "his first match back. Bradman was asked to head a three-man disciplinary hearing for Chappell, who arrived at the proceedings drinking a beer. Chris Harte quotes Bradman on what transpired: It was a set-up. The two other Board members cried off with feeble excuses and I had to sit alone in judgment. I heard the case; found Chappell guilty as charged, and suspended him forthwith for a period of six weeks. I sent my report to the Board who did not back me up. Chappell's sentence was suspended. I had no other course of action than to see the season", "title": "Controversies involving Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "16376674", "text": "Blumenthal, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Dave Brubeck, Gloria Steinem, United States ambassador Robert Ford and others. Where We Live \"Where We Live\" is the award-winning flagship news and talk program for WNPR (Connecticut Public Radio). The program is hosted by Lucy Nalpathanchil. \"Where We Live\" was originally created by John Dankosky in 2006. The show format includes live listener participation through phone and social media as well as long form interviews. It has been honored three times nationally as \"Best Call-in Show\" by PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Inc.) \"Where We Live\" has included numerous local and national guests such as", "title": "Where We Live" }, { "docid": "16376673", "text": "Where We Live \"Where We Live\" is the award-winning flagship news and talk program for WNPR (Connecticut Public Radio). The program is hosted by Lucy Nalpathanchil. \"Where We Live\" was originally created by John Dankosky in 2006. The show format includes live listener participation through phone and social media as well as long form interviews. It has been honored three times nationally as \"Best Call-in Show\" by PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Inc.) \"Where We Live\" has included numerous local and national guests such as Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, retired NBA player, Jason Collins, Connecticut Senators Chris Murphy and Richard", "title": "Where We Live" }, { "docid": "13279845", "text": "\"there is a perceptible poignancy and longing weaved throughout Jenkins' arrangements. The opener \"Where Did Everyone Go?\" possesses a solitude accentuated by responsive instrumentation that supports, yet never intrudes. Cole's practically conversational delivery of pop standards...become musical soliloquies with the score as a sonic subtext.\" Where Did Everyone Go? Where Did Everyone Go? is a 1963 studio album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. This was the third and final album that Cole and Jenkins recorded together, following \"Love Is the Thing\" (1957) and \"The Very Thought of You\" (1958). The initial \"Billboard\" review from April 13, 1963", "title": "Where Did Everyone Go?" }, { "docid": "13279844", "text": "Where Did Everyone Go? Where Did Everyone Go? is a 1963 studio album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. This was the third and final album that Cole and Jenkins recorded together, following \"Love Is the Thing\" (1957) and \"The Very Thought of You\" (1958). The initial \"Billboard\" review from April 13, 1963 commented that \"Here he is in a superb collection of ballad tunes, many of them in a lonesome, blue mood, with standout backing provided by Gordon Jenkins...Great mood wax for buyers and spinners\". The Allmusic review of \"Where Did Everyone Go?\" by Lindsay Planer said", "title": "Where Did Everyone Go?" }, { "docid": "6405888", "text": "although he did not umpire at Test level again. Hele officially retired from umpiring in August 1935. He remained involved in cricket after his retirement. He occasionally appeared on Melbourne radio stations 3AW and 3UZ, where he was interviewed on umpiring matters. Serving as an umpires coach for the VCA until well into his sixties, Hele actually substituted for another umpire in a first-class match in 1948. During the third day of the testimonial match for Sir Donald Bradman, in December 1948, Andrew Barlow was hit on the head by a pull shot from Vic Raymer, and was relieved by", "title": "George Hele" }, { "docid": "10686508", "text": "the 1984 television miniseries \"Bodyline\", in which Hugo Weaving played Douglas Jardine and Gary Sweet played Don Bradman. Bradman appeared as himself in the 1936 film \"The Flying Doctor\". In 1994, journalist Ray Martin interviewed Bradman in a Channel 9 programme called \"Bradman: 86 Not Out\", so named because Bradman was 86 at the time. It included his wife Lady Jessie Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar, and was later released on video. Alan Eason stated that Bradman has been the subject of more biographies than any other Australian, apart from the outlaw Ned Kelly. Bradman authored four books himself: The following", "title": "Don Bradman in popular culture" }, { "docid": "11939649", "text": "in 1971. The single did not make the charts. Lee performed songs from this album, including \"Where Did They Go\" and \"My Sweet Lord,\" during her June 1971 engagement at The Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. After completing work on \"Where Did They Go\", Peggy Lee did not return to the recording studio again until nearly a year later, when she began recording \"Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota\" in April 1972. This album was released on 8-track, along with LP. Where Did They Go (album) Where Did They Go is a 1971 album by Peggy Lee. It", "title": "Where Did They Go (album)" }, { "docid": "16488171", "text": "International Cricket Hall of Fame The International Cricket Hall of Fame is a permanent cultural exhibition dedicated to the game of cricket. It is located in the Australian town of Bowral, New South Wales. The exhibition opened in November 2010 in buildings formerly used by the Bradman Museum, which was devoted to the cricketing career of the great Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman. The Bradman Museum opened in 1989. The Hall of Fame incorporated all of the former Bradman Museum's holdings. The International Cricket Hall of Fame is adjacent to Bradman Oval, which was named after him in 1947, and,", "title": "International Cricket Hall of Fame" }, { "docid": "19755773", "text": "Trump's then-wife Ivana Trump or, in one case, Marla Maples, Trump's second-wife-to-be. The first sketch, from December 1988, shows Donald and Ivana celebrating Christmas, giving large, gold and jewel-encrusted presents to each other. Trump is seen in the audience at the \"Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary Special\" from 1989, where Chevy Chase spills popcorn on him. A sketch from February 1990 parodies the Ivana Trump divorce. Ivana demands more money since Donald has been unfaithful, but he refutes this by referring to their extensive prenuptial agreement. It states, among other things, that he is entitled to have mistresses provided they", "title": "Saturday Night Live parodies of Donald Trump" }, { "docid": "882714", "text": "for their sport. The top performers in his selected sports are: The statistics show that \"no other athlete dominates an international sport to the extent that Bradman does cricket\". In order to post a similarly dominant career statistic as Bradman, a baseball batter would need a career batting average of .392, while a basketball player would need to score an average of 43.0 points per game. The respective records are .366 and 30.1. When Bradman died, \"Time\" allocated a space in its \"Milestones\" column for an obituary: Bradman's early development was shaped by the high bounce of the ball on", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882712", "text": "has finished their career with a Test average of more than 62. Bradman scored centuries at a rate better than one every three innings—in 80 Test innings, Bradman scored 29 centuries. Only 11 players have since surpassed his total, all at a much slower rate: the next fastest player to reach 29 centuries, Sachin Tendulkar, required nearly twice as long (148 innings) to do so. In addition, Bradman converted 41% of his centuries into double centuries: his total of 12 Test double hundreds—comprising 15% of his innings—remains the most achieved by any Test batsman and was accumulated faster than any", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882711", "text": "1948 team. For Bradman, it was the most personally fulfilling period of his playing days, as the divisiveness of the 1930s had passed. He wrote: With Bradman now retired from professional cricket, RC Robertson-Glasgow wrote of the English reaction \"... a miracle has been removed from among us. So must ancient Italy have felt when she heard of the death of Hannibal\". Bradman still holds the following significant records for Test match cricket: Bradman's Test batting average of 99.94 has become one of cricket's most famous, iconic statistics. No other player who has played more than 20 Test match innings", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882710", "text": "collapse resulted in an innings defeat, denying Bradman the opportunity to bat again and so his career average finished at 99.94; if he had scored just four runs in his last innings, it would have been 100. A story developed over the years that claimed Bradman missed the ball because of tears in his eyes, a claim Bradman denied for the rest of his life. The Australian team won the Ashes 4–0, completed the tour unbeaten, and entered history as \"The Invincibles\". Just as Bradman's legend grew, rather than diminished, over the years, so too has the reputation of the", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882704", "text": "lead-up fixtures to the Test series. After hitting two centuries, Bradman made himself available for the First Test at The Gabba. Controversy emerged on the first day of the First Test at Brisbane. After compiling an uneasy 28 runs, Bradman hit a ball to the gully fieldsman, Jack Ikin. \"An appeal for a catch was denied in the umpire's contentious ruling that it was a bump ball\". At the end of the over, England captain Wally Hammond spoke with Bradman and criticised him for not \"walking\"; \"from then on the series was a cricketing war just when most people desired", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882692", "text": "Stan McCabe made 232 for Australia, a performance Bradman rated as the best he had ever seen. With Australia forced to follow-on, Bradman fought hard to ensure McCabe's effort was not in vain, and he secured the draw with 144 not out. It was the slowest Test hundred of his career and he played a similar innings of 102 not out in the next Test as Australia struggled to another draw. Rain completely washed out the Third Test at Old Trafford. Australia's opportunity came at Headingley, a Test described by Bradman as the best he ever played in. England batted", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882689", "text": "matches) Bradman declared to get England in to bat while the pitch was \"sticky\"; England also declared to get Australia back in, conceding a lead of 124. Bradman countered by reversing his batting order to protect his run-makers while conditions improved. The ploy worked and Bradman went in at number seven. In an innings spread over three days, he battled influenza while scoring 270 off 375 balls, sharing a record partnership of 346 with Jack Fingleton, and Australia went on to victory. In 2001, \"Wisden\" rated this performance as the best Test match innings of all time. The next Test,", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882684", "text": "author Chris Harte's analysis of the situation is that a prior (unspecified) commercial agreement forced Bradman to remain in Australia. Harte attributed an ulterior motive to his relocation: the off-field behaviour of Richardson and other South Australian players had displeased the South Australia Cricket Association (SACA), which was looking for new leadership. To help improve discipline, Bradman became a committeeman of the SACA, and a selector of the South Australian and Australian teams. He took his adopted state to its first Sheffield Shield title for 10 years, Bradman weighing in with personal contributions of 233 against Queensland and 357 against", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882677", "text": "prompting suggestions that Bodyline had eroded his confidence and altered his technique. After three Tests, the series was one–one and Bradman had scored 133 runs in five innings. The Australians travelled to Sheffield and played a warm up game before the Fourth Test. Bradman started slowly and then, \"... the old Bradman [was] back with us, in the twinkling of an eye, almost\". He went on to make 140, with the last 90 runs coming in just 45 minutes. On the opening day of the Fourth Test at Headingley (Leeds), England were out for 200, but Australia slumped to 3/39,", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882676", "text": "and subsidised Bradman's wage. Although his wife was hesitant about moving, Bradman eventually agreed to the deal in February 1934. In his farewell season for NSW, Bradman averaged 132.44, his best yet. He was appointed vice-captain for the 1934 tour of England. However, \"he was unwell for much of the [English] summer, and reports in newspapers hinted that he was suffering from heart trouble\". Although he again started with a double century at Worcester, his famed concentration soon deserted him. \"Wisden\" wrote: At one stage, Bradman went 13 first-class innings without a century, the longest such spell of his career,", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882671", "text": "was the batsman who could conquer this cankerous bowling ... 'Bradmania', amounting almost to religious fervour, demanded his return\". Recovered from his indisposition, Bradman returned to the side in Alan Kippax's position. A world record crowd of 63,993 at the MCG saw Bradman come to the crease on the first day of the Second Test with the score at 2/67. A standing ovation ensued that delayed play for several minutes. Bradman anticipated receiving a bouncer as his first ball and, as the bowler delivered, he moved across his stumps to play the hook shot. The ball failed to rise and", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882669", "text": "problems to deal with at this time; among these were bouts of illness from an undiagnosed malaise which had begun during the tour of North America, and that the Australian Board of Control had initially refused permission for him to write a column for the \"Sydney Sun\". Bradman, who had signed a two-year contract with the newspaper, threatened to withdraw from cricket to honour his contract when the board denied him permission to write; eventually, the paper released Bradman from the contract, in a victory for the board. In three first-class games against England before the Tests, Bradman averaged just", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882668", "text": "captain in 1931, as a prelude to Jardine leading the 1932–33 tour to Australia, with Warner as team manager. Remembering that Bradman had struggled against bouncers during his 232 at The Oval in 1930, Jardine decided to combine traditional leg theory with short-pitched bowling to combat Bradman. He settled on the Nottinghamshire fast bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce as the spearheads for his tactics. In support, the England selectors chose another three pacemen for the squad. The unusually high number of fast bowlers caused a lot of comment in both countries and roused Bradman's own suspicions. Bradman had other", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882656", "text": "before lunch on 11 July, the first day of the Test match to equal the performances of Victor Trumper and Charlie Macartney. In the afternoon, Bradman added another century between lunch and tea, before finishing the day on 309 not out. He remains the only Test player to pass 300 in one day's play. His eventual score of 334 was a world-record, exceeding the previous mark of 325 by Andy Sandham. Bradman dominated the Australian innings; the second-highest tally was 77 by Alan Kippax. Businessman Arthur Whitelaw later presented Bradman with a cheque for £1,000 in appreciation of his achievement.", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882654", "text": "is said and then replying with a modest 'thank you'.\" England were favourites to win the 1930 Ashes series, and if the Australians were to exceed expectations, their young batsmen, Bradman and Jackson, needed to prosper. With his elegant batting technique, Jackson appeared the brighter prospect of the pair. However, Bradman began the tour with 236 at Worcester and went on to score 1,000 first-class runs by the end of May, the fifth player (and first Australian) to achieve this rare feat. In his first Test appearance in England, Bradman hit 131 in the second innings but England won the", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882652", "text": "new ground record for the SCG. Bradman averaged 113.28 in 1929–30. In a trial match to select the team that would tour England, he was last man out in the first innings for 124. As his team followed on, the skipper Bill Woodfull asked Bradman to keep the pads on and open the second innings. By the end of play, he was 205 not out, on his way to 225. Against Queensland at the SCG, Bradman set a then world record for first-class cricket by scoring 452 not out; he made his runs in only 415 minutes. Not long after", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882650", "text": "to twelfth man for the Second Test. An injury to Bill Ponsford early in the match required Bradman to field as substitute while England amassed 636, following their 863 runs in the First Test. RS \"Dick\" Whitington wrote, \"... he had scored only nineteen himself and these experiences appear to have provided him with food for thought\". Recalled for the Third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Bradman scored 79 and 112 to become the youngest player to make a Test century, although the match was still lost. Another loss followed in the Fourth Test. Bradman reached 58 in the", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882645", "text": "of tennis for two years, but resumed playing cricket in 1925–26. Bradman became a regular selection for the Bowral team; several outstanding performances earned him the attention of the Sydney daily press. Competing on matting-over-concrete pitches, Bowral played other rural towns in the Berrima District competition. Against Wingello, a team that included the future Test bowler Bill O'Reilly, Bradman made 234. In the competition final against Moss Vale, which extended over five consecutive Saturdays, Bradman scored 320 not out. During the following Australian winter (1926), an ageing Australian team lost The Ashes in England, and a number of Test players", "title": "Don Bradman" }, { "docid": "882642", "text": "the hamlet of Yeo Yeo, near Stockinbingal. His mother Emily gave birth to him at the Cootamundra home of Granny Scholz, a midwife. That house is now the Bradman Birthplace Museum. Emily had hailed from Mittagong in the NSW Southern Highlands, and in 1911, when Don Bradman was about two-and-a-half years old, his parents decided to relocate to Bowral, close to Mittagong, to be closer to Emily's family and friends, as life at Yeo Yeo was proving difficult. Bradman practised batting incessantly during his youth. He invented his own solo cricket game, using a cricket stump for a bat, and", "title": "Don Bradman" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2040520", "text": "Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. “Korea” includes the entire Korean Peninsula. The following is also a holy day of obligation: The following day is also a holy day of obligation in all of Mexico: (See \"Working holy days\", above) The following day is also a holy day of obligation in Peru: See Serbian Orthodox Church. According to a (Bishops' Conference of Scotland, 1986). Holydays which fall on Saturday or Monday (with the exception of Christmas) are transferred to the adjacent Sunday. There are different regulations for Ireland and for England and Wales. All the holy days of obligation listed", "title": "Holy day of obligation" }, { "docid": "2040516", "text": "not public holidays, the Czech Bishops' Conference does not make attendance at Mass obligatory for Catholics, but only recommends it, as it does also on the feast days of Saints Cyril and Methodius (5 July) and Saint Wenceslas (28 September). Attendance at Mass is of course obligatory on all Sundays. The following day is also a holy day of obligation in all of the Dominican Republic: (See Liturgy Office) According to a 1984 decision of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, Holydays which fall on a Saturday or a Monday (with the exception of Christmas) are transferred to", "title": "Holy day of obligation" }, { "docid": "2040525", "text": "recurring holy day of obligation, Christmas. Individual dioceses may observe additional holy days of obligation on an ad-hoc basis. The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO) lays down the relevant norms regarding holy days of obligations for Eastern Catholic Churches. There are five holy days of obligation, beyond Sundays, specified as common to all of the Eastern Churches: The CCEO provides that only the \"supreme authority\" of the Church can \"establish, transfer or suppress feast days and days of penance which are common to all of the Eastern Churches,\" although the particular law of a \"sui juris\" Church", "title": "Holy day of obligation" } ]

