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Question: Robert A. Kotick is CEO of which American video game developer? Context: profits. Current examples of first-party studios include SIE Worldwide Studios for Sony, and Xbox Game Studios for Microsoft. === Second-party developers === Second-party developer is a colloquial term often used by gaming enthusiasts and media to describe game studios who take development contracts from platform holders and develop games exclusive to that platform, i.e. a non-owned developer making games for a first-party company. As a balance to not being able to release their game for other platforms, second-party developers are usually offered higher royalty rates than third-party developers. These studios may have exclusive publishing agreements (or other business relationships) with the platform holder, but maintain independence so upon completion or termination of their contracts are able to continue developing games for other publishers if they choose to. For example, while HAL Laboratory initially began developing games on personal computers like the MSX, they became one of the first second-party developers for Nintendo, developing exclusively for Nintendo's consoles starting with the Famicom. === Third-party developers === A third-party developer may also publish games, or work for a video game publisher to develop a title. Both publisher and developer have considerable input in the game's design and content. However, the publisher's wishes generally override those of the developer. The business arrangement between the developer and publisher is governed by a contract, which specifies a list of milestones intended to be delivered over a period of time. By updating its milestones, the publisher verifies that work is progressing quickly enough to meet its deadline and can direct the developer if the game is not meeting expectations. When each milestone is completed (and accepted), the publisher pays the developer an advance on royalties. Successful developers may maintain several teams working on different games for different publishers. Generally, however, third-party developers tend to be small, close-knit teams. Third-party game development is a volatile sector, since small developers may be dependent on income from a single publisher; one canceled game may be devastating to a small developer. Because of this, many small development companies are short-lived. A common exit strategy for a successful video-game developer is to sell the company to a publisher, becoming an in-house developer. In-house development teams tend to have more freedom in the design and content of a game compared to third-party developers. One reason is that since the developers are employees of the publisher, their interests are aligned with those of Facts: Answer: Activision Blizzard

Question: Robert A. Kotick is CEO of which American video game developer? Context: the merger deal. On July 8, 2008, Activision announced that stockholders had agreed to merge, and the deal closed the next day for an estimated transaction amount of US$18.9 billion.Vivendi was the majority shareholder, with a 52% stake in the company. The rest of the shares were held by institutional and private investors, and were to be left open for trading on the NASDAQ stock market for a time under Nasdaq: ATVID, and subsequently as Nasdaq: ATVI (Activision's stock ticker). At this point, Lévy replaced René Penisson as chairman of Activision Blizzard. While Blizzard retained its autonomy and corporate leadership in the merger, other Vivendi Games divisions such as Sierra ceased operation. With the merger, Kotick was quoted stating if a Sierra product did not meet Activision's requirements, they "won't likely be retained." Some of these games ultimately were published by other studios, including Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Brütal Legend, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. However, a number of Sierra's games such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, and Prototype were retained and are now published by Activision. === New titles and sales records (2009–2012) === Activision Blizzard does not publish games under its central name and instead uses the Activision Publishing subsidiary and its studios to publish games. In early 2010, the independent studio Bungie entered into a 10-year publishing agreement with Activision Blizzard. By the end of 2010, Activision Blizzard was the largest video games publisher in the world. The 2011 release of Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 grossed $400 million in the US and UK alone in its first 24 hours, making it the biggest entertainment launch of all time. It was also the third consecutive year the Call of Duty series broke the biggest launch record; 2010's Call of Duty: Black Ops grossed $360 million on day one; and 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 brought in $310 million. Call of Duty: Black Ops III grossed $550 million in worldwide sales during its opening weekend in 2015, making it the biggest entertainment launch of the year.In 2011, Activision Blizzard debuted its Skylanders franchise, which led to the press crediting the company with inventing and popularizing a new toys-to-life category. The first release Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure was nominated for two Toy Industry Association awards in 2011: "Game of the Year" and "Innovative Toy Facts: Answer: Activision Blizzard

Question: What is the name of the paternal grandfather of Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones ? Context: == Life == Servilia had a loving relationship with her father. She had married the Roman Senator Annius Pollio, who was accused of treason in 37. In 65 he was exiled on Roman Emperor Nero's orders. Tacitus describes Servilia as ‘young and imprudent’. The historian states that Servilia was inconsolable, about her husband and was worried about her elderly father's fate. In 66, Servilia and Annius Pollio were executed on Nero’s orders on the charge of consulting sorcerers ostensibly to find out her father's fate. == See also == Servilia (opera), opera based on Servilia List of Roman women Women in ancient Rome == Sources == This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Tacitus, Annals, xvi. 30, 32 Just. iv. In; Juvenal, Satire III. 116 Cassius Dio lxii. 26. http://www.roman-emperors.org/titus.htm www.livius.org/le-lh/lepcis_magna/lepcis02.html www.livius.org/le-lh/lepcis_magna/theater2.html http://www.roman-empire.net/emperors/titus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090622103402/http://ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0472.html http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/02769.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060511143607/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2770.html https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/7094/titus1.html&date=2009-10-25+12:55:21 Lady Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones (born 14 May 2002) is the only daughter and youngest child of the Earl and Countess of Snowdon. She is the only granddaughter of Princess Margaret and the first of three granddaughters of the 1st Earl of Snowdon. David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 3 November 1961), styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley, is an English furniture maker, a former chairman of the auction house Christie's UK, and nephew of Queen Elizabeth II. The son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, he is, as of September 2021, 25th in the line of succession to the British throne and the first person who is not a descendant of the Queen. == Early life and education == David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones was born on 3 November 1961, in Clarence House, London, the son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. He was baptised on 19 December 1961 in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace. His godparents are his aunt Queen Elizabeth II, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, Patrick Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket, Lord Rupert Nevill, and Simon Phipps.At the age of five, Snowdon began lessons in the Buckingham Palace schoolroom with his cousin Prince Andrew. He went to several independent schools: first, to Gibbs Pre-Preparatory School in Kensington in London, followed by the pre-preparatory section of Ashdown House School, East Sussex, then on to Millbrook House School, near Facts: Lady Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones (born 14 May 2002) is the only daughter and youngest child of the Earl and Countess of Snowdon. The son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, he is, as of September 2021, 25th in the line of succession to the British throne and the first person who is not a descendant of the Queen. Answer: Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon

Question: Renzo Rosso is the President of the company that is the parent of which avant-garde fashion house? Context: lower price point, with the designer at the same time leveraging the desirability of their premium ranges to create a kind of halo effect. They can also be a response to offset the effect of chain stores copying their products and undercutting the designer's prices. == Diffusion lines == == References == Renzo Rosso (born September 15, 1955) is an Italian fashion entrepreneur. Referred to as the "Jeans Genius" by Suzy Menkes, he is the president of OTB Group, the parent company of Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Amiri, Viktor & Rolf, Jil Sander, Staff International (manufacturer and distributor of DSquared² and Maison Margiela, Marni, and Brave Kid (manufacturer and distributor of Diesel Kid, Dsquared², Marni, and N21). Founder of the Only the Brave Foundation, a nonprofit organization, Rosso is also the president of Red Circle and Red Circle investments; the Diesel Farm in Marostica, Veneto; the Pelican Hotel in Miami; and L.R. Vicenza. In 2020, Forbes listed him as the 19th richest man in Italy (with estimated assets worth $4.2 billion) == Early life == Rosso was born in the village of Brugine in the northeastern Italian region of Veneto. His parents were farmers. In 1970 began studying industrial Textile Manufacturing at the Marconi Technical Institute in Padua. There, he produced, at the age of 15, his first self-designed garment, a pair of low-waist bell-bottomed jeans using his mother's Singer sewing machine. He kept experimenting with different jeans models and would give each pair to friends or sell them at school for about 3500 lire. In 1973 he began studying Economics at the University of Venice and in addition to helping his father on the farm, he financed his studies also by working as a mechanic and as a carpenter. == Diesel == === Beginnings of Diesel === Rosso dropped out of the University of Venice in 1975 and began to work as Production Manager at Moltex, a local clothing manufacturer that produced trousers for various Italian clothing labels. Moltex' parent company, the Genius Group, was run by Adriano Goldschmied who would eventually become Rosso's mentor and future business partner. In 2007, after Rosso had managed to increase the company's production beyond what Goldschmied actually considered possible, Rosso wanted to leave the company to start a new business on his own. However, Goldschmied convinced Rosso to stay by offering him a 40% stake in Moltex and by agreeing to form Facts: Referred to as the "Jeans Genius" by Suzy Menkes, he is the president of OTB Group, the parent company of Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Amiri, Viktor & Rolf, Jil Sander, Staff International (manufacturer and distributor of DSquared² and Maison Margiela, Marni, and Brave Kid (manufacturer and distributor of Diesel Kid, Dsquared², Marni, and N21). Answer: Viktor & Rolf

Question: Renzo Rosso is the President of the company that is the parent of which avant-garde fashion house? Context: couture garments. Other similarities between the two can be seen in Margiela's alternative methods in marketing and communication, where the designer continuously refused to partake in face-to-face interviews or photos, and always enforced media relations to be conducted by fax or email. Since the early 2000's he has been widely acknowledged as one of the most influential and enigmatic designers on the global fashion stage. In December 2009, it was reported that Martin Margiela had quietly left the fashion house.In an interview with Women's Wear Daily in 2004, Rosso explained his admiration for Maison Margiela: "It's about being unique, and it appeals to people with strong personalities who don't want to follow the crowd." Following an investment phase by Rosso to improve production and sales, open more boutiques and add product lines, Maison Margiela had by 2005 increased their sales to €30 million, compared to €15 million in 2002. In 2008 the company showed profitability for the first time since the acquisition, reaching sales above €60 million. In an interview with Suzy Menkes in 2005, Rosso explained the success as the result of a new management structure within the company, which Rosso had initiated to give Martin Margiela more freedom and time for creativity. "He can just create, I take care of all the rest." Further on, Rosso explained that Martin Margiela himself was always fully independent."During the first years following the acquisition there were various rumors of problems between the two. However, this was frequently denied from both sides. In a unique letter dialogue between Malcolm McLaren and Martin Margiela, published by The New York Times in 2005, McLaren asked how it was working for the "tough, swaggering cowboy" Renzo Rosso. Margiela's response was "We are very, very happy with the way our collaboration with Renzo is building. Renzo has brought us more stability, financial and spiritual – we are growing together in the best way possible." === Marni === On December 20, 2012, OTB acquired Marni, an Italian fashion house founded by the Castiglioni family in 1994. Following the deal, founder Gianni Castiglioni said, "I am satisfied of the agreement reached with OTB. This is an extraordinary opportunity of further development for our company, whilst preserving the brand's identity and the entrepreneurial spirit of our family." In a comment to The New York Times’ Suzy Menkes, Rosso said he believed he could help Marni achieve "new, incredible goals." Facts: Answer: Viktor & Rolf

Question: Renzo Rosso is the President of the company that is the parent of which avant-garde fashion house? Context: his family. He is the father of seven children.In 2001 Rosso began manufacturing and selling wine and olive oil. The products, called Rosso di Rosso (Merlot & Cabernet Sauvignon), Nero di Rosso (Pinot noir), Bianco di Rosso (Chardonnay), Grappa di Rosso (grappa), and Olio di Rosso (extra virgin olive oil) are produced at the 105-hectare Diesel Farm in Marostica, Veneto, a few kilometers from his home.Rosso is an avid art collector and enthusiast, and frequently travels to exhibitions and art fairs all around the world. Besides owning works of Andy Warhol and contemporary Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli, Basquiat, Schnabel, Fontana, Rosso has continuously pushed Diesel to support younger, talented artists, by initiating and sponsoring a wide range of projects across the arts, including Diesel New Art and Diesel Wall.In 1996, Rosso was asked to take charge of Bassano Virtus 55 S.T., the soccer team of his hometown Bassano del Grappa. As a thanks for all the local support that he has received when building the Diesel company, he began to support the team financially and also agreed to help manage the club. Since then, the team has successfully advanced from Italy's lower divisions to the country's third highest division, the Lega Pro Prima Divisione. == Film/Documentary/Music == In 2015, Rosso took part in the documentary film Marithé + François = Girbaud directed by Jérémie Carboni. == References == == External links == Official OTB website Berta Bridal is an Israeli-based fashion house that expertise in luxury bridal fashion and evening wear. The sole designer of the fashion house is Berta Balilti (born December 11, 1964). Berta is an Israeli designer, with Egyptian origins (was born in Cairo and lived there until the age of 3). The international fashion house operation was founded by Berta's son-in-law Nir Moscovich, who operates as the fashion house director. == History == Berta Balilti, studied fashion at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Tel Aviv, founded her namesake fashion house in 2004, in the city of Ashdod, Israel. Today, the BERTA fashion house has three lines and operates internationally, with over 150 retailers from all over the world, including North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and is also stocked by Saks 5th Avenue and Nordstrom. Berta has recently opened a new NYC store, located in SoHo, Manhattan. The first store outside of Israel to be fully owned and operated directly by Facts: Answer: Viktor & Rolf

Question: Renzo Rosso is the President of the company that is the parent of which avant-garde fashion house? Context: life and the Diesel brand. The graphic design was by Barcelona-based creative collective Vasava. == References == https://web.archive.org/web/20110716220702/http://www.theadvertisingshow.com/en/art/1161/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071103103108/http://brandchannel.com/books_reviews.asp?sb_id=598 http://adage.com/bookstore/post?article_id=120205 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607133003/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6539330.html?q=Adland http://www.nysun.com/business/different-methods-marketers-use-to-lure-men/75719/ http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2006/02/fifty_by_diesel.html Naoto Hirooka, better known as h.NAOTO (born 1977) is a Japanese avant-garde fashion designer. H. Naoto's style of clothing and accessories could be classified under Japanese punk and Gothic Lolita, and he has been called the "most visible and successful of the labels fixated on that style." == Biography == He graduated from Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo, joined S-inc. in 1999, and launched his own brand, h.NAOTO in the Spring/Summer of 2000.H. Naoto created a dress worn by Amy Lee of Evanescence at the 2004 Grammy Awards. He has also designed costumes for the bands Ayabie, Psycho le Cému (for the Prism PV), Gackt, S.K.I.N., Marbell, and Hangry & Angry. == References == == External links == H. Naoto's Official Site Viktor & Rolf is a fashion house which specialises in creating conceptual and avant-garde designs. It was founded in 1993 by Dutch designers Viktor Horsting (born 1969, Geldrop) and Rolf Snoeren (born 1969, Dongen). For more than twenty years Viktor & Rolf have sought to challenge preconceptions of fashion, and bridge the divide between fashion and art. Viktor & Rolf have designed both haute couture and ready-to-wear collections. The duo is renowned for their avant-garde designs, which rely heavily on theatrical and performative fashion runways. == Background == Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren first met while studying at the Arnhem Academy of Art and Design in 1989. Upon graduation in 1992, the pair began working together and relocated to Paris. Initially, Viktor & Rolf were shunned by the fashion industry, however, the designers were received well by the art world. Subsequently, art institutions such as the Groninger Museum began to acquire garments from the designers. Initial collections established the extravagant silhouettes, witty use of materials and irreverent concepts the designers would come to be known for. In 2000, Viktor & Rolf launched their company logo of a wax seal bearing the monogram V&R, and began to devote their artistic talent to ready-to-wear collections. In 2003, the designers launched a Menswear collection which co-existed alongside the women’s line until 2009. Additionally, Viktor & Rolf created perfumes: the female fragrances Flowerbomb (2004) and Bonbon (2014), along and the male fragrances Antidote (2006) and Spicebomb (2012). In 2015, the designers halted ready-to-wear production and returned once more to Facts: Viktor & Rolf is a fashion house which specialises in creating conceptual and avant-garde designs. Answer: Viktor & Rolf

Question: Other than Valerie Bowman, who else wrote Regency romance novels? Context: navy brat. The daughter of a Navy Officer, she grew up overseas or on one coast of the United States or the other. She graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where she studied Latin American history. She completed a master's degree at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, in American history, with a focus on the Civil War and Indian Wars. In her varied professional career Kelly has worked as a ranger/historian with the National Park Service at Fort Laramie National Historic Site, and a ranger at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site; a contract research historian for the State Historical Society of North Dakota and history instructor at university level. Kelly is a former staff features writer for the Valley City Times Record newspaper based in Valley City, North Dakota. Kelly lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She is married to Martin Kelly, former Director of Theatre at Valley City State University, in Valley City, North Dakota, who is now retired. The couple has five grown children now located in various parts of America. == Literary influences == When interviewed by Lola Sparks in Purple Pens, Kelly identified the following writers as having influenced her: Louisa May Alcott The Hornblower novels of C. S. Forester R. F. Delderfield Joseph Conrad Nevil Shute Jack Schaefer Ernest Haycox Charles KingIn her author profile on the e-Harlequin site, Kelly says her three favorite fictional works have remained constant through the years, although their rankings tend to shift: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, The Lawrenceville Stories by Owen Johnson, and A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. Her favorite historical works are One Vast Winter Count, On the Border with Mackenzie, and Crossing the Line. Her favorite crime fiction authors are Michael Connelly, John Harvey, and Peter Robinson. == Writing career == Kelly began writing Regency Romances because of her interest in the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). A major theme in her books is how war touches the lives of ordinary people. In surviving the effects of war and in helping other survivors her characters find in themselves qualities of strength and purpose not previously evident. They are quiet achievers influencing the world on small, personal stages, making a difference in their own lives and others ultimately by acts of kindness rather than daring. Kelly goes against the norms of the genre by focusing her attention not on the glittering world of London Facts: Answer: Georgette Heyer

Question: Other than Valerie Bowman, who else wrote Regency romance novels? Context: though there is little love lost between him and Worth. Perry keeps getting into scrapes. He is challenged to a duel, gets held up, and nearly gets poisoned. Worth suspects that Bernard is the villain and he sends his brother, Captain the Hon. Charles Audley to watch over Perry. Meanwhile, Bernard tries to convince Judith that it is Worth who is the real culprit. In the end, after Worth provokes Taverner into acting, the truth comes out and Bernard is shown to be the guilty one. The sparring and eventual love affair of Judith and Julian, against the backdrop of Judith's brother Peregrine's romance and danger, make up this novel. Miss Heyer's An Infamous Army is a sequel to Regency Buck. == References == Tagalog romance novels, sometimes collectively referred to as Tagalog pocketbooks, Tagalog paperbacks, Tagalog romance paperbacks, Tagalog romance pocketbooks, Philippine romance novels, Filipino romance novels, Pinoy pocketbooks, Tagalog popular novels, or Tagalog popular romance literature are commercialized novels published in paperback or pocketbook format published in the Tagalog or the Filipino language in the Philippines. Unlike the formal or literary romance genre, these popular romance novels were written, as described by Dominador Buhain in the book A History of Publishing in the Philippines as a form of traditional or conventional romance stories of "rich boy meets poor girl or vice versa who go through a series of obstacles and finally end up in each other's arms". == Description == According to Tatin Yang in the article Romansang Pinoy: A day with Tagalog romance novels, Tagalog romance paperbacks were thin Philippine versions of romance novel books that could be found at the bottom shelves of the romance section of bookstores, wrapped and bound with book covers that are decorated with Philippine comics-styled illustrations, such as "a barrio landscape with a badly dressed guy and girl locked in an embrace". As a form of "escapist fiction" (escapism) and "commercial literature", Tagalog romance novels generally follow a "strict romance formula", meaning the narratives have happy endings (a factor influencing the salability of the novel), the protagonists are wealthy, good-looking, smart, and characters that cannot die. Normally, the hero or heroine of the story falls in love and "goes crazy" over the admired person. However, later authors of Tagalog romance novels deviated from portraying so-called "damsel-in-distress and knight-in-shining-armor characters". Contemporary writers also turned away from writing "rags-to-riches plots". The stereotypical norm Facts: Answer: Georgette Heyer

Question: Other than Valerie Bowman, who else wrote Regency romance novels? Context: 1987: Gwendolen und der verschmähte Kapitän) Rolande (1978) (German translation 1991: Rolande) Letty (1980) Caroline and Julia (1982) == External links and references == Howard Gottlieb Archival Research Center - Mary Deasy (Clare Darcy) fantastic fiction - Clare Darcy book crossing - Clare Darcy Elizabeth Rotter is an American author of romance novels. She has been published under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Walker, Elizabeth Neff Walker, and Laura Matthews. As Laura Matthews, she has released more than 30 Regency romance novels. Under her other pseudonyms, she writes mainstream women's fiction or contemporary romances, most of them revolving around people working at a hospital. == Books == === As Elizabeth Neff Walker === Nomad Harp (1980) Curious Courting (1980) Lady Next Door (1981) In My Lady's Chamber (1981) Antique Affair (1984) That Other Woman (1984) Paternity (1985) The Healing Touch (1995) Fever Pitch (1995) The Best Medicine (1996) An Abundant Woman (1998) Emotional Ties (1999) And One to Grow on (2000) Fingered at the bus stop (2009) === As Elizabeth Walker === Paper Tiger (1983) Dark Sunrise (1984) Summer Frost (1984) Voyage (1987) Wild Honey (1987) Rowan's Mill (1989) The Loving Seasons (1989) The Court (1990) Conquest (1990) Hallmark (1991) Day Dreams (1992) Call Me Brave (1993) Child of Shadows (1994) Heart Conditions (1994) The Snow Tree (1995) Godseed (2004) === As Laura Matthews === Lord Greywell's Dilemma (1983) Emotional Ties (1984) The Proud Viscount (1987) A Very Proper Widow (1987) Miss Ryder's Memoirs (1988) Lord Clayborne's Fancy (1989) The Ardent Lady Amelia (1990) The Seventh Suitor (1991) A Baronet's Wife (1992) A Curious Courting (1992) Alicia (1992) The Village Spinster (1993) In My Lady's Chamber (1993) The Lady Next Door (1993) A Fine Gentleman (1999) A Prudent Match (2000) A Rival Heir (2002) The Nomad Harp (2002) Holiday in Bath (2003) The Aim of a Lady (2003) === Omnibus === A Regency Christmas V (1993) (with Mary Balogh, Jo Beverley, Sandra Heath, Edith Layton) A Regency Christmas: Five New Stories (1994) (with Mary Balogh, Jo Beverley, Sandra Heath, Edith Layton) == References == == External links == Works by or about Elizabeth Neff Walker in libraries (WorldCat catalog) Regency romances are a subgenre of romance novels set during the period of the British Regency (1811–1820) or early 19th century. Rather than simply being versions of contemporary romance stories transported to a historical setting, Regency romances are a distinct genre with their Facts: Regency romances are a subgenre of romance novels set during the period of the British Regency (1811–1820) or early 19th century. Answer: Georgette Heyer

Question: Other than Valerie Bowman, who else wrote Regency romance novels? Context: own plot and stylistic conventions. These derive not so much from the 19th-century contemporary works of Jane Austen, but rather from Georgette Heyer, who wrote over two dozen novels set in the Regency starting in 1935 until her death in 1974, and from the fiction genre known as the novel of manners. In particular, the more traditional Regencies feature a great deal of intelligent, fast-paced dialogue between the protagonists and very little explicit sex or discussion of sex. == Subgenres == Many readers and writers of Regency romance make a distinction between "Traditional Regency Romance" and "Regency Historical". Many authors have started by writing Traditionals and subsequently written Historicals, including Mary Balogh, Jo Beverley, Loretta Chase, and Mary Jo Putney. === Traditional Regency romance === The distinction rests on the genre definition of Regency Romance: works in the tradition of Georgette Heyer, with an emphasis on the primary romance plot, are considered traditional. Traditional Regency Romance writers usually pay close attention to historical detail, as their readers are notorious for noting errors, and the writers often do extensive research so they can clearly understand and replicate the voice of the genre. After Heyer's novels became popular in the United States in the 1960s, many publishers began publishing other Regency-set books by new authors, including Clare Darcy and Elizabeth Mansfield. Signet, Dell, and Fawcett were among those publishing Traditional Regencies in paperback; the latter eventually began a special imprint, Fawcett Coventry, which published Regencies and romances from other historical periods. === Regency Historical romance === The Regency-set books written by authors such as Christina Dodd, Eloisa James, and Amanda Quick are generally considered to be Regency Historical works. Regency romances which may include more social realism, or, conversely, anachronistically modern characterization, might be classed by some as "Regency Historical", signifying that their general setting is in Regency England, but the plot, characterization, or prose style of the work extends beyond the genre formula of the Regency romances published by Heyer and her successors. Characters may behave according to modern values, rather than Regency values. The sensual Regency historical romance has been made popular in recent years by Mary Balogh, Jo Beverley, Loretta Chase, as well as Lisa Kleypas, Stephanie Laurens, and Julia Quinn. These novels are much more explicit than the "Traditional Regency" works and include many more love scenes. == Common elements == Many Regency romance novels include the following: Facts: These derive not so much from the 19th-century contemporary works of Jane Austen, but rather from Georgette Heyer, who wrote over two dozen novels set in the Regency starting in 1935 until her death in 1974, and from the fiction genre known as the novel of manners. Answer: Georgette Heyer

Question: Other than Valerie Bowman, who else wrote Regency romance novels? Context: the educated middle classes. However, working men and women began publishing novels in the twentieth century. This includes in Britain Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole (1933), from America B. Traven's, The Death Ship (1926) and Agnes Smedley, Daughter of Earth (1929) and from the Soviet Union Nikolay Ostrovsky's How the Steel Was Tempered (1932). Later, in 1950s Britain, came a group of writers known as the "Angry young men," which included the novelists Alan Sillitoe and Kingsley Amis, who came from the working class and who wrote about working class culture.Some novelists deliberately write for a working class audience for political ends, profiling "the working classes and working-class life; perhaps with the intention of making propaganda". Such literature, sometimes called proletarian literature, maybe associated with the political agendas of the Communist party or left wing sympathizers, and seen as a "device of revolution". However, the British tradition of working class literature, unlike the Russian and American, was not especially inspired by the Communist Party, but had its roots in the Chartist movement, and socialism, amongst others. === National or place-based identity === Novelists are often classified by their national affiliation, suggesting that novels take on a particular character based on the national identity of the authors. In some literature, national identity shapes the self-definition of many novelists. For example, in American literature, many novelists set out to create the "Great American Novel", or a novel that defines the American experience in their time. Other novelists engage politically or socially with the identity of other members of their nationality, and thus help define that national identity. For instance, critic Nicola Minott-Ahl describes Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris directly helping in the creation of French political and social identity in mid-nineteenth century France.Some novelists become intimately linked with a particular place or geographic region and therefore receive a place-based identity. In his discussion of the history of the association of particular novelists with place in British literature, critic D. C. D. Pocock, described the sense of place not developing in that canon until a century after the novel form first solidified at the beginning of the 19th century. Often such British regional literature captures the social and local character of a particular region in Britain, focussing on specific features, such as dialect, customs, history, and landscape (also called local colour): "Such a locale is likely to be rural and/or provincial." Thomas Facts: Answer: Georgette Heyer

Question: Other than Valerie Bowman, who else wrote Regency romance novels? Context: unconditionally.A final concern is that reenactors may be accused of being, or actually be, aligned with the political beliefs that some of the reenacted armies fought for, such as Nazism or the Confederate South. For example, U.S. politician Rich Iott's participation in a World War II reenactment in which he was in the group that portrayed the German 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking side excited media criticism during his 2010 Congressional campaign. In 2017, in the weeks following a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia at which a neo-Nazi killed a counterprotester, some reenactors complained about—as one reporter put it—"the co-opting of the [Civil] war by neo-Nazis." Similar accusations have been made against Igor Girkin, who actually commanded Putin-backed mutineers in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and is also a well-known reenactor. == See also == Historical reenactment American Civil War Cosplay == Notes == == References == Hadden, Robert Lee. "Reliving the Civil War: A reenactor's handbook". Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999. Heiser, John (September 1998). "The Great Reunion of 1913". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-15. John Skow, et al., "Bang, Bang! You're History, Buddy," Time (August 11, 1986): 58. Stanton, Cathy (1999-11-01). "Reenactors in the Parks: A Study of External Revolutionary War Reenactment Activity at National Parks" (PDF) National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-07-28. Strauss, Mitchell (2001). "A Framework for Assessing Military Dress Authenticity in Civil War Reenacting". Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. International Textile & Apparel Association, Inc. 19 (4): 145–157. doi:10.1177/0887302X0101900401. S2CID 145093962. == External links == Reenactor.net The Civil War Reenactor's homepage The Authentic Campaigner Union Volunteers - Reenactors http://www.thesewingacademy.org/ The Camp Chase Gazette JonahWorld! The Civil War Living History Institute American civil war re-enactment in Italy Reenactors 2013-2015 Civil War Reenactment Calendar Valerie Bowman is an author of historical romance novels, and specifically Regency romance novels. Bowman's first book, Secrets of a Wedding Night, was nominated for a Best First Historical Romance Award from RT Book Reviews. The Unexpected Duchess, the first book in Bowman's Playful Brides series, received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. In 2014 Bowman appeared in Season 6 of the reality television show Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta. == Books == === Secret Brides series === Secrets of a Wedding Night, St. Martin's Press, 2012 Secrets of a Runaway Bride, St. Martin's Press, 2013 Secrets of a Scandalous Marriage, St. Martin's Press, Facts: Valerie Bowman is an author of historical romance novels, and specifically Regency romance novels. Answer: Georgette Heyer

