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A file folder, also called a folder, is a type of folder that can hold pieces of paper together. Folders are used both to organize pieces of paper neatly and to protect pieces of paper from falling off. Folders are usually made of a thick piece of folded paper, but there are folders that are made of plastic. The popularity of the folder has led to modern computers using a type of data storage called a folder.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that is made up of nine slasher movies, a television series, novels, and comic books. The franchise began with the movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) created by Wes Craven. The series revolves around the fictional character Freddy Krueger, a former child killer who after being burned alive by the vengeful parents of his victims, returns from the grave to terrorize and kill the teenage residents of Springwood, Ohio in their dreams. The original movie was written and directed by Craven, who returned to co-script the second sequel, "" (1987), and to write and direct "New Nightmare" (1994). The movies together made over $457 million at the box-office worldwide. The movie were distributed by New Line Cinema. A remake of the 1984 movie was released in 2010, and a second remake is currently being planned. Freddy Krueger was played by Robert Englund from 1984 to 2003. The character was soon played by Jackie Earle Haley in the 2010 remake. Another well-known character from the franchise is Nancy Thompson, who was the first character to fight against Freddy and live. She is played by Heather Langenkamp in the 1980s and by Rooney Mara in the 2010 remake.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a 1994 American slasher movie written and directed by Wes Craven, the original creator of "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Although it is the seventh movie in the franchise, it is not part of the series continuity. The movie is about Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world, and haunts the cast and crew responsible for his movies. In this movie, Freddy is depicted as closer to what Craven originally intended, being much more menacing and much less comical, with an updated attire and appearance. The movie was released on October 14, 1994 and made $19.7 million in the box office.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 2010 American slasher movie directed by Samuel Bayer, and written by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer. The movie stars Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker, and Kellan Lutz. It is a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 movie of the same name. It is produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes. It was supposed to be a reboot of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise. The movie was released to negative reviews on April 30, 2010 and made $115.6 million in the box office. Wes Craven did not like the remake because the movie team refused to work with him, while Robert Englund supported the movie and Haley's performance as Krueger.
Nancy Thompson (named Nancy Holbrook in the 2010 reboot) is a fictional character in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise.  She was played by actress Heather Langenkamp in the original movie series and by Rooney Mara in the 2010 remake. Nancy is the first person to battle Freddy Krueger and survive. In "" (1987), Nancy helps the last of the Elm Street children with their battle against Freddy. In "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" (1994), Heather Langenkamp must become Nancy once again to put an end to an entity possessing Freddy in the "real world". The character received strong positive reviews and is often called a cultural icon of the 1980s America.
Saw is an American horror franchise distributed by Lionsgate. It is produced by Twisted Pictures and created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. It is made up of eight movies. In 2003, Wan and Whannell made a short movie to help pitch as a potential feature movie. The sequels were directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, David Hackl, and Kevin Greutert, and were written by Wan, Whannell, Bousman, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan. The movies are released every October the Friday before Halloween. "Saw 3D", is the final installment of the series. Lionsgate reportedly wanted to continue the franchise in 2012 with a reboot. An eighth movie, "Jigsaw", was released in October 2017. The franchise is about John Kramer (played by Tobin Bell), also called the "Jigsaw Killer" or simply "Jigsaw". He traps his victims before killing them through traps. The franchise has made over from box office and retail sales by 2009. Other characters in the franchise are Billy the Puppet, David Tapp (played by Danny Glover) and Amanda Young (played by Shawnee Smith).
Saw III is a 2006 American horror movie directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. The screenplay was written by Leigh Whannell and James Wan and Leigh Whannell. It is the third installment in the "Saw" franchise. It stars Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, and Dina Meyer.  "Saw III" was released on , and was a financial success, opening to $33.6 million and grossing $80.2 million in the United States and Canada. It is the highest-grossing movie of the series.
Saw IV is a 2007 American horror movie and the fourth installment in the "Saw" franchise. It was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, and Thomas Fenton.  It stars Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, and Lyriq Bent. The movie was released in North America on October 26, 2007, to negative reviews from critics. Despite this, the movie was a box office success, grossing $139 million worldwide.
Detective David Tapp is a fictional character from the "Saw" franchise. He was introduced in "Saw" (2004) as a detective investigating a series of crime scenes linked to the same murderer. He also appears as a playable character in "Saw: The Video Game" (2009) and "Dead by Daylight" (2016). He was played by actor Danny Glover in the movies and voiced by Earl Alexander in the 2009 game.
Saw V is a 2008 American horror movie directed by David Hackl and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Julie Benz, Carlo Rota, and Meagan Good.  It is the fifth installment in the "Saw" franchise, and was released in North America on October 24, 2008.