[ { "docid": "2040527", "text": "the celebration of the divine praises.\" Holy day of obligation In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation (also called holydays, holidays, or days of obligation) are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and recreation, according to the Third Commandment. The expectation is attached to the holy day, even if transferred, as sometimes happens in the Roman Rite, to another date because of coinciding with a higher-ranking celebration. However, in some countries a dispensation is granted in such circumstances. The holy days of obligation for Latin Catholics are indicated in", "title": "Holy day of obligation" }, { "docid": "2040507", "text": "Holy day of obligation In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation (also called holydays, holidays, or days of obligation) are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and recreation, according to the Third Commandment. The expectation is attached to the holy day, even if transferred, as sometimes happens in the Roman Rite, to another date because of coinciding with a higher-ranking celebration. However, in some countries a dispensation is granted in such circumstances. The holy days of obligation for Latin Catholics are indicated in canon 1246 of the 1983 Code", "title": "Holy day of obligation" }, { "docid": "2390313", "text": "children are baptized and brought up in the Catholic Church; the other party is to be made aware of this undertaking and obligation of the Catholic party. The early Church did not consider invalid a Catholic's marriage with a non-Christian (someone not baptized), especially when the marriage had taken place before the Catholic's conversion to the faith. It was nevertheless hoped that the converted wife or husband would be the means of bringing the other party into the Church, or at least safeguarding the Catholic upbringing of the children of the union. \"This held even for Jews, though the Church", "title": "Marriage in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "4987754", "text": "Seal of the Confessional in the Catholic Church In the Catholic Church, the Seal of Confession (or Seal of the Confessional) is the absolute duty of priests not to disclose anything that they learn from penitents during the course of the Sacrament of Penance (confession). Even where the seal of confession does not strictly apply – where there is no specific serious sin confessed for the purpose of receiving absolution – priests have a serious obligation not to cause scandal by the way they speak. Gratian, who compiled the edicts of previous Catholic Ecumenical Councils and the principles of church", "title": "Seal of the Confessional in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "11960215", "text": "crowning of statues of Mary with floral wreaths, readings from scriptures, a sermon, and or presentation by local choirs. The month is also associated with reflection on the Virgin Mary's role as the ideal disciple who sheds light on the Christian way of life, and theologian Karl Rahner stated: \"When we are involved in our May Devotions, we are engaged in a Christian understanding of the human situation.\" The Roman Catholic Church celebrates three Marian solemnities which are also holy days of obligation in many countries during the liturgical year (in liturgical order): Among the other prominent Marian feast days", "title": "Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "11961406", "text": "of the altar. In the 21st century the altar in a Catholic church is generally left visible. \"On or next to the altar are to be placed candlesticks with lighted candles: at least two in any celebration, or even four or six, especially for a Sunday Mass or a Holyday of Obligation, or if the Diocesan Bishop celebrates, then seven candlesticks with lighted candles [...] The candles [...] may also be carried in the procession at the Entrance.\" While only two lighted candles are now obligatory and may be placed beside the altar rather than on it, the pre-1969 rubrics", "title": "Altar in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "13153214", "text": "that over twice as many Hispanic/Latino Catholics earned under $30,000 per year as their white counterparts. According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 15% of new priests are Hispanic/Latino and there are 28 active and 12 inactive Hispanic/Latino bishops, 9% of the total. According to Luis Lugo, the director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, nearly a quarter of all Catholics in the United States are foreign born. He notes: \"To know what the country will be like in three decades, look at the Catholic church.\" In the later 20th century \"[...] the Catholic Church in", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in the United States" }, { "docid": "9468792", "text": "of Penance they must have faculties (permission and authority) from the local bishop; however when the penitent is in danger of death, a priest has both the right and obligation to hear the confession no matter where he may be. To preside at matrimony ceremonies, Latin Church priests and deacons must have appropriate jurisdiction or delegation from a competent authority. In the Latin branch of the Catholic Church, the teaching is that it is the couple themselves who administer the graces of the sacrament; thus, although it is normally an ordained person who officiates at a marriage ceremony, a bishop", "title": "Bishop in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "12051371", "text": "Commandments of the Church In the Roman Catholic Church, the Commandments of the Church or Precepts of the Church are certain laws considered binding on the faithful. As usually understood, they are moral and ecclesiastical, broad in character and limited in number. In modern times there are five. These specifically Catholic commandments are additional to the \"Ten Commandments\" which are common to all the Abrahamic religions. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in its Compendium, enumerates the following five: 1. You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation. 2. You shall confess your sins at least", "title": "Commandments of the Church" }, { "docid": "13153168", "text": "the Reformation, from the Protestant perspective, was based on an effort by Protestants to correct what they perceived to be errors and excesses of the Catholic Church, it formed strong positions against the Catholic interpretation of the Bible, the Catholic hierarchy and the Papacy. \"To be English was to be anti-Catholic,\" writes Robert Curran. These positions were brought to the eastern seaboard of the New World by British colonists, predominantly Protestant, who opposed not only the Roman Catholic Church in Europe and in French and Spanish-speaking colonies of the New World, but also the policies of the Church of England", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in the United States" }, { "docid": "16188500", "text": "that only the negative commandments oblige always and under all circumstances does not mean that in the moral life prohibitions are more important than the obligation to do good indicated by the positive commandment.\" An independent organization called Catholics for Choice was founded in 1973 to support the availability of abortion, stating that this position is compatible with Catholic teachings, particularly the primacy of conscience and the importance of the laity in shaping church law. This organization was founded \"to serve as a voice for Catholics\" who believe that contraception and abortion are moral. Catholics for Choice believe: In October", "title": "Abortion and the Catholic Church in the United States" }, { "docid": "9408246", "text": "the New Testament says that as high priest, Jesus has made the Church \"a kingdom of priests for his God and Father.\" All who are baptized are given a share in the priesthood of Christ; that is, they are conformed to Christ and made capable of offering true worship and praise to God as Christians. \"The whole community of believers is, as such, priestly.\" The ministerial priesthood of Catholic priests and bishops—what most people think of as \"the Catholic priesthood\"—has a distinct history. This ministerial priesthood is at the service of the priesthood of all believers and involves the direct", "title": "Priesthood in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "9408240", "text": "Priesthood in the Catholic Church The priesthood is one of the three holy orders of the Catholic Church, comprising the priests or presbyters. The other two orders are the bishops and the deacons. The ordained priesthood and the common priesthood (the priesthood of all baptized faithful) are different in function and essence. The church has different rules for priests in the Latin Church – the largest Catholic particular church – and in the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. Notably, priests in the Latin Church must take a vow of celibacy, whereas most Eastern Catholic Churches permit married men to be ordained.", "title": "Priesthood in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "13315276", "text": "Porfirian order, in what many have called a reactionary government. Catholic support was not uniform, however, with some objecting to the coup that ended Mexico's experiment in democracy. Madero as a martyr to democracy did what he was unable to do since his election, that is bring together disparate forces into action against Huerta's government, while the National Catholic Party and the clergy stood with it. When Huerta was ousted in 1914, the Catholic Church and the National Catholic Party suffered the consequences of its support of his government. The main faction in the north of Mexico was Constitutionalists, led", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in Mexico" }, { "docid": "6282478", "text": "percent are estimated to hear mass regularly, 29 percent consider themselves very religious, and only about 1 of every 11 members ever think of leaving the church. During the Philippine Drug War, the Church in the Philippines has been critical of extra judicial killings, and what it sees as Duterte Administration approval of the bloodshed. Members of the Catholic clergy have been killed during the drug war. In response, some churches offer sanctuary to those who fear death due to the drug war violence. In response to the criticism he has received from the Church, Duterte criticized the Church and", "title": "Catholic Church in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "7441090", "text": "Catholic Church in the Gambia The Catholic Church in the Gambia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Gambia is a predominantly Muslim country (approximately 94% of the population). The Diocese of Banjul covers the whole of the country. Relations between the Muslim and Christian communities in Gambia are generally very good. The Catholic Church operates various missions including schools which children of Muslim parents attend. Of the minority Christian population, there are around 30,000 Catholics, which represents around 2% of the population. The history of the Catholic Church in the", "title": "Catholic Church in the Gambia" }, { "docid": "2447508", "text": "Catholic Church states: Roman Catholic Womenpriests criticises the Church's teaching that women, by virtue of their sex, cannot image Christ, saying: In February 2011, 143 German-speaking academic theologians submitted a document styled as Church 2011 calling for, among a long list of actions, \"women in (the) ordained ministry\". This section, organized chronologically, covers some of the historical actions for which the Western church and the Catholic Church have been criticised. Before the 12th century, the Great Church gradually suppressed what it saw as heresy usually through a system of ecclesiastical proscription, excommunication, anathema, and imprisonment. During this time in history,", "title": "Criticism of the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "6852134", "text": "to be nominal Catholic in 2014, based on registration by the Catholic church. These numbers are significantly higher than the numbers of Catholic adherence found by Radboud University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (11.7% Catholic in 2015). This shows a big disconnect between membership and actual adherence. Especially the Catholic Church often claims that a quarter of the Dutch population is Catholic, pointing to the official statistics, but when questioned, fewer than half that number associate themselves with the Catholic faith. A lot of people still registered as members of a church are actually not religious (anymore), but for various reasons", "title": "Catholic Church in the Netherlands" }, { "docid": "7419647", "text": "Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Of a population of 70,916,439, there are about 35 million Catholics in the country, representing about half of the total population There are six archdioceses and 41 dioceses. The largest of these is the Archdiocese of Kinshasa; the Vicar General of Kinshasa, Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Nlandu Mayi, is an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy For Life. The impact of the Catholic Church in the", "title": "Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" }, { "docid": "8051690", "text": "softness and the other appearances, but is distinct from them. Whereas the appearances, which are referred to by the philosophical term \"accidents\" are perceptible to the senses, the substance is not. When at his Last Supper Jesus said: \"This is my body\", what he held in his hands had all the appearances of bread. However, the Catholic Church teaches that the underlying reality was changed in accordance with what Jesus said, that the \"substance\" of the bread was converted to that of his body. In other words, it \"actually was\" his body, while all the appearances open to the senses", "title": "Eucharist in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "7589559", "text": "Catholic Church in the Isle of Man The Catholic Church in the Isle of Man is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Although not part of the United Kingdom, for geopolitical reasons the Isle of Man is part of the Archdiocese of Liverpool. There are Catholic churches in all of the main towns, the largest being St. Mary of the Isle in Douglas. A large percentage of the Catholics on the Isle of Man are Irish or of Irish descent. Following the English Reformation the allegiance of the Manx church to", "title": "Catholic Church in the Isle of Man" }, { "docid": "13315287", "text": "against the Catholic Church, since the North was far less traditionally Catholic than what some called \"Old Mexico\", the Center and South, with large indigenous populations, many large sized cities, and a strong Church presence dating from the sixteenth century. In the North there were vast spaces with few cities or towns and an indigenous population that was largely nomadic and converted to Christianity via the few missions established in the region. Also not to be discounted is the influenced of the United States, a largely Protestant country but with separation of Church and State, and the efforts of mainline", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in Mexico" }, { "docid": "13315271", "text": "already on edge about what changes might occur in this new government, perhaps particularly so since Madero himself was a follower of spiritism, and not obviously or even nominally Catholic. Although Francisco Madero's 1910 Plan of San Luis Potosí called for the overthrow of the Díaz government, there was little in it explicitly addressing the Catholic Church or religion. However, the Church had concerns about the Plan's call for land reform, which might have affected properties held for the Church, but more alarming was the Plan's call to reform public education and expand it. Madero was not overtly anticlerical, but", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in Mexico" }, { "docid": "10130394", "text": "mistakenly called the last rites. What in the judgment of the Catholic Church are properly described as the last rites are Viaticum, and the ritual prayers of Commendation of the Dying, and Prayers for the Dead. The normal order of administration of these three sacraments to the dying is: first Reconciliation (if the dying person is physically unable to confess, absolution is given conditionally on the existence of contrition), then Anointing, then Viaticum. Only a priest or bishop can administer the sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick, but a lay person may give a dying person Holy Communion", "title": "Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "9468807", "text": "co-consecrators in Anglican episcopal consecrations. According to the church historian Timothy Dufort, by 1969 all Church of England