Question: In the 2010 census what was the population of the city which the Path 64 Marketplace substation is near ? Context: Lake Michigan. The city is also represented in the State Senate as part of the 9th district (Devin LeMahieu, R–Oostburg). Sheboygan is in the 6th congressional district of Wisconsin, which is represented by Republican congressperson Glenn Grothman. == Education == Sheboygan public schools are administered by the Sheboygan Area School District. === High schools === High schools within the city include: Sheboygan North High School Sheboygan South High School Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School George D. Warriner High School Sheboygan County Christian High School Étude High School Sheboygan Central High SchoolThe school district was the first in Wisconsin to operate an FM radio station, WSHS (91.7). Since 1996, Sheboygan has had a high school program, Rockets for Schools, where students build and launch 8-and-20-foot-tall (2.4 and 6.1 m) rockets. === Colleges === University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Sheboygan Campus Lakeshore Technical College (satellite campus) == Media == The city's daily newspaper is Gannett's The Sheboygan Press, which has been published since 1907. The Sheboygan Sun also provides local news coverage through its website, while the Beacon is published by the same company as The Plymouth Review and Sheboygan Falls News; the latter two have print editions mailed out weekly to all residents. The Gannett-owned Shoreline Chronicle contains Press "best-of" content, and is door-delivered and is also distributed with the Wednesday Press. The city is served by television and radio stations in Green Bay and Milwaukee. Nielsen's television division places Sheboygan within the Milwaukee market, although Green Bay stations also report news, events, and weather warnings pertaining to Sheboygan and target the city with advertising. Nielsen Audio places Sheboygan and Sheboygan County within one radio market, and several stations serve the area. Midwest Communications owns four stations within the county, including talk station WHBL (1330, with a translator station at 101.5 FM serving Sheboygan, Kohler and Sheboygan Falls); country station WBFM (93.7); CHR/Top 40 WXER (104.5 from Plymouth, with a translator at 96.1 FM in Sheboygan); and active rock Sheboygan Falls-licensed WHBZ (106.5). Another CHR station, WCLB (950, translated on 107.3) also serves the city, along with the Sheboygan Area School District's WSHS (91.7), a member of the Wisconsin Public Radio Ideas Network, and Plymouth's WGXI (1420, translated on 98.5), a classic country station. Various religious stations originating from Milwaukee and north of Green Bay and a translator for Kiel's WSTM (91.3), and NOAA Weather Radio station WWG91 broadcast from several towers Facts: Answer: 15,023

Question: In the 2010 census what was the population of the city which the Path 64 Marketplace substation is near ? Context: Best Place to Live in Wisconsin in 2019. Considerations were given to educational quality, work commute, and housing costs. == Sister cities == Sheboygan's sister cities are: Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Tsubame, Niigata, JapanSheboygan has student exchanges with Esslingen and has had student exchanges with Tsubame in the past. == See also == Sheboygan Red Skins, an early professional basketball franchise of the NBA The Creature That Ate Sheboygan == References == == Further reading == Legacies of Firefighting: A History of the Sheboygan Fire Department, 1846–1998. Sheboygan, Wis.: Sheboygan Fire Department History Book Committee, 1998. Sheboygan. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Pub, 2012. == External links == City of Sheboygan Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce Sanborn fire insurance maps: 1884 1887 1891 1903 Path 64 or the Marketplace - Adelanto line is a 202-mile (325 km) 500-kilovolt power line that runs from the Adelanto substation near Adelanto, California in the High Desert to the Marketplace substation near Boulder City, Nevada. Path 64 is part of The Western Electricity Coordinating Council's links of electrical intertie paths in the western United States. Path 64 is part of the Path 46 transmission system in southeastern California. This power line is operated by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). This line, along with Path 27, the Intermountain DC line and other Path 46 powerlines, supply over 10,000 megawatts of electrical power to the Los Angeles area. Path 64 is an essential line for powering Los Angeles. == Route == The 500 kV power line begins at the Adelanto substation, where two 500 kV lines from the San Fernando Valley and another from Victorville terminate. On top of that, this is where the Adelanto inverter station or the southern terminus of the HVDC Intermountain line (Path 27) is also located. As the line leaves Adelanto substation, the 500 kV line follows Highway 395 for a distance northwest. At Kramer Junction (intersection with State Route 58), the line turns east. The power line then meets the other Path 46 power lines from Victorville along with the Intermountain DC line near Newberry Springs and runs parallels with them for a short distance; all of the lines at this point are now heading northeast. After a few miles, the line crosses over the other Path 46 and Intermountain DC lines and splits off of the corridor; heading towards the Interstate 15 where it runs alongside the Facts: Path 64 or the Marketplace - Adelanto line is a 202-mile (325 km) 500-kilovolt power line that runs from the Adelanto substation near Adelanto, California in the High Desert to the Marketplace substation near Boulder City, Nevada. Answer: 15,023

Question: In the 2010 census what was the population of the city which the Path 64 Marketplace substation is near ? Context: Miller of the Cummins Engine corporation and foundation. North Christian Church was designed by Eero Saarinen and held its first worship in 1964. The hexagonal-shaped building includes a 192-ft (59m) spire and houses a Holtkamp organ. The Republic Newspaper Office was designed by Myron Goldsmith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. ==== Other notable Modern buildings ==== St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, by William Browne Jr. and Steven Risting Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, by I. M. Pei Columbus East High School, by Romaldo Giurgola Commons Centre and Mall, by César Pelli St. Peter's Lutheran Church, by Gunnar Birkerts Lincoln Elementary School, by Gunnar Birkerts Otter Creek Golf Course, by Harry Weese Fire Station No. 4, by Robert Venturi Columbus Regional Hospital, by Robert A.M. Stern ==== Notable historic buildings ==== Bartholomew County Courthouse by Isaac Hodgson Columbus Power House by Harrison Albright The Crump Theatre by Charles Franklin Sparrell === Public art === Chaos I by Jean Tinguely Friendship Way by William A. Johnson, containing an untitled neon sculpture by Cork Marcheschi Irwin Gardens at the Inn at Irwin Gardens Large Arch by Henry Moore 2 Arcs de 212.5˚ by Bernar Venet Horses by Costantino Nivola The Family by Harris Barron Yellow Neon Chandelier and Persians by Dale Chihuly C by Robert Indiana Sermon on the Mount by Loja Saarinen and Eliel Saarinen History and Mystery by William T. Wiley Exploded Engine by Rudolph de Harak Eos by Dessa Kirk === Exhibit Columbus === In May 2016, Landmark Columbus launched Exhibit Columbus as a way to continue the ambitious traditions of the past into the future. Exhibit Columbus features annual programming that alternates between symposium and exhibition years. == Sports == Columbus High School was home to footwear pioneer Chuck Taylor, who played basketball in Columbus before setting out to promote his now famous shoes and the sport of basketball before being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Two local high schools compete within the state in various sports. Columbus North and Columbus East both have competitive athletics and have many notable athletes that go on to compete in college and beyond. Columbus North High School houses one of the largest high school gyms in the United States. CNHS vs CEHS Indiana Diesels of the Premier Basketball League play their home games at the gymnasium at Ceraland Park, with plans to move to a proposed downtown sports complex in Facts: Answer: 15,023

Question: In the 2010 census what was the population of the city which the Path 64 Marketplace substation is near ? Context: Laut, shot-putter who won bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics Mark Metcalf, actor in film (Niedermeyer in National Lampoon's Animal House), television ("The Maestro" on Seinfeld) and music videos (Twisted Sister) Marilyn Miller, Broadway star of the 1920s William Mungen, U.S. Representative, lawyer, Union Army colonel Dan O'Brien, cattleman and author Michael G. Oxley, Congressman (1981–2006), Financial Services Committee Chair and co-author of Sarbanes–Oxley Act. Executive Vice President of NASDAQ Lamont Paris, men's college basketball coach at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Tot Pressnell, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs James Purdy, novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright Bill Redpath, treasurer and former chairman, Libertarian Party (United States) Howard Taylor Ricketts, pathologist who discovered the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Rickettsia rickettsii, which was also named after him Ben Roethlisberger, professional football player in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers Philip Sugden, artist and painter Tell Taylor, composer of "Down by the Old Mill Stream" Landon Tewers, musician known for The Plot In You == References == == External links == Findlay travel guide from Wikivoyage City of Findlay, Ohio Hancock County Convention & Visitors Bureau www.FindlayHancockED.com Boulder City is a town in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2020 census, the population of Boulder City was 14,885. The town took its name from Boulder Canyon. Boulder City is one of only two places in Nevada that prohibits gambling, the other being the town of Panaca. == History == === Beginnings as federal company town === The land upon which Boulder City was founded was a harsh, desert environment. Its sole reason for existence was the need to house workers contracted to build the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River (known commonly as Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947, when it was officially renamed Hoover Dam by a joint resolution of Congress). Men hoping for work on the dam project had begun settling along the river in tents soon after the precise site for the dam had been chosen by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1930. Their ramshackle edifices were collectively known as "Ragtown". Boulder City was originally built in 1931 by the Bureau of Reclamation and Six Companies, Inc. as housing for workers who were building the Hoover Dam. The sheer scale of the dam and duration of the project required the Facts: As of the 2020 census, the population of Boulder City was 14,885. Answer: 15,023

Question: In the 2010 census what was the population of the city which the Path 64 Marketplace substation is near ? Context: city charter, approved by the residents, prohibited gambling within the city limits. This provision still exists, making Boulder City one of only two locations in Nevada where gambling is illegal (the other is the town of Panaca). The Hoover Dam Lodge hotel-casino permits gambling and has a Boulder City mailing address, but it is located on a parcel of private land within the boundaries of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and thus not within city limits. Another casino on the other end of town is the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino, which has a Boulder City telephone prefix, but is within the boundary of the neighboring city of Henderson. Alcohol sales were first permitted in 1969.On August 9, 2018, the Boulder City Bypass opened to the public as part of the Interstate 11 project. The bypass is still within Boulder City's city limit, but bypasses the populated area. Initially, businesses and the populace were concerned that the bypass would have a negative effect on the local economy, though it seems that the opposite was true for some businesses. === Accolades === In 2009, Money magazine ranked Boulder City sixth in its annual list of the top 25 places to retire in the United States, which was based on affordable housing, medical care, tax rates and arts and leisure. == Geography == According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 208.6 square miles (540.2 km2), of which 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.02%, is water. This ranks Boulder City as the largest city in Nevada by land area and 35th in the country, but gives it a low density rate of only about 72 people per square mile.Boulder City maintains strict controls on growth, limited to 120 single- or multi-family residential building permits for new construction per year. Hotels are also restricted to no more than 35 rooms. These restrictions are defined in the city code of Boulder City. === Climate === According to the Köppen climate classification system, Boulder City has a hot desert climate (Köppen type BWh) == Demographics == As of the census of 2000, there were 14,966 people, 6,385 households, and 4,277 families residing in the city. The population density was 73.9 people per square mile (28.5/km2). There were 6,979 housing units at an average density of 34.4 per square mile (13.3/km2). The racial makeup of the city was Facts: Answer: 15,023

Question: Was The Shins formed before Natalie Merchant left the rock band 10,000 Maniacs? Context: organ and prepared piano Mary Floramo: poetry & recitation Tracey Rammacher: vocals Stacey Rammacher: vocals Teresa Genovese: English horn Ken Beckenstein: drums Dave Hudson: cello Harry Jacobson: bass == External links == Natalie Merchant's official website 10,000 Maniacs' official website Palomar Agency: Albert Garzon The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1996. Its current lineup is James Mercer (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, songwriter), Jon Sortland (drums), Mark Watrous (guitar, keyboards), Casey Foubert (guitar), Yuuki Matthews (bass, keyboards), and Patti King (keyboards). They are based in Portland, Oregon. The band was formed by Mercer as a side project to Flake Music, who were active from 1992 to 1999. Flake Music released two 7" singles and a full-length album When You Land Here It's Time to Return on Omnibus Records and were touring with Modest Mouse when they were signed to Sub Pop Records. The band's first two records, Oh, Inverted World (2001) and Chutes Too Narrow (2003) performed well commercially and received critical acclaim. The single "New Slang" brought the band mainstream attention when it was featured in the 2004 film Garden State. Consequently, the band's third album, Wincing the Night Away (2007), was a major success for the group, peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 and earning a Grammy Award nomination. Following this, the Shins signed to Columbia Records and Mercer parted ways with the entire original lineup, deeming it "an aesthetic decision." Following a near five-year hiatus, Port of Morrow, the band's fourth studio album, was released in 2012. Their fifth album, Heartworms, was released in March 2017. == History == === Early years (1996–2000) === The Shins was formed in 1996 by James Mercer, a member of the band Flake Music in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Flake Music (formerly known simply as Flake) consisted of members guitarist/vocalist James Mercer, drummer Jesse Sandoval, keyboardist Martin Crandall, and bassist Neal Langford. The group began in 1992 and released a string of singles and an album, When You Land Here, It's Time to Return, which was well received. The band toured with Modest Mouse and Califone. Mercer formed the Shins for a change of pace and enlisted Sandoval on drums. When asked what it was that began his interest in music, Mercer said "... it got me out of my shell and gave me a social life." They began performing as a duo Facts: The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1996. Answer: no

Question: Are both Jennifer Nettles and Aaron Barrett country singer and songwriters? Context: performed by each band. Both Rachel Minton of Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer and Aaron Barrett of Reel Big Fish sing on every track, hence the title of the EP. On "Say Say Say", however, the male vocalist is Scott Klopfenstein (the backing singer and trumpeter of Reel Big Fish) instead of Aaron Barrett. Klopfenstein also appears in his usual backing role, including a small bit of the lead during "It's Not Easy". "Want To" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Sugarland. It was released in August 2006 as the first single from the album Enjoy the Ride. It was their first single not to feature former member Kristen Hall, although Jennifer Nettles had previously been featured on Bon Jovi's Number One country hit, "Who Says You Can't Go Home", the song was also the first regular Number One hit of Sugarland's career in the U.S., spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in late 2006. The duo's members, Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, wrote the song along with Bobby Pinson. The song has sold 856,000 copies in the US as of April 2013. == Chart performance == === Year-end charts === == Personnel == Tom Bukovac – electric guitar Brandon Bush – organ Kristian Bush – acoustic guitar, mandolin, background vocals Dan Dugmore – Dobro Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar Tony Harrell – Mellotron, organ Greg Morrow – drums, percussion Jennifer Nettles – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals Glenn Worf – bass guitar == References == "Joey" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Sugarland. The duo's two members, Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, wrote it along with Bill Anderson. It was released in July 2009 as the fourth single from the duo's album Love on the Inside. Sugarland's twelfth single release, it debuted at number 50 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in July 2009. == Content == "Joey" was written by Sugarland's two members, Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles, along with country singer Bill Anderson. The song is a mid-tempo ballad, backed primarily by acoustic guitar and organ. In it, the narrator blames herself when her love, a teenager named Joey, is killed in a car accident. The lyrics are a series of "what if"s, with the narrator asking what would have happened if she had taken the keys Facts: Aaron Barrett Answer: no

Question: Are both Jennifer Nettles and Aaron Barrett country singer and songwriters? Context: Nationals' minor league complex in Viera, Florida, Barrett fractured the humerus bone in his right arm while pitching. Witnesses to the incident likened the sound of the bone breaking to a gunshot. Teammate Mat Latos reportedly vomited in the dugout, and Nationals manager Dusty Baker sequestered the only video of the injury on a locked hard drive so that no one could watch it. Barrett underwent surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews, which left two plates and sixteen screws embedded in the bone of his arm. Andrews later compared the fracture to the kind of traumatic injury he would expect to see from a car crash victim.Despite the severity of the injury, Barrett continued to ramp up his baseball activity, hoping to sign a contract to pitch in 2017. After progressing enough to start throwing during the offseason, however, Barrett went in for a CT scan that showed his arm was not healing as quickly as hoped. On the advice of doctors, he shut down his throwing regimen, although he continued working out in the hopes of making an eventual return to the mound. Barrett signed a new minor league contract with the Nationals on April 3, 2017, after missing the entire 2016 season. He did not appear in a game during the 2017 season. As the contract he had signed was a two-year deal, he was invited to participate in minor league spring training as a member of the Nationals organization in 2018. He pitched against live competition for the first time since 2015 during a spring exhibition against the Canadian national baseball team and was assigned to the Short Season-A Auburn Doubledays to start the 2018 season. He made his first appearance in a professional game since 2015 on June 15, 2018, striking out three batters for a hold. He elected free agency on November 2, 2018, but soon signed a new minor league contract with the Nationals that included a non-roster invitation to major league spring training. ==== Return to the major leagues (2019) ==== After spending part of spring training on the major league side of the Nationals camp in West Palm Beach, Florida, Barrett was assigned to Class-AA Harrisburg to start the 2019 season. As he had in 2013, before reaching the major leagues, Barrett served as the Senators' closer. On June 29, 2019, he became Harrisburg's all-time leader in games saved with 41 across Facts: Answer: no

Question: Are both Jennifer Nettles and Aaron Barrett country singer and songwriters? Context: multiple years, as he notched his fifteenth save of the season. As the season progressed, Barrett built up arm strength and recovered much of his former velocity, also incorporating a changeup into a pitching arsenal that had predominantly featured a fastball and a slider. The Nationals developed and implemented a plan to groom Barrett for a return to the major leagues during the 2019 season. After the Senators concluded their regular season, during which Barrett recorded a 2.75 ERA and 31 saves (leading the minor leagues), Harrisburg manager Matt LeCroy announced that Barrett would be promoted to the Nationals for the first time in more than four years. The Nationals officially selected Barrett's contract on September 4, 2019. Barrett appeared in a game for the first time since the 2015 season on September 7, pitching a scoreless inning in relief against the Atlanta Braves and picking up his first strikeout since August 1, 2015, as he caught All-Star Ronald Acuña Jr. looking on a slider. He made 3 relief appearances in 2019 with a 15.43 ERA. The Nationals finished the year with a 93-69 record, clinching a wild card spot and eventually winning the 2019 World Series over the Astros. Barrett did not take part in any postseason action but still won his first world championship as he was still on the Nationals' 40-man roster at the time. Barrett was outrighted off of the Nationals 40-man roster on October 9, 2020, and elected free agency the next day. He resigned with the Nationals on a minor league deal on November 5, 2020. == Personal life == Barrett met Kendyl Mygatt while a student at the University of Mississippi. She had transferred to Ole Miss from Texas Tech, and played soccer at both schools. They married on October 20, 2012. The couple have a daughter, Kollyns(2017) and a son, Paxtyn(2020) Barrett is a Christian. == References == == External links == Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors) Ole Miss Rebels bio Aaron Barrett on Twitter Sugarland is an American country music duo founded in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles (lead vocals) and Kristian Bush (vocals, guitar, mandolin). The group was founded in 2002 by Nettles and Bush with Kristen Hall (vocals, guitar). Hall left the group after its first album. All three members had experience in folk rock: Nettles Facts: Aaron Barrett Answer: no

Question: Are both Jennifer Nettles and Aaron Barrett country singer and songwriters? Context: & Him, The New Pornographers, Feist, Cat Power, Grizzly Bear, Arcade Fire, The Shins, The Killers, and Vampire Weekend gain popularity around the world, including in the United States, thanks to the rise of independent internet music blogs. The rising popularity of Internet radio also contributed to high album sales for Indie rock bands, despite little to no mainstream radio play. By the end of the decade several of these bands released albums that topped the Billboard 200. This trend has been viewed as heralding a new era for rock in the wake of an era of pop dominance by the likes of Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry. === Pop === Teen pop continued to be an extremely popular genre in the early 2000s with success of teenage pop singers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Spears' "Oops!...I Did It Again" and Aguilera's "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" became huge hits in the year 2000. By 2001 and 2002, however, the teen-pop trend faded due to modern R&B and hip-hop influenced music that later dominated throughout the middle of the decade. Spears' 2001 album Britney and Aguilera's 2002 album Stripped are examples of teen pop artists transitioning from teen pop to more grown-up, modern R&B influenced records.Boy bands maintained their popularity during the beginning of the decade, but their popularity also faded, with the exception of Backstreet Boys, who continued their popularity post-2005, (after a short hiatus between 2002 and 2004). As the typical "boy band" sound was no longer mainstream, they began to transition to more of an adult contemporary, soft-rock and ballad styles of music for the remainder of the decade. By 2003, records by boy bands were very sparse on the Billboard Hot 100, and some members of boy bands left to pursue other projects and solo endeavors, such as Jesse McCartney from Dream Street, Nick Lachey from 98 Degrees, and most successfully Justin Timberlake from 'N Sync, whose foray into Blue-eyed soul R&B/Pop spawned a successful solo career. A new strain of boy bands, such as V Factory, Varsity Fanclub, Click Five, NLT, and the Jonas Brothers, emerged at the end of the decade, but this new generation of boy bands did not reach the glamor and success of those of the 1990s and early 2000s. Other girl groups included Danity Kane (2005–09), Dream (2000-03), and Sugababes, along with shorter-term girl groups such Facts: Answer: no

Question: Are both Jennifer Nettles and Aaron Barrett country singer and songwriters? Context: out playing for worship in their church, but later would release secular-themed albums and songs, including their opening and ending theme songs to 2007 local television serial, The Golden Path. Sun Ho had been the worship pastor at megachurch City Harvest Church before she released her first album of secular material, Sun With Love, in 2002. She would go on to release another four more albums between 2003 and 2007, although her secular music career eventually came to an abrupt ending with the City Harvest Trial. Taiwanese supergroup SuperBand, comprising Wakin Chau, Jonathan Lee, Chang Chen-yue, and Lo Ta-Yu, emerged in 2008 and went on to hold several concerts and release two studio EP's of new material, Northbound (2009) and Go South (2010), before finally resuming their individual solo careers in 2010. 2003 saw the deaths of Hong Kong popular singers Leslie Cheung, 46, who committed suicide; and Anita Mui, 40, who died of cervical cancer. Both singers were highly respected in Cantopop music. In early until middle of 2000s, most popular music genre in Indonesia is pop and pop rock music. Some group bands like Dewa 19, Sheila On 7, Padi (band), Radja, ST 12 are becoming top group bands and their songs are the most played songs by teens and young adults. Some of those 2000s bands' most popular songs were like Sheila on 7 – Sebuah Kisah Klasik, Dewa 19 - Separuh Nafas, Padi - Menanti Sebuah Jawaban, etc. == Middle East and Africa == Music charts in the Middle East are largely dominated by local Arabic-language artists, with an equivalent population of Western world artists as well. The music industry within the Middle East and Africa is international and diverse. In Arabic country, Amr Diab dominates by his music and variation of genres (R&B, House, Trance, Latin and Rock). Such artist like Angelique Kidjo from Benin and Nigerian descent Sade gained major success. == See also == 1980s in music 1990s in music 2000s in the music industry 2000s 2010s in music == References == == Sources == Novas, Himilce (1995). Remembering Selena (1st ed.). Sagebrush Education Resources. ISBN 0-613-92637-4. Richmond, Clint (1995). Selena! : The Phenomenal Life and Tragic Death of the Tejano Music Queen (1st ed.). New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-54522-1. Jennifer Odessa Nettles (born September 12, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. She is the lead vocalist Facts: Jennifer Odessa Nettles (born September 12, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Answer: no

Question: Are both Jennifer Nettles and Aaron Barrett country singer and songwriters? Context: deal with Big Machine. To coincide with the sixteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attack, Nettles released a song called "King of the City", which tells the story of an immigrant who lost his life during the tragedy. Of the track, Nettles said "it has been so long since I started writing this song, but I was only able to finish it in the last year. I was inspired by the political tensions in our country right now. I want to humanize the immigrant story as an American story, and allow people a different narrative from what they might, or might not, be seeing on the news or in their communities". == Acting == Nettles made her acting debut in the NBC television movie, Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors portraying Dolly Parton's mother. It premiered on December 10, 2015. She reprised her role in the sequel Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love which premiered on November 30, 2016.In February 2015, Nettles joined the Broadway cast of Chicago, where she played the role of Roxie Hart for a limited engagement. In April 2016, she had a role on the WGN America hit series Underground. Her role was as a wife and mother who became a mental patient. In 2019, Nettles portrayed Aimee-Leigh Gemstone, the deceased matriarch of a fictional Southern evangelical family in HBO’s dark comedy The Righteous Gemstones. She also co-starred in the drama Harriet, about abolitionist Harriet Tubman, playing Eliza Brodess. The film was directed by Kasi Lemmons.She is set to play the lead role of Jenna in the musical Waitress on Broadway from October 19 to November 25, 2021. == Activism == Nettles has lent her time and talent to support various non-profit organizations. Nettles has been a longtime supporter of the Shalom foundation. She raised more than $120,000 for the foundation in 2007.In 2008 she launched Common Thread, a series of musical events enabling artists to come together to share music and raise money for their favorite charities. The first three Common Thread concerts included performances by Nettles, Sugarland partner Kristian Bush, Emily Saliers, and Amos Lee and raised funds for the American Cancer Society, American Liver Foundation, Honor the Earth, and Intercultural Family Services.Following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Nettles and Sugarland partner Bush sang on the remake of We Are the World as part of Artists for Haiti. In February 2012, Facts: Answer: no

Question: In which country does the singer who co-hosted the2012 Echo Klassik Awards with Nina Eichinger live ? Context: It is the 20th edition of the annual Echo Klassik awards for classical music. The ceremony took place in the Konzerthaus Berlin and was broadcast on ZDF. It was hosted by Nina Eichinger and Rolando Villazón and organised by The German Music Industry Association. == Performances == Alison Balsom ensemble amarcord/Leipziger Streichquartett Khatia Buniatishvili David Garrett Philippe Jaroussky Anna Prohaska Erwin Schrott Klaus Florian Vogt === Orchestra === Konzerthausorchester Berlin conducted by Vasily Petrenko == Winners == The winners of the 2012 Echo Klassik awards were: Female Singer of the Year – Renée Fleming Poèmes Male Singer of the Year – Klaus Florian Vogt Helden Conductor of the Year – Riccardo Chailly for Beethoven symphonies Instrumentalists of the Year Alison Balsom (trumpet) Eduard Brunner (clarinet) Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) Isabelle Faust (violin) Harald Vogel (organ) Ensemble of the Year Modern Instruments – Quatuor Ébène, for Mozart Historical Instruments – Freiburger Barockorchester for Mendelssohn Vocal Music – ensemble amarcord Symphonic Recording of the Year 19th century – Roger Norrington for Elgar: Enigma Variations 20th/21st century – Simon Rattle for Schoenberg Concerto Recording of the Year 18th century Christian Zacharias Mozart 19th century Maximilian Hornung, Bamberger Symphoniker, Sebastian Tewinkel for Saint-Saëns and Dvořák cello concertos; Maurizio Pollini Staatskapelle Dresden Christian Thielemann for Brahms; Trumpet concerto: Guliano Sommerhalder, Simone Sommerhalder, Roland Fröscher for A. Ponchielli trumpet concertos. Violin concerto: Anne-Sophie Mutter and the New York Philharmonic for Rihm Lichtes Spiel Sebastian Currier Time Machines. 20th/21st century – Jos Van Immerseel Anima Eterna, Bruges for Poulenc Opera Recording of the Year 17th/18th century – Gluck: Ezio (Gluck) Alan Curtis 19th century – Beethoven: Fidelio Claudio Abbado 20th/21st century – Franz Schreker: Irrelohe Stefan Blunier. Operatic Arias & Duets – Philippe Jaroussky/Max Emanuel Cenčić/William Christie (harpsichordist)/Les Arts Florissants; Nuria Rial Telemann: Opera Arias. Choral Recording of the Year 16th/ 17th century – J. C. Bach: Welt, gute Nacht John Eliot Gardiner 18th/19th century – Fauré: Requiem dir. Peter Dijkstra. 20th/21st century – Coro Nacional de Cuba Digna Guerra, El canto quiere ser luz; Ligeti: Requiem, Apparitions, dir Péter Eötvös Chamber Music Recording of the Year 17th/18th century strings – Amaryllis Quartett, J. Haydn, A. Webern 17th/18th century wind – Manz, Trénel, Schuch, Alonso and Quero. Mozart, Beethoven quintets. 19th century string – Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk French Impressions 19th century wind – Münchner Horntrio J. Brahms, G. Ligeti, C. Koechlin. Mixed Ensemble – Renaud Capuçon, Gérard Facts: It was hosted by Nina Eichinger and Rolando Villazón and organised by The German Music Industry Association. Answer: France