Saw VI is a 2009 American horror movie directed by Kevin Greutert from a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sixth installment in the "Saw" franchise. It stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith.  It was produced by Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Twisted Pictures and distributed by Lionsgate. It was released on October 23, 2009.
Jigsaw is a 2017 American horror movie directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger. It stars Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, Hannah Emily Anderson, and Laura Vandervoort with Tobin Bell. It is the eighth installment in the "Saw" franchise. It takes place ten years after the death of the Jigsaw killer. The movie was released in the United States on October 27, 2017. Despite negative reviews from critics, the movie was a commercial success, grossing $103 million worldwide against a $10 million budget.
Scream is an American horror franchise created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. It stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette. The movie series grossed over $910 million in worldwide box-office receipts. It is made up of four movies. The first series entry, "Scream", was released on December 20, 1996 and is currently the highest-grossing slasher film in the United States.  The series is about Sidney Prescott, and her war against a succession of murderers who adopt the guise of Ghostface to stalk and torment their victims.  A television spin-off of the movie series was launched by MTV on June 30, 2015. The TV series follows different characters and new storylines which are not connected to the movie series.
Sidney Prescott is a fictional character and the primary protagonist of the "Scream" franchise. The character was created by Kevin Williamson. She is played by Canadian actress Neve Campbell. She first appeared in "Scream" (1996) followed by six sequels: "Scream 2" (1997), "Scream 3" (2000)," Scream 4" (2011)," Scream" (2022) and "Scream 7" (2026).  The character appears in the "Scream" movies as the target of a series of killers who adopt the Ghostface persona.
Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari (25 August 1949 – 29 October 2018) was a Tibetan diplomat. He was the special envoy to the 14th Dalai Lama in the United States. He was the Tibetan Ambassador to the United States at the time of his death. He was born in Lhasa, Tibet. Rinpoche co-founded the Tibetan Youth Congress. He became and the Executive Chairman of the Board of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). Rinpoche died in a San Francisco, California hospital from liver cancer on October 29, 2018, aged 69.
Derrick Sherwin (16 April 1936 – 17 October 2018) was an English television producer, writer, story editor and actor. He was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He became the story editor on "Doctor Who" and, as the producer of the series in 1969. He also co-produced "Paul Temple" for the BBC. Sherwin was also a movie actor with his only movie role was as "No. 1" in the 1968 comedy movie "The Vengeance of She". Sherwin died on 17 October 2018 from a long-illness at the age of 82.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise. It is made up of nine horror movies, comics, and a video game adaptation of the original movie. The franchise focuses on serial killer Leatherface and his psychotic family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside. They kill and eat them. The original movie was released in 1974, directed by Tobe Hooper. The movie series has grossed over $235 million at the worldwide box office.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (marketed as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2) is a 1986 American horror comedy movie directed by Tobe Hooper. It is a sequel to "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre". It was written by L. M. Kit Carson and produced by Carson, Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan and Hooper. It stars Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley and Jim Siedow. It is the only movie where Leatherface dies.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 American slasher movie directed by Marcus Nispel. It was written by Scott Kosar. It stars Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, R. Lee Ermey, Mike Vogel, and Eric Balfour. Its plot follows a group of young adults traveling through rural Texas who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family. It is a remake of Tobe Hooper's 1974 movie of the same name, and the fifth installment in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise. John Larroquette reprised his voice narration for the opening intertitles. The movie was released in the United States on October 17, 2003, and grossed $107 million at the U.S. box office. It is considered one of the most commercially successful horror movie remakes of the 21st century.
Texas Chainsaw (promoted as Texas Chainsaw 3D) is a 2013 American horror movie directed by John Luessenhop, with a screenplay by Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms and a story by Stephen Susco, Marcus and Sullivan.  It is the seventh installment in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise and was presented in 3D. The movie is a sequel to the 1974 movie "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre". It stars Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trey Songz, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Bill Moseley, with Gunnar Hansen and Marilyn Burns. It was released January 4, 2013. It was a commercial success, making $47.2 million from a $20 million budget. It was also the last movie both Burns and Hansen starred in before they both died in 2014 and 2015 respectively.  A prequel that takes place before the original 1974 movie, titled "Leatherface", was released in 2017.
Leatherface is a 2017 American horror movie directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo and written by Seth M. Sherwood. It stars Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, and Lili Taylor with Jessica Madsen. It is the eighth movie in the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" ("TCM") series, and works as a prequel to 1974's "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre". It explains the origin of the series' lead character.