bishops had acquired Old Catholic lines of apostolic succession fully recognised by the Holy See. The Catholic Church does recognize, as valid but illicit, ordinations done by breakaway Catholic groups such as the Old Catholic Church of the Utrecht Union and the Polish National Catholic Church, so long as those receiving the ordination are baptized males and a valid rite of episcopal consecration—expressing the proper functions and sacramental status of a bishop—is used. The Holy See also recognises as valid the ordinations", "title": "Bishop in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "1713783", "text": "which must occupy a certain niche or behave in a certain way in order to survive. In biology, the opposite of obligate is facultative, meaning that a species is able to behave in a certain way and may do so under certain circumstances, but that it can also survive without having to behave this way. For example, species of salamanders in the family Proteidae are obligate paedomorphs, whereas species belonging to the Ambystomatidae are facultative paedomorphs. In the Catholic Church, Holy Days of Obligation or Holidays of Obligation, less commonly called Feasts of Precept, are the days on which, as", "title": "Obligation" }, { "docid": "2447465", "text": "Pope; see Petrine theory.). The Catholic Church likewise teaches that the \"true Church of Jesus Christ ... is the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and Roman Church\", and that \"the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same thing\". It is also Catholic teaching that the one Church of Christ is present and operative also in those Churches that are not in full communion with the Catholic Church but that have preserved apostolic succession and a valid Eucharist and are therefore true particular Churches; and that the members of the ecclesial communities that lack apostolic", "title": "Criticism of the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2447492", "text": "also honoured, as she is the Mother of God— not in the sense that she is the mother of pre-existent Divine Nature, but in the sense that she gave birth to Christ, who is God. Lutherans respond that what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says of Mary amounts to worship: A Lutheran scholar has quoted paragraph 494 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church as, in his view, diminishing the glory of Christ by attributing a share in the work of salvation to Mary: Before the reforms from Vatican II in the late 1960s the Catholic Church was best-known", "title": "Criticism of the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "7441503", "text": "(Roman Catholic cantonal churches), imposed by anti-clerical cantonal governments in the 19th century and organised along democratic lines and control the application of funds collected through church taxes. Most cantonally delineated Catholic church bodies are members in their umbrella Roman Catholic Central Conference of Switzerland (RKZ, official names in , , , ). Currently, there are three Cardinals from Switzerland: Henri Schwery, Kurt Koch and Gilberto Agustoni, of whom one (Cardinal Koch) participated in the 2013 conclave. Catholic Church in Switzerland The Catholic Church in Switzerland (, , ) is organised into six dioceses and two territorial abbeys, comprising approximately", "title": "Catholic Church in Switzerland" }, { "docid": "12000879", "text": "believed and communicated. One dogma is only a small part of the Christian faith, from which it derives its meaning. A dogma of the Catholic Church is defined as \"a truth revealed by God, which the magisterium of the Church declared as binding.\" The \"Catechism of the Catholic Church\" states: Dogma can also pertain to the collective body of the Church's dogmatic teachings and doctrine. The faithful are required to accept with the divine and Catholic faith everything the Church presents either as solemn decision or as general teaching. Yet not all teachings are dogma. The faithful are only required", "title": "Dogma in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "8108319", "text": "hymn or chant from the Graduale, sung by all. The people then depart, or stay to pray for awhile, light votives at various shrines in the church, etc. In some countries, including the United States, the priest customarily stands outside the church door to greet the congregants individually as they exit. Since the Second Vatican Council, the time for fulfilling the obligation to attend Mass on Sunday or a Holy Day of Obligation now begins on the evening of the day before, and most parish churches do celebrate the Sunday Mass also on Saturday evening. By long tradition and liturgical", "title": "Mass in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "14735768", "text": "Profession of faith (Catholic Church) The Catholic Church requires people to make a personal profession of faith according to a prescribed formula, when taking up certain posts in its service or when becoming Catholics. A public profession of faith in accordance with a formula approved by the Holy See is required of Those listed under numbers 5 to 8 also take an oath of fidelity on assuming the office they are to exercise in the name of the Church. Under the 1917 Code of Canon Law, which was superseded in 1973 by a revised text, the obligation also fell on", "title": "Profession of faith (Catholic Church)" }, { "docid": "7277388", "text": "one ecclesiastical province, four suffragan dioceses and one apostolic prefecture: At the end of 2013 the Catholic Church in Gabon counted: The Catholic population amounted to 822,930 adherents, equal to 51.08 % of a total national population of 1,611,200. Catholic Church in Gabon The Catholic Church in Gabon is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. It is endowed with the right to elect its own clergy, except archbishops. There are over 600,000 Catholics in Gabon - almost half the population divided in five major congregations. There are five dioceses including one", "title": "Catholic Church in Gabon" }, { "docid": "9468782", "text": "eparchs in the Eastern Catholic Churches—are assigned to govern local regions within the Catholic Church known as dioceses in the Latin Church and eparchies in the Eastern Churches. Bishops are collectively known as the College of Bishops and can hold such additional titles as archbishop, cardinal, patriarch, or pope. As of 2009 there were approximately 5,100 bishops total in the Latin and Eastern churches of the Catholic Church. Bishops are always men. In addition, Canon 378 § 1 requires that a candidate for the Latin episcopacy should be: The traditional role of a bishop is to act as head of", "title": "Bishop in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "9408268", "text": "continuing to hold the importance of these three aspects of priesthood, the church now has a significantly broader understanding. Priests are also responsible for daily recitation of the principal and minor offices of the Liturgy of the Hours. Priests are the only ministers of the Sacrament of Penance and Anointing of the Sick. They are the ordinary ministers of Baptism and witnesses to Holy Matrimony. The Catholic Church has different rules for the priesthood in the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches than in the Latin Church. The chief difference is that most of the Eastern Catholic Churches ordain married men, whereas", "title": "Priesthood in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2447844", "text": "within the global Catholic Church) which are in communion with Rome, fully recognized and valid in the eyes of the Catholic Church. They have their own bishops and eparchies. The largest of these communities in the U.S. is the Chaldean Catholic Church. Most of these Churches are of Eastern European and Middle Eastern origin. Eastern Catholic Churches are distinguished from Eastern Orthodox, identifiable by their usage of the term Catholic. The Church employs people in a variety of leadership and service roles. Its ministers consist of ordained clergy (bishops, deacons, and presbyters (priests)) and non-ordained lay ecclesial ministers, theologians, and", "title": "Catholic Church in the United States" }, { "docid": "3024010", "text": "were applied at Thredbo Ecumenical Chapel built in the Snowy Mountains in 1996. Australian films on Catholic themes have included: Television programs on Catholic themes have included: Coverage of religion is part of the ABC's Charter obligation to reflect the character and diversity of the Australian community. Its religious programs include coverage of Catholic (and other) worship and devotion, explanation, analysis, debate and reports. Catholic Church Television Australia is an office with the Australian Catholic Office for Film & Broadcasting and develops television programs for Aurora Community Television on Foxtel and Austar in Australia. The body of literature produced by", "title": "Catholic Church in Australia" }, { "docid": "13501356", "text": "taxes are \"automatic paycheck deductions\" taken from all registered church members, \"regardless of how often members attend services.\" Catholicism in Germany today faces several problems: History of the Catholic Church in Germany The history of the Catholic Church in Germany should be read in parallel with the History of Germany as the Church was progressively confused, in competition with, oppressed by and distinguished from, the state. The long history of Roman Catholicism in Germany can also explain much of the History of the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the period of the Middle Ages, under the Holy Roman Empire. The", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in Germany" }, { "docid": "7441468", "text": "Arab countries. The Eastern Catholic bishops also belong to the (international) synod of their patriarchate or other specific church. Seven popes from Syria ascended the papal throne, many of them lived in Italy, Pope Gregory III, was previously the last pope to have been born outside Europe until the election of Francis in 2013. Catholic Church in Syria The Catholic Church in Syria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are 368,000 Catholics in Syria (and its refugee diaspora), approximately 2% of the total population. The Catholics of Syria are", "title": "Catholic Church in Syria" }, { "docid": "14858590", "text": "Exorcism in the Catholic Church The Catholic Church authorizes the use of exorcism for those who are believed to be the victims of demonic possession. In Roman Catholicism, exorcism is sacramental but not a sacrament, unlike baptism or confession. Unlike a sacrament, exorcism's \"integrity and efficacy do not depend ... on the rigid use of an unchanging formula or on the ordered sequence of prescribed actions. Its efficacy depends on two elements: authorization from valid and licit Church authorities, and the faith of the exorcist.\" The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: \"When the Church asks publicly and authoritatively in", "title": "Exorcism in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2447451", "text": "Criticism of the Catholic Church Criticism of the Catholic Church includes the observations made about the current or historical Catholic Church, in its actions, teachings, omissions, structure, or nature. The logical disagreements are covered on a denominational basis. Criticisms may regard the concepts of papal primacy and supremacy, or aspects of church structure, governance, and particular practices. Since the Catholic Church is the largest Christian church representing over half of all Christians and one sixth of the world's population, these criticisms may not necessarily represent the majority view of all Christians and non-Christians. Criticism of the Catholic Church in previous", "title": "Criticism of the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "9510679", "text": "Parish in the Catholic Church In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish () is a stable community of the faithful within a particular church, whose pastoral care has been entrusted to a parish priest (Latin: \"pastor\"), under the authority of the diocesan bishop. It is the lowest ecclesiastical subdivision in the Catholic episcopal polity, and the primary constituent unit of a diocese. In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, parishes are constituted under cc. 515–552, entitled \"Parishes, Pastors, and Parochial Vicars.\" Most parishes are \"territorial parishes\", which comprise all the Christian faithful living within a defined geographic area. Some parishes", "title": "Parish in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "13153224", "text": "and Catholics with homosexual tendencies must practice chastity in the understanding that homosexual acts are \"intrinsically disordered\" and \"contrary to the natural law.\" The Vatican has reiterated the standing instruction against ordaining gay candidates for the priesthood. History of the Catholic Church in the United States The Catholic Church in the United States began in the colonial era, but most of the Spanish and French influences had faded by 1800. The Catholic Church grew through immigration, especially from Europe (Germany and Ireland at first, and in 1890-1914 from Italy, Poland and Eastern Europe.) In the nineteenth century the Church set", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in the United States" }, { "docid": "10130384", "text": "Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church Anointing of the Sick is a sacrament of the Catholic Church that is administered to a Catholic \"who, having reached the age of reason, begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age\", except in the case of those who \"persevere obstinately in manifest grave sin\". Proximate danger of death, the occasion for the administration of Viaticum, is not required, but only the onset of a medical condition of serious illness or injury or simply old age: \"It is not a sacrament for those only who are at the point", "title": "Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2901464", "text": "the Vatican. Under Rafael Trujillo's government, the power of the Catholic Church was limited. Although the Church remained apolitical during much of the Trujillo era, a 1960 pastoral letter of protest against mass arrests of government opponents seriously strained the relationship with the government. Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic The Catholic Church in Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 7.6 million baptised Catholics in the Dominican Republic, (78% of", "title": "Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic" }, { "docid": "17320564", "text": "We Are What We Are (2013 film) We Are What We Are is a 2013 American horror film directed by Jim Mickle. It was screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It is a remake of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name. Both a sequel and prequel have been announced. During a torrential downpour, a woman, later identified as Emma Parker, confusedly staggers into a store as the butcher receives a delivery. After several attempts to address her, she finally responds and explains that the foul", "title": "We Are What We Are (2013 film)" }, { "docid": "11252794", "text": "Prayer in the Catholic Church In the Catholic Church, prayer is \"the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.\" It is an act of the moral virtue of religion, which Catholic theologians identify as a part of the cardinal virtue of justice. Prayer may be expressed vocally or mentally. Vocal prayer may be spoken or sung. Mental prayer can be either meditation or contemplation. The basic forms of prayer are praise, petition (supplication), intercession, and thanksgiving. Roman Catholic teachings on the subject of prayer are contained in the \"Catechism\", where quoting", "title": "Prayer in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "4089688", "text": "the president of the Religious Conference of Spain, Alejandro Fernández Barrajón declared that \"[sexual and affective] maturity is what must be insisted on, when selecting candidates for priesthood or religious life. Conditioning persons on their sexual orientation is not evangelical. Jesus would not do so.\" Homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church The canon law of the Catholic Church requires that clerics \"observe perfect and perpetual continence for the sake of the kingdom of heaven\". For this reason, priests in Roman Catholic dioceses make vows of celibacy at their ordination, thereby agreeing to remain unmarried and abstinent throughout their lives. In", "title": "Homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2901463", "text": "Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic The Catholic Church in Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 7.6 million baptised Catholics in the Dominican Republic, (78% of the population), in 11 territorial dioceses and one military ordinariate, served by 800 priests. Within the Dominican Republic the hierarchy consists of: The Dominican Republic offers religious freedom, but the Catholic Church still enjoys certain favors, in particular due to a 1954 concordat with", "title": "Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic" }, { "docid": "18747182", "text": "Cal Cathers of SOLT founded BRC Printing Limited to print primarily reading and math textbooks for schools. In 1990 SOLT founded Mt. Carmel High School in Benque, staffed largely by foreign volunteers, and also opened Divine Mercy Church in Belize City. In 1998, John Marhevka of SOLT founded a Catholic bookstore and radio station in Benque. In 2005, he built a media center and radio station in Belize City and in 2010 Power FM Catholic Youth Radio began broadcasting, to which was added Radio Guadalupe Catholic Radio Station in 2013. By 2014, 20 members had served in Belize for extended", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in Belize" }, { "docid": "12000884", "text": "ascertaining that they are beliefs already held in some form throughout the Catholic church. Both Pope Pius IX and Pope Pius XII consulted the bishops worldwide before proclaiming these dogmas. A movement to declare a third Marian dogma for \"Mediatrix\" and \"Co-Redemptrix\" was underway in the 1990s, an issue handled very delicately by the bishops at Vatican II. The term \"Dogma Catholicum\" was first used by Vincent of Lérins (450), referring to \"what all, everywhere and always believed\". In the year 565, Emperor Justinian declared the decisions of the first ecumenical councils as law \"because they are true dogmata of", "title": "Dogma in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "4911877", "text": "of doctrine, the priests of sacred worship and the ministers of governance\" and \"represent the Church.