Question: In which country does the singer who co-hosted the2012 Echo Klassik Awards with Nina Eichinger live ? Context: Caussé, Gautier Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, Michel Dalberto, Quatuor Ebène Fauré. **20th/21st century – Martha Argerich and Friends Live from Lugano 2010. 20th/ 21st century Strings – Galatea Quartet Bloch: Landscapes – Music for String Quartet. (Strings) Hilary Hahn, Charles Ives Solo Recording of the Year 17th/18th century – (Violin) Rebekka Hartmann. (Piano) Jin Ju Beethoven, Czerny, Schubert. Piano Rafał Blechacz Debussy, Szymanowski. Song Recording of the Year – Werner Güra Schubert: Willkommen und Abschied Lifetime Achievement Award – Daniel Barenboim, Newcomer awards – Anna Prohaska (soprano), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Miloš Karadaglić (guitar), Julian Steckel (cello), Vasily Petrenko (conductor) The Klassik-ohne-Grenzen Prizes – Tori Amos Night of Hunters; Pera Ensemble and Valer Barna-Sabadus Baroque Oriental; Erwin Schrott Rojotango Editorial Achievement of the Year – Siegbert Rampe Mozart: Sämtliche Clavierwerke Vol. 12 World Premiere Recording of the Year – Michala Petri, Danish National Vocal Ensemble (DR Vokalensemblet), Stephen Layton The Nightingale – New Nordic Music for Recorder and Choir Uģis Prauliņš, Daniel Börtz. The Classics for Children Award – Ensemble L'art pour l'art Haltbar gemacht Jury Awards for the Fostering of Young Talents – Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen "Zukunftslabor". Bertelsmann Stiftung "Musikalische Grundschule" Music DVD Recording of the Year – (Opera) Theater Lübeck Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen Bestseller of the Year – David Garrett Legacy Special Jury Awards – Israel Chamber Orchestra. Thomanerchor Leipzig == References == Rolando Villazón Mauleón (born 22 February 1972) is a Mexican operatic tenor and opera director. He now lives in France, and in 2007 became a French citizen.Villazón has published several books, including the novels Malabares and Paladas de sombra contra la oscuridad which have been translated into French and German. He is a member of the Collège de 'Pataphysique in Paris. == Early life == He was raised in Fuentes de Satélite, a suburban area of Greater Mexico City, Mexico. In an interview for Mexican television, Villazón told the story of how he was discovered as a tenor. He said that one day, as he was getting out of the shower in his apartment in Mexico City, somebody came knocking on his door; it was baritone Arturo Nieto, a friend of his neighbour, who had heard him singing while in the shower. He told Rolando he had an amazing voice and invited him to his music academy to develop his voice; it was there that Villazón fell in love with opera. == Career == Facts: He now lives in France, and in 2007 became a French citizen. Answer: France

Question: This CarniK Con meme development, involving duct tape, was based on an animated Nickelodeon series created by what marine biologist? Context: series in 1996 upon the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, which he directed. While creating the show and writing its pilot episode in 1997, he and the show's then-creative director Derek Drymon were also conducting auditions to find voices for the show's characters.For the voice of SpongeBob, the main character, Hillenburg approached Kenny, who previously worked with him on Rocko's Modern Life. Drymon said, "Steve [Hillenburg] wanted to find an original sounding voice [for SpongeBob]." Hillenburg utilized Kenny's and other people's personalities to help create the personality of SpongeBob. The voice of SpongeBob was originally used by Kenny for a minor character in Rocko's Modern Life. Kenny forgot the voice initially as he created it only for that single use. Hillenburg, however, remembered it when he was coming up with SpongeBob and used a video clip of the episode to remind Kenny of the voice. Kenny says that SpongeBob's high-pitched laugh was specifically created to be unique. They wanted an annoying laugh in the tradition of Popeye and Woody Woodpecker. Fagerbakke voices SpongeBob's best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star. He auditioned for the role after Kenny had been cast as SpongeBob. Fagerbakke said, "Steve is such a lovely guy, and I had absolutely no feeling for the material whatsoever." He described his experience in the audition, saying "I was just going in for another audition, and I had no idea what was in store there in terms of the remarkable visual wit and really the kind of endearing child-like humanity in the show. I couldn't pick that up from the audition material at all. I was just kind of perfunctorially trying to give the guy what he wanted."Rodger Bumpass provides the voice of Squidward Tentacles, and other characters. Squidward was "a very nasally, monotone kind of guy", said Bumpass. He said that the character "became a very interesting character to do" because of "his sarcasm, and then his frustration, and then his apoplexy, and so he became a wide spectrum of emotions". Voice acting veteran Clancy Brown voices Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob's boss at the Krusty Krab. For the character, Brown uses a voice that he describes as "piratey" with "a little Scottish brogue". According to Brown, his Mr. Krabs voice was improvised during his audition and it was not challenging for him to find the correct voice.Mr. Lawrence had met Hillenburg previously on Rocko's Modern Life. When working on Facts: Answer: Stephen Hillenburg

Question: This CarniK Con meme development, involving duct tape, was based on an animated Nickelodeon series created by what marine biologist? Context: said that she knew Pearl "had to sound somewhat like a child," but at the same time needed "an abnormally large voice."In the Christmas special "Christmas Who?", the characters of Patchy the Pirate, the president of the fictional SpongeBob SquarePants fan club, and his pet called Potty the Parrot debuted. The former is portrayed by Kenny in live-action, while series creator Hillenburg voiced the latter. After Hillenburg's departure as the series' showrunner in 2004, staff writer Paul Tibbitt was given the role voicing Potty the Parrot. Mr. Krabs' mother, Mama Krabs, who debuted in the episode "Sailor Mouth", was voiced by Tibbitt. However, voice actress Sirena Irwin overtook Tibbitt's role as the character reappeared in the fourth season episode "Enemy In-Law" in 2005. Irwin also provides the voices of other characters in the show, including Margaret SquarePants, SpongeBob's mother. Voice recording sessions always include a full cast of actors, which Kenny describes as "getting more unusual". Kenny said, "That's another thing that's given SpongeBob its special feel. Everybody's in the same room, doing it old radio-show style. It's how the stuff we like was recorded". It takes about four hours to record an 11-minute episode. For the first three seasons, Hillenburg and Drymon sat in on recording sessions at Nickelodeon Studios, and they directed the actors. In the fourth season, Andrea Romano took over the role as the voice director. Wednesday is recording day, the same schedule followed by the crew since 1999. Casting supervisor Jennie Monica Hammond said, "I loved Wednesdays". === Main cast === === Other regular cast === == Recurring guest voices == == Former cast members == == Awards and nominations == == Notes == == References == === Bibliography === == External links == Cast list at the Internet Movie Database CarniK Con (Carnivorous Kinetic Concepts) was an American YouTube firearms comedy show known for its videos of firearms used in humorous scenarios and the heavy use of American symbolism. The channel debuted on Halloween 2012 and has since garnered a passionate following among gun enthusiasts across the internet. Videos typically feature Dugan Ashley and other members of CarniK Con conducting tests and evaluating firearms in unlikely, scripted scenarios. The show is typically filmed in Missouri where the group is based. CarniK Con’s video formats can range from music videos to short stories, to infomercials and 20 second shorts. The channel is also known for Facts: CarniK Con (Carnivorous Kinetic Concepts) was an American YouTube firearms comedy show known for its videos of firearms used in humorous scenarios and the heavy use of American symbolism. Answer: Stephen Hillenburg

Question: are The Betrayal – Nerakhoon and The Square both documentaries ? Context: write two symphonic and choral pieces for two important national occasions in Poland: Cantata for Freedom (2005) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Solidarity movement, and Oratorio 1956 (2006) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a bloody uprising against totalitarian government in Poznań, Poland. Both premieres were broadcast live on Polish national television. Other concert works of the composer include Jankiel's Concert, The Open Window and Fanfare A2. On 10 May 2014, the world premiere of Universa – Open Opera, an opera written for the 650th anniversary of the Jagiellonian University, was held in Krakow's Main Square. Jan's last monumental work, Emigra - The Neverending Symphony, was performed in February 2017 in Gdynia, Poland.Kaczmarek is a member of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, European Film Academy and Polish Film Academy. In 2007, Kaczmarek began working to set up a film institute in his home country of Poland. Inspired by the Sundance Institute, he intends for the new institute to serve as a European center for the development of new work in film, theater, music and new media. His Instytut Rozbitek (Rozbitek Institute) opened in 2010.On 1 July 2015, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his outstanding artistic accomplishments and for promoting Polish culture abroad.Kaczmarek is the founder and director of the Transatlantyk Festival, held yearly in Łódź, Poland. == Works == === Film === === Television === == Awards == == See also == List of Polish composers List of Poles List of Polish Academy Award winners and nominees == References == == External links == Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Official Site Jan A.P. Kaczmarek at IMDb Jan A.P. Kaczmarek at Culture.pl The Square is a 1994 Chinese documentary film directed by Zhang Yuan. It is Zhang's first true documentary film, after two documentary-influenced fiction films: Mama and Beijing Bastards.Filmed in black and white, The Square documents a day in the life of Tiananmen Square a few years after the events of 1989. == Subject == The film documents a day in the life of Tiananmen Square in 1994, a mere five years after the crushing of a student-led democracy movement in 1989. The events captured are considered "mundane" but illustrate the level of control exerted over the Square by the authoritarian government. While children play with kites and old men toss frisbees, police and soldiers are also Facts: The Square is a 1994 Chinese documentary film directed by Zhang Yuan. Answer: yes

Question: are The Betrayal – Nerakhoon and The Square both documentaries ? Context: == 2020/21 == The festival was scheduled to take place from September 19 to 26, 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. == See also == Television and film in New Jersey Hoboken International Film Festival Garden State Film Festival New Jersey Film Festival == References == == External links == 2011 Awards Golden Door Victor S. Cianca Sr. (January 5, 1918 – January 24, 2010) was a traffic police officer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who spent his entire career with the Pittsburgh Police Bureau before he retired on January 4, 1983. His flamboyant style of directing traffic led to appearances on the television program Candid Camera in 1964, and Allen Funt was so impressed he invited Cianca to direct traffic in New York City's Times Square. He also appeared on Charles Kuralt's CBS News documentaries, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Real People. He also guest conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1981. He later appeared in Budweiser commercials and was featured in the movie Flashdance, playing himself.Upon his retirement in 1982, The Pittsburgh Press said that "A downtown traffic jam without Vic Cianca is a traffic jam with no redeeming qualities."Following his death, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described him as a "Pittsburgh icon" with "affectionate yinzer spirit" on par with Fred Rogers and Myron Cope. == References == == External links == Cianca with VP Nixon and Lodge The Betrayal — Nerakhoon is a 2008 documentary film directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath. == Synopsis == It is about an immigrant from Laos living in New York City. The film centres on the family's flight from Laos after the United States Secret War in Laos and the difficulty of assimilating into American life. Cultural obstacles encountered are presented through the medium of the break-up of the narrators' family, culminating in the death of a family member linked to gang warfare. In the Lao language, "nerakhoon" (Lao: ເນລະຄຸນ) translates to "ingratitude" or "betrayal". == Reception == === Critical response === The Betrayal has an approval rating of 93% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 30 reviews, and an average rating of 7.63/10. It also has a score of 78 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". === Film Festivals and Accolades === The Betrayal won the Spectrum Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (2008), and Facts: The Betrayal — Nerakhoon is a 2008 documentary film directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath. Answer: yes

Question: Don Loren Harper's credits include a 1998 American science fiction disaster film that was directed by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by who? Context: Don Loren Harper is a Los Angeles-based film composer, songwriter, conductor, and arranger whose credits include films such as The Guardian, National Treasure, Training Day, Armageddon, The Rock, Twister, Broken Arrow, Assassins, and Speed. Harper composed and conducted the music for Disney's direct-to-video releases The Lion King 1½, Tarzan & Jane, and Atlantis: Milo's Return. He also created the scores for the television series' The Magnificent Seven and The Twilight Zone, and the TV movie Houdini. Harper's first CD, Dream and Variations, is a hybrid of jazz, Americana, rock, spirituals, blues, and bluegrass. It is a sweeping assemblage of vignettes, recorded with a 70-piece orchestra live on the Eastwood Stage at Warner Bros. in the Fall of 2006. The production included a 32-member choir, session musician Dan Higgins on soprano saxophone, jazz pianist Russell Ferrante of The Yellowjackets, notable string players Dave Stone (upright bass), Sid Page (violin), and Steve Erdody (cello). Trevor Rabin, composer and former member of Yes, played guitar. Dream and Variations includes the song "End of Days", featuring vocals by Lisbeth Scott, which Harper and lyricist Tom Child wrote in response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. He has also recorded the soundtrack for Tokyo DisneySea's version of Fantasmic, as well as a song for Rivers of Light. == Discography == Dream and Variations == References == == External links == Official website Don L. Harper discography at Discogs Don L. Harper at IMDb Deep Impact is a 1998 American science-fiction disaster film directed by Mimi Leder, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin, and starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, and Morgan Freeman. Steven Spielberg served as an executive producer of this film. It was released by Paramount Pictures in North America and by DreamWorks Pictures internationally on May 8, 1998. The film depicts the attempts to prepare for and destroy a 7-mile (11 km) wide comet set to collide with Earth and cause a mass extinction. Deep Impact was released in the same summer as a similarly themed film, Armageddon, which fared better at the box office, while astronomers described Deep Impact as being more scientifically accurate. Both films were similarly received by critics, with Armageddon scoring 38% and Deep Impact scoring 45% on Rotten Tomatoes. Deep Impact grossed over $349 million worldwide on an $80 million production budget. It was the final film by cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann, Facts: Don Loren Harper is a Los Angeles-based film composer, songwriter, conductor, and arranger whose credits include films such as The Guardian, National Treasure, Training Day, Armageddon, The Rock, Twister, Broken Arrow, Assassins, and Speed. Answer: Michael Bay

Question: Don Loren Harper's credits include a 1998 American science fiction disaster film that was directed by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by who? Context: meteorite. The United States has known that the Soviet Union also has a similar weapons satellite called Peter the Great in orbit, with its sixteen nuclear warheads pointed down at that country. Needing the additional firepower to stop Orpheus, the President (Henry Fonda) goes on national television and reveals the existence of Hercules, explaining it was created to meet the threat that Orpheus represents. He also offers the Soviets a chance to save face by announcing they, too, had the same program and their own satellite weapon. To coordinate the counter-effort between the two countries, Bradley requests a Soviet scientist named Dr. Alexei Dubov (Brian Keith). Bradley and Harry Sherwood (Karl Malden) of NASA meet at the control center for Hercules, located beneath 195 Broadway in Lower Manhattan. Major General Adlon (Martin Landau) is the commander of the facility. Dubov and his interpreter Tatiana Donskaya (Natalie Wood) arrive, and Bradley gets to work on breaking the ice between them. Since Dubov cannot admit the existence of the Soviet device, he agrees to Bradley's proposal that they work on the "theoretical application" of how a "theoretical" Soviet space platform's weapons would be coordinated with the American platform. Meanwhile, more meteorite fragments strike Earth (one inside Siberia), and the Soviets finally agree to join in the effort. Both satellites are coordinated, and turned towards the incoming large asteroid as smaller fragments continue to strike the planet, causing great damage, including a deadly avalanche in the Swiss Alps and a tsunami which devastates Hong Kong. With hours remaining prior to Orpheus' impact, as planned, Peter the Great's missiles are launched first because of its relative position to the asteroid, with Hercules's missiles timed to be fired 40 minutes later. Immediately prior to Hercules's missiles being launched, a splinter fragment is discovered to be heading towards the command center in New York City. If the center is destroyed, Hercules will not be able to launch. With seconds to spare, Hercules receives the signal to fire from the command center, and launches its missiles. The splinter impacts the city, destroying the top half of the World Trade Center twin towers in a direct hit, and creating a large crater in Central Park. Several workers inside the control center are killed when the facility is partially destroyed by the collapse of the building above, and the survivors are forced to work their way out of the Facts: Answer: Michael Bay

Question: Don Loren Harper's credits include a 1998 American science fiction disaster film that was directed by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by who? Context: The Pussycat Dolls and Busta Rhymes Mexicano – Performed by Tremander Ready to Rock – Performed by Steve Rushton How Do You Sleep? – Performed by Jesse McCartney and Ludacris Falling Down – Performed by Space Cowboy O Fortuna – Performed by London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox == References == == External links == Official website G-Force at IMDb G-Force at Box Office Mojo G-Force at Rotten Tomatoes Ice is a 1998 television disaster film starring Grant Show, Udo Kier, Flex Alexander and Eva La Rue. The film has a similar premise as The Day After Tomorrow, a science fiction disaster film released six years later. Though completely in English, it first premiered in Germany in 1998 before being aired on ABC in the United States in 2000. == Plot == An increase in sunspot activity causes disastrous, long-term consequences for the Earth. Los Angeles is, just as the rest of the world, covered with a layer of ice and snow. The government has collapsed and everyone is on their own. Chaos and crime prevails. Together with scientist Dr. Kistler and a small group of survivors, L.A. cop Robert Drake leaves in the direction of Long Beach Harbor to meet with a government ship which will take them to Guam, where it is warmer. == Cast == Grant Show as Robert Drake Udo Kier as Dr. Norman Kistler Eva LaRue as Alison Flex Alexander as Kelvin Audie England as Julie Michael Riley as Greg Kyle Fairlie as Max Art Hindle as U.S. President Diego Fuentes as Zapata Kristin Booth as Jessica Gordon Michael Woolvett as soldier John Bourgeois as Dr. Golding Elias Zarou as Dr. Tyson Peter Virgile as Chief of Staff J.C. Kenny as Newscaster == Production == == Reception == == See also == List of disaster films == References == == External links == Ice at IMDb Ice at the New York Times Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film produced and directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Touchstone Pictures. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It stars Bruce Willis with Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, William Fichtner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Keith David, and Steve Buscemi. Despite international box-office success, and becoming the highest-grossing Facts: Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film produced and directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Touchstone Pictures. Answer: Michael Bay

Question: Don Loren Harper's credits include a 1998 American science fiction disaster film that was directed by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by who? Context: might cause the whole mission to fail, the President decides to remote detonate the bomb from Earth. After a vicious argument where Sharp calls Harry’s team the worst mistake in NASA history, the two men agree to defuse the bomb and work together. They make progress on drilling, but when they hit a hydrogen pocket, Max and the Armadillo are lost. Just as Harry, Truman, and the world believe the mission to be a failure, A.J. and the others arrive in the second Armadillo. A.J. succeeds in drilling the hole to the required depth, but a rock storm damages the remote detonator, forcing someone to have to stay behind to manually detonate the bomb. After randomly drawing straws, the responsibility falls on A.J. Harry takes him down to the asteroid’s surface where he disconnects A.J.’s air hose and forces him into the shuttle’s air lock. Harry tells A.J. he is the son he never had and that he would be proud to have him marry Grace. A.J. tearfully begs Harry to let him detonate the bomb, but relents and tells Harry he loves him as he ascends back into the shuttle. Using the armadillo, Harry gives Grace his blessing to marry A.J. and Grace says she is proud to be his daughter. After some difficulty, Freedom takes off, but another rock storm causes Harry to lose his grip on the detonator. Just before Zero Barrier, Harry detonates the bomb saving the planet. NASA and the world rejoice while Truman comforts Grace. The astronauts land back on Earth safely: A.J. and Grace are reunited and Chick reconciles with his ex-wife and estranged young son. == Cast == == Production == In May 1998, Walt Disney Studios chairman Joe Roth expanded the film's budget by $3 million to include additional special effects scenes. This additional footage, incorporated two months prior to the film's release, was specifically added for the television advertising campaign to differentiate the film from Deep Impact which was released a few months before.According to Bruce Joel Rubin, writer of Deep Impact, a production president at Disney took notes on everything the writer said during lunch about his script and initiated Armageddon as a counter film at Disney.Nine writers worked on the script, five of whom are credited. In addition to Robert Roy Pool, Jonathan Hensleigh, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno and J. J. Abrams, the writers involved included Paul Attanasio, Facts: Answer: Michael Bay

Question: Don Loren Harper's credits include a 1998 American science fiction disaster film that was directed by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by who? Context: surface to devastating solar radiation. The U.S. government backs a secret project to build a vessel that can drill to the core and release nuclear weapons to restart the rotation. They utilize the work of Dr. Ed "Braz" Brazzelton who has developed a material "Unobtainium" that can withstand and convert extreme heat into electricity, as well as a laser-based high-speed drilling array. NASA pilots Commander Robert Iverson and Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs are enlisted to pilot the multi-compartment vessel USS Virgil, while computer hacker Theodore Donald "Rat" Finch is brought on to keep news of the pending disaster or the attempt to restart the core from the Internet. Virgil is launched through the Marianas Trench and successfully makes its way through the crust. The team accidentally drills through a gigantic empty geode structure, damaging the lasers when it lands at its base. As they traverse outside the ship to free the vessel from the crystalline structures, the geode starts to flood with magma, and Iverson is impaled by a falling shard and falls into the magma. The rest manage to return in time as Virgil continues its descent. Further down, they pass through a field of gigantic diamond formations, one which breaches the last compartment housing the detonation timers for the nuclear charges. Leveque sacrifices himself to make sure the others have the charges and launch codes before the compartment is crushed by the extreme pressure. The team reaches the molten core and realize it is much less dense than previously thought, throwing off their calculations on restarting its motions. They communicate with the surface, where Lieutenant General Thomas Purcell, overseeing the operation, orders them to abandon the effort and return immediately as they plan to use a secondary protocol to restart the core. Finch secretly communicating with the Virgil team and learns that this secondary protocol is the top-secret project "DESTINI" (Deep Earth Seismic Trigger INItiative). Keyes finds that Zimsky was a lead scientist on "DESTINI", which was intended to be used as a weapon by the U.S. but when it was first tested had caused the core's rotation to stop. Finch redirects power from DESTINI to prevent Purcell from activating it again, as Keyes fears it could destroy the Earth instead of restarting the core. Meanwhile, destructive events, including a lightning storm in Rome, Italy and a burst of ultraviolet rays that destroys the Golden Gate Bridge and Facts: Answer: Michael Bay

Question: What WWII Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy was on the board of the American Cable and Radio Corporation? Context: N1K "Rex" floatplane, and an American North American B-25 Mitchell. In 1991, the land for the Bush Gallery was bought from H-E-B Grocery. Money for the gallery was privately raised in the 1990s through the efforts of finance chairman Lee Bass and a board that included baseball star Nolan Ryan and Ernest Angelo, a former mayor of Midland. Admission tickets cover both museums. In addition, the museum is currently home to the PT boat PT-309.Bush later reflected that "terrifying experiences" of war helped him to become a man: "I have often wondered why me, why was I spared when others died."On December 7, 2009, the museum hosted the Grand Reopening of the newly expanded George H. W. Bush Gallery where the second floor houses the Nimitz Education and Research Center. Former President George H. W. Bush his wife Barbara, along with Texas Governor Rick Perry, cut the ribbon. The ceremony was attended by survivors of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and drew a crowd of 5,000 people. == See also == Imperial War Museum – London, England Marine Corps War Memorial – Arlington County, Virginia Museum of La Coupole – German-built V-2 launch site in Pas-de-Calais, France Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression – Beijing, China Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II – Kiev, Ukraine Museum of World War II – Natick, Massachusetts (Closed in September 2019) Museum of the Great Patriotic War – Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow, Russia Museum of the Second World War – Gdańsk, Poland National D-Day Memorial – Bedford, Virginia National World War I Museum – Kansas City, Missouri National World War II Memorial – National Mall, Washington, DC United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – National Mall, Washington, DC American Heritage Museum – Stow, Massachusetts The National WWII Museum – New Orleans, Louisiana List of museums in Central Texas List of Texas state historic sites List of maritime museums in the United States == References == == External links == National Museum of the Pacific War website Admiral Nimitz Foundation William Frederick Halsey Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being Ernest King, William Leahy, and Chester W. Nimitz. Born in Elizabeth, New Facts: He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being Ernest King, William Leahy, and Chester W. Answer: William Halsey Jr.

Question: What WWII Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy was on the board of the American Cable and Radio Corporation? Context: the rank of Captain), a secretary, and an orderly.Three of the four fleet admirals died in the late 1950s and, by 1960, Chester Nimitz was the sole surviving U.S. Navy fleet admiral. He held a ceremonial post as Navy adviser to the Western Sea Frontier with his quarters based in San Francisco. Nimitz died in 1966 with no further fleet admirals appointed since. === Modern usage === No officers have been appointed to the rank of fleet admiral since William Halsey. The rank of fleet admiral is still maintained as a rank of the U.S. Navy, and could again be bestowed, pending approval of the United States Senate. However, the President, with consent from the Senate, may award a fifth star at any time they see fit.In the 1990s, there were proposals in Department of Defense academic circles to bestow a five-star rank on the office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.As recently as the late 2000s, some commentators proposed that the military leader in the Global War on Terrorism be promoted to a five-star rank. == Ranks senior to fleet admiral == The Navy does not have an established rank senior to fleet admiral. The only officially recognized United States military rank senior to fleet admiral is General of the Armies when Congress passed Pub.L. 94–479 in 1976, promoting George Washington to that rank and making him senior to all other grades of the Army, past or present. == See also == United States Navy officer rank insignia List of U.S. military leaders by rank List of fleet and grand admirals List of comparative military ranks Admiral of the fleet as used in other countries Supreme Allied Commander == References == This is a complete list of four-star admirals in the United States Navy. The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Navy. It ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral (five-star admiral). There have been 272 four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Navy. Of these, 231 achieved that rank while on active duty, 40 were promoted upon retirement in recognition of combat citations, and one was promoted posthumously. Admirals entered the Navy via several paths: 236 were commissioned via the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), 21 via Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC), 8 via Officer Candidate School (OCS), 2 Facts: Answer: William Halsey Jr.

Question: What WWII Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy was on the board of the American Cable and Radio Corporation? Context: two reactors. The turbines power the four bronze propellers, each with a diameter of 25 feet (7.6 m) and a weight of 66,000 pounds (30 t). Behind these are the two rudders which are 29 feet (8.8 m) high and 22 feet (6.7 m) long, and each weigh 110,000 pounds (50 metric tons).The Nimitz-class ships constructed since USS Ronald Reagan also have bulbous bows in order to improve speed and fuel efficiency by reducing wave-making resistance. As a result of the use of nuclear power, the ships are capable of operating continuously for over 20 years without refueling and are predicted to have a service life of over 50 years. === Armament and protection === In addition to the aircraft carried on board, the ships carry defensive equipment for use against missiles and hostile aircraft. These consist of either three or four NATO RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers designed for defense against aircraft and anti-ship missiles as well as either three or four 20 mm Phalanx CIWS missile defense cannon.USS Ronald Reagan has none of these, having been built with the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile system, two of which have also been installed on USS Nimitz and USS George Washington. These will be installed on the other ships as they return for Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH). Since USS Theodore Roosevelt, the carriers have been constructed with 2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar armor over vital spaces, and earlier ships have been retrofitted with it: Nimitz in 1983–1984, Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1985 to 1987 and Carl Vinson in 1989.The other countermeasures the ships use are four Sippican SRBOC (super rapid bloom off-board chaff) six-barrel MK36 decoy launchers, which deploy infrared Flare (countermeasure) and chaff to disrupt the sensors of incoming missiles; an SSTDS torpedo defense system; and an AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures system. The carriers also use AN/SLQ-32(V) Radar jamming and deception systems to detect and disrupt hostile radar signals in addition to the electronic warfare capabilities of some of the aircraft on board.The presence of nuclear weapons on board U.S. aircraft carriers since the end of the Cold War has neither been confirmed nor denied by the U.S. government. As a result of this, the presence of a U.S. aircraft carrier in a foreign port has occasionally provoked protest from local people, for example, when Nimitz visited Chennai, India, in 2007. At that time, the Strike Group commander Rear Admiral Facts: Answer: William Halsey Jr.