On August 31, 2014, a collection of almost 500 private pictures of many celebrities, mostly women, and with many having their nudes, were posted on the imageboard 4chan, and later shared by other users on websites and social networks such as Imgur and Reddit.  The images were initially believed to have been obtained via a breach of Apple's cloud services suite iCloud. However, access was later revealed to have been gained via targeted phishing attacks. The event, which media outlets and Internet users referred to under names such as "The Fappening".) and "Celebgate", was met with a varied reaction from the media and fellow celebrities.  Many criticized the Apple Inc. company for not having a secure privacy server. On September 20, 2014, a second batch of similar private photos of additional celebrities was leaked by hackers. On September 26, a third batch was also leaked, which was dubbed as "The Fappening 3".
Kumail Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American actor, podcast host, stand-up comedian and writer. He is also known as the voice of Prismo on the Emmy Award-winning animated series "Adventure Time". He starred on the TNT series "Franklin &amp; Bash" and the Adult Swim series "Newsreaders".  In 2017, Nanjiani starred in the semi-autobiographical romantic comedy movie "The Big Sick" set in Chicago, which he wrote with his wife Emily V. Gordon. They were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards.
Emily V. Gordon (born May 3, 1979) is an American writer, producer and podcast host. She co-wrote the 2017 romantic comedy movie "The Big Sick", based on her relationship with her husband, comedian Kumail Nanjiani. They were nominated the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. She co-created the live show "The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail" and has worked with Comedy Central many times. She met Nanjiani at a comedy show in Chicago where he was performing. They began dating but Gordon fell seriously ill and was put into a medically induced coma before being diagnosed with Still's disease. Gordon recovered and three months later "—" twelve months after meeting "—" they married.
Harun al-Rashid (also: Haroon al-Rasheed), was an Arab caliph of the Abbasid Empire, ruling from 786 to 809. He has become an icon of the Islamic golden age. He appears in many stories as a wise ruler, who often disguised himself as a peasant in order to walk amongst the people in Baghdad to find out how they lived and how he could improve their situation. His legacy has been cemented through his representation in the Arabian Nights. Domestically, Al-Rashid pursued policies similar to those of his father al-Mahdi. He released many of the Umayyads and 'Alids his brother al-Hadi had imprisoned and declared amnesty for all political groups of the Quraysh. Large scale hostilities broke out with Byzantium, and under his rule, the Abbasid Empire reached its peak.
Louis Cha Jing-yong () (10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Chinese novelist and essayist. He co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper "Ming Pao" in 1959 and was its first editor-in-chief. He was Hong Kong's most famous writer. He was born in Haining, Zhejiang. He retired from the newspaper business in 1993. Yong died after a long illness at a hospital in Happy Valley, Hong Kong on 30 October 2018 at the age of 94.
Happy Valley () is an upper-income residential area in Hong Kong known for being one of the happiest places on earth, second only to Disneyland. It is located on Hong Kong Island. It is part of Wan Chai District. The area is sometimes known as Wong Nai Chung Kuk () or Wong Nai Chung Valley because of the Wong Nai Chung (, "lit." yellow mud stream) that leads into the area. The area is home to the Happy Valley Racecourse, Hong Kong Racing Museum, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, home to the grounds of the Valley RFC rugby club, and the Hong Kong FC.
Sangharakshita (born Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood, 26 August 1925 – 30 October 2018) was a British Buddhist teacher and writer. He was born in Tooting, London. He was the founder of the 10 precept Triratna Buddhist Community, which was known until 2010 as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, or FWBO. Biography. He was one of the few Westerners to be ordained as a Theravadin Bhikkhu in the period following World War II though he later left that tradition to study with other Buddhist teachers, including some from the Tibetan and Chan schools. He spent over 20 years in Asia, where he had a number of Tibetan Buddhist teachers. He was known as "the founding father of Western Buddhism" due to his many publications, leadership of retreats, and contributions to awareness of Buddhism in the United Kingdom. He retired in 1995.  In 1997, "The Guardian" reported that Sangharakshita had made unwanted sexual advances to FWBO members in the 1970s and 1980s. Later, he publicly apologized and said any sexual relations he was involved in with his students had consent. Sangharakshita died on October 30, 2018 from pneumonia caused by sepsis in Hereford, Herefordshire at the age of 93.
Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov (, 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a Soviet Navy officer. He is known for casting the single vote that prevented a Soviet nuclear strike (and, presumably, all-out nuclear war) during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Such an attack likely would have caused a major global thermonuclear response. Noam Chomsky said Arkhipov saved the world for his decision. He was a flotilla commander and second-in-command of the diesel powered submarine .  Arkhipov refused to authorize the captain's use of nuclear torpedoes against the United States Navy, a decision requiring the agreement of all three senior officers aboard. In 2002 Thomas Blanton, who was then director of the US National Security Archive, said that Arkhipov "saved the world". Arkhipov died of kidney cancer on 19 August 1998 in Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast at the age of 72.