\" In the year 2012, there were 5,133 Catholic bishops; at the end of 2014, there were 5,237 Catholic bishops. The Pope himself is a bishop (the bishop of Rome) and traditionally uses the title \"Venerable Brother\" when writing formally to another bishop. The typical role of a bishop is to provide pastoral governance for a diocese. Bishops who fulfill this function are known as diocesan ordinaries, because they have what canon law calls ordinary (i.e. not delegated) authority for a diocese. These bishops may", "title": "Hierarchy of the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2600201", "text": "on 5 V 2013). According to Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, money from money given by people including voluntary and semi-mandatory (e.g. required during marriages), religious events and other, is more than 6 billion zł(~ US$1.9 billion on 5 V 2013). Catholic Church in Poland There are 41 Catholic dioceses of the Latin Church and two eparchies of the Eastern Churches in Poland. These comprise about 10,000 parishes and religious orders. There are 33 million Catholics however, the data includes the number of infants baptized. The primate of the Church is Wojciech Polak, Archbishop of Gniezno. According to 2014 statistical yearbook, 85.8%", "title": "Catholic Church in Poland" }, { "docid": "2447885", "text": "land.'\" Only 2 percent of American Catholics go to confession on a regular basis, while three-quarters of them go to confession once a year or less often. The following are some notable Americans declared as Servants of God, venerables, beatified, and canonized saints: Servants of God Venerables Beatified Saints According to \"The Official Catholic Directory\", the following are the top eight Catholic pilgrimage sites in the United States: Catholic Church in the United States The Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. With 20.8% of the United", "title": "Catholic Church in the United States" }, { "docid": "12493633", "text": "salvation under His guidance. The Catholic Church holds that things used in daily life, particularly in the service of religion, should be rescued from evil influences and endowed with a potency for good. The principal liturgical blessings recognized and sanctioned by Church are contained in the Roman Ritual and the Pontifical. Blessing in the Catholic Church Blessing in Roman Catholicism, in the narrow liturgical sense, is a rite consisting of a ceremony and prayers performed in the name and with the authority of the Church by a duly qualified minister by which persons or things are sanctified as dedicated to", "title": "Blessing in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "7541784", "text": "Catholic Church in Kazakhstan The Catholic Church in Kazakhstan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. There are approximately 250,000 Catholics in Kazakhstan out of a population of 15 million. Most Catholics in the country are ethnic Poles, Germans and Lithuanians. There are 3,000 Greek Catholics, also referred to as Eastern Rite Catholics, in the country. The population of Catholics decreased after the fall of communism as many German Catholics emigrated to Germany. In the second century AD, Christian Roman prisoners of war were taken to what is now Kazakhstan after", "title": "Catholic Church in Kazakhstan" }, { "docid": "12000891", "text": "rejection of Church Magisterial teachings is a \"de facto\" rejection of the divine revelation. It is considered the mortal sin of heresy if the heretical opinion is held with full knowledge of the Church's opposing dogmas. The infallibility of the Magisterium extends also to teachings which are deduced from such truths (\"fides ecclesiastica\"). These Church teachings or \"Catholic truths\" (\"veritates catholicae\") are not a part of the divine revelation, yet are intimately related to it. The rejection of these \"secondary\" teachings is not heretical, but involves the impairment of full communion with the Catholic Church. There are three categories of", "title": "Dogma in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "8051699", "text": "previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.\" Catholics must receive the Eucharist at least once a year - if possible, during Eastertide - but for grave reason (such as illness or child rearing) or dispensation are excused from attending Mass. In some countries a custom has recently arisen whereby someone who for some reason, such as not being a Catholic or not being in", "title": "Eucharist in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "7589353", "text": "The Government of Pakistan honoured Mrs. Fernandes on 23 March 2014 with the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz for her services to education. Pakistan Bible Society - In 2013 Pakistan Post issued a commemorative postage stamp on the 150th anniversary of the Pakistan Bible Society. The Pakistani Catholic Church has a long tradition of service with many Priests who have completed 50 years or more of service in the priesthood: Catholic Church in Pakistan The Catholic Church in Pakistan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. There are over one million Catholics in Pakistan, which", "title": "Catholic Church in Pakistan" }, { "docid": "7593549", "text": "1886. The constitution of the island does not allow citizenship of those who are not Muslims, and those found with non-Islamic religious materials can be subject to arrest. It currently has the smallest amount of Catholics attending mass. Catholic Church in the Maldives The Catholic Church in the Maldives is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Annals of the Propagation of the Faith mentions that in 1833 after the consecration of Clément Bonnand as the Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, he was authorized by the Holy See to send missionaries to", "title": "Catholic Church in the Maldives" }, { "docid": "12000898", "text": "Creed is a part of Sunday liturgy. Because many Protestant Churches have retained the older versions of the Creed, ecumenical working groups are meeting to discuss the Creed as the basis for better understandings of dogma. Dogma in the Catholic Church In the Catholic Church, a dogma is a definitive article of faith \"(de fide)\" that has been solemnly promulgated by the college of bishops at an ecumenical council or by the pope when speaking in a statement \"ex cathedra\", in which the magisterium of the Church presents a particular doctrine as necessary for the belief of all Catholic faithful.", "title": "Dogma in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "7395820", "text": "Catholic Church in the Czech Republic The Catholic Church in the Czech Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, curia in Rome, and the Conference of Czech Bishops. According to the 2011 census, there were 1.08 million Catholics in the country representing about 1/10 of the total population. There are eight dioceses including two archdiocese. In addition, there is a separate jurisdiction for those of the Byzantine Rite called the Ruthenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic. Although the Catholic Church is the largest Christian religious grouping in the country, Czechs have", "title": "Catholic Church in the Czech Republic" }, { "docid": "9108235", "text": "use live ammunition. There are several channels of negotiation to try to achieve as close to a peaceful solution as possible\". Michel Sabbah, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem and the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the region, said the gunmen had been given sanctuary, and that \"the basilica is a place of refuge for everybody, even fighters, as long as they lay down their arms. We have an obligation to give refuge to Palestinians and Israelis alike\". The IDF placed its headquarters in a Palestinian convention center named the \"Peace Center\". The militants were divided into six groups,", "title": "Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem" }, { "docid": "13501354", "text": "a historical reason as well. The Protestant churches had had strong connections to most of the former political states (empires, etc.) that had over the centuries ruled one or another part of the territory of the GDR, while the Catholic Church had kept its distance from them (and they had kept their distance from the Catholic Church, as seen during the \"kulturkampf\"). The Catholic Church was thus used to existing without the help and even against the hostility of the state. Nowadays, the two Bundesländer where Catholics constitute the majority of the German population are Bavaria (south) (with as per", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in Germany" }, { "docid": "9468806", "text": "The Catholic Church has always taught that bishops are descended from a continuous line of bishops since the days of the apostles, which is known as apostolic succession. Since 1896, when Pope Leo XIII issued the bull \"Apostolicae curae\", the Catholic Church has not recognised Anglican orders as valid, because of changes in the ordination rites that took place in the 16th century as well as divergence in the understanding of the theology of episcopacy and Eucharist. However, this view has since been complicated because Old Catholic bishops, whose orders are fully recognised as valid by Rome, have acted as", "title": "Bishop in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "6463495", "text": "Catholic Church in the Faroe Islands The Catholic Church in the Faroe Islands goes back to the year 999, when king Olav Tryggvason of Norway sent Sigmundur Brestisson on a mission to the islands with several priests. The islands became an independent diocese in 1111, but were officially reformed in 1537 and the last Catholic bishop was executed in 1538. After 1538, the Catholic Church was only revived in 1931 as a part of the bishopric of Copenhagen. The state church is now the Protestant Faroese People's Church. Today there are about 240 Catholics from over 20 nations living on", "title": "Catholic Church in the Faroe Islands" }, { "docid": "6463482", "text": "Catholic Church in the Faroe Islands The Catholic Church in the Faroe Islands goes back to the year 999, when king Olav Tryggvason of Norway sent Sigmundur Brestisson on a mission to the islands with several priests. The islands became an independent diocese in 1111, but were officially reformed in 1537 and the last Catholic bishop was executed in 1538. After 1538, the Catholic Church was only revived in 1931 as a part of the bishopric of Copenhagen. The state church is now the Protestant Faroese People's Church. Today there are about 240 Catholics from over 20 nations living on", "title": "Catholic Church in the Faroe Islands" }, { "docid": "12051378", "text": "In his \"Summa Theologica\" (part I, tit. xvii, p. 12) Antoninus of Florence (1439) enumerates ten precepts of the Church universally binding on the faithful. These are: In the sixteenth century Martin Aspilcueta(1586), gives a list of four principal precepts of obligation: At this time there began to appear many popular works in defence of the authority of the Church and setting forth her precepts. Such among others were the \"Summa Doctrinæ Christianæ\" (1555) of Peter Canisius and the \"Doctrina Christiana\" of Bellarmine (1589). Commandments of the Church In the Roman Catholic Church, the Commandments of the Church or Precepts", "title": "Commandments of the Church" }, { "docid": "13316898", "text": "elite and the Army. Its main base was the peasantry in heavily rural Spain. It had international support from Catholics, especially members of the Irish diaspora, which was politically powerful in the United States. There were some middle class Catholics, and their women were mobilized through the Acción Católica de la Mujer [Women's Catholic Action], established in 1920. It emphasized women's role as mothers and caregivers and register women by presenting the vote as a means to fulfill women's obligation to protect family and religious values. The Catholics in 1933 fought back by forming—for the first time—a Catholic party, the", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in Spain" }, { "docid": "7593442", "text": "Catholic Church in the Palestinian territories The Catholic Church in the Palestinian territories is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are over 80,000 Catholics in the areas referred to as the Palestinian territories, mostly in the agglomeration between Ramallah and Bethlehem, including the West Bank suburbs of Jerusalem. Adherents are mostly Latin Rite, but there is also a small Melkite Rite community. There are two Archbishops of Jerusalem for each jurisdiction respectively. Inside Palestinian jurisdiction of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem there are 2 parishes in Jerusalem and 17 parishes", "title": "Catholic Church in the Palestinian territories" }, { "docid": "2390302", "text": "of marriage.\" On the other hand, although the Catholic Church recognizes marriages between two non-Christians or those between a Catholic Christian and a non-Christian, these are not considered to be sacramental, and in the latter case, the Catholic Christian must seek permission from his/her bishop for the marriage to occur; this permission is known as \"dispensation from disparity of cult\". The Church prefers that marriages between Catholics, or between Catholics and other Christians, be celebrated in the parish church of one of the spouses. Those helping to prepare the couple for marriage can assist with the permission process. In present-day", "title": "Marriage in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "8173492", "text": "ordinals suggest, according to some private theologians, that the correctness of the dismissal of Anglican orders may be questioned; however remains Roman Catholic definitive teaching and was reinforced by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI. Since 1896 many Anglican bishops have been consecrated by bishops of the Old Catholic Church. Nevertheless, all Anglican clergymen who desire to enter the Catholic Church do so as laymen and must be ordained in the Catholic Church in order to serve as priests. Catholics are, according to and Cardinal Ratzinger, obliged to hold the position that Anglican orders are invalid. Catholics", "title": "Holy orders in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "7339573", "text": "Catholic Church in Zambia The Catholic Church in Zambia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are about three million Catholics in the country - about a quarter of the total population. There are ten dioceses, including two archdioceses. The first Catholics in the country were Jesuits who crossed the Zambezi River near Victoria Falls in 1879. Jesuit missions were established among the Tonga in 1902 and at Broken Hill in 1927. The White Fathers, entering from the north in 1891, had greater success in what is now Northern and", "title": "Catholic Church in Zambia" }, { "docid": "14123206", "text": "the island, landing at various inlets including what was to become Guantánamo Bay. With the Papal Bull of 1493, Pope Alexander VI commanded Spain to conquer, colonize and convert the pagans of the New World to Catholicism. At the end of the 19th century, many Cubans viewed the Catholic Church as one of the primary enemies of the fledgling nation. There were two main reasons for this. The first had to do with the bond between church and crown. In exchange for the services that it provided the monarchy, the colonial church received numerous privileges and exceptions. Priests were immune", "title": "History of the Catholic Church in Cuba" }, { "docid": "11960228", "text": "extract has been taken by the Roman Catholic Church and used in the \"Offices of the Compassion\" and of the \"Seven Dolours\". Saint Bernard wrote: \"Take away Mary, this star of the sea, the sea truly great and wide: what is left but enveloping darkness and the shadow of death and the densest blackness?\" There are pious meditations on the \"Ave Maria\" and the \"Salve Regina\", usually attributed either to St. Anselm of Lucca (d. 1080) or St. Bernard; and also in the large book \"De laudibus B. Mariae Virginis\" (Douai, 1625) by Richard de Saint-Laurent. Other famous Marian prayers", "title": "Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2447843", "text": "nation. Now, however, the United States has several large archdioceses and a number of cardinal-archbishops. By far, most Catholics in the United States belong to the Latin Church and the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. Rite generally refers to the form of worship (\"liturgical rite\") in a church community owing to cultural and historical differences as well as differences in practice. However, the Vatican II document, \"Orientalium Ecclesiarum\" (\"Of the Eastern Churches\"), acknowledges that these Eastern Catholic communities are \"true Churches\" and not just rites within the Catholic Church. There are 14 other Churches in the United States (23", "title": "Catholic Church in the United States" }, { "docid": "13909675", "text": "the Death Penalty and was the inspiration for the Hollywood film Dead Man Walking. According to Catherine Wessinger, Catholic lay women have been increasingly called to play important roles in the Catholic Church; this trend is particularly strong in the United States. Cynthia Stewart asserts that, although the hierarchy of the Church is entirely male as a result of the restriction against ordination of women, the vast majority of Catholics that participate in lay ministry are women. According to Stewart, approximately 85 percent of all Church roles that do not require ordination are performed by women. Stewart identifies several reasons", "title": "Women in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2447838", "text": "origins in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa that have their own distinctive liturgical, legal and organizational systems and are identified by the national or ethnic character of their region of origin. Each is considered fully equal to the Latin tradition within the church. In the United States, there are 15 Eastern church dioceses (called eparchies) and two Eastern church archdioceses (or archeparchies), the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh and the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. The apostolic exarchate for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in the United States is headed by a bishop who is a member of the U.S. Conference", "title": "Catholic Church in the United States" }, { "docid": "2390328", "text": "homosexuality. The Catholic Church opposes introduction of both civil and religious same-sex marriage. The Church also holds that same-sex unions are an unfavourable environment for children and that the legalization of such unions damages society. Leading figures in the Catholic hierarchy, including cardinals and bishops, have publicly voiced or actively opposed legislation of civil same-sex marriage and encouraged others to do the same, and have done likewise with regard to same-sex civil unions and adoption by same-sex couples. There are a growing number of Catholics globally who dissent from the official position of the Roman Catholic hierarchy and express support", "title": "Marriage in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2390321", "text": "or by any action of the state. Accordingly, \"the Catholic Church does not recognize or endorse civil divorce of a natural marriage, as of a sacramental marriage\". However, a natural marriage, even if consummated, can be dissolved by the Church when to do so favours the maintenance of the faith on the part of a Christian, cases of what has been called