Question: What WWII Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy was on the board of the American Cable and Radio Corporation? Context: in the event of two or more fleets operating together. Except for this provision, the individual commanders in chief were responsible directly to the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Navy. Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was appointed the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (CINCUS) and the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) on 1 February 1941, carrying the temporary rank of admiral starting on that date. Kimmel was relieved as the CINCUS / CINCPAC on 17 December 1941, shortly after the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. On the following day, by Executive Order 8984 of 18 December 1941, the position of Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) was redefined, and given operational command over the Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic Fleets, as well as all naval coastal forces. The acronym change from CINCUS to COMINCH was suggested by Admiral Ernest J. King, who feared that the pronunciation of the post would be demoralizing in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack. On 20 December, Admiral Ernest J. King was assigned as the COMINCH. One important difference from the previous post of CINCUS was that Admiral King insisted that his headquarters would always be in Washington, D.C., rather than with the Fleet. Dividing command of the Navy between the COMINCH, Admiral King, and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral Harold R. Stark, did not prove to be very effective. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed this problem with his Executive Order 9096 of 12 March 1942, which designated that the offices of the CNO and COMINCH would be held by a single officer, and Admiral King was selected to be CNO in addition to being COMINCH. King relieved Stark as CNO on 29 March 1942, and wore both of these "hats" for the remainder of the war. == Abolition == After the war, the position of Commander in Chief, United States Fleet was no longer needed. Thus, on September 29, 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9635, which revoked both EO 8984 & EO 9096 and transferred all the responsibilities of the COMINCH to the CNO. Since that time, the CNO has nearly always been the highest-ranking U.S. Navy officer. Following passage of the National Security Act of 1947, the CNO is by law the highest-ranking naval officer on active duty, except when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Facts: Answer: William Halsey Jr.

Question: What WWII Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy was on the board of the American Cable and Radio Corporation? Context: States Coast Guard four-star admirals List of United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps four-star admirals == References == American Cable and Radio Corporation was a communications holding company in the middle 20th century. Created in February 1940, it was a part of ITT World Communications, and operated what was known as the American Cable and Radio System, comprising All America Cables and Radio, the Commercial Cable Company, Mackay Radio, and the Sociedad Anonima Radio Argentina. The company was created, along with the All America Corporation and the Commercial Mackay Corporation, after the reorganization of the ITT subsidiary Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation, which had gone into bankruptcy in 1935. The firm was active in the 1940s and 1950s. Warren Lee Pierson, the wartime head of the Export-Import Bank, became the firm's president after the war. Kenneth Evans Stockton was elected president in March 1948 and served until his death in 1950. Famed admiral William Halsey Jr. was the chairman of the board after 1949. Rear Admiral Ellery W. Stone, USN (retired), was president of the firm from 1950 to 1958. Another prominent electrical engineer, Haraden Pratt, was vice president from 1953-1958. The company was still in existence as late as 1980. == References == == External links == Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill and the Postal Telegraph Kaigun-gensui (海軍元帥, Grand admiral), formal rank designations: Gensui-kaigun-taishō (元帥海軍大将, Marshal-admiral) was the highest rank in the prewar Imperial Japanese Navy. The term gensui was used for both the navy and the Imperial Japanese Army, and was a largely honorific title awarded for extremely meritorious service to the Emperor. In the Meiji period, the title was awarded to five generals and three admirals. In the Taishō period it was awarded to six generals and six admirals, and in the Shōwa period it was awarded to six generals and four admirals. Equivalent to a five-star rank (OF-10), it is similar to Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy and Fleet admiral in the United States Navy. == List of Kaigun-gensui == Note that several were promoted the same year they died; these were posthumous promotions. == See also == Gensui (Imperial Japanese Army) Imperial Japanese Navy Grand admiral == References == Facts: was the chairman of the board after 1949. Answer: William Halsey Jr.

Question: Who has the highest scope of work in Willard Mack or Lewis Gilbert The Lost Bridegroom a 1916 American silent comedy film produced by Adolph Zukor starring John Barrymore. Appearing alongside Barrymore in this film is his first wife Katherine Corri Harris. It was based on the short story titled "The Man Who Was Lost" by Willard Mack with James Kirkwood as its director. The film had the alternative title His Lost Self and was rereleased by Paramount on April 17, 1919 as part of their "Success Series", a celebration of some of the company's early screen triumphs. Though it obviously still existed by 1919, it is a lost silent film today. == Production == Director James Kirkwood later stated that Barrymore was binge drinking during the making of this film, and spent a large amount of time downing drinks in a saloon. These delays caused the production to drag (thus costs go up), so Kirkwood went down to the saloon and 'motioned' to Barrymore to either return to work or that he would sling the actor over his shoulders and carry him back to the set to finish filming. == Cast == John Barrymore as Bertie Joyce Katherine Corri Harris as Dorothy Hardin (credited as Katherine Harris Barrymore) Ida Darling as Mrs. Amelia Hardin June Dale as Madge McQuirk Hardee Kirkland as Black McQuirk Eddie Sturgis as Slim Denny (credited as Edward Sturgis) John T. Dillon as Crook Tammany Young as Crook Fred Williams === Uncredited === James Kirkwood William Sherwood == See also == John Barrymore filmography == References == == External links == The Lost Bridegroom at IMDb Synopsis at AllMovie Pictorial History of the Silent Screen; still of Barrymore and a canine who appeared in the film The Noose is a play written by Willard Mack. It was later adapted for the films The Noose (1928) and I'd Give My Life (1936). The play opened on Broadway October 20, 1926 at the Hudson Theatre. It is perhaps best known today for introducing the previously unknown Barbara Stanwyck. It also featured actors Rex Cherryman and Wilfred Lucas. == External links == The Noose at the Internet Broadway Database Adolph Zukor (January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. He produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1913. == Early life == Zukor was born to a Jewish family in Ricse, Hungary in January 1873, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Jacob, who operated a general store, died when he was a year old, while his mother, Hannah Liebermann, died when he was 7. Adolph and his brother Arthur moved in with Kalman Liebermann, their uncle. Liebermann, a rabbi, expected his nephews to become rabbis, but instead Adolph served a three-year apprenticeship in the dry goods store of family friends. When he was 16, he decided to emigrate to the U.S. He sailed from Hamburg on the s/s Rugia on March 1 and arrived in New York City under the name Adolf Zuckery on March 16, 1891. Like most immigrants, he began modestly. After landing in New York City, he started working in an upholstery shop. A friend then got him a job as an apprentice at a furrier. Zukor stayed in New York City for two years. When he left to become a "contract" worker, sewing fur pieces and selling them himself, he was twenty years old and an accomplished designer. He was young and adventuresome, and the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago drew him to the Midwest. There he started a fur business. In the second season of operation, Zukor's Novelty Fur Company expanded to 25 men and opened a branch.Historian Neal Gabler wrote, "one of the stubborn fallacies of movie history is that the men who created the film industry were all impoverished young vulgarians..." Zukor clearly didn't fit this profile. By 1903, he already looked and lived like a wealthy young burgher, and he certainly earned the income of one. He had a commodious apartment at 111th Street and Seventh Avenue in New York City's wealthy German-Jewish section".In 1918, he moved to New City, Rockland County, New York, where he purchased 300 acres of land from Lawrence Abraham, heir to the A&S Department Stores. Abraham had already built a sizable house, a nine-hole golf course and a swimming pool on this property. Two years later, Zukor bought an additional 500 acres, built a night house, guest house, movie theater, locker room, greenhouses, garages and staff quarters, and hired golf architect A.W. Tillinghast to build an 18-hole championship golf course. Today, Zukor's estate is the private Paramount Country Club. == Early film career == In 1903, he became involved in the film industry when his cousin, Max Goldstein, approached him for a loan to invest in a chain of theaters. These theaters were started by Mitchell Mark in Buffalo, New York, and hosted Edisonia Hall. Mark needed investors to expand his chain of theaters. Zukor gave Goldstein the loan and formed a partnership with Mark and Morris Kohn, a friend of Zukor's who also invested in the theaters. Zukor, Mark, and Kohn opened a penny arcade operating as The Automatic Vaudeville Company on 14th Street in New York City. They soon opened branches in Boston, Philadelphia, and Newark, with funding by Marcus Loew. == Famous Players == In 1912, Adolph Zukor established Famous Players Film Company—advertising "Famous Players in Famous Plays"—as the American distribution company for the French film production Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth starring Sarah Bernhardt. The following year he obtained the financial backing of the Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios. Their primary goal was to bring noted stage actors to the screen and Zukor went on to produce The Prisoner of Zenda (1913). He purchased an armory on 26th Street in Manhattan and converted it into Chelsea Studios, a movie studio that is still used today.In 1916, the company merged with Jesse L. Lasky's company to form Famous Players-Lasky. == Paramount Pictures == The Paramount Pictures Corporation was formed to distribute films made by Famous Players-Lasky and a dozen smaller companies which were pulled into Zukor's corporate giant. The consolidations led to the formation of a nationwide film distribution system. In 1917, Zukor acquired 50% of Lewis J. Selznick's Select Pictures which led Selznick's publicity to wane. Later, however, Selznick bought out Zukor's share of Select Pictures.Zukor shed most of his early partners; the Frohman brothers, Hodkinson and Goldwyn were out by 1917. In 1919, the company bought 135 theaters in the Southern states, making the producing concern the first that guaranteed exhibition of its own product in its own theaters. He revolutionized the film industry by organizing production, distribution, and exhibition within a single company. Zukor believed in employing stars. He signed many of the early ones, including Mary Pickford, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Marguerite Clark, Pauline Frederick, Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, and Wallace Reid. With so many important players, Zukor also pioneered "Block Booking" for Paramount Pictures, which meant that an exhibitor who wanted a particular star's films had to buy a year's worth of other Paramount productions. That system gave Paramount a leading position in the 1920s and 1930s, but led the government to pursue it on antitrust grounds for more than 20 years. Zukor was the driving force behind Paramount's success. Through the teens and twenties, he also built the Publix Theatres Corporation, a chain of nearly 2000 screens. He also ran two production studios, one in Astoria, New York (now the Kaufman Astoria Studios) and the other in Hollywood, California. In 1926, Zukor hired independent producer B. P. Schulberg, who had an unerring eye for new talent, to run the new West Coast operations. They purchased the Robert Brunton Studios, a 26-acre facility at 5451 Marathon Street, for US$1 million. In 1927, Famous Players-Lasky took the name Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. Three years later, because of the importance of the Publix Theatres, it became Paramount Publix Corporation. By then, Zukor was turning out 60 features a year. He made deals to show them all in theaters controlled by Loew's Incorporated, and also continued to add more theaters to his own chain. By 1920, he was in a position to charge what he wished for film rentals. Thus he pioneered the concept, now the accepted practice in the film industry, by which the distributor charges the exhibitor a percentage of box-office receipts. Zukor, ever the impresario, bought a huge plot of ground at Broadway and 43d Street, over objections of his board of directors, to build the Paramount Theater and office building, a 39-story building that had its grand opening in 1926. He managed to keep stars such as Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson, and most important of all, Mary Pickford, under contract and happy to stay at Paramount. At one point, Pickford told Zukor: "You know, for years I've dreamed of making $20,000 a year before I was 20, and I'll be 20 very soon." "I could take a hint," Zukor recalled wryly. "She got the $20,000, and before long I was paying her $100,000 a year. Mary was a terrific businessman."Zukor was, primarily, also a businessman. "He did not take the same personal, down-to-the-last-detail interest in the making of his movies that producer-executives such as Samuel Goldwyn and Louis B. Mayer did," wrote The New York Times in Zukor's obituary at the age of 103. He became an early investor in radio, taking a 50 percent interest in the new Columbia Broadcasting System in 1928, but selling it within a few years. Partner Lasky hung on until 1932, when Paramount nearly collapsed in the Depression years. Lasky was blamed for that and tossed out. In the following year, Paramount went into receivership. Ultimately at fault were Zukor's over-expansion and use of overvalued Paramount stock for purchases. A bank-mandated reorganization team kept the company intact, and, miraculously, Zukor was kept on. In 1935, the Paramount-Publix theater chain went bankrupt. In 1936, Barney Balaban became president, and Zukor was bumped up to chairman of the board. In that role, Zukor reorganized the company as Paramount Pictures Inc. and was able to successfully bring the studio out of bankruptcy. He eventually spent most of his time in New York, but passed the winter months in Hollywood to check on his studio. He retired from Paramount Pictures in 1959 and in 1964, stepped down as chairman and assumed Chairman Emeritus status, a position he held up until his death at the age of 103 in Los Angeles. == Personal life == In 1897, he married Lottie Kaufman; they had two children, Eugene J. Zukor, who became a Paramount executive in 1916, and Mildred Zukor Loew who married Arthur Loew, son of Marcus Loew.Zukor died from natural causes at his Los Angeles residence at age 103 in July 1976. He is buried at the Temple Israel Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. == Filmography == === Producer === === Actor === == See also == Centenarian == References == == Further reading == Adolph Zukor, The Public Is Never Wrong: My 50 Years in the Picture Industry (New York: G. P. Putnam, 1953) David Balaban, The Chicago Movie Palaces of Balaban and Katz (Arcadia Publishing, 2006) Neal Gabler, An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood (New York: Anchor Books, 1989) Will Irwin, The House That Shadows Built (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928) == External links == Adolph Zukor at IMDb Adolph Zukor at Find a Grave The Corner is a lost 1916 film western written by C. Gardner Sullivan and starring George Fawcett and Willard Mack. Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). == Early life == Lewis Gilbert was born in Hackney, London, to a second-generation family of music hall performers, and spent his early years travelling with his parents, Ada (Griver), who was of Jewish descent, and George Gilbert, and watching the shows from the wings. He first performed on stage at the age of five, when asked to drive a trick car around the stage. This pleased the audience, so this became the finale of his parents' act. When travelling on trains, his parents frequently hid him in the luggage rack, to avoid paying a fare for him. His father contracted tuberculosis when he was a young man. He died aged 34, when Gilbert was seven. As a child actor in films in the 1920s and 1930s, he was the breadwinner for his family, his mother was a film extra, and he had an erratic formal education. In 1933, at the age of 13, he had a role in Victor Hanbury and John Stafford's Dick Turpin, and at age 17 a small uncredited role in The Divorce of Lady X (1938) opposite Laurence Olivier. Alexander Korda offered to send him to RADA, but Gilbert chose to study direction instead, assisting Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn (1939).When the Second World War started, he joined the Royal Air Force's film unit, where he worked on various documentary films. He was eventually seconded to the First Motion Picture Unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces, where his commanding officer was William Keighley, an American film director, who allowed Gilbert to take on much of his film-making work. == Directorial career == After the war, he continued to write and direct documentary shorts for Gaumont British, before entering low budget feature film production. Gilbert made his name as a director in the 1950s and 1960s with a series of successful films, often working as the film's writer and producer as well. These films were often based on true stories from the Second World War. Examples include Reach for the Sky (1956) (based on the life of air ace Douglas Bader), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) (the story of SOE agent Violette Szabo) and Sink the Bismarck! (1960). === Alfie === Gilbert directed Alfie (1966) starring Michael Caine. Gilbert's wife Hylda discovered the play by Bill Naughton when she visited the hair salon and sat next to an actress who was in a production. Upon seeing the play, Hylda urged Gilbert to make it into a film. Gilbert used the technique of having the lead character speak directly to the viewer, a technique he later also used in Shirley Valentine (1989). Gilbert said Alfie was only made because the low budget was "the sort of money Paramount executives normally spend on cigar bills". The film won the Jury Special Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture. Gilbert was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Director. In 1967, Gilbert was chosen to direct Lionel Bart's musical of Oliver! but already contracted to another project had to pull out and recommended Carol Reed who took over. "It was the lowest point in my life," said Gilbert. "I'd developed Oliver! with Lionel Bart. I had to do The Adventurers instead... While doing this film, I signed to do The Godfather. Because of their financial problems, Paramount could only find $2m to make it. I said it needed $7m". So instead Gilbert made Friends. === James Bond === Although known for character dramas, Gilbert directed three of the James Bond films. After some reluctance, he was persuaded by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli to direct You Only Live Twice (1967). He turned down the opportunity to direct On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Gilbert returned to the series in the 1970s to make The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). After the high production costs of Moonraker and the financial failure of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate, United Artists was unable to afford to hire him to direct the next Bond film For Your Eyes Only. === Later career === In the 1980s he returned to more small-scale dramas with film versions of Willy Russell's plays Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989). Gilbert also directed the film Stepping Out (1991).Gilbert was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to the film industry. In 2001, Gilbert was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute, the highest accolade in the British film industry.In June 2010 he appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs. In it he said that his 1970 film The Adventurers was a disaster, and that he should never have made it. On working with Orson Welles on Ferry to Hong Kong, he said that it was: "dreadful, it was my nightmare film. It was a dreadful film, and everything was wrong with it; principally him [Welles]." He also said that his biggest mistake was failing to direct the film version of the musical Oliver!. Its composer Lionel Bart had assured Gilbert that nobody else would do the film, but Gilbert was contractually committed to Paramount to make a film (that he has since refused to name), which caused him to withdraw from the project. == Personal life == Gilbert was married to Hylda Tafler for 53 years, until her death in June 2005. They had a son, Stephen, and raised another, John, hers from a prior relationship.All My Flashbacks: The Autobiography of Lewis Gilbert, Sixty Years a Film Director was published by Reynolds & Hearn in 2010.Gilbert died at home in Monaco on 23 February 2018, aged 97. == Filmography == == References == == External links == Lewis Gilbert on Desert Island Discs 2010 BFI film and TV credits for Lewis Gilbert Retrieved 14 April 2012 Lewis Gilbert at BAFTA Lewis Gilbert at IMDb Lewis Gilbert at AllMovie (for non-related playwright and fellow actor Willard Mack, see Willard Mack) Wilbur Mack (born George Frear Runyon, July 29, 1873 – March 13, 1964) was an American film actor and early vaudeville performer from the 1920s through the 1960s. His film acting career began during the silent film era. == Biography == Mack was born and raised in Binghamton, New York, and began acting professionally when he joined a repertory theatre when he was 16. He found success performing vaudeville with first wife Nella Walker ("Mack and Walker"). The couple divorced not far into the marriage and Walker subsequently found success as a supporting actress in the "talkies." Mack, meantime, found a new partner: Gertrude Purdy, with whom he reprised his popular husband and wife vaudeville routine (this time headlined "Mack and Purdy"). In addition to performing, Mack wrote dialogue for skits and words and music for songs in their vaudeville shows.In 1925 Mack entered into a film acting career. His first film appearance was Gold and Grit. With wife Gertrude, he also wrote and performed in a Vitaphone romantic comedy pantomime An Everyday Occurrence (1928). Mack made a smooth transition to talking films, but despite racking up an impressive number of appearances had less success finding lead or even featured roles. In 1930 he made thirteen films; from 1931 through 1933 he appeared in twenty-four; and from 1934 until 1939, he was cast fifty-five times. However, forty-five of those appearances were uncredited. His most notable credited role during that period was the 1936 crime drama The Crime Patrol, alongside Ray Walker. Mack's career in subsequent decades was similar to his career up until that point, with moviegoers seeing him play mostly uncredited roles. Of the seventy-six film appearances he made from 1940 to 1949, only seven were credited. He would continue to appear in both films and television throughout the 1950s and into 1962, with his last being an uncredited part in the 1962 movie Who's Got the Action? Context: White, whom Ruby idolized, also influenced her drive to be a performer. At the age of 14, she dropped out of school, taking a package wrapping job at a Brooklyn department store. Ruby never attended high school, "although early biographical thumbnail sketches had her attending Brooklyn's famous Erasmus Hall High School."Soon afterward, she took a filing job at the Brooklyn telephone office for $14 a week, which allowed her to become financially independent. She disliked the job; her real goal was to enter show business, even as her sister Mildred discouraged the idea. She then took a job cutting dress patterns for Vogue magazine, but customers complained about her work and she was fired. Ruby's next job was as a typist for the Jerome H. Remick Music Company; work she reportedly enjoyed, however her continuing ambition was in show business, and her sister finally gave up trying to dissuade her. == Ziegfeld girl and Broadway success == In 1923, a few months before her 16th birthday, Ruby auditioned for a place in the chorus at the Strand Roof, a nightclub over the Strand Theatre in Times Square. A few months later, she obtained a job as a dancer in the 1922 and 1923 seasons of the Ziegfeld Follies, dancing at the New Amsterdam Theater. "I just wanted to survive and eat and have a nice coat," Stanwyck said. For the next several years, she worked as a chorus girl, performing from midnight to seven a.m. at nightclubs owned by Texas Guinan. She also occasionally served as a dance instructor at a speakeasy for gays and lesbians owned by Guinan. One of her good friends during those years was pianist Oscar Levant, who described her as being "wary of sophisticates and phonies."Billy LaHiff, who owned a popular pub frequented by showpeople, introduced Ruby in 1926 to impresario Willard Mack. Mack was casting his play The Noose, and LaHiff suggested that the part of the chorus girl be played by a real one. Mack agreed, and after a successful audition gave the part to Ruby. She co-starred with Rex Cherryman and Wilfred Lucas. As initially staged, the play was not a success. In an effort to improve it, Mack decided to expand Ruby's part to include more pathos. The Noose re-opened on October 20, 1926, and became one of the most successful plays of the season, running on Broadway for nine months Facts: Answer: Lewis Gilbert

Question: The Secret Garden lyrics are by a playwright who recieved what award in 1983? Context: The Secret Garden is a musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The musical's script and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon. It premiered on Broadway in 1991 and ran for 709 performances.The story is set in the early years of the 20th century. Mary Lennox, a young English girl born and raised in the British Raj, is orphaned by a cholera outbreak when she is ten years old. She is sent away from India to live in the manor of a brooding uncle she has never met in Yorkshire, England, where her personality blossoms among the other residents of the manor as they bring new life to a long-neglected garden. == Productions == The musical had its world premiere at the Wells Theatre, Norfolk, Virginia, in a Virginia Stage Company production, running from November 28, 1989 to December 17, 1989. Direction was by R.J. Cutler, with scenic design by Heidi Landesman, lighting by Peter Kaczorowski and costumes by Martin Pakledinaz.The Secret Garden premiered on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on April 25, 1991, and closed on January 3, 1993, after 709 performances. The musical was directed by Susan H. Schulman with choreography by Michael Lichtefeld. The cast featured Daisy Eagan as Mary Lennox, Mandy Patinkin, Rebecca Luker, Robert Westenberg and John Cameron Mitchell. It won the 1991 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Daisy Eagan), and Best Scenic Design (Heidi Landesman). Eagan at age 11 was the youngest female recipient of a Tony Award. The set resembled an enormous Victorian toy theatre with pop-out figures, large paper dolls, and Joseph Cornell-like collage elements. Costumes were by Theoni V. Aldredge, who was nominated for the Tony Award, Best Costume Design. The wardrobe is on display at the Costume World Broadway Collection in Pompano Beach, Florida.The musical was produced in Australia in 1995 in Brisbane (opened on 27 July 1995), Sydney (opened on 7 September 1995), and Melbourne (opened on 20 December 1995). Directed by Schulman and with sets by Landesman, the cast starred Philip Quast as Neville Craven and Anthony Warlow as Archibald Craven. A heavily revised Royal Shakespeare Company production ran at Stratford (UK) from November 13, 2000 until January 27, 2001, with Philip Quast and Meredith Braun and directed by Adrian Noble, staged and choreographed by Gillian Lynne. Facts: The musical's script and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon. Answer: Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Question: The Secret Garden lyrics are by a playwright who recieved what award in 1983? Context: September 21, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother. She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as The Secret Garden, for which she won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and The Red Shoes, as well as the libretto for the musical The Color Purple and the book for the musical The Bridges of Madison County. She is co-chair of the playwriting department at The Juilliard School. == Biography == === Early years === Norman was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the oldest of four children of Billie and Bertha Williams. As a child, she read and played the piano. She later began attending productions by the newly founded Actors Theatre of Louisville. She received a bachelor's degree from Agnes Scott College and a master's degree from the University of Louisville. She worked as a journalist for The Louisville Times newspaper, and also wrote for Kentucky Educational Television. She taught young children and adolescents in mental institutions and hospitals. These were perhaps her biggest influence on her writing, especially a 13-year-old girl who influenced her play Getting Out. She also taught English at the J. Graham Brown School and Prestonia Elementary School in Louisville. === Career === Norman's first play Getting Out was produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and then Off-Broadway in 1979. The play concerns a young woman just paroled after an eight-year prison sentence for robbery, kidnapping and manslaughter. It reflects Norman's experience working with disturbed adolescents at Kentucky's Central State Hospital. Norman's success with Getting Out led her to move to New York City where she continued to write for the Actors Theatre of Louisville. Her full-length play, Circus Valentine was produced at the Humana Festival in 1978. The play concerns a travelling circus and its star attraction, Siamese twins. Her next play, 'night, Mother, became her best-known work, given its Broadway success and its star-powered film version. The play brought Norman a great deal of recognition, dealing frankly with the subject of suicide, and won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Hull-Warriner, the Drama Desk Award, and the 1986 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. However, her follow-up play, Traveller in the Dark received scathing reviews from the New York critics, Facts: She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother. Answer: Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Question: The Secret Garden lyrics are by a playwright who recieved what award in 1983? Context: Scouts DCUP Frames Furnance and the Fundamentals Joyride Lancelot Little Bastard Little May Oliver Tank Pelvis Rainbow Chan Rüfüs Softwar & Slowball Spit Syndicate The Aston Shuffle The Delta Riggs The Griswolds The Preatures Vance Joy === 2012 === Alison Wonderland Castlecomer DreamDelay Emma Davis Evan and the Brave Fanny Lumsden Georgia Fair Horse Meat Disco (UK) Jack Carty Joyride (DJ Set) Kira Puru and the Bruise New Navy Owl Eyes R + R SlowBlow Softwar Sticky Fingers The Aston Shuffle DJs The Be Sharps The Essential Stix The Preachers Tin Sparrow Wordlife (Bang Gang 12 inches) == Charities == All proceeds made at Secret Garden are donated each year to various charities. Over the past seven years Secret Garden has raised more than $200,000 for charities including Oxfam, The Sarah Hilt Foundation and The Girls & Boys Brigade. == Reception == Since its conception in 2009, Secret Garden has grown incredibly. In 2015 Australian radio station Triple J' named it 'One of Australia's much-loved boutique festivals...providing two days worth of ace artists at a secret dairy farm'. Time Out Sydney also praised the festival, telling punters 'This is a good one, though, and worth the mystery. They keep the crowds at a limited capacity, the vibe is loved-up and the site teems with secret pathways and hidden pop-ups housing food, art and entertainment.' Other reviews include: 'A magical, wild and completely creative festival of music and art'.- The AU Review 'Pillow forts, giant jellyfish and kissing booths — this independent festival has and always will be built by and for the people.' - Concrete Playground 'The most magical of festivals to grace the Australian music scene' - Pedestrian TV == References == The Secret Garden is the 1987 Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 novel The Secret Garden, aired on CBS November 30, 1987 and produced by Rosemont Productions Limited. The film stars Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele, Billie Whitelaw, Michael Hordern, and Sir Derek Jacobi. It won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1988 for Outstanding Children's Program. == Plot == The story is told as a flashback of the adult Mary (Irina Brook) returning to Misselthwaite Manor after World War I, during which she worked as a nurse in a hospital. She looks for the key to the secret garden, but doesn't find it, so she sits down and remembers her Facts: Answer: Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Question: The Secret Garden lyrics are by a playwright who recieved what award in 1983? Context: at No. 4 on the Dutch Top 40 and staying in the charts for eleven weeks, making it the first version of the song to reach the top 10 in the Netherlands. The song was subsequently released as the final track on his debut album Vandaag en morgen (meaning Today and Tomorrow in Dutch). === Weekly charts === === Year-end charts === == Other notable covers == Åsa Jinder has written lyrics in Swedish, "Rör vid min själ" and was recorded by Sanna Nielsen and was released as a 2006 single and is included on her 2006 album "Nära mej, nära dej". In 2005, Celtic Woman cover this song, and it is used as the theme song of the Japanese TV drama Byakkotai. The song was covered in Japanese by Korean-American singer Lena Park as the opening theme to the Japanese anime television series Romeo x Juliet, which premiered in Japan in April 2007. Park also covered an English version of the song, which was featured in episodes 7 and 24 of the English version of the series, released in two sets in both June and August 2009. On 16 November 2008, the song Video on YouTube was performed by Michael Hirte from Potsdam in the show "Das Supertalent" (the German version of "Britain's Got Talent") using his harmonica. This version charted in Switzerland at No. 76. In 2011, the Swedish band Larz-Kristerz released a version with lyrics in Elfdalian, which is a ”heavy” dialect of Swedish or a separate language closely related to it. On 2011, the Spanish singer Sergio Dalma has sung a Catalan version titled Em dones força (You give me force) with the boys' choir of the Escolania de Montserrat for the Marató de TV3, a telethon broadcast every year by Televisió de Catalunya. In 2013, Branden James covered the song in America's Got Talent performance during the season 8 quarterfinals. In 2014, John Barrowman covered the song on the album You Raise Me Up. In 2014, Susan Boyle with the Lakewood Church Choir covered the song on the album 'Hope'. In 2014, Hong Kong singer Celine Tam, aged 6, covered "You Raise Me Up". In 2015, Canadian singer Jeffrey Li, aged 10, and Сeline Tam, aged 7, performed at the Miss World final. In 2016, Chinese female group SNH48 along with their counterparts BEJ48 and GNZ48 issued a cover version of the song "比翼齐飞", with Facts: Answer: Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Question: Inked is a tattoo lifestyle digital media company that bills itself as the outsiders' insider media, Katherine von Drachenberg, known as Kat Von D, born on which date, a tattooed woman,tattoo artist, model, musician, entrepreneur, and television personality, have appeared on "Inked"'s cover? Context: reality competition, Ink Master, in which tattoo artists compete in challenges assessing their tattoo and related artistic skills. He is a partner in the media corporation Ridgeline Empire, which operates the subsidiaries Ink Skins and Upset Gentlemen and an animation studio with two animated series in development as of 2014: Hoodbrats and Toothians. == References == == External links == Chris Núñez at IMDb Lightstone, Miranda (n.d.). "15 Questions With Chris Nunez". AskMen.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014. Inked is a tattoo lifestyle digital media company that bills itself as the outsiders' insider media. Covering music, fashion, art, sports and the rest of the lifestyle of the tattooed, Inked, like Vice, has made the transition from the newsstand to digital media company, and a brand that sits among GQ and Vanity Fair. Tattooed women like Kat Von D, Avril Lavigne, Diablo Cody, Eve and Malin Akerman have appeared on Inked's cover. Among the celebrities who have sat down with Inked are Ozzy Osbourne, Tracy Morgan, Slash, Kid Cudi and Billie Joe Armstrong. Inked also covers tattoo artists; they immortalize the best in their Icon feature through which the likes of Don Ed Hardy, Horiyoshi III and Ami James have been honored. == History and profile == Inked debuted in late 2004 and was published quarterly for one year. In 2006, the magazine was purchased by Downtown Media Group but never published an issue. Pinchazo Publishing Group Inc acquired Inked in August 2007. The company hired creative director Todd Weinberger to redesign the magazine, then brought on editor Jason Buhrmester. Upon Burhmester's departure in the spring of 2010 Rocky Rakovic was tapped as Editor. Rakovic brought in celebrity contributors like Adam Levine, Jessica White and Adam Goldberg. Photographers such as Terry Richardson, Ellen Stagg and Warwick Saint have shot for Inked. The company maintains a substantial eCommerce business. == References == == External links == Official site Interview with Inked Creative Director Todd Weinberger at NoD: Notes on Design Adweek Story on Pin-Up Issue Cision Interview with Rocky Rakovic Folio Story on Inked's Breast Cancer initiative Branding.news Story on Inked's Indian Ink advertorial Inked gives Buzzfeed editors tattoos InStyle asks Inked about tattoo trends The New York Times talks to Inked's Rocky Rakovic about tattoos MTV taps Rakovic to dish on celebrity tattoos CBC talks to Inked editor about Millennials and tattoos TODAY picks Facts: Tattooed women like Kat Von D, Avril Lavigne, Diablo Cody, Eve and Malin Akerman have appeared on Inked's cover. Answer: March 8, 1982