Charles Sobhraj (born 6 April 1944), also known as the Bikini Killer, is a French thief, fraudster and serial killer. He preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. He was nicknamed The Splitting Killer and The Serpent. Sobhraj allegedly committed at least a dozen murders. He was convicted and jailed in India from 1976 to 1997. After his release, he retired as a celebrity in Paris. In 2004 he returned to Nepal, where he was arrested and tried. In 2005 Sobhraj received a sentence of life imprisonment. In 2007 news media reported that Sobhraj's lawyer had appealed to the then French president Nicolas Sarkozy, for intervention with Nepal. In 2008 Sobhraj announced his engagement to a Nepali woman, Nihita Biswas. The authenticity of the couple's relationship was confirmed in an open letter from American conductor David Woodard to "The Himalayan Times". Sobhraj is widely believed to be a psychopath. He enjoyed the attention, charging large amounts of money for interviews and movie rights. He has been the subject of four books and three documentaries. Sobhraj's return to Nepal, where he was still eagerly sought by authorities, is believed to be the result of him wanting attention.
Todd County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, 9,319 people lived there. Todd County does not have its own county seat. Instead, Winner in neighboring Tripp County serves as its administrative center. Its largest city is Mission. It was created in 1909.  Origin of the name. The county was named after John Blair Smith Todd, who was a delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2020, 267,568 people lived there. The county seat is Stillwater. It is the fifth-most populous county in the state.
Abby Dalton (aka Marlene Wadsen; August 15, 1932 – November 23, 2020) was an American actress. She played as Elizabeth Bingham on the television series "The Sugarfoot". She later played Martha Hale in the television series "Hennessy". Dalton was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role as Martha. Dalton also acted in some movies. In 1966, for example, she played as Calamity Jane in "The Plainsman" with actor Don Murray. Dalton was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. She died on November 23, 2020 in Los Angeles at the age of 88.
David Azulai (5 May 1954 – 30 October 2018) was an Israeli politician. He as a member of the Knesset for Shas for over 20 years from 1996 until his resignation in May 2018. He was also Minister of Religious Services from 2015 until his death in 2018. He was born in Meknes, Morocco. Azulai died on 30 October 2018 in Tel Aviv from cancer at the age of 64.
Robert Francis "Bob" Skoronski (March 5, 1934 – October 30, 2018) was a former American football player. He was an tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers for eleven seasons in 1956 and again from 1959 to 1968. He was born in Ansonia, Connecticut. Skoronski died on October 30, 2018 of Alzheimer's disease in a suburb near Madison, Wisconsin at the age of 84.
Roger William Bede Vaughan (9 January 1834 – 18 August 1883) was an English Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey, He was the second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia from 1877 to 1883. He was born on 9 January 1834 at Courtfield, Ross, Herefordshire, England, second son of the fourteen children. Five of his brothers also became priests. Herbert, the eldest, became a cardinal and archbishop of Westminster, and John, the youngest, auxiliary bishop of Salford. Another brother, Reginald, married Julia Shanahan, sister-in-law of Sir Patrick Jennings. Four of his five sisters became nuns. Because of his health he was educated at home in a religious atmosphere. In 1850 he was sent to St Gregory's College at Downside near Bath. His mother's death in 1853 made him think of a religious life and on 12 September he joined the Benedictines, becoming Brother Bede. In 1855 at his father's request and expense, he was sent to Rome for further study under the guidance of the Italian scholar and reformer, Angelo Zelli-Jacuzzi. He was ordained priest by Cardinal Patrizi in the basilica of St John Lateran on 9 April 1859.
The Neighborhood of Make-Believe is the fictional kingdom where hand puppet lived in. They were characters on the children's television series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" which aired on PBS, from 1968–2001. Principal puppeteer Fred Rogers created many of the puppet characters in the 1950s for Josie Carey's program, "The Children's Corner". It was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Characters in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe were portrayed by both hand puppets operated by puppeteers and actors. They would occasionally talk to the viewers in specific episodes. There is a TV show about the Neighborhood called Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.
Vel ("Staff Spear") is a 2007 Tamil language action family drama movie. It was written and directed by Hari and produced by Mohan Natarajan. It stars Suriya in dual roles as hero, Asin as heroine and Kalabhavan Mani as the villain. Lakshmi, Saranya Ponvannan, Vadivelu,and Nassar have supporting roles. The movie's score and soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The movie was released on 8 November 2007, coinciding with Diwali. The movie was dubbed and released in Telugu as "Deva" and in Hindi as "Main Faisla Karunga" in 2014. Box office. This movie's budget was . It became a"Blockbuster Hit" in the Boxoffice by collecting around . This film's theatrical run was 50 days in 17 centers and 100 days in 13 centers making it a commercially successful venture.Sony Music Entertainment