Pauline privilege and Petrine privilege. In these cases, which require intervention by the Holy See, the Church admits real divorce, actual dissolution of a valid marriage, as distinct from the granting by merely human power of a divorce", "title": "Marriage in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "15167102", "text": "Sacraments of the Catholic Church There are seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, which according to Catholic theology were instituted by Jesus and entrusted to the Church. Sacraments are visible rites seen as signs and efficacious channels of the grace of God to all those who receive them with the proper disposition. The sevenfold list of sacraments is often organized into three categories: the sacraments of initiation (into the Church, the body of Christ), consisting of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist; the sacraments of healing, consisting of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick; and the sacraments of service: Holy Orders", "title": "Sacraments of the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "15167133", "text": "in which the names of the three divine persons (or hypostases) of the Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—are replaced by descriptors such as Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier, or Creator, Liberator, and Sustainer, and requires that the conditional form should not be used when baptizing those who have received this kind of baptism. Sacraments of the Catholic Church There are seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, which according to Catholic theology were instituted by Jesus and entrusted to the Church. Sacraments are visible rites seen as signs and efficacious channels of the grace of God to all those who receive them", "title": "Sacraments of the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "2447536", "text": "for the protection of children and youth in Catholic institutions across the country. The Vatican revisited what it regarded as the issue of homosexuality and a gay subculture within the clergy, because the vast majority of the cases consisted of males preying on male adolescents (over 90% of the sexual abuse victims were teenage boys rather than girls or prepubescents). According to the nationalist critique, Catholicism poses a threat to sovereignty by virtue of its internationalist structure, headquartered in Rome. In the history of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, when King Henry VIII established the Church of England,", "title": "Criticism of the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "7593443", "text": "in all Palestine. William Shomali is the Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem, which belongs all Palestinian territory. Catholic Church in the Palestinian territories The Catholic Church in the Palestinian territories is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are over 80,000 Catholics in the areas referred to as the Palestinian territories, mostly in the agglomeration between Ramallah and Bethlehem, including the West Bank suburbs of Jerusalem. Adherents are mostly Latin Rite, but there is also a small Melkite Rite community. There are two Archbishops of Jerusalem for each jurisdiction respectively. Inside Palestinian", "title": "Catholic Church in the Palestinian territories" }, { "docid": "7395826", "text": "($3.7 billion) – and 59 billion koruna ($2.9 billion) in financial compensation paid to them over the next 30 years. Eighty percent of funds and property will go the Catholic Church, by far the biggest recipient. The state will also gradually stop covering their expenses over the next 17. In 2008, a similar bill was approved by the government but Parliament rejected it. About 200 of the Czech Republic's 1,370 priests are from neighbouring Poland. Catholic Church in the Czech Republic The Catholic Church in the Czech Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of", "title": "Catholic Church in the Czech Republic" }, { "docid": "7277122", "text": "of Koupéla on 29 February 1956 and became the first African Catholic bishop. Catholic Church in Burkina Faso The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the most recent census (2006) 19 percent of the population are members of the Catholic Church. The first Catholics to enter what is today Burkina Faso arrived with the French colonialists in 1896. In 1900 and 1901 Catholic missions were established at Koupéla and Ouagadougou, respectively and Joanny Thévenoud, a missionary helped to firmly establish Catholicism in the", "title": "Catholic Church in Burkina Faso" }, { "docid": "13898781", "text": "John Lancaster Spalding, as well as the magazines \"Catholic World\" and \"Ave Marie.\" The true Catholic belief supposedly was close support of the Catholic Church by a government. Allegations were made by German American Catholic bishops in the Midwest, who are distrustful of the Irish to increasingly dominated the American Catholic Church.. The Vatican grew alarmed in the 1890s, and Pope Leo XIII issued an encyclical denouncing Americanism in theory. In \"Longinqua oceani\" (1895; “Wide Expanse of the Ocean”), Leo warned the American church leaders hierarchy not to export their unique system of separation of church and state. In 1898", "title": "19th-century history of the Catholic Church in the United States" }, { "docid": "12051375", "text": "your heart, in fasting\". Thus again, the commanding act of the Church rather consists in the precisation. The necessity of providing for the needs of the Church results from the faithful belonging to one Mystical Body and is regulated in canons 1260 and 1262. The Church commandments are generally seen as “minimum requirements” for leading a Christian life in Communion with the Catholic Church. As early as the time of Constantine I, especial insistence was put upon the obligation to hear Mass on Sundays and Holy Days, to receive the sacraments and to abstain from contracting marriage at certain seasons.", "title": "Commandments of the Church" }, { "docid": "2040526", "text": "can suppress one of these days or transfer it to Sunday, provided that said particular law has been approved by the Apostolic See. The authority competent to establish the particular law of a \"sui iuris\" Church may constitute, transfer, or suppress other feast days and days of penance (i.e., ones that are not common to all the Eastern Churches), under certain conditions. The faithful of the Eastern Catholic Churches \"are bound by the obligation to participate on Sundays and feast days in the Divine Liturgy or, according to the prescriptions or legitimate customs of their own Church sui iuris, in", "title": "Holy day of obligation" }, { "docid": "17320575", "text": "limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on September 27, 2013, it opened nationally on October 4, 2013. It was released on home video January 7, 2014. \"We Are What We Are\" has a Metacritic rating of 71 out of 100 based on 28 reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 86% of 83 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review, and the average rating was 7/10; the site's consensus states: \"A compelling story cleverly told, \"We Are What We Are\" quenches horror buffs' thirst for gore while serving up serious-minded filmmaking", "title": "We Are What We Are (2013 film)" }, { "docid": "8051692", "text": "highly lauded, purpose of adoring Christ present in the Eucharist. In the judgment of the Catholic Church, the concept of transubstantiation, with its accompanying unambiguous distinction between \"substance\" or underlying reality, and \"accidents\" or humanly perceptible appearances, safeguards against what it sees as the mutually opposed errors of, on the one hand, a merely figurative understanding of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist (the change of the substance is real), and, on the other hand, an interpretation that would amount to cannibalistic (a charge which pagans leveled at early Catholic Christians who did not understand the rites of", "title": "Eucharist in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "17320577", "text": "Gierson of Screen Daily called it \"a tense, unsettling experience that offers very little gore but nonetheless knows how to turn the stomach.\" Ryan Daley of Bloody Disgusting rated it 3.5/5 stars and wrote that the film \"lacks any real surprises\" but \"has a lot to say and it says it well.\" Drew Tinnin of Dread Central rated it 2.5/5 stars and wrote that the payoff is much better than the slow-paced buildup. We Are What We Are (2013 film) We Are What We Are is a 2013 American horror film directed by Jim Mickle. It was screened at the", "title": "We Are What We Are (2013 film)" }, { "docid": "2447532", "text": "communism in Russia, the Russian Orthodox Church experienced a resurgence. The recent expansion of the Catholic population in Russia strained the Catholic-Russian Orthodox relationship. In 2007 then Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow demanded that the Vatican curb \"proselytism\" by Catholic clerics in Russia and eastern Europe. Catholic officials have replied that their efforts in Russia were not aimed at Orthodox believers, but were reaching out to the vast majority of Russians who are not churchgoers. The Catholic Church holds that, \"if a non-Catholic Christian, for reasons of conscience and having been convinced of Catholic truth, asks to enter into", "title": "Criticism of the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "7277121", "text": "Catholic Church in Burkina Faso The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the most recent census (2006) 19 percent of the population are members of the Catholic Church. The first Catholics to enter what is today Burkina Faso arrived with the French colonialists in 1896. In 1900 and 1901 Catholic missions were established at Koupéla and Ouagadougou, respectively and Joanny Thévenoud, a missionary helped to firmly establish Catholicism in the country over the following five decades. Abbé Yougbaré was consecrated as the Bishop", "title": "Catholic Church in Burkina Faso" }, { "docid": "7277645", "text": "Catholic Church in the Falkland Islands There are over 230 Catholics in the Falkland Islands, approximately 10% of the total population. There are no dioceses in the islands, instead they form an apostolic prefecture which was erected in January 1952. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and separate from any Argentine or UK dioceses. The spiritual leader of the prefecture is Father Hugh Allan who was appointed in 2016. The Eucharist is celebrated at RAF Mount Pleasant. St Mary's Catholic Church in Ross Road in Stanley is the sole Catholic Church on the Falkland Islands. It was blessed", "title": "Catholic Church in the Falkland Islands" }, { "docid": "11252810", "text": "\"The Way to Christ\" Pope John Paul II warned against \"mechanical prayer\" and pointed out the need for self-reflection before prayer. And in his message for the 42nd \"World Day of Prayer\" he said: In Catholic tradition, there are many legends about the power of persistent prayer. In the fourth century, Saint Monica of Hippo is said to have prayed for the conversion of her son Augustine for fourteen years and he eventually became an influential figure in Christian thought. Prayer in the Catholic Church In the Catholic Church, prayer is \"the raising of one's mind and heart to God", "title": "Prayer in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "5502304", "text": "Antiochian Catholic Church in America The Antiochian Catholic Church in America (ACCA) is an Independent Catholic Church. What sets the ACCA apart from most such Churches is that it espouses the theology and embraces many distinctive practices of the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Indian Orthodox Church, from which the clergy of the ACCA claim to derive apostolic succession primarily via the lineage of René Vilatte. The orders of the ACCA are also derived from the Old Catholic movement, in this case by way of Arnold Mathew. The ACCA, however, is not in communion with any of the Oriental Orthodox", "title": "Antiochian Catholic Church in America" } ]

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[ { "docid": "9478383", "text": "resides at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado. He appears at Broncos' home games and community promotions such as the Broncos' reading program. Miles (mascot) Miles is one of two official mascots of the Denver Broncos, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). He was developed in the early 1990s and made his first public appearance at the 1995 Pro Bowl as a Team NFL Hero. Team NFL Heroes were a line of mascot-like characters created by NFL Properties for every team in the league; most of the characters only lasted a season or", "title": "Miles (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9478382", "text": "years later with Miles being an example of the latter. Before the Broncos unveiled him as their official team mascot some changes to his appearance were made, such as changing his fur from orange to white and switching his jersey number from 0 to 00. According to Miles' official backstory he was born on January 31, 1999, the same day that the Broncos became Super Bowl champions for the second time at Hard Rock Stadium, then known as Pro Player Stadium, near Miami, Florida. However, he did not appear in person as a mascot until two years later. Now Miles", "title": "Miles (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9478381", "text": "Miles (mascot) Miles is one of two official mascots of the Denver Broncos, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). He was developed in the early 1990s and made his first public appearance at the 1995 Pro Bowl as a Team NFL Hero. Team NFL Heroes were a line of mascot-like characters created by NFL Properties for every team in the league; most of the characters only lasted a season or two but a handful ended up being adopted as official mascots by their respective teams, either immediately after the Team NFL Heroes project was canceled or", "title": "Miles (mascot)" }, { "docid": "8916118", "text": "38-14 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Parramatta Stadium. In 1990, in order to increase the Broncos' success in the Winfield Cup, Wayne Bennett controversially sacked Wally Lewis as club captain and gave the role to centre Gene Miles. Miles had retired from representative football, and Bennett hoped he could remove the team's reliance on Lewis, who was said not to be a strong club man or a good trainer for the Broncos. The Balmain Tigers were the last team the Broncos had failed to beat, until their victory in Round 18 of the 1990 season. Brisbane finished the regular season", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "17817278", "text": "Thunder and his rider also interact with fans before the game; the horse is particularly popular with children, who are allowed to pet him. The horses who have served as Thunder need to remain calm in situations that would normally frighten most horses, such as being in football stadiums with thousands of cheering fans, exploding pyrotechnics, cheerleaders waving pom-poms, and other spectacles common to National Football League (NFL) games. Thunder shares mascot duties with Miles, a human who wears a horse head mask atop a Broncos uniform. The original Thunder, later named \"Thunder Sr.\", was described as bold and courageous.", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" } ]

[ { "docid": "7514103", "text": "Coyotes to their limit before being eliminated. In 2010, the Laredo Broncos folded because ULB ceased to exist and the fact that the city of Laredo preferred to lease the future Laredo Ballpark to a then new expansion franchise team Laredo Lemurs in the American Association than the Broncos since ULB had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Buster the Bronco was the mascot of the Laredo Broncos for all 5 seasons. The mascot's name and image were selected by the executive staff before the 2006 season started. 2006 2007 2008 2010 2006 2010 Laredo Broncos The Laredo Broncos were a", "title": "Laredo Broncos" }, { "docid": "17817307", "text": "\"social\" and \"quite the poser\". Unlike his predecessors, he tends to ignore the antics at football games, preferring to doze off when not performing. Thunder (mascot) Thunder is the stage name for the horse who is the official live animal mascot for the Denver Broncos football team. Three purebred Arabians have held this role since 1993, all gray horses whose coats lightened with age until they turned completely white. Sharon Magness-Blake has owned all three horses, and Ann Judge has been their rider since 1998 and trainer since 1999. , Thunder has appeared in four Super Bowls with the team", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" }, { "docid": "17817276", "text": "Thunder (mascot) Thunder is the stage name for the horse who is the official live animal mascot for the Denver Broncos football team. Three purebred Arabians have held this role since 1993, all gray horses whose coats lightened with age until they turned completely white. Sharon Magness-Blake has owned all three horses, and Ann Judge has been their rider since 1998 and trainer since 1999. , Thunder has appeared in four Super Bowls with the team since 1998. The original Thunder performed in Super Bowl XXXII and Super Bowl XXXIII and Thunder III appeared in Super Bowl XLVIII and Super", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" }, { "docid": "17817281", "text": "Kobask, was loaned to the Denver Broncos by Sharon Magness-Blake of Magness Arabians after she received a phone call from team officials asking if she had a \"white\" horse. Thunder's debut as team mascot was on September 12, 1993, during the Broncos' victory over the San Diego Chargers. Angela Moore, his rider at the time, galloped him down the field after each Broncos touchdown. Thunder's mascot duties were expanded to include delivering the game ball to the referees at the start of each home game. Spectators were allowed to interact with Thunder and pet him prior to the game. Magness", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" }, { "docid": "60463", "text": "only Super League premiership played in Australia. Buck the Bronco is currently the Broncos mascot. Located in 98 Fulcher Road, Queensland, Australia (4059), the Brisbane Broncos League is the Broncos training ground and includes a restaurant and buffet. The Brisbane Broncos have also purchased the TAFE (opposite the club) and have recently built a new training field and building. The Broncos' training ground is also used for the Australian Kangaroos. The Brisbane Broncos have the largest fan base of any NRL club and they have been voted the most popular rugby league team in Australia for several years. A Broncos", "title": "Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862421", "text": "the AFC West. What the Broncos did not know at the time, however, was that their victory over the Chargers would be the start of a complete turnaround. Following a Week 7 bye, the Broncos won their final ten games to compile an 11-game win streak. Throughout all of this, Manning silenced his critics by playing at an MVP-caliber