Question: Inked is a tattoo lifestyle digital media company that bills itself as the outsiders' insider media, Katherine von Drachenberg, known as Kat Von D, born on which date, a tattooed woman,tattoo artist, model, musician, entrepreneur, and television personality, have appeared on "Inked"'s cover? Context: on painting. == World Wide Tattoo Conference == In 2012, Guy Aitchison took part in the first International conference of the Tattoo community where world-class Tattoo Artists such as Bob Tyrrell, Stéphane Chaudesaigues, Joe Capobianco, Jeff Gogue, Alex De Pase, Boris, Nikko Hurtado, Nick Baxter attended seminars on various technical skills. The purpose of this event was to give tattooists the opportunity to improve their level. The 2012 editions of the Worldwide Tattoo Conference took place in Chicago and London. == Books == The Biomechanical Encyclopedia Reinventing the Tattoo Organica == See also == List of tattoo artists == References == Katherine Von Drachenberg (born March 8, 1982), known as Kat Von D, is an American tattoo artist, model, entrepreneur and recording artist. She is best known for her work as a tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show LA Ink, which premiered in the United States on August 7, 2007, and ran for four seasons. She is also known for being the former head of Kat Von D Beauty (renamed KVD Vegan Beauty). In May 2021, Kat Von D released her first single "Exorcism" from her soon to be released album Love Made Me Do It. == Early life == Katherine Von Drachenberg was born in Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico. Her parents, both of whom were Seventh-day Adventist Church missionary parents, were German Argentines named René and Sylvia. Von D has a sister, Karoline and a brother, Michael. She moved with her family to the Inland Empire at age four and grew up in Colton, California. Von D was classically trained in piano beginning at age six.Kat Von D credits her grandmother, Clara von Drachenberg, as an inspiration for her in music and art, and the culture of San Bernardino County as a major influence on her tattoo art and style. She began listening to the Ramones, Misfits, and other punk rock bands at the age of 12. She got her first tattoo at 14 and quit school at 16 to become a tattoo artist.When she was 15, Von D was sent to Provo Canyon School for six months, where she says she suffered abuse. Provo Canyon School is the same boarding school that Paris Hilton attended; Hilton also claims that she was abused while attending this school. == Career == Von D appeared in two seasons of Miami Ink, the reality TV show taped at 305 Ink Facts: Katherine Von Drachenberg (born March 8, 1982), known as Kat Von D, is an American tattoo artist, model, entrepreneur and recording artist. Answer: March 8, 1982

Question: What was the company, who manufactured Batman: The Ride for Six Flags Fiesta Texas, formerly known as? Context: A 4th Dimension roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster whereby riders are rotated independently of the orientation of the track, generally about a horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the track. The cars do not necessarily need to be fixed to an angle. == History == John F. Mares, a corporate attorney, invented a 4th Dimension roller coaster concept in 1995 and holds six US patents related to the technology of their spinning seat systems: U.S. Patent 5,791,254, U.S. Patent 6,098,549, U.S. Patent 6,227,121, U.S. Patent 6,386,115, U.S. Patent 6,477,961 & U.S. Patent 6,606,953. In this concept, riders control the spinning action themselves. The first 4th Dimension roller coaster to be built, X2, which opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2002, was designed and patented by Alan Schilke. In 2007, Intamin launched a variation of the 4th Dimension roller coaster under the name ZacSpin. == Design == === Arrow Dynamics and S&S Worldwide === Arrow Dynamics was the first company to produce a 4th dimension roller coaster, lending its name to the ride style. The trains feature seats capable of rotating forward or backward, 360 degrees in a controlled spin. This is achieved by having four rails on the track; two acting as per normal, and two to control the spin of the seats. The two rails that control the spin of the seats, known as "X Rails", vary in height relative to the track, and spin the train using a rack and pinion gear mechanism.The first installation, X², was a prototype and cost Arrow Dynamics and Six Flags itself a lot of money due to technical difficulties and design flaws. In 2002, the park sued Arrow Dynamics, which went into bankruptcy. Since then, Arrow was bought out by S&S Worldwide and became the company's steel coaster division, S&S Arrow. In 2006, a second installation opened at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Japan under the name Eejanaika. A third installation opened in 2012 at China Dinosaurs Park in China under the name Dinoconda. === Intamin ZacSpin 1st generation === The Intamin ZacSpin was developed in response to the Arrow Dynamics 4th dimension roller coaster. Some of the main differences between the Intamin and Arrow Dynamics/S&S Worldwide versions are the uncontrolled rotation of the seats, which produces a different ride each time, no need for an additional rail, and single cars with 2 riders back-to-back. But since Facts: Answer: S&S Worldwide

Question: What was the company, who manufactured Batman: The Ride for Six Flags Fiesta Texas, formerly known as? Context: change to her character was that she owned a briefcase-sized mobile computer that could determine who the culprit was in any particular episode. Velma also owned an oversized engine-propelled skateboard with a color scheme similar to the Mystery Machine, which all the characters could ride on. She had a distinctive gait during longer walks or runs (rapidly-shuffling feet), and a distinctive dance style borrowed from Peanuts character 5 (as he appears during the dance scene in A Charlie Brown Christmas).The What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "A Terrifying Round with a Menacing Metallic Clown" featured a flashback to Velma's fifth birthday, using the character designs from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, albeit with some modifications, such as Daphne wearing purple rather than pink. Fred and Velma were the only returning characters to speak in the flashback, voiced by Welker and Mindy Cohn. The live-action film Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins establishes the team meeting in their teens. However, it can be seen as a prequel to the theatrical films. === Music === Rock and roll-styled songs (specifically about the monster of the week) were played during the chase scene in each episode, similar to the second-season episodes of Scooby-Doo, Where are You! However, unlike previous versions of the show, the kids were often aware of the music being played (having turned it on themselves in many occasions) and would dance for a bit along with the ghosts and monsters before continuing with the chase (Glen Kennedy would often animate the characters' dance cycles himself). The show's theme song featured lyrics by series creator Tom Ruegger and music by composer John Debney also bore a similarity to the "Intro Song" from Little Shop of Horrors, which had recently been adapted into a successful feature film. The music is almost always in a 1950s rock and roll style, possibly to indicate their younger age, as the original show took place in 1969. == Home media == Warner Home Video (via Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment) initially released all 27 episodes of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo on DVD in Region 1 in seven volume sets. They subsequently re-released the entire series in 2 DVD sets. The first two seasons are available for download from the iTunes Store. "Wrestle Maniacs" can be found on the Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery DVD. == See also == Television portal Animation portal == References == == External links == A Pup Facts: Answer: S&S Worldwide

Question: What was the company, who manufactured Batman: The Ride for Six Flags Fiesta Texas, formerly known as? Context: like any other roller coaster at the theme park as Batman offers a "unique topsy-turvy experience." After he and his co-workers disembarked the ride in surprise they were all in shock, with one stating "What the hell just happened?" They then, "wondered when we could get on it again."With the success of Batman: The Ride and becoming "an immediate fan favorite", Six Flags has spawned another version of the ride the following year at Six Flags Great Adventure as The Joker. The company has built five more similar rides throughout North America including the coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.After Batman: The Ride's debut year in 2015, the roller coaster didn't receive any votes of the Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards for best new ride or any for the coaster to be a part of the top fifty steel roller coasters in the world of that year. == References == == External links == Official website for first installation, Six Flags Fiesta Texas Batman: The Ride is a 4D Free Spin roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas amusement park in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Manufactured by S&S - Sansei Technologies (S&S), the roller coaster is the first 4D Free Spin coaster in the world. It opened on May 23, 2015. Agawam is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 28,438 at the 2010 census. Agawam sits on the western side of the Connecticut River, directly across from Springfield, Massachusetts. It is considered part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is contiguous with the Knowledge Corridor area, the 2nd largest metropolitan area in New England. Agawam contains a subsection, Feeding Hills. The Six Flags New England amusement park is located in Agawam, on the banks of the Connecticut River. == Etymology == The Native American village originally sited on the west bank of the Connecticut River was known as Agawam, or Agawanus, Aggawom, Agawom, Onkowam, Igwam, and Auguam. It is variously speculated to mean "unloading place" and "fishcuring place", perhaps in reference to fish at Agawam Falls being unloaded from canoes for curing on the flats at the mouth of the Westfield River.Ipswich, Massachusetts, was also known as Agawam during much of the 17th century, after the English name for the Agawam tribe of northeastern Massachusetts. == History == On May 15, 1636, William Pynchon purchased land on both sides of the Connecticut River Facts: Batman: The Ride is a 4D Free Spin roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas amusement park in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Manufactured by S&S - Sansei Technologies (S&S), the roller coaster is the first 4D Free Spin coaster in the world. Answer: S&S Worldwide

Question: What was the company, who manufactured Batman: The Ride for Six Flags Fiesta Texas, formerly known as? Context: Scream at Six Flags Fiesta Texas ride page Scream at Six Flags New England ride page White Water Bay is a water park at Six Flags Fiesta Texas amusement park in San Antonio, Texas. Opened in 1992 as Ol' Waterin' Hole, the water park is included with the price of admission to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It is owned and operated by Six Flags. It was originally named Ol' Waterin' Hole from 1992 to 1998 and Armadillo Beach from 1999 to 2005. == List of attractions == === Former water park attractions === == External links == Six Flags Fiesta Texas official website Six Flags Fiesta Texas, formerly known simply as Fiesta Texas, is an amusement park located in La Cantera, San Antonio, Texas. It is owned and operated by Six Flags. The park was built by Gaylord Entertainment Company and opened on March 14, 1992, as the first business in the district of San Antonio. The park was later purchased by Six Flags theme park in 1996. Spanning 220 acres (89 ha), the park was originally built to become a destination performance arts park with its focus on the musical culture of the state of Texas.The park's current icon is Scream which can be seen from all around the park as well as outside the property. The vibrant colors of Scream can also be seen from the intersection of Loop 1604 and Interstate 10, as well as miles away from Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Most of the other attractions at the park are hidden due to the park being surrounded by a rock quarry wall, but some key visible rides include the SkyScreamer, the lift hill of Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster , The Joker: Carnival of Chaos, Batman: The Ride, the top of Poltergeist, the Crow's Nest Ferris wheel in Fiesta Bay Boardwalk, the lift hill of Superman: Krypton Coaster and the lift hill of Iron Rattler. == History == Before Fiesta Texas opened in 1992, the site was part of the Redland Quarry which began operation in 1934. By 1988, the limestone in the portion where Six Flags Fiesta Texas is located was depleted and the land was available for development.The development team consisted of property owner USAA Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of the USAA insurance company and Gaylord Entertainment Company, a company that owned Opryland USA, a theme park in Nashville, Tennessee. When the initial Facts: Answer: S&S Worldwide

Question: What was the company, who manufactured Batman: The Ride for Six Flags Fiesta Texas, formerly known as? Context: the 2013 award for Best Female Performer; as well 2011's Best Overall Production (budget $100,000 - $200,000) for The Majesty of Christmas. The park's halloween show, Mayer Slayer's Monster Mash Bash, was one of three finalists in 2015 for Best Overall Production (budget $100,000 - $200,000). == Annual events == Six Flags Fiesta Texas hosts a number of events for different holidays all throughout the operating season that often draws thousands of visitors to the park. Mardi Gras (January–February), a New Orleans–style Mardi Gras celebration throughout the park, first introduced in 20107. A nightly parade with employees of the park and park-goers on many themed floats.Fright Fest (September–October) takes over the park with ghouls and monsters that wander around the park for the Halloween season. From Thrills by Day to Fright by Night, the park hosts themed live shows, scare zones and haunted houses. In 2020, the park reimagined their Halloween event to Hallowfest, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The change from Fright Fest to Hallowfest, includes no haunted houses and indoor shows.Holiday in the Park (November–January), transforms the park during the Christmas season with millions of different lights scattered throughout the park. From Santa Claus to themed rides such as Frostee's Skating Rink. Started as Lone Star Christmas in the 1990s before the cancellation of the event after the 1997 season, but was reinstated for the 2007 season. == References == == External links == Official website Six Flags Fiesta Texas at the Roller Coaster DataBase S&S - Sansei Technologies, formerly S&S Worldwide, is an American company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing. Road Runner Express is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas. It was built for the park's 1997 season and is the last mine train roller coaster ever to be built by Arrow Dynamics in a Six Flags theme park.In contrast to most of the similarly named Road Runner Express coasters at Six Flags parks, Fiesta Texas' version is not a junior coaster, but a full-scale, though not extreme, family roller coaster. The target audience for the ride is families. Some track portions of Road Runner Express pass under segments of the Iron Rattler roller coaster, as they sit next to each other in the park's Crackaxle Canyon. == References == == External links == Official Road Runner Express Web Site Facts: S&S - Sansei Technologies, formerly S&S Worldwide, is an American company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing. Answer: S&S Worldwide

Question: What role did Sara Mingardo play in the three act opera, by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, which premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan? Context: the Teatro Colón, the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, and the Theatro Municipal in São Paulo. From 1930-1933 she was committed to the Royal Opera House in London, portraying such roles as Desdemona in Otello, Leonora in La forza del destino, and the title role in Tosca. The latter years of her career were spent performing primarily at La Scala where she was a frequent partner of Beniamino Gigli. She retired from the stage in 1947, after which she was active as a voice teacher in Milan. == References == Falstaff (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfalstaf]) is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, parts 1 and 2. The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan. Verdi wrote Falstaff, which was the last of his 28 operas, as he was approaching the age of 80. It was his second comedy, and his third work based on a Shakespeare play, following Macbeth and Otello. The plot revolves around the thwarted, sometimes farcical, efforts of the fat knight, Sir John Falstaff, to seduce two married women to gain access to their husbands' wealth. Verdi was concerned about working on a new opera at his advanced age, but he yearned to write a comic work and was pleased with Boito's draft libretto. It took the collaborators three years from mid-1889 to complete. Although the prospect of a new opera from Verdi aroused immense interest in Italy and around the world, Falstaff did not prove to be as popular as earlier works in the composer's canon. After the initial performances in Italy, other European countries and the US, the work was neglected until the conductor Arturo Toscanini insisted on its revival at La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera in New York from the late 1890s into the next century. Some felt that the piece suffered from a lack of the full-blooded melodies of the best of Verdi's previous operas, a view strongly contradicted by Toscanini. Conductors of the generation after Toscanini to champion the work included Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti and Leonard Bernstein. The work is now part of the regular operatic repertory. Verdi made numerous changes to the music after the first performance, and editors have found difficulty in agreeing on a definitive score. The work Facts: Falstaff (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfalstaf]) is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan. Answer: Mistress Quickly

Question: What role did Sara Mingardo play in the three act opera, by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, which premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan? Context: the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album in 2002. Some of the other roles she has performed on stage or on disc include Andronico in Tamerlano, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, and the title roles in Carmen, Giulio Cesare, Riccardo Primo, and Rinaldo. She has also recorded several Vivaldi cantatas, Bach cantatas, and such concert works as Mozart's Requiem, Rossini's Stabat Mater, and Vivaldi's Gloria among others. == Life and career == Born in Venice, Mingardo studied singing with Paolo Ghitti in her native city at the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia. She won first prize at the Toti dal Monte international singing competition and the Prize Giulietta Simionato at the 23rd Vienna Competition. She made her professional opera debut in 1987 as Fidalma in Domenico Cimarosa's Il matrimonio segreto in Avezzano. Her career developed rapidly, and by 1989 she had already made appearances at La Scala, La Fenice, the Salzburg Festival, the Teatro Regio di Torino, and the Teatro di San Carlo among other major theatres. Mingardo has since maintained a busy singing schedule. Her performance credits include appearances at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Bregenzer Festspiele, Carnegie Hall, the Festival de Beaune, the Festival della Valle d'Itria, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, La Monnaie, the Liceu, the Montreux-Vevey Festival, the Lausanne Opera, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Opéra national de Montpellier, the Santa Fe Opera, the Schwetzingen Festival, the Semperoper, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the Teatro Comunale Florence, the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari the Teatro Massimo, the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, and the Teatro Real among others. She has also sung with many notable orchestras in concert, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra. == Discography == G.F. Handel - Aci, Galatea e Polifemo - (Serenata a tre) - Teatro Carignano Torino - Antonio Florio (conductor) - Davide Livermore (Stage director) Cast: Sara Mingardo (Galatea), Antonio Abete (Polifemo), Ruth Rosique (Aci) - 2009, Live video recording on DVD - Dynamic G.F. Handel - Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a - Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) - Krzysztof Warlikowski (Stage director) Cast: Sabine Devieilhe (Bellezza), Franco Fagioli (Piacere), Sara Mingardo (Disinganno), Michael Spyres (Tempo) with the participation of Christine Angot Le Concert d’Astrée - 2017, Live video recording on Facts: Some of the other roles she has performed on stage or on disc include Andronico in Tamerlano, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, and the title roles in Carmen, Giulio Cesare, Riccardo Primo, and Rinaldo. Answer: Mistress Quickly

Question: Did Alicia Molik and Goran Ivanišević play the same sport? Context: ==== Section 2 ==== ==== Section 3 ==== == References == == External links == Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics by upsetting then world No. 3 and reigning French Open champion Anastasia Myskina. Molik peaked at No. 6 in the doubles rankings and won Grand Slam titles at the 2005 Australian Open and the 2007 French Open alongside Svetlana Kuznetsova and Mara Santangelo, respectively. She won the 2004 Zurich Open, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, and reached the finals of the 2004 Wimbledon, 2004 US Open, and 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles events, as well as the quarterfinals of the 2005 Australian Open singles tournament. Molik contracted an inner-ear infection shortly after the 2005 Australian Open, which developed into vestibular neuronitis, keeping her out of competition until May 2006. Even though she returned to the top 60 a year later, Molik was never able to replicate her pre-ailment singles results. She retired in August 2008 but then came back a year later September 2009; her last match was a second round defeat at the 2011 Australian Open to Nadia Petrova. == Career == She won her first Grand Slam doubles title at the 2005 Australian Open with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova. She reached the top ten on the WTA tour for the first time in early 2005 following her first Grand Slam quarterfinal singles appearance, at the Australian Open, where she lost 7–9 in the final set to Lindsay Davenport. Molik won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the women's singles competition beating then world No. 3 Anastasia Myskina in straight sets 6–3, 6–4. She won the Zurich Open, a Tier I tournament, defeating Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. === 2005: Rise to the top 10 === Molik began 2005 by partnering Mark Philippoussis in the Hopman Cup. She played in the Sydney International, defeating unseeded players the entire way through the tournament before taking the title over compatriot Samantha Stosur in the final, 6–7, 6–4, 7–5. Molik played in the Australian Open as the 10th seed. She defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round, Aiko Nakamura in the second round and Tatiana Panova in the Facts: Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Answer: yes

Question: Did Alicia Molik and Goran Ivanišević play the same sport? Context: In the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami Molik defeated Ashley Harkleroad in her comeback match 6–1, 6–1 in 45 minutes. In doubles, Molik has partnered with the 2009 Sony Ericsson doubles champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. Molik lost in the first round of the 2010 French Open to Janković 0–6, 4–6. == Personal life == Molik was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She married Tim Sullivan in February 2011 and gave birth to their first child, a son, in 2012. == Significant finals == === Grand Slam tournament finals === ==== Women's doubles: 2 titles ==== ==== Mixed doubles: 3 runners-up ==== === WTA Tier I & Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals === ==== Singles: 1 title ==== ==== Doubles: 1 title ==== == Career finals == === Singles wins (5) === === Singles finalist (4) === 2003: Sarasota (lost to Anastasia Myskina) 2003: Budapest (lost to Magüi Serna) 2004: Vienna (lost to Anna Smashnova) 2005: Doha (lost to Maria Sharapova) === Doubles === Wins (7) == Olympics == === Singles: 1 bronze medal === == Performance timelines == === Singles === === Doubles === == See also == List of female tennis players == References == == External links == Alicia Molik at the Women's Tennis Association Alicia Molik at the International Tennis Federation Alicia Molik at the Billie Jean King Cup Alicia Molik at Tennis Australia Andrea Gaudenzi and Goran Ivanišević were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Gaudenzi with Marc Rosset and Ivanišević with Sasa Hirszon. Gaudenzi and Rosset lost in the first round to Pablo Albano and Peter Nyborg, as did Hirszon and Ivanišević to David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy. Albano and Nyborg won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Adams and Olhovskiy. == Seeds == Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. == Draw == === Key === == References == 1997 Italian Indoor Doubles Draw Goran Ivanišević (Croatian pronunciation: [ɡǒran iʋanǐːʃeʋitɕ]; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current tennis coach. He is the only man to win the singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001 while being ranked 125th, having previously been runner-up at Wimbledon in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević's career-high singles ranking was world No. 2 (behind Pete Sampras) in Facts: Goran Ivanišević (Croatian pronunciation: [ɡǒran iʋanǐːʃeʋitɕ]; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current tennis coach. Answer: yes

Question: What is the titration invented by the Danish chemist famous for the concept of pH used for? Context: state funded and fulfill statutory requirements; it has also administered research and extension activities that have been jointly funded by state and federal matching programs.Cornell has had active alumni since its earliest classes. It was one of the first universities to include alumni-elected representatives on its Board of Trustees. Cornell was also among the Ivies that had heightened student activism during the 1960s, related to cultural issues, civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War; with protests and occupations resulting in the resignation of Cornell's president and the restructuring of university governance. Today, the university has more than 4,000 courses. Cornell is also known for the Residential Club Fire of 1967, a fire in the Residential Club dormitory that killed eight students and one professor. Since 2000, Cornell has been expanding its international programs. In 2004, the university opened the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. It has partnerships with institutions in India, Singapore, and the People's Republic of China. The former president, Jeffrey S. Lehman, described the university, with its high international profile, as a "transnational university". On March 9, 2004, Cornell and Stanford University laid the cornerstone for a new 'Bridging the Rift Center' to be built and jointly operated for education on the Israel–Jordan border.A graduate student group, At What Cost?, formed at Cornell in August 2002 to oppose a graduate student unionization drive run by an organization called CASE/UAW that was affiliated with the United Auto Workers. The unionization vote was held October 23 – 24, 2002, and the union was rejected. At What Cost? was considered instrumental in the unusually large 90% turnout for the vote and in the 2-to-1 defeat of the unionization proposal. There had been no prior instance in American graduate student unionization history where a unionization proposal was defeated by a vote. == Campuses == === Ithaca campus === Cornell's main campus is on East Hill in Ithaca, New York, overlooking the city and Cayuga Lake. Since the university was founded, it has expanded to about 2,300 acres (930 ha), encompassing both the hill and much of the surrounding areas. Central Campus has laboratories, administrative buildings, and almost all of the campus' academic buildings, athletic facilities, auditoriums, and museums. North Campus is composed of ten residence halls that primarily house first-year students, although the Townhouse Community occasionally houses transfer students. The five main residence halls on West Campus make up the Facts: Answer: the determination of protein content

Question: What is the titration invented by the Danish chemist famous for the concept of pH used for? Context: succeeded Elizabeth Garrett, who served from July 2015 until her death from colon cancer on March 6, 2016 — the first Cornell president to die while in office.The Board of Trustees holds four regular meetings each year, and portions of those meetings are subject to the New York State Open Meetings Law.Cornell consists of nine privately endowed and four publicly supported "statutory colleges": the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Human Ecology, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and College of Veterinary Medicine. These statutory colleges received $131.9 million in SUNY appropriations in 2010–2011 to support their teaching, research, and service missions, which makes them accountable to SUNY trustees and other state agencies. The budget also includes $3.9 million of state funds for Cornell Cooperative Extension that is matched by the federal government. Residents of New York enrolled in these colleges also qualify for discounted tuition. However, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer issued a 2005 opinion asserting that, with respect to their academic activities, statutory colleges should be understood to be private, non-state parties.:1Cornell is decentralized, with its colleges and schools exercising wide autonomy. Each defines its own academic programs, operates its own admissions and advising programs, and confers its own degrees. The only university-wide requirements for a baccalaureate degree are to pass a swimming test, take two physical education courses, and satisfy a writing requirement. A handful of inter-school academic departments offer courses in more than one college. All academic departments are affiliated with at least one college; the last department without such an affiliation, the Cornell Africana Studies and Research Center, merged with the College of Arts and Sciences in July 2011. Seven schools provide undergraduate programs and an additional seven provide graduate and professional programs. Students pursuing graduate degrees in departments of these schools are enrolled in the Graduate School. The School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions offers programs for college and high school students, professionals, and other adults. Of the 15,182 undergraduate students, 4,602 (30.3%) are affiliated with the largest college by enrollment, Arts and Sciences, followed by 3,203 (21.1%) in Engineering and 3,101 (20.4%) in Agriculture and Life Sciences. By student enrollment, the smallest of the seven undergraduate colleges is Architecture, Art, and Planning, with 503 (3.3%) students.Several other universities have used Cornell as their model, including Stanford University, the University of Sydney in Australia, and the University of Birmingham Facts: Answer: the determination of protein content