level and the Broncos' offensive and defensive numbers rose in the rankings along with him. The Broncos ended the season at 13–3, clinching both the AFC West (their first consecutive division title since 1986–1987) and the AFC's #1 seed. On January", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "19165685", "text": "The Tiger (mascot) The Tiger is the mascot of the Clemson Tigers, the athletic teams of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. The anthropomorphized tiger is costumed in Acrylic/polyester fur, and in recent years wears a football, basketball, or baseball jersey or a T-shirt. The Tiger has a smaller companion, The Cub, who wears shorts, oversized sneakers, and a jersey numbered . Clemson's athletic teams have been nicknamed the Tigers since 1896, when coach (and later university president) Walter Merritt Riggs brought the name from his alma mater, Auburn University. The school's first costumed mascot was the Southern Gentleman, a", "title": "The Tiger (mascot)" }, { "docid": "8916160", "text": "sacked Ivan Henjak, The Broncos defense was inpregnable with 6/7 wins in their first 7 matches leaving them at the top of the ladder. According to a 2013 report, the Brisbane Broncos had the highest brand equity of any Australian sporting brand. In what is considered by some commentators to be one of the best Grand Finals in recent history the 2015 Grand Final against the North Queensland Cowboys went in to Golden Point overtime for the first time. Jonathan Thurston, after missing a match winning try conversion after the 80 minutes, kicked a field goal 2 minutes into the", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "13293312", "text": "Santa Clara Broncos The Santa Clara Broncos are athletic teams that represent Santa Clara University. The school colors are red and white. The mascot is a bucking bronco and the fans are referred to as the \"Ruff Riders\". The Broncos compete in the NCAA Division I (NCAA) as members of the West Coast Conference of which Santa Clara is a charter member. The Santa Clara University Broncos baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team that represents the school in NCAA Division I. Santa Clara Baseball competes in the West Coast Conference, of which the Broncos were a charter member.", "title": "Santa Clara Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862368", "text": "with only 26 yards of total offense, including −7 yards passing. After the 2nd game, Speedie resigned and was replaced by interim head coach Ray Malavasi, under whom the Broncos finished the season 4–10. Denver came close to losing the Broncos in 1965, when a group of minority partners joined together with the intent to sell the team to interests based in Atlanta. However, a different pair of owners, Alan and Gerald Phipps, bought the team (along with Bears Stadium) and kept them in Denver. In the aftermath of the near loss of what was Denver's only professional sports team", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862391", "text": "Broncos successor Gerald Phipps died in 1993. Kaiser died in 2012. Brian Griese, son of former Miami Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese, took over as quarterback upon Elway's retirement. Griese led the team from 1999–2002, compiling a record of 34–30. Though the team made the playoffs in the 2000 season under Griese, he never took a snap in the postseason for the Broncos. A shoulder injury he suffered during a gutty Monday Night performance against the arch-rival Raiders (in what would be, ironically, the final Monday Night affair at Mile High Stadium), shelved him for most of the remainder of the", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862416", "text": "struggling Dolphins in what was described as Tebow's triumphant return to his home town of Miami. The Broncos won their next six games all in spite of numerous controversies over Tebow's playing style (an overwhelmingly run-based QB in a season where QBs like Drew Brees set record passing stats). In Week 15, the Patriots arrived in Denver and rolled over the Broncos. They lost their two remaining games to Buffalo and Kansas City, but were still able to clinch the AFC West title and host a playoff game. For the second time in four seasons, the AFC Western Division was", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "17817279", "text": "He was a stallion registered as JB Kobask, a former show horse, who was team mascot for the Broncos from 1993 until his retirement in 2004. He continued making community appearances until his death in 2009. Thunder Sr. was succeeded in 2004 by \"Thunder II\", an Arabian gelding registered as Winter Solstyce. He had been the personal pleasure riding horse of Magness-Blake. Judge described him as being somewhat timid when he first began his role as mascot but eventually grew into it. He retired from mascot duties in early 2014 but appeared in the 2016 Super Bowl 50 victory parade", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" }, { "docid": "8916148", "text": "week saw a return to form. The Broncos then defeated the injury-struck Parramatta Eels 23-0 in Round 25 and in round 26 the New Zealand Warriors 36-12. Brisbane was heading into the finals with momentum not seen since their last premiership-winning season in 2000, but lost to the St George Illawarra Dragons 20-4 in what was at the time the highest attended Broncos game ever played at Suncorp Stadium. Brisbane bounced back in the semi-final, defeating the Newcastle Knights 50-6 and captain Darren Lockyer became the club's highest ever point-scorer with 1,077 (breaking Michael De Vere's record of 1,062 points).", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9406939", "text": "What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as \"murahaleen\" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "9406947", "text": "That Happens Will Happen Today\". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "17817298", "text": "by Broncos' management as an \"accomplished equestrian\". She has competed at the national level in Arabian and Pinto horse show competition. She is also a horse show judge who has adjudicated national and international events. Both Thunder II and Thunder III are stabled at Judge's farm in Bennett, Colorado. JB Kobask, a purebred Arabian stallion foaled in 1983, became the first live horse mascot for the Broncos in 1993 after a successful horse show career. He was a son of the reserve U.S. National Champion Arabian Stallion GG Jabask, and a grandson of the Polish-bred Arabian *Bask, a multiple U.S.", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" }, { "docid": "17817280", "text": "in downtown Denver following the Broncos win over the Carolina Panthers. \"Thunder III\", a gelding registered as Me N Myshadow, was the understudy to Thunder II, and trained specifically for mascot duties beginning at age three when he was started under saddle. He began performing at preseason games in 2013. Although Thunder II was still active as team mascot during the 2013–14 season, Thunder III was sent to Super Bowl XLVIII because he was younger and better able to handle air travel. He is described as laid-back, preferring to doze off during games when not performing. The original \"Thunder\", JB", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" }, { "docid": "13293324", "text": "finished second in the California conference, qualifying for the playoffs, beating Colorado State 49–12 in the round of 16, before losing to Saint Mary's in the quarterfinals. Santa Clara rugby is led by head coach Paul Keeler. Santa Clara Broncos The Santa Clara Broncos are athletic teams that represent Santa Clara University. The school colors are red and white. The mascot is a bucking bronco and the fans are referred to as the \"Ruff Riders\". The Broncos compete in the NCAA Division I (NCAA) as members of the West Coast Conference of which Santa Clara is a charter member. The", "title": "Santa Clara Broncos" }, { "docid": "19165686", "text": "student dressed in a purple formal suit with a top hat and cane. The name came from a \"Greenville News\" editor's nickname for Clemson students, and was discontinued in 1972. The first costumed tiger mascot appeared in 1954. A smaller, ostensibly younger, companion named The Cub was introduced in 1993. The Tiger's wide, yellow eyes are perceived by some as frightening. In 2014, CBSSports.com named The Tiger #4 on its list of ten scariest college football mascots. In 1978, mascot Zach Mills began the tradition of doing a number push-ups after every score equal to the number of points Clemson", "title": "The Tiger (mascot)" }, { "docid": "17817299", "text": "National Champion after his importation to the United States. JB Kobask also had a substantial amount of Crabbet breeding in his pedigree. The stallion was kicked by a mare in a 1997 breeding accident, resulting in a fracture that required two arthroscopic surgeries on his stifle, akin to knee surgery on a human, and was out of commission for six weeks; another two months was needed before he could gallop at full speed. Following his recovery, he resumed his mascot duties and appeared at Super Bowl XXXII in January 1998. He served as the Broncos mascot for 11 years and", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9862409", "text": "age of 23. In Week 3, the Broncos lost 27–13 at home to the Indianapolis Colts. Kyle Orton threw for a career-high 476 yards, but the Broncos were plagued by red-zone miscues. In Week 4, the Broncos rallied for a 26–20 win at the Tennessee Titans. In Week 5, the Broncos lost 31–17 to the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium, a venue that has been none too kind to the Broncos. In Week 6, the Broncos suffered a heartbreaking 24–20 loss at home to the Jets, aided by a costly pass interference penalty on safety Renaldo Hill that enabled", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "106573", "text": "unveiled on February 4, 1997. Navy blue replaced royal blue on the team's color scheme. The current logo is a profile of a horse's head, with an orange mane and navy blue outlines. The Broncos' popular live animal mascot Thunder was the inspiration to incorporate a horse-head profile as part of the logo on the team's helmets. During a February 4, 1997 press conference introducing the new logo, the team president and the art director for Nike, who were the creators of the new design, described it as \"a powerful horse with a fiery eye and mane.\" The Broncos began", "title": "Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "6183444", "text": "1980, which has a capacity of 1,800. The team also won the 2003 and 2008 Royal Bank Cup (Canadian Junior A championship). The team's mascot is a horse named SlapShot. The team colors are green, gold black and white. The Broncos are the most successful team in SJHL history, having won the league championship ten times, the ANAVET/CANALTA Cup seven times, and the Royal Bank Cup twice. In early years under the guidance of Coach Dr. Terry Henning and GM Dr. Gerry Rooney in 1971–72, the Broncos defeated the Melville Millionaires in 5 games to win their first SJHL Championship", "title": "Humboldt Broncos" }, { "docid": "15290332", "text": "Bully (mascot) Bully is the official mascot of the Mississippi State University Bulldogs in Starkville, Mississippi, and the name is given to both the costumed mascot and the live bulldog that appears at State games. The live mascot Bully is an American Kennel Club registered English Bulldog, and each dog is given the inherited title of \"Bully\". The name \"Bully\" is traditionally considered a title and not the official name of the specific dog that holds it. Mississippi State's athletics teams have had a variety of different nicknames throughout the years. The teams were called the \"Aggies,\" as a reference", "title": "Bully (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9862429", "text": "Oakland Raiders. History of the Denver Broncos The history of the Denver Broncos American football club began when the team was chartered a member of the American Football League in 1960. The Broncos have played in the city of Denver, Colorado throughout their entire history. The Broncos did not win any titles as members of the AFL. Since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, the Broncos have won 15 division titles, and played in eight Super Bowls, following the 1977, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2013, and 2015 seasons. They won Super Bowl XXXII, Super Bowl XXXIII and Super Bowl 50. Their", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862360", "text": "History of the Denver Broncos The history of the Denver Broncos American football club began when the team was chartered a member of the American Football League in 1960. The Broncos have played in the city of Denver, Colorado throughout their entire history. The Broncos did not win any titles as members of the AFL. Since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, the Broncos have won 15 division titles, and played in eight Super Bowls, following the 1977, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2013, and 2015 seasons. They won Super Bowl XXXII, Super Bowl XXXIII and Super Bowl 50. Their most famous", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916144", "text": "final match: the Broncos were knocked out of contention by the North Queensland Cowboys in a 10-0 loss in the Raging Bull's home town of Townsville. It was the first time the Broncos had lost to the Cowboys. With Gorden Tallis' retirement at the end of the previous season, the Broncos' captaincy was passed onto Darren Lockyer. In round 1 of the 2005 season the Brisbane Broncos got their revenge for the previous season's Semi-Final loss to the North Queensland Cowboys, defeating them 29-16. The Melbourne Storm gave the Broncos their biggest defeat in the club's history with a 50-4", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862427", "text": "the Broncos rally to a victory over the San Diego Chargers. A Patriots loss to Miami coupled with the Broncos' win, allowed Denver to enjoy the AFC's top seed and home-field advantage for the playoffs. Denver defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 23-16 in the divisional round and got a second victory over the Patriots in the AFC Championship game by the score of 20-18. The Broncos' victory was sealed when cornerback Bradley Roby intercepted a 2-point conversion attempt with less than a minute to go in the game. Super Bowl 50 pitted the Broncos against the favored Carolina Panthers. The Broncos'", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862365", "text": "Lions 13–7 in a preseason game. The Broncos were also the first American professional football team to have an African-American placekicker, Gene Mingo, the first to have a receiver with 100 receptions in a season, Lionel Taylor, and the first starting African-American quarterback of the modern era, Marlin Briscoe. The Broncos began play in 1960, the AFL's inaugural season, at Bears Stadium. Their head coach was Frank Filchock, who choose Frank Tripucka as the Broncos' first starting quarterback. The Broncos won their first game, also the first AFL game, 13–10 over the Boston Patriots. However, the Broncos would end the", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862420", "text": "Brady-Manning rivalry of seasons prior. Despite being blown out twice last year, Manning and the Broncos managed to keep it close, but ultimately lost 31–21. In Week 6, the Broncos faced another division rival, the San Diego Chargers; the Broncos were 2–3 at the time while the Chargers were 3–2. At half-time, the Broncos were being blown out 24–0. However, in the second half, Manning threw for three touchdown passes, cornerbacks Tony Carter and Chris Harris intercepted Philip Rivers, and the Chargers were held scoreless. In a comeback victory, the Broncos topped the Chargers 35–24 and tied for first in", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916150", "text": "win enabled the Broncos to maintain their perfect record in grand final matches and made Wayne Bennett the most successful coach in grand final history with 6 from 6. On 6 December 2006, the Toowoomba Clydesdales, who had been the feeder club for the Brisbane Broncos since 1999 announced that the club was roughly A$100,000 short to be able to field a team in the 2007 Queensland Cup and withdrew from the competition. The following day the Aspley Broncos were announced as the new feeder team for the Brisbane Broncos. On 23 February 2007 The Broncos played against European Super", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "1222547", "text": "Mascot, Tennessee Mascot is a census-designated place (CDP) in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,411 at the 2010 census. Mascot is the site of an underground lime and zinc mine as well as the Midway Quarry. Mascot is home to country superstar Kelsea Ballerini. Early 19th century settlement in the Mascot area may have centered on a ford across the Holston River that was known as Saylor's Ford. In 1838, Dr. George Arnold, a physician and planter, constructed a Georgian-style house known as \"Chesterfield\" along Old Rutledge Pike in what is now northern Mascot. The house is", "title": "Mascot, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "9862366", "text": "season with a 4–9–1 record. After the season, Howsam, looking to sell his holdings in the Broncos, nearly made a deal with a San Antonio syndicate, but eventually a group led by Calvin Kunz purchased Howsam's shares. At this point, Gerald Phipps became the Broncos largest stockholder. Following a 3–11 campaign in 1961, the Broncos replaced Filchock with Jack Faulkner, who ritualistically burned the Broncos vertically-striped socks prior to the new season. Faulkner led them to a 7–7 record in 1962, their best record in the AFL. This .500 season was not, however, a prelude to success, as the Broncos", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "14773009", "text": "Rampage (mascot) Rampage is the official mascot of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). Introduced in July 2010, he is an anthropomorphic ram who wears a Rams jersey. His name was selected by fans who voted in an online mascot-naming contest; \"Rampage\" was officially announced as the winning name at the St. Louis Zoo's south entrance on July 26, 2010. More than 1,000 names were submitted for the mascot. The top vote receivers were Rampage, Archie, Ramsey, Rammer, and Rush, respectively. The person who submitted the winning name won a suite at a Rams game for", "title": "Rampage (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9406942", "text": "writes: \"Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art.\" The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees", "title": "What Is the What" }, { "docid": "9784892", "text": "Shasta (mascot) Shasta is the mascot of the University of Houston athletics teams, the Houston Cougars. The name \"Shasta\" refers to both a live and an anthropomorphic costumed cougar mascot. The origin of Shasta dates back to 1927 when John R. Bender, a former head football coach of the Washington State Cougars came to Houston. Because of his fondness for the animal, Bender decided it would be the name of his new teams. Later that year, the school newspaper actively used the name, and other student organizations followed. In 1946, the cougar was named the official mascot by the University", "title": "Shasta (mascot)" }, { "docid": "8916146", "text": "by the previous year's runners-up, the North Queensland Cowboys in the first round. This was the 8th consecutive loss for the club and equalled the record for longest losing streak set in 2003. Round 2 saw the Broncos get their first win for the season and their first win since round 21, 2005 with a 16-12 victory over the Cronulla Sharks (This game is the third game in a row that the Brisbane Broncos beat Cronulla Sharks 16-12 at Toyota Park). The Broncos then went on to have a strong first half of the season, winning 11 of their first", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "13196350", "text": "mascots. The Coyote (mascot) The Coyote is the official mascot of the San Antonio Spurs, a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). First introduced in 1983, he was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2007. The Coyote was first introduced in public at a San Antonio Spurs game on April 13, 1983. He's known for his slapstick comedy routine, including impromptu interactions with game officials during time-outs, rehearsed skits and dance numbers with the \"Silver Dancers\" (the Spurs cheerleading team), as well as for his trick filled antics, such as riding a unicycle, pulling his", "title": "The Coyote (mascot)" }, { "docid": "13196347", "text": "The Coyote (mascot) The Coyote is the official mascot of the San Antonio Spurs, a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). First introduced in 1983, he was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2007. The Coyote was first introduced in public at a San Antonio Spurs game on April 13, 1983. He's known for his slapstick comedy routine, including impromptu interactions with game officials during time-outs, rehearsed skits and dance numbers with the \"Silver Dancers\" (the Spurs cheerleading team), as well as for his trick filled antics, such as riding a unicycle, pulling his eyes", "title": "The Coyote (mascot)" }, { "docid": "8916161", "text": "Golden Point period to win the match for the North Queensland Cowboys 17-16. As of 2017, the Broncos are currently experiencing their longest premiership drought, having endured ten completed seasons without winning the premiership since their most recent success in 2006. History of the Brisbane Broncos The history of the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club stretches back from their inception in the mid-1980s to the present day. They were introduced to the NSWRL's Winfield Cup premiership in 1988, taking the competition by storm in winning their first six games. The Broncos participated in 18 consecutive finals series from 1992-2009,", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916130", "text": "at the Broncos was the introduction of a new talent in teenager Darren Lockyer, who was named the club's rookie of the year. In 1996, the Broncos once again went through a losing streak mid-season but once more recovered to finish second. Gorden Tallis, at the time still contracted to the ARL-loyal St. George club, chose to sit out this season rather than play for the Dragons as he had also signed to play for the Broncos in 1996. Captain Alfie Langer was judged the best and fairest player in the competition, claiming the Dally M Medal. However the Broncos", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916158", "text": "players including Tonie Carroll, Darius Boyd, David Stagg, Michael Ennis, Ben Hannant and Kiwi international Greg Eastwood were leaving the club. In mid 2008, Ivan Henjak, a former professional rugby league footballer and assistant coach of the Broncos since 2006, was named as the Broncos second ever coach, succeeding Bennett in 2009. That year was star fullback Karmichael Hunt's final year as he revealed a shock code-switch to Australian rules football for 2011. The Broncos came within one match of the Grand Final, losing to eventual grand final winners, the Melbourne Storm. In 2010 Broncos captain Darren Lockyer took the", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862408", "text": "the teams alternated scores, but the Broncos never led in the game. On September 14, two days after the loss to the Jaguars, the Broncos acquired running back Laurence Maroney in a trade from the New England Patriots (for a 2011 fourth-round selection). In Week 2, the Broncos cruised to a relatively easy 31–14 win against the Seattle Seahawks, in the team's home opener. On September 20, just a day after the win over the Seahawks, tragedy struck the Broncos organization, when wide receiver Kenny McKinley was found dead in his Centennial, Colorado home of an apparent suicide, at the", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "13196349", "text": "making over 4,000 community appearances — before suffering a stroke that forced him to leave the job on February 13, 2004. Derk went on to be named Manager of Mascot Development by Spurs Sports & Entertainment six months later. The Coyote won several awards for his performances throughout the years. In 2006, he was named Best Mascot of the Year 2005 by the website Gameops.com. In 2007, he was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame, in recognition of his hard work on and off the court. In 2014, he was named Best Mascot of the Year by his fellow", "title": "The Coyote (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9862374", "text": "a home sellout streak (not including games using replacement players) which has lasted to the present. During their first season as part of the NFL, the Broncos finished 5–8–1 and 4–9–1 in 1971. The team then went 5–9 in 1972, but continued to sell games out. In 1973, John Ralston coached the now-mature Broncos to a 7–5–2 record, the franchise's first winning season, including a dramatic tie with Oakland in Denver's first-ever \"Monday Night Football\" appearance that is still remembered as a pivotal game in Broncos history. During the game, announcer Don Meredith famously told the audience: \"Welcome to the", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862401", "text": "an 8–5 record, three games ahead of the Chargers, who were 5–8. However, in the next two weeks, the Broncos suffered back-to-back losses to the Panthers and Bills, while the Chargers won two straight. This set the stage for the 2008 season finale, when the Broncos and Chargers met at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium to decide the AFC West division title. The Broncos were blown out 52–21 by the Chargers, and would become the first team in NFL history to enter the final quarter of a regular season with a three-game lead and squander the division lead. The Broncos and", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862395", "text": "Chiefs in the next game, 31–27, on December 4, but won against the Ravens the following week, 12–10. On December 17, the Broncos defeated the Bills, 28–17. On Christmas Eve 2005, the Broncos clinched the AFC West division title, as they finished with a record 8–0 at INVESCO Field at Mile High by defeating the Raiders, 22–3. On December 31, 2005, the Broncos got season-win #13 in a season-sweeping on the road against their division rivals, the Chargers, with a final score of 23–7. The Broncos entered the playoffs for the third consecutive year with the momentum of a four-game", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862380", "text": "own nickname: The Drive in 1987, in which the Broncos drove 98 yards to score a late game-tying touchdown, and The Fumble in 1988, in which Brown Earnest Byner lost the ball and a game-tying touchdown late in the game. However, the Broncos lost all three Super Bowls during this period by at least three touchdowns. In fact, Super Bowl XXIV against the San Francisco 49ers was the most lopsided Super Bowl in NFL history. During the 1980s, the Broncos played in at least two storied \"Monday Night Football\" games. On October 15, 1984, the Broncos played a famed game", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862384", "text": "against the Steelers, the linemen introduced themselves. In 1996, Shanahan's second season, the Broncos went 13–3 and appeared on their way to another Super Bowl appearance. However, they were defeated by the Jacksonville Jaguars in a stunning 30–27 divisional round loss. In 1997, the Broncos went 12–4, securing a wild card spot in the playoffs. Following playoff wins over the Jaguars, Chiefs and Steelers, the Broncos faced the heavily favored Packers in Super Bowl XXXII. Davis led the Broncos to their first Super Bowl victory, 31–24. Although Elway completed only 12 of his 22 passes, throwing one interception and no", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862413", "text": "Marshall. In Week 14, the Broncos were crushed 43–13 at the Arizona Cardinals. In Week 15, the Broncos lost 39–23 to the Raiders, in Tim Tebow's first career start. In Week 16, the Broncos rallied for a 24–23 win over the Texans, on the strength of Tim Tebow throwing for 308 yards and a touchdown, as well as rushing for another touchdown. In Week 17, the Broncos fell 33–28 at home to the Chargers to finish 4–12. In 2011, John Elway returned to his old team as general manager. McDaniels' replacement as head coach was (surprisingly enough), John Fox, who", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862382", "text": "play the song \"Rock and Roll, Pt. 2\" (AKA \"the Hey Song\"), during games. Reeves was fired following an 8–8 1992 campaign and replaced with Wade Phillips, a move often attributed to Reeves' stormy relationship with Elway. Following campaigns of 9–7 and 7–9 in 1993 and 1994 respectively, Phillips was fired and the Broncos named former Broncos quarterbacks coach Mike Shanahan Head Coach. In 1995, the Broncos debuted a new Zone blocking scheme under Mike Shanahan and rookie running back Terrell Davis, who would quickly emerge as an All-Pro running back. The Broncos established a tradition in 1996 where the", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "19713087", "text": "successive mascot carries the name Watchman. When a mascot dies or a handler retires, another Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy is chosen to replace him. When a Watchman passes away, they are buried with full military honours in St Edwards Square in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The Regiments of Staffordshire have had a Staffordshire Bull Terrier as their mascot since 1882. The Watchman name is a modern addition to the tradition, started after the Second World War. There have been five Watchman since 1949, the current mascot is Sgt Watchman V, who took up his duties on 5 October 2009. Watchman", "title": "Watchman (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9862402", "text": "Chargers finished the season tied at 8–8, but the Chargers won the AFC West based on a better division record (5–1 to the Broncos 3–3). The Broncos missed the playoffs for a third consecutive season. On December 30, 2008, two days after the disastrous season-ending collapse in San Diego, Mike Shanahan, the longest-tenured and winningest head coach in Broncos' franchise history, was fired after 14 seasons. Two weeks later, on January 11, 2009, the Broncos hired former New England Patriots' offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as the team's new head coach. Three months later, following a turbulent transition from the Mike", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "17081584", "text": "Petey (mascot) Petey is the mascot for the Canisius Golden Griffins, the athletic teams of Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, USA. Petey is an anthropomorphic golden griffin who performs live at all Canisius athletic events. Canisius adopted the nickname \"Golden Griffins\" for their school athletic teams in 1932, in honor of Great Lakes explorer La Salle's ship, \"Le Griffon\". Canisius first used an unnamed costumed griffin as a sideline mascot in 1967. In preparation for the 2002–2003 athletic season, the griffin mascot was completely re-designed and given a new costume and name. The name \"Petey\" was chosen as a", "title": "Petey (mascot)" }, { "docid": "18185291", "text": "Spike the Bulldog (mascot) Spike the Bulldog is the mascot for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs, also known officially as the Zags. In Gonzaga's early football history, the teams were called the \"Blue and Whites\" or \"The Fighting Irish\". After a football game in 1921, a reporter wrote that Gonzaga fought tenaciously like bulldogs. Thus, that description became the new mascot. Over the years, Gonzaga has had numerous live bulldogs as mascots. Human mascots replaced live dogs in 1980 when a Gonzaga student, Mike Griffin, wore a cape and called himself \"Captain Zag.\" He remained the Gonzaga mascot from 1980 until", "title": "Spike the Bulldog (mascot)" }, { "docid": "12665517", "text": "had won the World Series. Orbit (mascot) Orbit is the name given to Major League Baseball's Houston Astros mascot, a lime-green alien wearing an Astros jersey with antennae extending into baseballs. Orbit was the team's official mascot from the 1990 through the 1999 seasons until the 2000 season, where Junction Jack was introduced as the team's mascot with the move from the Astrodome to then Enron Field. Orbit returned on November 2, 2012 at the unveiling of the Astros new look for their 2013 debut in the American League. The name Orbit pays homage to Houston's association with NASA and", "title": "Orbit (mascot)" }, { "docid": "12665512", "text": "Orbit (mascot) Orbit is the name given to Major League Baseball's Houston Astros mascot, a lime-green alien wearing an Astros jersey with antennae extending into baseballs. Orbit was the team's official mascot from the 1990 through the 1999 seasons until the 2000 season, where Junction Jack was introduced as the team's mascot with the move from the Astrodome to then Enron Field. Orbit returned on November 2, 2012 at the unveiling of the Astros new look for their 2013 debut in the American League. The name Orbit pays homage to Houston's association with NASA and nickname \"Space City\". In April", "title": "Orbit (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9862386", "text": "Toomer late in the fourth quarter to steal a 20–16 victory. The loss took the wind from the sails of what would have been a highly anticipated \"Monday Night Football\" matchup on the road against the Miami Dolphins for two primary reasons. First, the Broncos would have had a chance at reaching perfection against the only franchise to achieve such a goal. Second, Elway would have gone head-to-head against Dan Marino for only the second time, an oddity of scheduling since both quarterbacks were drafted the same year and both played in the same conference. Elway would play his worst", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862385", "text": "touchdowns, he executed what was perhaps the game's best-known play, known as The Helicopter, when he boldly ran for a crucial first down while surviving strong hits from two safeties as he jumped through the air like a propeller. Terrell Davis was able to overcome a severe migraine headache that caused him blurred vision and rush for 157 yards and three touchdowns to earn Super Bowl MVP honors. The following season, the Broncos began the year by winning their first thirteen games. The first loss of the season came at the hands of the Giants, as Kent Graham hit Amani", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "17817301", "text": "to pet him. During games, when he was waiting to perform, he had a tendency to watch players on the field. Winter Solstyce, an Arabian gelding foaled in 1994, became \"Thunder II\" in 2004. He was Magness-Blake's personal riding horse for several years prior to becoming the Broncos' mascot. His paternal grandsire is *Salon, a Russian-bred Arabian stallion from the Tersk Stud exported first to Germany and later brought to the United States. Winter Solstyce's maternal grandsire is *Gondolier, who was a Polish National Champion and World Champion Arabian stallion at the Salon du Cheval in Paris, imported to the", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" }, { "docid": "8916140", "text": "who compete in the mid-week State of Origin matches are Broncos' players, this extra workload often results in a loss of form for the club around and after the time of the Origin series. The Broncos finished the 2002 regular season in 3rd position, with the highest points differential in the league, but were knocked out in the Preliminary Final against the Sydney City Roosters. On 6 January 2003 Shane Edwards was replaced as CEO of the club by Bruno Cullen. The Brisbane Broncos had a strong start to their 2003 season, winning 11 of their first 14 games, but", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916129", "text": "them lose four matches in five weeks. Despite being free of State of Origin representative duties due to their affiliation with Super League, the Broncos had again faltered mid-season, but went on to win their last 6 matches of the regular season. In the finals though, the Broncos suffered close defeats at the hands of defending Premiers Canberra and eventual 1995 winners the Canterbury Bulldogs. An injury to Allan Langer resulted in crucial missed tackles in both matches by the Brisbane skipper, and played a contributing factor in the Broncos' failure to win. However a positive for the 1995 season", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916122", "text": "season the Broncos moved to the Council-owned ANZ Stadium, in suburban Nathan. Signs of a hangover existed with the club losing two of its first three matches, including their debut at the new home ground against the struggling Parramatta Eels. But the Broncos bounced back, beating the Balmain Tigers 50 nil, (the highest winning margin for the club at the time) to establish themselves solidly in the upper echelons of the competition. A last round lapse against St George relegated the Broncos to fifth spot, meaning they had to win four straight elimination games to defend their title. They went", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862411", "text": "title of AFC offensive player of the week. In Week 11, the Broncos were no match for the Chargers on Monday Night Football, losing 35–14 at Qualcomm Stadium. On November 27, 2010, just a day before the team's 36–33 home loss to the St. Louis Rams in Week 12, the Broncos and head coach Josh McDaniels were fined $50,000 each as a result of a videotaping scandal, during the team's aforementioned Week 8 game against the San Francisco 49ers in London. In Week 13, the Broncos fell 10–6 to the Chiefs, clinching the team's third losing season since 1999 and", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916159", "text": "record for most games with a single club by making his 329th appearance for Brisbane. The Broncos' amazing record of 18 consecutive finals appearances came to an end in 2010 with a final round defeat to the Canberra Raiders at home, meaning the Broncos missed the finals for the first time since 1991. All of their premierships came in that 18-year period. Their 18 consecutive finals appearances are second only to the St. George Dragons' 24 consecutive years of finals appearances (1950–1974), which netted their 11 consecutive premierships. In 2011, The Brisbane Broncos had a new coach in to replace", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "18393329", "text": "Big Joe (mascot) Big Joe () is the mascot of the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The mascot was introduced in February 2014, prior to the 2014 CFL season. The Redblacks launched a contest to provide a name to the mascot. When originally named Big Joe Mufferaw, Redblacks owner Jeff Hunt stated, \"We heard that fans loved the look of our mascot and hundreds said he had to be Big Joe Mufferaw. We like that name too because it reminds us of our city's past and fits so well into the branding of our football team.