Question: What is the titration invented by the Danish chemist famous for the concept of pH used for? Context: 844. === Financial aid === Section 9 of the original charter of Cornell ensured that the university "shall be open to applicants for admission ... at the lowest rates of expense consistent with its welfare and efficiency, and without distinction as to rank, class, previous occupation or locality". The University Charter provided for free instruction to one student chosen from each Assembly district in the state.Starting in the 1950s Cornell coordinated with other Ivy League schools to provide a consistent set of financial aid. However, in 1989, a consent decree to end a Justice Department antitrust investigation ended such coordination. Even after the decree, all Ivy League schools continue to award aid on financial need without offering any athletic scholarships. In December 2010, Cornell announced a policy of matching any grant component of financial aid offers from other Ivy League schools, MIT, Duke University or Stanford, if an accepted applicant is trying to decide between Cornell and those other schools.On January 31, 2008, Cornell announced a new financial aid initiative to be phased in over the following two years. In the first year, 2008–2009, Cornell replaced need-based loans with scholarships for undergraduate students from families with incomes under $60,000 and capped such loans annually at $3,000 for students from families with incomes between $60,000 and $120,000. The following year, 2009–2010, the program improved by replacing loan with scholarships for students from families with incomes up to $75,000, and capped annual loans at $3,000 for students from families with income between $75,000 and $120,000. For families above $120,000, need-based loans were capped at $7,500 per year. The initiative costs an additional $14 million per year to fully implement. Although Cornell's endowment dropped 27% in the second half of 2008, its president announced that the financial aid initiative will continue by withdrawing an additional $35 million from the endowment for undergraduate financial aid in 2009–10. Cornell is seeking $125 million in gifts to support the financial aid initiative. In 2010, 1,647 of the 3,181 full-time freshmen enrolled were found to have financial need (40%). Of these, Cornell could meet the full financial aid needs of all 1,647 freshmen. Cornell's average undergraduate student's indebtedness at graduation is $21,549. === International programs === Cornell is a member of the United Nations Academic Impact aligning institutions of higher education to the United Nations and promoting international cooperation. Cornell offers undergraduate curricula with international focuses, including Facts: Answer: the determination of protein content

Question: What is the titration invented by the Danish chemist famous for the concept of pH used for? Context: definition of single ion activity in terms of purely thermodynamic quantities and proposes a method of measuring single ion activity coefficients based on purely thermodynamic processes. === Concentrated ionic solutions === For concentrated ionic solutions the hydration of ions must be taken into consideration, as done by Stokes and Robinson in their hydration model from 1948. The activity coefficient of the electrolyte is split into electric and statistical components by E. Glueckauf who modifies the Robinson–Stokes model. The statistical part includes hydration index number h , the number of ions from the dissociation and the ratio r between the apparent molar volume of the electrolyte and the molar volume of water and molality b. Concentrated solution statistical part of the activity coefficient is: ln ⁡ γ s = h − ν ν ln ⁡ ( 1 + b r 55.5 ) − h ν ln ⁡ ( 1 − b r 55.5 ) + b r ( r + h − ν ) 55.5 ( 1 + b r 55.5 ) {\displaystyle \ln \gamma _{s}={\frac {h-\nu }{\nu }}\ln \left(1+{\frac {br}{55.5}}\right)-{\frac {h}{\nu }}\ln \left(1-{\frac {br}{55.5}}\right)+{\frac {br(r+h-\nu )}{55.5\left(1+{\frac {br}{55.5}}\right)}}} The Stokes–Robinson model has been analyzed and improved by other investigators as well. == Experimental determination of activity coefficients == Activity coefficients may be determined experimentally by making measurements on non-ideal mixtures. Use may be made of Raoult's law or Henry's law to provide a value for an ideal mixture against which the experimental value may be compared to obtain the activity coefficient. Other colligative properties, such as osmotic pressure may also be used. === Radiochemical methods === Activity coefficients can be determined by radiochemical methods. === At infinite dilution === Activity coefficients for binary mixtures are often reported at the infinite dilution of each component. Because activity coefficient models simplify at infinite dilution, such empirical values can be used to estimate interaction energies. Examples are given for water: == Theoretical calculation of activity coefficients == Activity coefficients of electrolyte solutions may be calculated theoretically, using the Debye–Hückel equation or extensions such as the Davies equation, Pitzer equations or TCPC model. Specific ion interaction theory (SIT) may also be used. For non-electrolyte solutions correlative methods such as UNIQUAC, NRTL, MOSCED or UNIFAC may be employed, provided fitted component-specific or model parameters are available. COSMO-RS is a theoretical method which is less dependent on model parameters as required information is obtained from quantum mechanics Facts: Answer: the determination of protein content

Question: What is the titration invented by the Danish chemist famous for the concept of pH used for? Context: {[\mathrm {S} ]^{\sigma }[\mathrm {T} ]^{\tau }}{[\mathrm {A} ]^{\alpha }[\mathrm {B} ]^{\beta }}}\times {\frac {\gamma _{\mathrm {S} }^{\sigma }\gamma _{\mathrm {T} }^{\tau }}{\gamma _{\mathrm {A} }^{\alpha }\gamma _{\mathrm {B} }^{\beta }}}} where [S] denotes the concentration of S, etc. In practice equilibrium constants are determined in a medium such that the quotient of activity coefficient is constant and can be ignored, leading to the usual expression K = [ S ] σ [ T ] τ [ A ] α [ B ] β {\displaystyle K={\frac {[\mathrm {S} ]^{\sigma }[\mathrm {T} ]^{\tau }}{[\mathrm {A} ]^{\alpha }[\mathrm {B} ]^{\beta }}}} which applies under the conditions that the activity quotient has a particular (constant) value. == References == == External links == AIOMFAC online-model An interactive group-contribution model for the calculation of activity coefficients in organic–inorganic mixtures. Electrochimica Acta Single-ion activity coefficients Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen (9 January 1868 – 12 February 1939) was a Danish chemist, famous for the introduction of the concept of pH, a scale for measuring acidity and alkalinity. == Personal life == S. P. L. Sørensen was born in Havrebjerg, Denmark in 1868. The son of a farmer, he began his studies at the University of Copenhagen at the age of 18. He wanted to make a career in medicine, but under the influence of chemist S. M. Jørgensen decided to change to chemistry.While studying for his doctorate he worked as assistant in chemistry at the laboratory of the Danish Polytechnic Institute, assisted in a geological survey of Denmark, and also worked as a consultant for the Royal Naval Dockyard.He was married twice. His second wife was Margrethe Høyrup Sørensen, who collaborated with him in his studies. == Work == From 1901 to 1938, Sørensen was head of the prestigious Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen. While working at the Carlsberg Laboratory he studied the effect of ion concentration on proteins and, because the concentration of hydrogen ions was particularly important, he introduced the pH-scale as a simple way of expressing it in 1909. The article in which he introduced the scale (using the notation p H {\displaystyle p_{\mathrm {H} }} ) was published in French and Danish as well as in German From p. 134: "Die Größe der Wasserstoffionenkonzentration … und die Bezeichnung p H {\displaystyle p_{\mathrm {H} }} für den numerischen Wert des Exponent dieser Potenz benütze." (The magnitude of the hydrogen ion concentration is accordingly expressed by Facts: Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen (9 January 1868 – 12 February 1939) was a Danish chemist, famous for the introduction of the concept of pH, a scale for measuring acidity and alkalinity. Answer: the determination of protein content

Question: What is the titration invented by the Danish chemist famous for the concept of pH used for? Context: With the writings of Théophile de Donder as precedent, Ilya Prigogine and Defay in Chemical Thermodynamics (1954) defined chemical affinity as the rate of change of the uncompensated heat of reaction Q' as the reaction progress variable or reaction extent ξ grows infinitesimally: A = d Q ′ d ξ . {\displaystyle A={\frac {{\mathrm {d} }Q'}{{\mathrm {d} }\xi }}.\,} This definition is useful for quantifying the factors responsible both for the state of equilibrium systems (where A = 0), and for changes of state of non-equilibrium systems (where A ≠ 0). == See also == Chemistry Chemical bond Electronegativity Electron affinity Étienne François Geoffroy — Geoffroy's 1718 Affinity Table Valency Affinity chromatography Affinity electrophoresis == Notes == == References == This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Affinity, Chemical". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. == External links == William Whewell. "Establishment and Development of the Idea of Chemical Affinity". History of Scientific Ideas. 2:15ff. Chemical Affinity and Absolute Zero - 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Presentation Speech by Gerard De Geer The Sørensen formol titration(SFT) invented by S. P. L. Sørensen in 1907 is a titration of an amino acid with potassium hydroxide in the presence of formaldehyde. It is used in the determination of protein content in samples. If instead of an amino acid an ammonium salt is used the reaction product with formaldehyde is hexamethylenetetramine: 4 N H 4 + + 6 H C H O + 4 H 2 O ⟶ ( C H 2 ) 6 N 4 + 6 H 2 O + 4 H 3 O + {\displaystyle \mathrm {4\ NH_{4}^{+}\ +\ 6\ HCHO\ +\ 4\ H_{2}O\longrightarrow \ (CH_{2})_{6}N_{4}+\ 6\ H_{2}O\ +\ 4\ H_{3}O^{+}} } The liberated hydrochloric acid is then titrated with the base and the amount of ammonium salt used can be determined. With an amino acid the formaldehyde reacts with the amino group to form a methylene amino (R-N=CH2) group. The remaining acidic carboxylic acid group can then again be titrated with base. == In winemaking == Formol titration is one of the methods used in winemaking to measure yeast assimilable nitrogen needed by wine yeast in order to successfully complete fermentation. == Accuracy in formol titration == There has been some inaccuracies of the SFT caused by the differences in the basicity of the nitrogen in different amino acids Facts: Sørensen in 1907 is a titration of an amino acid with potassium hydroxide in the presence of formaldehyde. It is used in the determination of protein content in samples. Answer: the determination of protein content

Question: What is the titration invented by the Danish chemist famous for the concept of pH used for? Context: a position as assistant in the private laboratory of J. B. Dumas in Paris. Lewy soon proved himself to be the possessor of great experimental ability; so that the Académie des Sciences in 1841 entrusted him with the task of studying the atmospheric conditions around the North and Baltic seas, as well as in Copenhagen. Later he made a comparative test of the atmospheric conditions in Paris and in the surrounding country. In 1847 Lewy was appointed professor of chemistry at Bogotá, New Granada, where he enjoyed great popularity and filled many honorary offices. He was decorated by the King of Denmark, and in 1859 was awarded the gold medal of honor. His writings have appeared in Annales de Chimie et de Physique, "Comptes Rendus" of the French Institute (Académie des Sciences), and in "Forhandlinger ved de skandinaviske Naturforskeres fjerde Möde" (1844). == Article references == Jørgensen, S.M.: biography in C.F. Bricka (ed) Dansk Biografisk Lexicon., vol. 10 (in Danish). == References == This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Edward Anton Maria Asselbergs (1927–1996) was a Dutch-Canadian food chemist famous for inventing the modern process of producing instant mashed potato flakes. He was raised in the Netherlands where he received his undergraduate degree, but fled to Canada with his family during the second World War. He received a master's degree from Guelph and the University of Toronto and a doctorate from Cornell. His 1955 thesis was "studies on ascorbic acid synthesis in apple leaves" (Cornell: 1955, 304 pages). In 1960, while working for the Canadian Department of Agriculture in Ottawa (Agriculture Canada), he developed a process of making instant mashed potato flakes, and filed a patent on the process (Canadian patent 3260607, July 1966). The product reached the market in 1962. Another of his inventions at the time was an infrared apple peeler. He later worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, moving to Italy where he became chief of the technical division, an important component of the Green Revolution. He retired in 1985. He has 5 children, two girls and three boys. == Further reading == Edward Asselbergs (July 1957), "Studies on the Formation of Ascorbic Acid in Detached Apple Leaves", Plant Physiology, 32 (4): 326–329, doi:10.1104/pp.32.4.326, JSTOR 4259189, PMC 540928, PMID 16655003 "United States Facts: Answer: the determination of protein content

Question: What is the 1990 crime drama film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" featuring actress Beatrice Alda? Context: the play of the same name) becomes the catalyst for a situation that would never have occurred if it had not been made." More playfully, Rowling also invented a musical band popular in the Wizarding world called The Weird Sisters that appears in passing in several books in the series as well as the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The soundtrack to the third Harry Potter film features a song by John Williams called "Double Trouble", a reference to the witches' line, "Double double, toil and trouble". The lyrics were adapted from the Three Witches' spell in the play. == See also == Baba Yaga, who can manifest herself as a trio of identical figures Les Lavandieres, the Night Washerwomen of Celtic mythology Triple Goddess == References == == Sources == Bloom, Harold. William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Yale University: Chelsea House, 1987. Bernice W, Kliman. Macbeth. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2Rev Ed edition, 200. ISBN 0-7190-6229-2 Hamlyn, Robin. "An Irish Shakespeare Gallery". The Burlington Magazine. Vol 120, Issue 905. 515–529. Shakespeare, William; Cross, Wilbur Lucius (Ed). Macbeth. Forgotten Books. Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer ISBN 0859915131 == External links == Macbeth: Full-text online Men of Respect is a 1990 crime drama film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It stars John Turturro as Mike Battaglia, a Mafia hitman who climbs his way to the top by killing his boss. The film also stars Rod Steiger, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina and Peter Boyle and is directed by William C. Reilly. It is not the first attempt to transplant MacBeth to the American mob culture; it was done in the 1955 film Joe MacBeth. == Plot == Mike Battaglia, a powerful lieutenant in the D’Amico crime family, executes a large-scale hit on the family's enemies, earning a promotion to a caporegime and the undying respect of his boss, Don Charlie D'Amico. Despite Don's generosity, however, Battaglia secretly resents D'Amico for passing him over as his successor. At the instigation of Ruthie, his wife, Battaglia murders D'Amico and has his sons shipped off to Florida, clearing the way for him to assume control of the D'Amico family. He becomes an underworld despot, deciding to kill anyone he suspects as a threat to his power, including former ally Bankie Como and his unconnected son, Philly, who survives an assassination attempt. At Facts: Men of Respect is a 1990 crime drama film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Answer: Men of Respect

Question: What is the 1990 crime drama film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" featuring actress Beatrice Alda? Context: his coronation as boss, a drunken Battaglia alienates two more of the mob's powerful soldiers. Afraid that Battaglia's reign will spell the end of the D'Amico family, several of Battaglia's underlings desert him and ally themselves with D'Amico's eldest son, Mal. Battaglia puts a hit out on his chief rival, Matt Duffy, but the assassins cannot find him, instead of murdering his wife and son. Ruthie commits suicide out of guilt, which devastates Battaglia. Determined to get revenge for the death of his family, Duffy comes to kill Battaglia, who arrogantly proclaims that "no man of woman born" can harm him. Duffy responds that he was delivered via caesarian section, and therefore was not technically born of a woman. Disposing of Battaglia, he clears the way for Mal to assume control of the family. == Cast == == References == == External links == Men of Respect at IMDb Men of Respect at Rotten Tomatoes Macbeth is a silent Italian 1909 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the second Macbeth film released that year (released on 27 November 1909), and is the third film version of the play. The film was directed by Mario Caserini, and starred Dante Cappelli, Maria Caserini, Amleto Palormi, and Ettore Pesci. The running time is 16 minutes and it is a black-and-white film. == Main cast == Dante Cappelli as Macbeth Maria Caserini as Lady Macbeth Amleto Palormi Ettore Pesci == References == Macbeth at IMDb Beatrice Alda (born August 10, 1961) is an American actress and filmmaker who appeared in The Four Seasons and Men of Respect. == Career == Alda played Lisa in the 1981 film, The Four Seasons, directed by her father, and reprised the role in the 1984 television series of the same name. She played Judy, the daughter of Steve, played by her real life father, in the 1988 film A New Life.Alda and her wife filmmaker Jennifer Brooke co-directed and produced the 2008 documentary film Out Late, which follows the lives of people who came out as gay, lesbian, and transgender while they were senior citizens. They also co-directed and produced the 2016 documentary Legs: a Big Issue in a Small Town about a controversy surrounding a giant Larry Rivers sculpture in a small American town. == Personal life == Alda is the daughter of actor Alan Alda and author and photographer Arlene Weiss. Her Facts: Beatrice Alda (born August 10, 1961) is an American actress and filmmaker who appeared in The Four Seasons and Men of Respect. Answer: Men of Respect

Question: How many years passed between the first hit song by Chuck Berry and the biggest hit by the band The Fabulous Wailers? Context: electricity in the air whenever Ben announced he had written a new song. Fortunately, all of it was recorded – much of it on either John Carter’s or Ray’s Roberts reel-to-reel, which both still own today. The first song Ben wrote was “13th Floor”, played with The Cobras in 1963. Ben’s other early songs were written while he was with The Redondos. Other Redondos members included John Carter, Ray, and Gerry Durham (drums), and the time frame was 1965-66. None of the songs were studio-recorded, but the tapes are pretty balanced. Songs included the instrumental “Ali the Sneak”, sort of a surfin’ tune, and others with vocals: “My Time is Beginning”, “True Love’s a Flame”, “I Know How it Feels”, “Why Do I”, and a really cool Orient-inspired song, “Rising Sun”. UTS songs professionally recorded by Rick Keefer (Ridon Records) were “Gypsy Eyes”, “Drummer of Your Mind”, “Wind and Stone”, “Snow”, “Like Me”, “The Slightest Possibility”, and “Echo of You”. To the best of the band’s knowledge, except for “Echo of You” and “Gypsy Eyes”, all were recorded in Ken’s basement studio. The first song released as a 45, on November 6, 1967 in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, was Wind and Stone/Drummer of Your Mind. “Wind” did very well in the Portland and Corvallis markets. “Drummer” made Top Ten on the local Portland radio station KFLY charts. The second 45 UTS released was Echo of You/Gypsy Eyes. There are actually several versions of “Gypsy Eyes”, one of which, recorded by Ben in 1965, has Ben playing and singing solo. If you heard this tape, you would think there were two guitars playing! In the first studio recording Ray played bass. He admits there were far too many mistakes, and the pattern didn’t quite fit the song. His explanation: “I was in the Army and was not playing with the band very much by then.” The end of this version has a haunting lead pattern by Ben that is really great. The version that was released on the flip side of “Echo of You” featured Jim Roberts on bass. This was recorded on March 16, 1968 at Ripcord Studios in Vancouver, Washington. Ben remembers that the lyrics for “Drummer of Your Mind” were inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s famous ‘different drummer’ quotation; the tune was inspired by clavichord and harpsichord minuets. “Gypsy Eyes”, his favorite, was written for a girl Facts: Answer: Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959

Question: How many years passed between the first hit song by Chuck Berry and the biggest hit by the band The Fabulous Wailers? Context: they met Neil Chambers, a GI stationed at Fort Bliss. He would come over for bridge lessons and occasionally for meals. One Christmas Neil was invited to dinner and a fellow GI brought him to our house (I don’t think Neil owned a car). His friend, who turned out to be John Carter, was also welcomed into our home. Eventually my parents invited John to stay with us. I don’t remember all the details but I remember that he helped my mom a lot because she did not drive. He drove her around and bought her things on base and, in addition, he became my “bud”. I remember a poster of an Indian I painted for him. It was on poster board and it was multi-colored and very cool. I wish I knew what happened to the pattern because I painted a couple of them for different people. This was one of the things I just liked to do. One day John asked me to paint some art for the album that the band United Travel Service was going to record someday. “Sure”, I replied. I have been trying to remember how I got the idea for the balloon and here is what keeps coming to me. In my studio (a corner of our living room) stood my parents’ old record player and I am pretty sure they had the original 1956 soundtrack from Around The World in 80 Days (it has a balloon on the album cover). This was my inspiration. That’s my story and I am sticking to it…United Travel Service and a hot air balloon just go together! Back then I was into using fluorescent paint for who knows what reason, and I still have other paintings that I did using those bright pink and orange colors. Fast-forward to mid-July 2009: I was sitting at my desk working and the phone rang. Caller ID said, “Carter, John”, and I thought: Could this be John, my friend from El Paso, who I have not been in contact with for over 40 years? I picked up the phone and said, “Hello”. When I heard John’s voice I immediately knew it was him, but I let him say his spiel: “Is this Angie Lawrence who used to live in El Paso, Texas, parents Steve and Frances who played bridge, brother Russell, sister Sally?” I replied, “Yes, it is”, with a Facts: Answer: Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959

Question: How many years passed between the first hit song by Chuck Berry and the biggest hit by the band The Fabulous Wailers? Context: around music. == References == Chuck Berry on Stage is the first live album by Chuck Berry, released in 1963 by Chess Records. Although promoted as a live album, it is a collection of previously released studio recordings (except for 5 songs..."All Aboard", "Trick or Treat", "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "Still Got The Blues", and a previously unreleased alternate take of "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man") with overdubbed audience sounds to simulate a live recording. One track on the album labelled "Surfin' USA", is "Sweet Little Sixteen", originally released in 1958, the melody of which was used in The Beach Boys' 1963 hit "Surfin' USA". Chuck's cover of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" was later re-recorded and released on the very rare Chess LP CH60032 Chuck Berry in 1975. == Track listing == All songs composed by Chuck Berry except as noted "Maybellene" (Berry, Alan Freed, Russ Fratto) – 2:25 "Memphis, Tennessee" – 2:17 "Surfin' Steel" – 2:32 "Rockin' on the Railroad" (Let It Rock) (Edward Anderson, pseudonym of Chuck Edward Anderson Berry) – 1:51 "Go, Go, Go" – 3:31 "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (alternate take) – 1:46 "Still Got the Blues" – 2:08 "Surfin USA" ("Sweet Little Sixteen") – 3:13 "Jaguar and Thunderbird" – 1:49 "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 2:13 "All Aboard" – 2:15 "Trick or Treat" – 1:37 "The Man and the Donkey" – 2:07 == Personnel == Chuck Berry – guitar, vocals Fred Below – drums Martha Berry – backing vocals Reggie Boyd – bass Leroy C. Davis - tenor saxophone Willie Dixon – bass Jerome Green – maracas Ebbie Hardy - drums Johnnie Johnson – piano Lafayette Leake – piano The Moonglows – backing vocals George Smith – bass Otis Spann – piano Phil Thomas – drums The Wailers, often credited as The Fabulous Wailers, were an American rock band from Tacoma, Washington. They became popular around the United States Pacific Northwest around the late 1950s and the start of the 1960s, performing saxophone-driven R&B and Chuck Berry rock and roll. Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959, and they have been credited as being "one of the very first, if not the first, of the American garage bands." == Career == The group was formed – originally as The Nitecaps – in 1958, by five high school Facts: Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959, and they have been credited as being "one of the very first, if not the first, of the American garage bands. Answer: Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959

Question: How many years passed between the first hit song by Chuck Berry and the biggest hit by the band The Fabulous Wailers? Context: 2007, and Kent Morrill died of cancer on 15 April 2011. Ormsby died in Mexico on his 75th birthday, October 29, 2016. == Discography == === Albums === The Fabulous Wailers (Golden Crest, 1959) (also known as The Wailer's (sic) Wail) The Fabulous Wailers At The Castle (Etiquette, 1962) Wailers and Company (Etiquette, 1963) Tall Cool One (compilation, Imperial, 1964) Merry Christmas (with the Galaxies and the Sonics, Etiquette, 1965) Wailers, Wailers, Everywhere (Etiquette, 1965) Out of Our Tree (Etiquette, 1966) Outburst! (United Artists, 1966) Walk Thru The People (Bell, 1968) The Boys from Tacoma (compilation, Etiquette, 1993) Two Car Garage (with The Ventures, Blue Horizon, 2009) === Singles === "Tall Cool One" (Golden Crest, 1959) "Mau-Mau" (Golden Crest, 1959) "Wailin'" (Golden Crest, 1960) "Louie Louie" (Rockin' Robin Roberts with the Wailers, Etiquette, 1961) "Mashi" (Etiquette, 1962) "Doin' the Seaside" (Etiquette, 1962) "We're Goin' Surfin'" (Etiquette, 1963) "Seattle" (Etiquette, 1963) "Frenzy" (Etiquette, 1964) "Don't Take It So Hard" (Etiquette, 1964) "You Don't Love Me" (Etiquette, 1965) "Dirty Robber" (Etiquette, 1965) "Out of Our Tree" (Etiquette, 1965) "It's You Alone" (Etiquette / United Artists, 1966) "Think Kindly Baby" (Etiquette / United Artists, 1966) "You Won't Lead Me On" (United Artists, 1966) "I'm Determined" (Viva, 1967) "You Can't Fly" (Bell, 1968) == References == == External links == Media related to The Fabulous Wailers at Wikimedia Commons Official website Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music.Born into a middle-class African-American family in St. Louis, Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School. While still a high school student he was convicted of armed robbery and was sent to a reformatory, where he was held from 1944 to 1947. After his release, Berry settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant. By early 1953, Facts: Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Answer: Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959

Question: How many years passed between the first hit song by Chuck Berry and the biggest hit by the band The Fabulous Wailers? Context: period, including the US Top 10 hits "School Days", "Rock and Roll Music", "Sweet Little Sixteen", and "Johnny B. Goode". He appeared in two early rock-and-roll movies: Rock Rock Rock (1956), in which he sang "You Can't Catch Me", and Go, Johnny, Go! (1959), in which he had a speaking role as himself and performed "Johnny B. Goode", "Memphis, Tennessee", and "Little Queenie". His performance of "Sweet Little Sixteen" at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 was captured in the motion picture Jazz on a Summer's Day.The opening guitar riff of "Johnny B. Goode" is surprisingly similar to the one used by Louis Jordan in his Ain't That Just Like a Woman (1946). Berry acknowledged the debt to Jordan and several sources have indicated that his work was influenced by Jordan in general.By the end of the 1950s, Berry was a high-profile established star with several hit records and film appearances and a lucrative touring career. He had opened a racially integrated St. Louis nightclub, Berry's Club Bandstand, and invested in real estate. But in December 1959, he was arrested under the Mann Act after allegations that he had had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old Apache waitress, Janice Escalante, whom he had transported across state lines to work as a hatcheck girl at his club. After a two-week trial in March 1960, he was convicted, fined $5,000, and sentenced to five years in prison. He appealed the decision, arguing that the judge's comments and attitude were racist and prejudiced the jury against him. The appeal was upheld, and a second trial was heard in May and June 1961, resulting in another conviction and a three-year prison sentence. After another appeal failed, Berry served one and one-half years in prison, from February 1962 to October 1963. He had continued recording and performing during the trials, but his output had slowed as his popularity declined; his final single released before he was imprisoned was "Come On". === 1963–1969: "Nadine" and move to Mercury === When Berry was released from prison in 1963, his return to recording and performing was made easier because British invasion bands—notably the Beatles and the Rolling Stones—had sustained interest in his music by releasing cover versions of his songs, and other bands had reworked some of them, such as the Beach Boys' 1963 hit "Surfin' U.S.A.", which used the melody of Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen". In 1964 and Facts: Answer: Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959

Question: How many years passed between the first hit song by Chuck Berry and the biggest hit by the band The Fabulous Wailers? Context: 1965 Berry released eight singles, including three that were commercially successful, reaching the top 20 of the Billboard 100: "No Particular Place to Go" (a humorous reworking of "School Days", concerning the introduction of seat belts in cars), "You Never Can Tell", and the rocking "Nadine". Between 1966 and 1969 Berry released five albums for Mercury Records, including his second live album (and first recorded entirely onstage), Live at Fillmore Auditorium; for the live album he was backed by the Steve Miller Band.Although this period was not a successful one for studio work, Berry was still a top concert draw. In May 1964, he had made a successful tour of the UK, but when he returned in January 1965 his behavior was erratic and moody, and his touring style of using unrehearsed local backing bands and a strict nonnegotiable contract was earning him a reputation as a difficult and unexciting performer. He also played at large events in North America, such as the Schaefer Music Festival, in New York City's Central Park in July 1969, and the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival in October. === 1970–1979: Back to Chess: "My Ding-a-Ling" to White House concert === Berry returned to Chess from 1970 to 1973. There were no hit singles from the 1970 album Back Home, but in 1972 Chess released a live recording of "My Ding-a-Ling", a novelty song which he had recorded in a different version as "My Tambourine" on his 1968 LP From St. Louie to Frisco. The track became his only number-one single. A live recording of "Reelin' and Rockin'", issued as a follow-up single in the same year, was his last Top 40 hit in both the US and the UK. Both singles were included on the part-live, part-studio album The London Chuck Berry Sessions (other albums of London sessions were recorded by Chess's mainstay artists Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf). Berry's second tenure with Chess ended with the 1975 album Chuck Berry, after which he did not make a studio record until Rockit for Atco Records in 1979, which would be his last studio album for 38 years. In the 1970s Berry toured on the strength of his earlier successes. He was on the road for many years, carrying only his Gibson guitar, confident that he could hire a band that already knew his music no matter where he went. AllMusic said that in Facts: Answer: Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959

Question: How many years passed between the first hit song by Chuck Berry and the biggest hit by the band The Fabulous Wailers? Context: 1955 Berry brought to Chess Records a recording of Wills's song, renamed "Ida May" and a blues song he wrote, "Wee Wee Hours", which he said was inspired by Big Joe Turner's "Wee Baby Blue". To Berry's surprise, Leonard Chess showed little interest in the blues material but was enthusiastic about the commercial possibilities in a "hillbilly song sung by a black man".Chess wanted a bigger beat for the song and added a bass and a maracas player to Berry's trio at the recording session. He also thought the titles "Ida Red" and "Ida May" were "too rural". Spotting a mascara box on the floor of the studio, according to Berry's pianist Johnnie Johnson, Chess said, "Well, hell, let's name the damn thing Maybellene", altering the spelling to avoid a suit by the cosmetic company (the song would be covered as "Maybelline" almost as often as with the altered spelling). The lyrics were rewritten, also at the direction of Chess. "The kids wanted the big beat, cars and young love," Chess recalled. "It was the trend and we jumped on it." According to Berry he abridged the song's lyrics (Chuck Berry quote:) "from memories of high school and trying to get girls to ride in my 1934 V-8 Ford", adding that "Maybellene" was his own choice as "Ida May"'s replacement title, Maybellene being a name he recalled from a third-grade reader in which it was the name of a cow.As Chess had predicted, the lyrics appealed to teenagers fascinated by cars, speed and sexuality. "Maybellene" was one of the first records to be a hit on the rhythm and blues, country and western, and pop charts. Featuring some inimitable Chuck Berry riffs, some blues-style picking on a guitar and Johnson's piano, which added a hummable rhythm to the steady backbeat, "Maybellene" was a pivotal song in the emergence of rock and roll. This exciting fusion of a rhythm-and-blues beat with a rural country style was the catalyst for the emergence of rock and roll in the mid-1950s.When Berry first saw a copy of the record, he was surprised that two other individuals, including DJ Alan Freed had been given writing credit; that would entitle them to some of the royalties. After a court battle, Berry was able to regain full writing credit. == Personnel == Recorded May 21, 1955 Chuck Berry – vocals, guitar Johnnie Johnson – piano Willie Dixon Facts: Answer: Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959

Question: What high school in Prairie Village, Kansas, US, is operated by in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, and enrolled 27,521 students in the 2016–2017 school year? Context: Shawnee Mission East High School is a public high school in Prairie Village, Kansas, United States, for grades 9 through 12. It is one of five high schools operated by the Shawnee Mission USD 512 school district. Shawnee Mission East High School was established in 1958 in order to serve the growing population of northeast Johnson County, Kansas. In January 1994, Shawnee Mission East began offering the International Baccalaureate program.Shawnee Mission East is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and offers a variety of sports programs. Athletic teams compete in the 6A division and are known as the Lancers. Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs. == History == Shawnee Mission East High School was established in 1958 to serve the growing population of northeast Johnson County. In January 1994, Shawnee Mission East began offering the International Baccalaureate program. == Academics == Shawnee Mission East has been an IB World School since January 1994.According to Niche, Shawnee Mission East is #5 on the list of best public schools in Kansas, and #712 on the list of best public schools in the nation as of 2021. According to US News, Shawnee Mission East is #1,033 on the list of best high schools nationally, and #6 in Kansas (behind Sumner Academy). The school has reported a 98% graduation rate in 2021. == Extracurricular activities == === Athletics === The Lancers compete in the Sunflower League and are classified as a 6A, the largest classification in Kansas according to the KSHSAA. Throughout its history, Shawnee Mission East has won many state championships in various sports. Shawnee Mission East also has a cheerleading and dance team, called the Lancer Dancers. === State championships === === Fight Song === Shawnee Mission, Hail to thee, Lancers we will ever be. We stand beside our colors, bright: Columbia blue, black and white. High School days too soon are gone, But fond memories linger on. May our spirits be increased, And God watch over S M EAST! == Notable alumni == Sandahl Bergman, actress, won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her role in Conan the Barbarian Barbara Bollier, member of the Kansas Senate representing the 7th district, Democratic candidate for US Senate Bruce Branit, Emmy-nominated visual effects artist of Westworld (TV series) and Breaking Bad George Brophy, former professional baseball Facts: Shawnee Mission East High School is a public high school in Prairie Village, Kansas, United States, for grades 9 through 12. It is one of five high schools operated by the Shawnee Mission USD 512 school district. Answer: Shawnee Mission East High School

Question: What high school in Prairie Village, Kansas, US, is operated by in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, and enrolled 27,521 students in the 2016–2017 school year? Context: coordinate system at Wikimedia Commons Scott High School is located at 5400 Old Taylor Mill Road in Taylor Mill, Kentucky. The school's athletic teams are known as the "Eagles". The school is one of three high schools operated by the Kenton County School District. It opened for classes in 1978, where it originally featured an open classroom design. Scott High School sits on a 78-acre (320,000 m2) campus that is shared with Woodland Middle School which was built in 1988. The campus includes a football field, softball and two baseball fields, lighted soccer field, tennis courts and is the only high school in Kenton County with an indoor pool. Scott now has a new wing addition with additional rooms, bigger lockers, smart classrooms, etc. that finished in the summer of 2014. Scott has approximately 1100 students and 65 faculty members. As of 2020–2021 school year, Carolyn Stewart is the school principal. Starting in 2012, the school has undergone massive renovation and construction including multiple new wings, which added a new cafeteria and library, as well as smart classrooms. The most recent addition was completed before the start of the 2019–2020 school year. == External links == Scott High School official website == References == The Shawnee Mission School District (Kansas Unified School District 512) is one of the major school districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, and enrolled 27,521 students in the 2016–2017 school year. As of 2011, the district comprises five high schools, five middle schools, 38 elementary schools, and six instructional centers. Its headquarters are in Overland Park. Liberal High School is a public high school (spanning grades 9–12) that is located in Liberal, Kansas, United States. It is operated by Liberal USD 480 school district. The school colors are red and black. The enrollment for the 2016–2017 school year was approximately 1,318 students. Liberal High School is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and offers a variety of sports programs. Athletic teams compete in the 6A division and are known as the "Redskins". Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs. == Extracurricular activities == The Redskins compete in the Western Athletic Conference and are classified as a 6A school, the largest classification in Kansas according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association. Liberal has won 34 Facts: The Shawnee Mission School District (Kansas Unified School District 512) is one of the major school districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, and enrolled 27,521 students in the 2016–2017 school year. Answer: Shawnee Mission East High School

Question: What role did both Gene Nelson and Sebastian Gutierrez play in the film industry? Context: to 1990, frequently setting up Dennis Eckersley for his saves. Nelson posted a 1.57 ERA in 1990 and earned a 9-6 record in 1988. After seeing his performance slip in 1991 and 1992, he closed out his career in 1993 with a 3.12 ERA while pitching for the California Angels and Texas Rangers. == External links == Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs Sebastián Gutiérrez (born September 10, 1974) is a Venezuelan film director, screenwriter and film producer. He wrote the screenplays to the films Gothika, Snakes on a Plane, The Eye and The Big Bounce, and wrote and directed two independent ensemble comedies, Women in Trouble and Elektra Luxx. Gutiérrez has also won the Critics' Award at the Festival du Film Policier de Cognac for his directorial debut Judas Kiss. In 2019, the Cinemax series Jett he created premiered, and he also wrote, directed as well as executive produced all of its episodes. == Career == Gutiérrez wrote and directed one of the first motion pictures made expressly for internet distribution, the ensemble crime comedy Girl Walks into a Bar, starring Carla Gugino, Rosario Dawson, Robert Forster, Danny DeVito, Josh Hartnett and Alexis Bledel, among others. Gutiérrez cowrote a song for the film, "Only Bad Can Come", with composer Grant Lee Phillips. As a screenwriter, he has written Gothika, Snakes on a Plane, The Eye, The Big Bounce and Hotel Noir. He has written and directed two independent female-driven ensemble comedies, Women in Trouble and Elektra Luxx, revolving around a group of Los Angeles women. The two movies are part of a trilogy with the third movie already announced, Women In Ecstasy. Carla Gugino stars as the namesake character Elektra Luxx, a recently retired porn star trying to figure out how to lead a "normal" life, along with Connie Britton, Julianne Moore, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin, Simon Baker, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Adrianne Palicki. He is also the creator of the Cinemax crime drama TV series Jett, as well as the writer, director and executive producer of all of its episodes, which debuted in 2019 and stars Carla Gugino as the title character, a skilled ex-professional thief named Daisy "Jett" Kowalski. == Recurring actors == Gutiérrez usually works with a revolving company of actors which include: Carla Gugino, who plays the lead in many of Gutierrez's films (Judas Kiss, She Creature, Women in Trouble, Elektra Luxx, Girl Facts: Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs Sebastián Gutiérrez (born September 10, 1974) is a Venezuelan film director, screenwriter and film producer. Answer: director

Question: What role did both Gene Nelson and Sebastian Gutierrez play in the film industry? Context: In late 2016, the United States distribution rights to the film were picked up by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, which re-released the film in Color on January 3, 2017 under the title City of Sin. == References == == External links == Official website Hotel Noir at IMDb Hotel Noir at Metacritic Hotel Noir at Rotten Tomatoes Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg, March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director. == Biography == Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he and his family moved to Seattle when he was one year old. He was inspired to become a dancer by watching Fred Astaire when he was a child. After serving in the Army during World War II, during which he also performed in the musical This Is the Army, Nelson landed his first Broadway role in Lend an Ear, for which he received the Theatre World Award. He also appeared onstage in Good News. Nelson's longtime professional dance partner during the 1950s was actress JoAnn Dean Killingsworth.Nelson co-starred with Doris Day in Lullaby of Broadway in 1951. He played Will Parker in the film Oklahoma!In 1959, he appeared in Northwest Passage as a young man trying to prove his innocence in a murder case. Nelson appeared on the March 17, 1960 episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx. He and Groucho's daughter, Melinda, performed a dance number together.Nelson directed eight episodes of The Rifleman in the 1961-62 season. He also directed episodes of the original Star Trek, I Dream of Jeannie (the first season), Gunsmoke (and starred in “Say Uncle” [Season 6, Episode 4]), The Silent Force, and The San Pedro Beach Bums. Nelson directed the Elvis Presley films Kissin' Cousins (1964), which screenplay he wrote, and Harum Scarum (1965). For the Kissin' Cousins screenplay he received a Writers Guild of America award nomination for best written musical. Later, in the late 1980s, he taught in the Theater Arts Department at San Francisco State University. He starred as Buddy in the 1971 Broadway musical Follies, for which he received a 1972 Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor in a Musical. The production featured a score by Stephen Sondheim and was co-directed by Michael Bennett and Harold Prince.In 1990, for contributions to the motion picture industry, Nelson was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star is located Facts: Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg, March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director. Answer: director

Question: Ginislao Paris played trombone with an orchestra founded in what year? Context: the variations that Pavlova chose to dance in a particular performance, since, at that time, classical variations were often performed ad libitum, i.e. at the dancer's choice. One variation, in particular, was performed by Pavlova in several ballets, being composed by Riccardo Drigo for Pavlova's performance in Petipa's ballet Le Roi candaule that features a solo harp. This variation is still performed in modern times in the Mariinsky Ballet's staging of the Paquita grand pas classique. == Repertoire == Pavlova's repertoire includes the following roles: == Gallery == == See also == List of Russian ballet dancers Women in dance == Notes == == Sources == Dandré, Victor (1932). Anna Pavlova: In Art & Life. London: USA Arno Press NYC, reprint (published 1979). Bernatas, E. E.; Vlasova, T. V. (2006). Anna Pavlova (in Russian). St Petersburg: Art Deco. ISBN 5-89576-013-9. Andreeva, Julia (2019). Театр – волшебное окно [Theatre – a Window to Wonders] (in Russian). 'Skifiya' Publishing house. ISBN 978-5-00025-170-6. == External links == === Archival collections === Guide to the Collection on Anna Pavlova. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. === Other === Anna Pavlova in Australia – 1926, 1929 Tours - programs and ephemera held by the National Library of Australia Film of Anna Pavlova &btnG=Search+Images Pictures of Anna Pavlova - digitised and held by the National Library of Australia Creative Quotations from Anna Pavlova Andros on Ballet Heroine Worship: Anna Pavlova, The Swan Anna Pavlova on Encyclopædia Britannica Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlova at IMDb Anna Pavlova at Find a Grave Ginislao Paris (1852-after 1917) was an Italian composer and musician in Tsarist Russia who played trombone with the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra in St. Petersburg. He also played mandolin, founding the first mandolin orchestra in Russia, The society of amateur Mandolinists and Guitarists in the 1880s. That orchestra was important because it inspired Vassily Andreev, to form the first orchestra based on Russian instruments.Paris invented a specialized mandolin which was named for him (Sistema Ginislao Paris) and built by the workshops of Luigi Embergher. The Paris Ginislao mandolins feature a double top (a second hollow space within the instrument, created by a false back between the soundboard and the instrument's back). The double top is a feature that mandolin makers are now experimenting with in the 21st century, to get better sound. Mandolinists such as Avi Avital and Joseph Brent use them, and Facts: Ginislao Paris (1852-after 1917) was an Italian composer and musician in Tsarist Russia who played trombone with the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra in St. Answer: 1783

Question: Ginislao Paris played trombone with an orchestra founded in what year? Context: References == == External links == Murray McEachern recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. Harold Josiah Crosby (February 11, 1886 – January 18, 1920) was a composer and arranger of band and orchestra music best known for his marches. Crosby was born in Dexter, Maine and studied at Colby College, the University of Maine, and the New England Conservatory of Music. He played trombone, euphonium (baritone), piano, and organ for several orchestras and theater ensembles. Crosby's marches rose to prominence in the early 20th century, with several pieces becoming staples of military bands during World War I. He died in New York City on January 18, 1920. Three volumes of the Heritage of the March record series were dedicated to his work. == References == The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or just the Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly known as the Kirov Orchestra) is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra. The orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in Russia. In 1935 Joseph Stalin changed its name (and that of the Ballet) to the Kirov, after Sergei Kirov, the first secretary of the Communist Party in Leningrad, whose 1934 murder by his regime Stalin was attempting to whitewash. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the name was changed back to the Mariinsky in 1992. The current artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre is the conductor Valery Gergiev and the principal guest conductor is Nikolaj Znaider. Under Gergiev, the Mariinsky Orchestra has become one of the leading symphony orchestras in Russia. == References == == External links == Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra website Mariinsky Orchestra Performance Calendar Karl Traugott Queisser (11 January 1800, Döben, Electorate of Saxony – 12 June 1846, Leipzig) played trombone and viola in Germany as a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Felix Mendelssohn. He was Principal Viola of the Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1820 until 1843, where he also appeared as soloist on 27 occasions (playing trombone?). He was also the violist in the Gewandhaus String Quartet. When Mendelssohn became conductor of the orchestra in 1835 he was so impressed that he promised to write Queisser a concerto. Owing to his busy schedule and new lover, he persuaded his orchestra's leader Ferdinand David (and 1st violinist in Facts: The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra. Answer: 1783

Question: Who was a writer on both "Roc Me Out" and "S&M", songs recorded by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna? Context: "Roc Me Out" is a song recorded by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna for her sixth studio album "Talk That Talk" (2011). It was written by Ester Dean, Robert Swire, Gareth McGrillen, Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen. The track was produced by StarGate (Eriksen and Hermansen) and Knife Party (Swire and McGrillen). "Roc Me Out" is a synthpop-influenced R&B song reminiscent of Rihanna's previous singles "Rude Boy" and "S&M". It is set in "chugging" tempo and features heavy synths, "contagious" hooks and West Indian nuances. Lyrically, the song features Rihanna sexually seducing her lover, while revealing her "nasty secrets". Contemporary music critics were divided in their reviews of "Roc Me Out"; some of them labeled the song as a highlight on the album, while others criticized its similarity to Rihanna's previous singles. Upon the release of "Talk That Talk", the song debuted on the lower regions of the singles charts in South Korea and the United Kingdom at number 73 and 176 respectively. "Skin" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna from her fifth studio album, Loud (2010). The song was written by Kenneth Coby, Ursula Yancy and Rihanna with production helmed by Soundz. Musically, "Skin" is a R&B song that contains influences from pop, dance-pop and dubstep genres, while lyrically, the song is about being in a relationship with someone and only wanting to feel their skin close to the protagonists. "Skin" received generally positive reviews from critics, as part of their overall review of Loud, praising "Skin"'s compositions as well as Rihanna's sensual vocal performance. The song was included on the set list of the Loud Tour (2011), where Rihanna retrieves a man or woman from the audience near the end of the song, and performs a lap-dance whilst on an elevated platform. "Skin" was also used in Rihanna's advertisement campaign for Armani Jeans. == Background and composition == "Skin" was written by Kenneth Coby and Ursula Yancy, with production helmed by Coby under his stage name Soundz. The song was recorded at Studio at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Skin" is written in the key of G minor and is set in common time with a moderate groove of 62 beats per minute. "Skin" is a R&B song, that contains elements of soft rock, dance-pop and dubstep, while the song is composed with bass instruments, synthesizers and an electric guitar. As commented Facts: It was written by Ester Dean, Robert Swire, Gareth McGrillen, Mikkel S. Answer: Ester Dean

Question: Who was a writer on both "Roc Me Out" and "S&M", songs recorded by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna? Context: Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics "S&M" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her fifth studio album, Loud (2010). The song was released on January 21, 2011, as the fourth single from the album. American songwriter Ester Dean wrote "S&M" in collaboration with the producers Stargate and Sandy Vee. Backed by bass beats, a keyboard and guitars, it is an uptempo dance-pop, Hi-NRG and Eurodance track with lyrics about sexual intercourse, sadomasochism, bondage, and fetishes. Critical response to "S&M" was mixed, some critics praised its sound and composition while others criticized its overtly sexual lyrics. After it reached number two on the United States' Billboard Hot 100 chart, a remix featuring Britney Spears was released. When combined with sales of the solo version, it became Rihanna's tenth and Spears' fifth number-one single on the chart. It has been certified quintuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sextuple platinum in Australia. "S&M" peaked at number one in ten countries in addition to the United States while peaking within the top five in France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, and the UK. To promote "S&M", Rihanna performed a shortened version at the 31st Brit Awards and sang the remix with Spears at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. Melina Matsoukas directed the song's music video, which was, in part, Rihanna's response to disparaging critics. It portrays softcore sadomasochist acts and fetishes. The music video was banned in many countries and restricted to nighttime television in others. Critics complimented Rihanna's sensuality and the vibrant colors. Photographer David LaChapelle filed a lawsuit alleging that the video incorporates ideas from his photographs. Rihanna and LaChapelle settled the case for an undisclosed sum of money. == Concept and development == "S&M" was written by Ester Dean in collaboration with the song's producers, Stargate and Sandy Vee. Dean explained its conception and the sexually suggestive lyrics to Gail Mitchell of Billboard: "The first thing that came to me was 'Come on, come on.' I'm thinking, 'I don't know what in the hell this is about to be.' And I remembered I'd seen something that said, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones.' Then came 'But chains and whips excite me.' When people have a great track that speaks to me, it feels like it already has a story in it". Rihanna told Rolling Stone about her interest in bondage and other sadomasochism activities, themes Facts: American songwriter Ester Dean wrote "S&M" in collaboration with the producers Stargate and Sandy Vee. Answer: Ester Dean

Question: Michael W. Punke, is an American writer, novelist, professor, policy analyst, policy consultant, attorney, and former Deputy United States Trade Representative and US Ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, he is best known for writing "The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge" (2002), which was adapted into film as "The Revenant" (2015), and starring which American actor, film producer, and environmental activist, he began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s, after which he had recurring roles in various television series such as the soap opera "Santa Barbara"? Context: Inc. While at Visa, Marantis has urged the USTR to prioritize digital trade with Africa. == References == Curtis Joseph "C.J." Mahoney is an American attorney and a Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft. Previously a partner at Williams & Connolly, Mahoney served as the Deputy United States Trade Representative (Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere) from 2018 to 2020. == Early life and education == Mahoney was born in Russell, Kansas and attended Russell High School. He has an A.B. in government from Harvard College, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude. In 2006, he received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. Mahoney clerked for Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also clerked for United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy from 2007 to 2008. == Legal career == Prior to his government service, Mahoney was a trial lawyer and partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly LLP, where his practice focused on international commercial arbitration, white-collar defense, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, legal malpractice, and First Amendment law.The United States Senate unanimously confirmed Mahoney to serve as Deputy United States Trade Representative on March 1, 2018.Mahoney led efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and secure passage of its successor agreement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), in the U.S. Congress. The USMCA passed the United States House of Representatives by a vote of 385 to 41 and the United States Senate by a vote of 89 to 10. The Washington Post described the overwhelming, bipartisan vote as “nice return to normalcy” in a time of partisan gridlock.Mahoney oversaw the Unites States Trade Representative's digital trade initiatives and helped launch free trade agreement talks with the United Kingdom and Kenya. He also negotiated and signed an agreement between the United States and the African Union to support implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).Mahoney resigned as Deputy United States Trade Representative in October of 2020.In January 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Mahoney as the State Department Legal Adviser. Mahoney’s nomination drew praise from members of the Federal Government of Mexico with whom he had worked during the USMCA negotiations and from prominent critics of the Trump Administration, including former Legal Advisor John Bellinger and Facts: Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Question: Michael W. Punke, is an American writer, novelist, professor, policy analyst, policy consultant, attorney, and former Deputy United States Trade Representative and US Ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, he is best known for writing "The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge" (2002), which was adapted into film as "The Revenant" (2015), and starring which American actor, film producer, and environmental activist, he began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s, after which he had recurring roles in various television series such as the soap opera "Santa Barbara"? Context: former Assistant Attorney General Jack Goldsmith. A bipartisan group of former government officials, including former Legal Advisors, endorsed Mahoney’s nomination in a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In July 2020, the Committee held a hearing on his nomination and reported him favorably to the full Senate by unanimous consent. On January 3, 2021, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.On February 26, 2021, Microsoft announced that Mahoney had joined the tech giant as Deputy General Counsel, U.S. International Trade and Azure. == Other professional activities == Mahoney has served on the Yale Law School Fund Board and as a visiting clinical lecturer at the law school where he taught a course on international arbitration. == Personal life == On August 13, 2005, Mahoney married Rebecca Ann Iverson in Washington, D.C.Mahoney is the nephew of Emmy-nominated actress Marj (Mahoney) Dusay. == See also == List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Russell, Kansas == References == Michael W. Punke (born December 7, 1964) is an American writer, novelist, professor, policy analyst, policy consultant, attorney, and former Deputy United States Trade Representative and U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He is currently the Vice President of Public Policy for Amazon Web Services. He is best known for writing The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge (2002), which was adapted into film as The Revenant (2015), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, with a screenplay by Iñárritu and Mark L. Smith, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. == Early life and education == Punke was born and raised in Torrington, Wyoming, the son of Marilyn and Butch Punke, a high school biology teacher. He has a younger brother, Tim, and a sister, Amy. They engaged in various outdoor activities in the wilderness like fishing, hunting, hiking, shooting, and mountain biking. When he was a teenager, he also spent at least three summers working at the Fort Laramie National Historic Site as a "living history interpreter." He was also a debate team champion in high school, which he graduated early from to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst, later transferring to George Washington University, where he graduated with a degree in International Affairs from the Elliott School of International Affairs. He later attended and received his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School, where Facts: He is best known for writing The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge (2002), which was adapted into film as The Revenant (2015), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, with a screenplay by Iñárritu and Mark L. Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Question: Michael W. Punke, is an American writer, novelist, professor, policy analyst, policy consultant, attorney, and former Deputy United States Trade Representative and US Ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, he is best known for writing "The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge" (2002), which was adapted into film as "The Revenant" (2015), and starring which American actor, film producer, and environmental activist, he began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s, after which he had recurring roles in various television series such as the soap opera "Santa Barbara"? Context: for Latin America (SELA) in Caracas as Coordinator for Trade Policy Affairs. He was appointed Director for Bilateral Economic Affairs in 1993 and Director for Multilateral Economic Affairs in 1994. From 1996 to 1997, he was also Chile's senior official to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Deputy Chief Negotiator for the Chile-Canada Free Trade Agreement and Chile-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. In 1999, he was designated Director General for International Economic Relations. He was appointed in 2000 as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile to the World Trade Organization in Geneva. From 2000 to 2005 he held various diplomatic and ministerial positions, including Chairperson of the Committee on Trade and Environment of the WTO in 2001 and Chairman of the Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services in 2002. He's written a variety of papers on international trade. == References == Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (; Italian: [diˈkaːprjo]; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor, film producer, and environmentalist. Known for his work in biopics and period films, DiCaprio has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. As of 2019, his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has been placed eight times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors. Born in Los Angeles, DiCaprio began his career in the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials. In the early 1990s, he had recurring roles in various television shows, such as the sitcom Parenthood. DiCaprio had his first major film role as author Tobias Wolff in This Boy's Life (1993). At age 19, he received critical acclaim and his first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his performance as a developmentally disabled boy, Arnie Grape, in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He achieved international stardom in the epic romance Titanic (1997), which became the highest-grossing film to that point. After a few commercially unsuccessful films, DiCaprio starred in two successful features in 2002: the biographical crime drama Catch Me If You Can and the historical drama Gangs of New York, which marked the first of his many successful collaborations with director Martin Scorsese. DiCaprio portrayed Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004) and continued to receive acclaim for his performances in the political thriller Blood Diamond (2006), the crime drama The Departed (2006), and the romantic drama Facts: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (; Italian: [diˈkaːprjo]; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor, film producer, and environmentalist. Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Question: What award did the penciler who worked on New Man comic books win twice? Context: Best Young Adult Graphic Novel (for Emiko Superstar, with Mariko Tamaki) 2009 - Joe Shuster Award (nomination): Comics for Kids (for Emiko Superstar, with Mariko Tamaki) 2009 - Joe Shuster Award (nomination): Outstanding Comic Book Artist 2010 - Science in Society Book Award (honorable mention): Youth Book under 16 Years 2020 - Daytime Emmy Awards: Best Outstanding Special Class Animated Program (for The Last Kids on Earth) 2020 - Leo Awards: Best Animated Program (for The Last Kids on Earth) == References == == External links == Official website Steve Rolston at IMDb Steve Rolston at Library of Congress Authorities, with 11 catalogue records New Men was a comic book series published during the 1990s by Image Comics. It was one of the many titles co-created by Rob Liefeld, and released as part of his Extreme Studios imprint. After an initial launch the series underwent a re-design and revamp by writer Eric Stephenson and Penciler Chris Sprouse with Inks by Al Gordon. == Publication history == The New Men debuted during the Extreme Prejudice imprint wide crossover. Following the end of the crossover story they were given an eponymous 5-issue mini-series. This was a commonly used technique within Image, not just by Liefeld's Extreme Studios, but by most of the co-founders and their imprints. Many notable and top-selling Image titles including The Savage Dragon, Cyberforce and Gen¹³ started in this manner. The 1994 mini-series was written by Eric Stephenson with art by character designer Jeff Matsuda. Matsuda, Stephenson and Liefeld were also credited as 'co-plotters'. New Men was then granted an ongoing series. Matsuda did not take up the art duties and most of the first 20 issues were pencilled by Todd Nauck. Both mini-series and ongoing series kept a much better schedule than a number of Extreme Comics titles, notably the imprint's 'premiere' title Youngblood. This could be attributed to the minimal role that Rob Liefeld played in the production of the series. Like all of the Extreme titles, a number of issues were taken up by the various imprint-wide crossover storylines, such as Extreme Sacrifice and Babewatch, and the characters, though not the series, were an integral part of the Extreme Destroyer crossover. The series was put on hiatus with issue 20 for the Extreme Destroyer story and was replaced by a 4 issue mini-series, New Force, which starred the same characters and began their revamp. Nauck and Facts: New Men was a comic book series published during the 1990s by Image Comics. Answer: Eisner Awards