\" The", "title": "Big Joe (mascot)" }, { "docid": "18393331", "text": "as a way of discussing French-Canadian history. Big Joe (mascot) Big Joe () is the mascot of the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The mascot was introduced in February 2014, prior to the 2014 CFL season. The Redblacks launched a contest to provide a name to the mascot. When originally named Big Joe Mufferaw, Redblacks owner Jeff Hunt stated, \"We heard that fans loved the look of our mascot and hundreds said he had to be Big Joe Mufferaw. We like that name too because it reminds us of our city's past and fits so well into", "title": "Big Joe (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9862396", "text": "winning streak. Denver finished the regular season with a record of 13–3, tying them with the Seattle Seahawks for second best overall record in the league, behind the 14–2 Indianapolis Colts. Denver was seeded number two in the AFC behind the Colts. On January 14, 2006, the Broncos defeated the two-time defending champion New England Patriots, 27–13, in the – denying the Patriots from becoming the first NFL team ever to win three consecutive Super Bowl championships. The last team with an opportunity of winning three consecutive Super Bowls before the Patriots were the Broncos themselves. The Broncos' playoff run", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916119", "text": "in second position, qualifying for their first finals campaign. In the Preliminary Final against the Canberra Raiders, the Broncos were knocked out 30-2, so finished the regular season in third place. Canberra then went on to win the competition. At the end of the season, Wally Lewis parted company with the Broncos, moving to the Gold Coast Seagulls. In their fourth season, the Broncos won the pre-season 1991 Panasonic Cup competition. In round 16 of NSWRL season 1991, they were kept scoreless for the first time ever by the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. Steve Renouf became the first Bronco to score", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916138", "text": "Roosters in a tight match 14-6. It was the club's fifth premiership in nine seasons. Walters moved from the Broncos to join Allan Langer in England at the end of 2000s NRL season, and the captaincy was passed onto Gorden Tallis. The Broncos players wore black armbands during the 2001 World Club Challenge match in January in memory of the club's co-founder Paul \"Porky\" Morgan who had died from a heart attack the previous day. The 2001 season was unusual for the Broncos in that they were unable to string together more than three wins at any time during the", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916112", "text": "History of the Brisbane Broncos The history of the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club stretches back from their inception in the mid-1980s to the present day. They were introduced to the NSWRL's Winfield Cup premiership in 1988, taking the competition by storm in winning their first six games. The Broncos participated in 18 consecutive finals series from 1992-2009, winning premierships six times, including the 1992 and 1993 NSWRL premierships, the Superleague premiership in 1997 and then the 1998, 2000 and 2006 National Rugby League premierships. Whilst Brisbane had had its own rugby league club competition since 1909, Brisbane teams", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916121", "text": "St. George Dragons 28-8 at the Sydney Football Stadium and finally the Winfield Cup was transported to Queensland for the first time. A month later, the Broncos played in the 1992 World Club Challenge match against dominant British champions Wigan. No Australian club had yet gone to England and won, and many expected the Broncos to follow that trend. They didn't, smashing the cherry pickers in emphatic fashion 22-8. After years of dispute with the Lang Park Trust over brewery advertising, Fourex had pouring rights for Lang Park while Powers Brewing was major sponsor of the Broncos. For the 1993", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862400", "text": "2010. In 2008, Cutler passed for 4,526 yards, breaking Plummer's Broncos record for passing yardage in a single season. However, 2008 was the third consecutive year the Broncos failed to make the playoffs, this time in spite of holding a three-game lead over the Chargers with three games left to play. In 2008, the Broncos got off to a 4–1 start, which included a controversial home win against division rival San Diego Chargers, but struggled through a mediocre stretch in the middle of the season. After 13 games, the team was sitting in first place in the AFC West, with", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916134", "text": "League and Super League organisations. As could be expected by their finish to the 1997 season, Brisbane were solid in their first five matches of 1998, snatching five victories. In rounds five and seven, the Broncos won by a margin of 54 points, which was the club's record at the time. This was followed by shock losses to the Sydney City Roosters and Cronulla, but Langer led them to a big win over Canterbury only to see two more club losses. But the Broncos recovered to post huge wins over Penrith and the Western Suburbs Magpies. The Broncos finished the", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916141", "text": "later breaking the club's longest losing streak record by losing their last 8 games straight. Brisbane still made it to the finals, finishing the regular season in 8th position, but lost the Qualifying Final to the Penrith Panthers 28-18. The 2003 season was the first in the Broncos' history in which they lost more games than they won. In the first half of the 2003 NRL season, whilst still at ANZ Stadium, the Broncos were only beaten once (by the New Zealand Warriors in round five). However, upon returning to Suncorp Stadium in round 12, the Broncos only won a", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862397", "text": "came to an end after losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the , 34–17, on January 22, 2006. Denver turned the ball over four times and were outscored in the first half, 24–3. The Steelers went on to win Super Bowl XL. The Broncos surprisingly drafted a quarterback, Jay Cutler, following the season in which Plummer nearly led them to the Super Bowl. Plummer's erratic 2006 performance led to his benching in favor of Cutler 12 games into the season. Cutler would go on to lead the Broncos to a 2–3 record in the team's last five games. The Broncos", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862419", "text": "in that game, the third quarterback to do so after Dan Marino and Brett Favre (Manning did it faster than either, however). Knowshon Moreno ran for another touchdown and cornerback Tracy Porter intercepted Ben Roethlisberger in a mirror image of his celebrated interception returns during the postseason. Following that, however, the Broncos lost two straight, to the Atlanta Falcons (27–21), and the Houston Texans (31–25). In Week 4, the Denver Broncos faced their most hated rival, the Oakland Raiders; the Broncos dominated the game from the start and won 37–6. In Week 5, they traveled to New England, rekindling the", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916156", "text": "of a man. The Broncos again underwent their 'boot camp' bush training regime with the Australian Army in the 2008 pre-season. The start to the club's 21st season was a strong one with a convincing 48-12 win over the Penrith Panthers in round 1. It was also a poor return to Suncorp Stadium for Petero Civoniceva who played his first game in Penrith colours as the new Panthers captain. Corey Parker also broke the record for most goals in a match for the Broncos converting 10 goals from 10 attempts. The following week the Broncos made it two from two", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9784901", "text": "faced. <link rel=\"mw:PageProp/Category\" href=\"./Category:American_Athletic_Conference_mascots\" role=\"navigation\" aria-labelledby=\"Live_animal_mascots_in_college_sports\" /> Shasta (mascot) Shasta is the mascot of the University of Houston athletics teams, the Houston Cougars. The name \"Shasta\" refers to both a live and an anthropomorphic costumed cougar mascot. The origin of Shasta dates back to 1927 when John R. Bender, a former head football coach of the Washington State Cougars came to Houston. Because of his fondness for the animal, Bender decided it would be the name of his new teams. Later that year, the school newspaper actively used the name, and other student organizations followed. In 1946, the cougar was", "title": "Shasta (mascot)" }, { "docid": "8916132", "text": "In 1996 the club's Chief Executive, John Ribot was appointed CEO of Super League (Australia), leading to a common perception that the war was orchestrated by the Brisbane Broncos club. After much court action aimed at stopping it, the Super League competition started in 1997, and was run parallel to the existing ARL premiership season. The Broncos again won their first 7 matches, before finally losing to the Penrith Panthers in round 8. Brisbane won their final three regular season games to capture their second minor premiership. In the Major Semi-Final against Cronulla the Broncos thrashed the sharks to move", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "11386253", "text": "Most Collegiate Mascot award. On occasion, the Cardinal Bird will travel over to the school marching band's section to conduct the players from the band's podium. The Cardinal Bird is nicknamed \"Louie\". This is an homage to the name of both its school and city, as they are sometimes pronounced as \"Louie-ville.\" Others choose to abbreviate his name, nicknaming him \"C.B.\" His costume weighs over 50 pounds. Cardinal Bird (mascot) The Cardinal Bird is the mascot of the University of Louisville. The Cardinal was chosen as the mascot after 1913, selected because the northern cardinal is the state bird of", "title": "Cardinal Bird (mascot)" }, { "docid": "8457226", "text": "Brian Boru IX whose wolfhound name is Finn. He was recruited in April 2011 when he was a twelve-week-old puppy. He was born on 8 January 2011 when the Regiment was in theatre in Afghanistan. His predecessor, Brian Boru VIII also called by his wolfhound name, Merlin, died of a heart attack on 16 December 2010 at age 6. The regimental mascot is based in Tern Hill near Market Drayton. The Regimental Mascot is an Irish Wolfhound. The first mascot was presented to the Irish Guards in 1902 by the members of the Irish Wolfhound Club, who hoped the publicity", "title": "Military mascot" }, { "docid": "8916116", "text": "the new club, and was the inaugural Broncos captain. All but four players from this team played State of Origin during their careers, a feat which can be attributed to the development skills of the incumbent Maroons coach Wayne Bennett was the inaugural coach for the Broncos, and remained for the following twenty-one years. In 1988 Bennett was the reigning Dally M Coach of the Year having jointly won the award with his Canberra Raiders co-coach Don Furner in 1987. On 6 March 1988, at Lang Park in Brisbane, the brand-new Broncos defeated the 1987 Winfield Cup Premiers Manly-Warringah 44-10", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862423", "text": "Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Coming into the game, the team was a 2.5-point favorite, but on the opening play, Manning missed an errant snap, resulting in a Seahawks' safety. This was the start of a miserable game for the Broncos, as they were drilled 43–8 by the Seahawks, the third-largest blowout in Super Bowl history (the largest, ironically, was the 1989 Broncos' losing Super Bowl XXIV 55–10). The game was never in doubt, as the Seahawks led 36-0 at one point. The Broncos were one of the few teams ever", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916145", "text": "rampage in Round 4 (It was the first time the club had ever conceded 50 points). Then the following week Brisbane scored 54 points when they beat Parramatta 54-14. The next time they faced the Storm, the Broncos won, and they lost the next time they faced the Eels. From Round 5 to Round 15, Brisbane won 10 games straight. Then from Round 22 to the Semi Final the Broncos lost 7 games straight, at the time the second longest losing streak in the club's history. The Broncos did not start their 2006 season well, with a big 36-4 defeat", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "14452584", "text": "links between the college's historic ties to both Great Britain, whose monarchy has used the symbol of the lion in the past, and the United States, which uses the eagle as the national symbol. William and Mary Athletic Director Terry Driscoll said about the Griffin: \"The griffin is half eagle and half lion, which symbolizes intelligence and strength, and this what we want our student athletes to represent.\" The mascot does not have an official name yet. President Reveley stated that a name for the Griffin would not come in the Spring 2010 semester and that: \"If and when the", "title": "Griffin (mascot)" }, { "docid": "9862410", "text": "the Jets to rally for the win in the game's final two minutes. In Week 7, the Broncos were annihilated 59–14 at home by the Raiders for their worst loss since 1963. In Week 8, the Broncos lost 24–16 to the 49ers. The game was played at Wembley Stadium in London, as part of the International Series. Following the team's Week 9 bye, the Broncos cruised to a relatively easy 49–29 home win over the Chiefs in Week 10. Kyle Orton had a career-high four touchdown passes and threw for 296 yards. His passer rating was 131.5 earning him the", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862393", "text": "season opener, the Broncos won five straight games, defeating the Chargers 20–17, Chiefs 30–10, Jaguars 20–7, Redskins 21–19, and the two-time defending champion Patriots 28–20, on October 16. Denver lost the next game to the Giants on October 23 by a final score of 24–23, in the game's final minute. The following week, the Broncos routed the defending NFC champion Eagles, 49–21, on October 30. In that game, the Broncos became the first team in NFL history to have two players, Mike Anderson and Tatum Bell, rush for over 100 yards and another player, Jake Plummer, pass for over 300", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "8916127", "text": "fellow 1988 expansion club, the Newcastle Knights. Referee Greg McCallum sinbinned Allan Langer for dissent as the Knights beat the Broncos for the first time. More disappointment came mid-season when dominant British champions Wigan avenged their 1992 loss by winning the 1994 World Club Challenge at ANZ Stadium. A late season revival catapulted the Broncos into fifth spot, narrowly beating out the Illawarra Steelers for a spot in the finals. A 16-4 victory over Manly revived some hope of a 'three-peat'. The following week they played against the North Sydney Bears, and after trailing 14-4 the Broncos staged a comeback", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "docid": "9862370", "text": "to move to Chicago or Birmingham. Saban decided to use his #1 pick for an impact player. With the 6th pick, he chose Syracuse All-America Floyd Little, the first 3-time All-America since Doak Walker. With the Broncos' past #1 picks, such as Dick Butkus and Merlin Olsen, choosing the other side in the AFL-NFL bidding wars, Little became the first #1 pick to sign with the team. His signing created a landslide of enthusiasm for the Broncos. Little and other Broncos went door-to-door to solicit funds for the stadium, and he even rode buses to Wyoming, Nebraska and other nearby", "title": "History of the Denver Broncos" }, { "docid": "17817282", "text": "said, \"Thunder is friendly, and Broncos fans think it's good luck for the opposing team to pet our mascot\". He was particularly popular with children, appeared on T-shirts, and was referred to as the \"second most popular Bronco\" after former quarterback John Elway. Thunder appeared at Elway's 1999 retirement gala. When team uniforms were redesigned in 1997, Thunder was the inspiration to incorporate a horse-head profile as part of the logo on the team's helmets. During a February 4, 1997 press conference introducing the new logo, the team president and the art director for Nike, creators of the new design,", "title": "Thunder (mascot)" }, { "docid": "19165687", "text": "had in the game. Mills performed 287 push-ups in that game, a record that was later eclipsed by Ricky Capps, who performed 465 push-ups in an 82–24 victory over Wake Forest during the 1981 national championship season. The tradition is now commonly emulated by other college mascots. The university maintains four Tiger and Cub costumes. The Tiger (mascot) The Tiger is the mascot of the Clemson Tigers, the athletic teams of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. The anthropomorphized tiger is costumed in Acrylic/polyester fur, and in recent years wears a football, basketball, or baseball jersey or a T-shirt. The", "title": "The Tiger (mascot)" }, { "docid": "18328873", "text": "chosen. However, on re-reading his brief, his creator realised that the word “magique” appeared several times and the OCOG decided to name the mascot accordingly. The mascot had a pedagogical role: with the aim of informing the 7,924 Games volunteers, the OCOG opted for a computer-aided teaching programme. Magique appeared in the various teaching modules and games. Originally, the chosen mascot was a mountain goat, created by illustrator Michel Pirus. This idea gave way to the star-shaped imp two years before the start of the Games. Magique (mascot) Magique (Magic) is the Olympic mascot of the 1992 Winter Olympics in", "title": "Magique (mascot)" }, { "docid": "18329019", "text": "are different versions of Roni, practising different sports and the five colours of the Olympic rings can be found on some versions. Lake Placid had a living mascot, a raccoon called \"Rocky\". After his death, just before the Games started, he was replaced by Roni. Roni (mascot) Roni is the Olympic mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, created by Don Moss. The mascot is a raccoon, which is a familiar animal from the mountainous region of the Adirondacks where Lake Placid is situated. The name Roni comes from the word \"racoon\" in Iroquoian, the language of the", "title": "Roni (mascot)" } ]