Question: What award did the penciler who worked on New Man comic books win twice? Context: Riptide.The events of their ongoing series introduced two old members, Dusk and Narcisse (a vampire), and the team gained two new members – Pilot, a time traveller come back from the future to warn the New Men of the coming of The Keep and the truth about the Nu-Gene, and Bootleg, a student who could copy other's powers and use them. Another member was a young Australian man named Pastime, who was able to manipulate the flow of time. Although he only remained with the New Men for a short time he still formed close ties with the group. When not tying into the imprint-wide crossovers, the team fights against various re-occurring enemies and secret organisations, most of which tied into their being 'Nu-Gene Positive' (i.e. 'The Brotherhood of Man') though there was often combat with Khyber, an old ally/acquaintance/enemy of theirs. Of note, Dash experienced an accelerated pregnancy with Reign's child, a child that also suffered from accelerated growth and development, becoming an adult with a very short period of time. Exit was replaced by Charade and in the New Blood story-arc the team also encountered The New Man (who was also granted his own short-running ongoing series), a time traveller who may have been Dash's child. When the Keep eventually returned during the Extreme Destroyer crossover, Proctor's Keep sympathies were revealed and Reign killed him with a psychic blast in a rage. The New Men were among the many characters, including Youngblood's Shaft (who thought himself human) and Glory, who were captured by the Keep; Dash was branded by them. After this the team experienced a personal crisis and backlash to the event (against Nu-Genes) as New Force, including the destruction of their home (Proctor's house), and the loss of Dust and Narcisse. They also gained their final new member, Sundance, who was the herald of The Shepard, who led the Keep's return. Following their revamp the team tried to live normal lives, but this, of course, did not last, and they encountered a shadowy organisation who sent a Chris Sprouce-designed character Bette Nior to kill them. == References == New Men @ comicbookdb Chris Sprouse (born July 30, 1966) is an American comics artist. Sprouse has worked for multiple publishers and has won two Eisner Awards for his work on Tom Strong, a series he created with writer Alan Moore. == Biography == Chris Sprouse was born Facts: Chris Sprouse (born July 30, 1966) is an American comics artist. Sprouse has worked for multiple publishers and has won two Eisner Awards for his work on Tom Strong, a series he created with writer Alan Moore. Answer: Eisner Awards

Question: What award did the penciler who worked on New Man comic books win twice? Context: continues to taunt Barry with this knowledge, but is suddenly stabbed in the back by Batman wielding an Amazonian sword. Before Barry returns the timeline to normal, Batman thanks him for all he's done and gives him a letter addressed to his son. After this, Barry bids a farewell to his mother, knowing he must travel back in time to stop his younger self from altering time. Through the fusions of the time stream, Barry seemingly hears a voice explaining that the three timelines and worlds, need to become one again and would need his help to do this. After the ordeals, he visits the real Bruce Wayne and gives him the letter from his alternate father. Bruce is grateful to Barry of informing him of the events of the "Flashpoint" before the timeline was apparently returned to normal. === The New 52 === DC Comics relaunched The Flash with issue #1 in September 2011, with writing and art chores handled by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato as part of DC's company-wide title relaunch, The New 52. As with all of the books associated with the DC relaunch, Barry Allen appears to be about five years younger than the previous incarnation of the character. He gains his powers after getting frustrated and throwing a small machine at the window of his lab. The machine broke through the window, leaving a hole big enough for a bolt of lightning to charge through the hole and strike him. In the second issue of the new Justice League title (the first released comic series of the New 52 initiative and "opening shot" of the new DC Universe), Flash is called to assist Green Lantern and Batman in wrangling an out-of-control Superman, and later assists with the pursuit of an alien, revealed to be an agent of Darkseid. In this new continuity, Barry's marriage to Iris West never took place, and he is instead in a relationship with longtime co-worker Patty Spivot. In this new series, the Flash draws deeper into the Speed Force, enhancing his mental abilities while still trying to get a full grasp on his powers, which he does not yet exert total control over. As revealed in issue #0 of the current series, Barry Allen's father was placed in prison for the murder of his mother. The murder occurred shortly after Barry returned victorious from a school spelling bee, and Facts: Answer: Eisner Awards

Question: What award did the penciler who worked on New Man comic books win twice? Context: to be later tracked down and killed by the Black Flash. To safeguard the other force users Barry sends Fuerza and Commander Cold to the Strength Force and stays behind with Steadfast. Soon however Hunter Zolomon arrives, powered with the Sage and Strength Force, claiming to be the "one true Flash". He defeats Barry and takes Steadfast away to claim the Still Force for himself. Black Flash also arrives and warns the defeated Barry not to interfere in his mission. Zolomon tortures Steadfast to give him the Still Force, but Steadfast resists. Finally a revived Barry tracks down Zolomon and tries to rescue Steadfast but Zolomon's power of other forces prove to much for him. Steadfast tries to use the Still Force to stop both the speedsters, but the plan backfires as Zolomon approaches and takes the Still Force. With the control of all the four forces, Zolomon enters the Forever Force taking Barry with him. == Powers and abilities == Barry has the ability to run at super-human velocities. He was at times during the Silver Age described as faster than the speed of thought. Flash #150, "straining every muscle", he ran at ten times the speed of light. However, when he pushed himself further (during the Crisis on Infinite Earths) he appeared to waste away as he was converted into pure energy, traveled back in time, and was revealed in Secret Origins Annual #2 to be the very bolt of lightning that gave him his powers. This was later retconned in The Flash: Rebirth #1, where Barry stated that he "ran into the Speed Force" and that, "When he stopped the Anti-Monitor, when (he) ran into the "Speed Force" and joined it, it was like shedding (his) identity". His speed allows him, in certain circumstances, to "vibrate" between dimensions. In Grant Morrison's Final Crisis, using the Speed Force, Allen was able to undo the effects of the Anti-Life Equation upon an individual: an ability he used on his wife Iris to free her from the bondage of Darkseid's mind control.Barry's speed has numerous secondary applications. He can use it to generate cyclones by spinning his arms quickly. Barry can also manipulate the electrical Speed Force energy he generates. He can channel the energy into arcs of lightning, as well as use the electricity to manipulate magnetism on a minor level. He has also used the lightning to create Facts: Answer: Eisner Awards

Question: What award did the penciler who worked on New Man comic books win twice? Context: the She-Hulk was not yet publicly known at the time. Morbius selflessly saved Walters' life and stabilized her erratic transformations into the She-Hulk with a serum that he had created to cure the remnants of his own condition. He eventually regained his pseudo-vampiric state and first met Doctor Strange. Alongside Doctor Strange and Brother Voodoo, he battled Marie Laveau and witnessed the return of true vampires. Morbius later battled Spider-Man in the New York sewers.The Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch) and Johnny Blaze searched for Morbius to form the Nine (a.k.a. the Midnight Sons) and stop Lilith the Mother of All Demons and her children the Lilin from taking over the world. When they found Morbius, the pseudo-vampire believed that they would kill him, but the Ghost Rider and Blaze successfully captured him. Doctor Langford, who supposedly tried to heal Morbius's wounds, was actually trying to kill him and was working for Doctor Paine. He made an unknown mutagenic serum that would prove fatal to Morbius. Unknown to Doctor Langford, Fang, one of Lilith's children, was also trying to kill Morbius by adding his own demonic blood to the serum, which would also be fatal to Morbius. When Doctor Langford injected the serum into Morbius, it did not kill him; instead, it mutated him. Morbius's friend, Jacob, was trying to look inside of him and see what he could do about Morbius's condition. After Martine Bancroft, Morbius's ex-fiancé, found out that Langford was trying to kill him, Langford shot her and she bled to death. Morbius found out about this and was enraged to find his ex-fiancé dead. He later avenged the death of Martine by killing Langford and took the beaker which contained the serum. The Ghost Rider and Blaze later found out about Morbius's acts of destruction. The Ghost Rider confronted him and would not tolerate Morbius drinking any more innocent blood. Morbius then vowed he would only drink the blood of the guilty. The Ghost Rider accepted the vow, but warned him not to stray from it. Morbius soon became part of the Midnight Sons. Later, a new faction of vampires tried to destroy Morbius because he had been genetically manipulated to be the perfect weapon. The chest in which he was to be delivered was intercepted by the Kingpin, Blade and Spider-Man and he attacked all three. Whatever unknown party manipulated him failed; he collapsed after one Facts: Answer: Eisner Awards

Question: What award did the penciler who worked on New Man comic books win twice? Context: Palmer returns to New Earth and works with Choi again to aid in the efforts to evacuate the last free humans.In the Justice League: Cry for Justice mini-series, it has been confirmed that Palmer will become a member of Hal Jordan's new Justice League. === Blackest Night === On the night of the superhero's memorial day, Palmer asks Hawkman to visit Jean's grave to be honored as a fallen member of the community, but Hawkman refuses because of what she did in Identity Crisis. Palmer is later shown speaking to Hawkman again, over the phone (unaware that his friend has been killed and reanimated as a Black Lantern). Atom is then invited to visit undead Hawkman in order to discuss his heartache over his wife. Palmer is later revealed to have shrunk into Hawkman's ring, escaping certain death. Joining the battle between Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, and the Black Lanterns, Palmer is set upon by Black Lanterns Ralph and Sue Dibny, who use his guilt over Jean's actions to try to feed on his compassion-filled heart. Palmer is saved from death by the Indigo Tribe, who combine their light with Hal's to destroy the Dibnys and their rings. During the crisis, Palmer was able to deduce with the heroes that the black rings are simulations taking the identities of the deceased and needing to feed. The Indigo Tribe take the heroes to the Hall of Justice, unceremoniously taking Hal Jordan and abandoning the rest when the Black Lanterns renew their attack.Palmer helps the heroes escape via a phone line, and then brings them to the JSA, who were also being attacked by Black Lanterns. During the crisis, Palmer meets Damage, son of Al Pratt, the first hero to be called Atom. The two heroes briefly acquainted during the battle, and begin to develop a friendship. Palmer stopped the Black Lantern Al Pratt from killing Damage, but was unable to keep the reanimated Jean from finishing the job. Palmer made a futile attempt to stop one of the black rings from turning Damage's corpse into an undead before Jean used his own technology to shrink him, Mera, and herself into the fully transformed Damage's ring. As Palmer and Mera battle Jean inside the black ring, Jean reveals Nekron's plan along showing what is happening at Coast City, as deceased residents and revived heroes arise as Black Lanterns under the demon lord's Facts: Answer: Eisner Awards

Question: What award did the penciler who worked on New Man comic books win twice? Context: See also == Ant-Man == References == == External links == Index to the Atom's Earth-1 adventures Article on the history/legacy of The Atom from the Comics 101 article series by Scott Tipton. Profile of the Atom from the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure The Atom (1961) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Facts: Answer: Eisner Awards

Question: Which Korean department store chain, together with Hyundai and the Korean named "New World" chains, makes up the three major department store chains in South Korea? Context: Square to Playhouse Square, a move initially seen as an interim measure pending completion of a proposed subway line under Euclid Avenue (a project for which voters had approved public financing in 1953). When the planned subway failed to materialize (then-County Engineer Albert S. Porter refused to go forward with the project believing that the future of local transportation was linked to the freeway), Halle's was forced to continue the shuttle service.Without the draw of other stores, and rising crime on Cleveland's near east side, it became more difficult for suburban shoppers to justify a trip to the flagship Halle's store. In early 1969, Halle's followed suit from The May Company in 1966, issuing their own personal pink charge card with its new modern block print style logo for its customers leaving the Charge-A-Plate Associates shared metal notched charge card. Higbee's did the same in August, 1969, issuing their own beige charge card with their new logo ending all local department stores using Charge-A-Plate Associates cards.Suffering from an overbuilt flagship, the abandonment of Downtown Cleveland and overexpansion into the outlying areas, the company was sold to Marshall Field's in 1970, under which it deteriorated, falling behind local rivals Higbee's and May Company. Attempts to lure less upscale patrons with mid-priced goods failed, forcing the 1974 resignation of then-President/CEO Chisholm Halle—Walter's son and the grandson of Samuel H. Halle who had died in 1954. In 1969, Under Chisolm Halle, The Halle Bros. Co. retired their traditional "Old English" script in favor of a more "modern" look with simple block lettering and shortened their name on printed material to just "Halle's". This new logo did not resonate well with Cleveland shoppers who were mourning the loss of Halle's former logo. In late 1969, Halle's reverted to the "Old English" logo but kept all printed material to simply "Halle's". In 1971, after Marshall Field's purchase of the chain, they did attempt to modernize Halle's look, investing in a brand make-over campaign over the course of 1971, including retiring Halle's traditional Old English Script logo which was re-instituted to a new logo which matched that of Marshall Field's current logo. == Demise == In November 1981, Field's sold Halle's (now numbering 15 stores in Ohio and Pennsylvania) to Associated Investors Corporation, led by Columbus, Ohio businessman Jerome Schottenstein, whose primary holdings included the Value City discount store chain. At first, the sale seemed to Facts: Answer: Lotte Department Store

Question: Which Korean department store chain, together with Hyundai and the Korean named "New World" chains, makes up the three major department store chains in South Korea? Context: city is divided into 10 wards. Large portions of Aurora can be described as being within three regions: The West Side, which is west of the Fox River. The East Side, which spans the region east of the Fox River, stopping at the DuPage County line. The Far East Side, a portion of Aurora east of the DuPage County lineThese three regions are partly depicted in police boundaries and school districts. === Climate === The annual precipitation for Aurora is about 40 inches. The record high for Aurora is 111 °F (44 °C), on July 14, 1936. The record low is −31 °F (−35 °C), on January 16, 2009. The average high temperature for Aurora in July is 83.5 °F (28.6 °C), the average January low is 12.6 °F (−10.8 °C). On July 17–18, 1996, a major flood struck Aurora, with 16.9 inches (430 mm) of rain in a 24-hour period, which is an Illinois state record, and the second highest ever nationally. Flooding occurred in almost every low-lying area in the city, and in neighborhoods bordering the Fox River, causing major damage in some neighborhoods. The flooding was just as bad in Blackberry Creek, on Aurora's far west side. Aurora has not been struck by any major tornadoes in recent history, although they occur in Northern Illinois annually. In 1906, a tornado went through the Aurora Driving Park, a large recreation/amusement park and race track where the Riddle Highlands neighborhood and Northgate shopping center is today. The tornado hit during the afternoon performance of the Ringling Brothers "Greatest Show on Earth" circus, when the park was crowded. It killed 2 people and injured 22, but the grandstand was still filled for the evening performance. Weak tornadoes struck the city in 1954, 1958, 1960, and 1991. In 1990, the supercell thunderstorm that produced the deadly Plainfield Tornado passed over the city, dropping golf ball sized hail and causing wind damage. Less than ten minutes after passing through Aurora, the storm produced an F5 tornado, which touched down in nearby Oswego, less than 5 miles from downtown. The tornado then traveled through Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people. The city can receive heavy snowfall and experiences blizzards periodically. Aurora was hit with one of the strongest earthquakes ever to strike Illinois, a M 5.1, on May 26, 1909. It put cracks through chimneys and could be felt 500,000 sq mi (1,300,000 Facts: Answer: Lotte Department Store

Question: Which Korean department store chain, together with Hyundai and the Korean named "New World" chains, makes up the three major department store chains in South Korea? Context: a sweep that resulted in the successful arrest of 31 alleged Latin Kings gang members suspected of 22 murders dating back to the mid-1990s. Aurora has also adopted programs such as CeaseFire to reduce gang violence and prevent youths from joining gangs. Aurora had 7 murders in 2016.Like other large Midwestern cities that once relied on manufacturing as an economic basis, Aurora has a large number of abandoned buildings and vacant lots, especially in older sections of the city. Efforts are ongoing to rehabilitate these areas. Environmentally, Aurora has long dealt with pollution of the Fox River. The river was heavily polluted up until the 1970s by factories that had lined the river for over a century. Cleanup efforts have been successful with the help of state grants and volunteer efforts. === 2014 Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center fire === On September 26, 2014, a fire at an air traffic control edifice in Aurora (also known as the "Chicago Center") caused nearly 2000 airline flights to be grounded.Brian Howard, an employee of Harris Corporation, was charged in the incident. === 2019 shooting === At approximately 1:30 p.m. on February 15, 2019, police responded to an active shooter situation in west Aurora to find that 45-year-old Gary Martin had opened fire on fellow employees at the Henry Pratt Company after being terminated from the company. Five officers and several civilians were injured in the ensuing standoff, after which police entered the building and neutralized Martin. In total, the incident left six dead (including the gunman) and numerous others wounded. It was the first major shooting in the town's history. == Local sights == == Sister cities == Iguala, Mexico, since 2007 == See also == Chicago portal == References == == External links == Official website Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce Aurora, Illinois in the Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago City-data.com: Aurora, IL Hyundai Department Store (Korean: 현대백화점 주식회사, Hanja: 現代百貨店株式會社, KRX: 069960), together with Lotte Department Store and Shinsegae, is one of the three major department store chains in South Korea. It has 15 locations and more than $6 billion in annual sales (in 2019).Its parent company is the Hyundai Department Store Group. == Stores == Seoul Metropolitan Area Apgujeong Main Store (압구정 본점) in Gangnam-gu, Seoul World Trade Center Store (무역센터점) in Gangnam-gu, Seoul Cheonho Store (천호점, PHOTO SE SEOUL ) in Gangdong-gu, Facts: Hyundai Department Store (Korean: 현대백화점 주식회사, Hanja: 現代百貨店株式會社, KRX: 069960), together with Lotte Department Store and Shinsegae, is one of the three major department store chains in South Korea. Answer: Lotte Department Store

Question: Which Korean department store chain, together with Hyundai and the Korean named "New World" chains, makes up the three major department store chains in South Korea? Context: Seoul Sinchon Store - Main Building & U-PLEX (신촌점 본관, 유플렉스) in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul Mia Store (미아점) in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul Mokdong Store (목동점) in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul Jungdong Store (중동점) in Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do Kintex Store (킨텍스점) in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do Pangyo Store (판교점) in Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do The Hyundai Seoul Store at Parc one in Yeouido-dong, Seoul (flagship store)Yeongnam Region Ulsan Store (울산점) in Nam-gu, Ulsan Ulsan Dong-gu Store (울산동구점) in Dong-gu, Ulsan Busan Store (부산점) in Dong-gu, Busan Daegu Store (대구점) in Jung-gu, DaeguHoseo Region Chungcheong Store (충청점) in Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-doOutlet Stores Premium Outlets Gimpo Premium Outlets Songdo City Outlets Dasan City Outlets Dongdaemun Defunct stores Bupyeong Store in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon (closed in 2003) Banpo Outlet in Seocho-gu, Seoul (closed in 2005) Fashion Outlet "May" (formerly Ulsan Seongnam Store) in Jung-gu, Ulsan (closed in 2005) Gwangju Store (광주점) in Buk-gu, Gwangju (closed in 2013) == External links == Hyundai Department Store Efird's Department Store, also known as Lourie's Department Store, is a historic department store building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built about 1870, and is a rectangular brick building renovated and expanded in 1919. This included the addition of a third story and the installation of a new brick façade and store entrances. Between 1919 and 1958, it housed the Columbia branch of the Charlotte, North Carolina based Efird's Department Store chain. It currently houses a Mast General Store, which moved in on May 25, 2011. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. == References == Hyundai Department Store Group (Hangul: 현대백화점그룹) operates the Hyundai Department Store chain in South Korea. In addition, the group operates a range of service industry businesses. Subsidiary businesses include Hyundai Home Shopping and Hotel Hyundai. Its major competitors are Lotte Department Store, Shinsegae, Hanhwa Galleria, AK Plaza (Hangul: AK플라자, formerly Aekyung Department Store), and Debec, a department store in Daegu. The company began as KeumKang Development Industrial Co., Ltd., established in 1971. It opened its first store in Ulsan in 1977. The flagship store, in the affluent Seoul neighborhood of Apgujeong, was opened in 1985. Hyundai department Store Group has seven other stores in the Seoul megalopolis: COEX (World Trade Center Seoul) at Samseong Station, Mokdong at Hyundai Hyperion skyscraper condominium, Sinchon, Mia, Cheonho at Gangdong-gu, Bucheon, and Kintex Exhibition Center in northwest Seoul. It also has stores in Busan, Daegu, Ulsan, Cheongju, and Facts: Answer: Lotte Department Store

Question: Which Korean department store chain, together with Hyundai and the Korean named "New World" chains, makes up the three major department store chains in South Korea? Context: an outlet in Gasan-dong, Seoul. Outlet mall at Gimpo Hyundai outlet, Gyeongin canal Gimpo terminal in Seoul Han river near Gimpo international airport PlannedDongtan one new city outlet mall Garden5 at Songpa gu complex shopping mall SE Seoul , Jangji station line no 8. == Group families == Hyundai Department Store Hyundai F&G Holdings Hyundai Food Systems Hyundai Guhami Hyundai NanumiHyundai Exchange Holdings Hyundai Ethics Hyundai Home Shopping Hyundai H&S Holdings Hyundai Business Holdings Hyundai Dream Tour == See also == Chaebol List of South Korean retailers Economy of South Korea List of South Korean companies == References == == External links == Hyundai Department Store Group Shinsegae (Korean: 신세계, KRX: 004170) is a South Korean department store franchise, along with several other businesses, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The name Shinsegae literally means "New World" in Korean. Its flagship store in Centum City, Busan, was the world's largest department store at 3,163,000 square feet (293,900 m2), surpassing Macy's flagship Herald Square in New York City in 2009.Shinsegae was originally part of the Samsung Group chaebol, separated in the 1990s from the Samsung Group along with CJ Group (Food/Chemicals/Entertainment), Saehan Group (Electronic Media/Apparel/Textiles), and the Hansol Group (Paper/Telecom). The chairman Lee Myung-hee is the daughter of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull and younger sister of the chairman of Samsung Electronics Lee Kun-hee. The group owns the brands Shinsegae and E-Mart, and is in direct competition with Lotte Shopping and Hyundai Department Store Group. Currently it is the largest retailer in South Korea.Shinsegae is also famous for its long history. The main branch of Shinsegae is the oldest department store in Korea. The main building of the store was opened in 1930 as the Gyeongseong branch of Mitsukoshi, a Japanese department store franchise; Korea was occupied by the Japanese Empire at the time. The store was acquired in 1945 by the late founder of Samsung group, Lee Byung-chull, and renamed Donghwa Department Store. After the Korean War (1950–1953) began, it was used for several years as a post exchange by the American army. In 1963, the store was given the name Shinsegae. The old building is currently used as a luxury shopping venue. Shinsegae was the first credit card company in South Korea. They issued their own charge card from 1967 to 2000. In 2000, Shinsegae sold their credit card division to KorAm Bank, which was later acquired by Citibank Korea. == Facts: The name Shinsegae literally means "New World" in Korean. Answer: Lotte Department Store

Question: What year was the band that released "That Kiss" formed? Context: References == "That Kiss" is the sixth single released by indie rock band The Courteeners, it is a non-album track. It was released on 6 October 2008 on a CD and two 7" singles reaching number 36 on the UK Singles Chart. == Track listing == CD"That Kiss" "Jacket"7" (1)"That Kiss" "Saw This and FORT of You"7" (2)"That Kiss" "Car 31" == Chart performance == "That Kiss" was released on 6 October as a CD single along with two alternate 7"s. Despite not being an album release, the single managed to enter the UK Singles Chart at a peak of number 36, making it the band's fourth UK Top 40 entry. == References == George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an Australian subsidiary in 1976. In 1990, Allen & Unwin was sold to HarperCollins and the Australian branch was the subject of a management buy-out. == George Allen & Unwin in the UK == George Allen & Sons was established in 1871 by George Allen, with the backing of John Ruskin, becoming George Allen & Co. Ltd. in 1911 and then George Allen & Unwin in 1914 as a result of Stanley Unwin's purchase of a controlling interest. Unwin's son Rayner S. Unwin and nephew Philip helped run the company, which published the works of Bertrand Russell, Arthur Waley, Roald Dahl, Lancelot Hogben, and Thor Heyerdahl. It became well known as J. R. R. Tolkien's publisher, some time after publishing the popular children's fantasy novel The Hobbit in 1937, and its high fantasy sequel The Lord of the Rings novel in 1954–1955. Book series published by the firm in this period included the Muirhead Library of Philosophy and Unwin Books.Rayner Unwin retired at the end of 1985, and the firm was amalgamated in 1986 with Bell & Hyman to form Unwin Hyman Ltd.. Robin Hyman became chief executive of the combined Unwin Hyman. From this time Allen & Unwin was an Australia-based, child company of Unwin Hyman. Rayner Unwin returned for a while as part-time chairman of Unwin Hyman, retiring again at the end of 1988. It was over the objections of largest shareholder Unwin that in 1990 Hyman sold the firm to HarperCollins. Facts: "That Kiss" is the sixth single released by indie rock band The Courteeners, it is a non-album track. Answer: 2006

Question: What year was the band that released "That Kiss" formed? Context: played there, you could barely get in the door.—Paul Stanley When the band performed at the Daisy in Amityville, Simmons recalled that it was "a drinking club, with cheap beer and a biker crowd", while Stanley remembered the Daisy being "no better than the size of a living room".To give their performances a presence, the band would use fake Marshall amplifiers on stage with hollow cabinets to make the music seem louder than it was.From October to November, the band recorded their self-titled debut album, which was released on February 18, 1974. The December 22 show at Coventry in Queens is the earliest filmed live performance by Kiss as described in Kissology Volume 1 and Volume 3. During the New Year's Eve show at The Academy of Music in New York City as an opening act for Blue Öyster Cult, Simmons accidentally set his hair ablaze while performing his fire-breathing routine. == Reception == Fred Kirby of Variety who had attended the June and August performances, had given the band a positive review, citing that the band "outshine most of the others in clean, pulsating rock and roll, high in volume and excitement". He pointed out the unrelenting and solid set, as well as praising Gene as a 'theatrical plus'. Kirby concluded his review with stating that the music catches hold and never lets go. He would note that Kiss had drawn good crowds and were building a local following.Stanley Mises, a local New York Sunday News reviewer who attended the Coventry performances, cited that the show was more complex and the music was "loud, loud, loud" but fairly simple. He would state that the members looked like "Lance Loud on a nightmarish blender".Chris Charlesworth of Melody Maker, who attended the December 31, 1973 performance, praised the band's performance, music and costumes. He pointed out the music, saying it was "loud and heavy, simple riff-based rock and roll with a steady funky beat". Concluding his review, he noted the climax as "brash and spectacular" as well as pointing out the fire breathing incident during 'Firehouse'.A reviewer from Billboard who attended the January 26, 1974 performance at the Academy of Music, noted on the band's embrace to touring after having performed at various local clubs for a year. The show was given a positive review with their set cited as being ear shattering, as well as the heavy reliance on special Facts: Answer: 2006

Question: What year was the band that released "That Kiss" formed? Context: effects. == Setlist == == Tour dates == Support act key: † Headliner ‡ Opening/supporting act == Personnel == == References == === Bibliography === Gooch, Curt; Suhs, Jeff (2002). Kiss Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5. Weiss, Brett (2016). Encyclopedia of Kiss: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 9780786498024. Gill, Julian (May 8, 2020). Kiss On Tour (2020 ed.). KissFAQ Publishing. ISBN 978-1-7344412-1-5. Facts: Answer: 2006

Question: Which system is most likely to have impacted current computer technology, Atari or Comx-35? Context: the ability of instant-on. In February 2011, Splashtop OS released as a free download. == Pros and cons == An instant-on operating system is like those used by 1980s home computers such as the Commodore 64. This offers many advantages over a standard modern operating system: faster booting; less vulnerable to malware as the system is mostly read-only; allows for diskless computers; lighter; lower power consumption.However, this comes at the price of having limited local functionality, while focusing on web / cloud services. == Consumer electronics == In the past, consumer electronics manufacturers would emblazon radios and television sets with "Instant On" or "Instant Play" decals. In series filament sets, instant-on was accomplished by adding only a silicon diode across the power switch to keep tube filaments lit at 50% power; the diode was placed such that the typical half wave rectifier of the day was reverse-biased. Instant-on advantages included near-instant operation of the television or radio and potentially longer vacuum tube life; disadvantages included energy consumption and risk of fire. Most solid state consumer electronics are inherently instant-on, so the moniker survived into the early solid state era to differentiate a product from its vacuum-tube based brethren (with CRTs being a notable exception). == See also == Just enough operating system Windows Hotstart Windows Fast Boot == References == General == External links == DeviceVM Splashtop instant-on software HyperSpace instant-on operating environment software Instant-on PCs set to take off with netbooks Are Quick-Start Systems Worth It?: Don't Wait For Windows The COMX-35 was a home computer that was one of the very few systems to use the RCA 1802 microprocessor, the same microprocessor that is also used in some space probes. The COMX-35 had a keyboard with an integrated joystick in place of cursor keys. It was relatively inexpensive and came with a large collection of software. COMX-35 was manufactured in Hong Kong by COMX World Operations Ltd and was released in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Norway, Italy, Singapore, Turkey and the People's Republic of China. == Hardware == === Technical specifications === CPU: CDP 1802 at 2.813 MHz (PAL) or 2.835 MHz (NTSC) Random-access memory: 35 kB (67 kB max) ROM: 16 kB with Basic interpreter VIS: (Video Interface System) CDP1869/CDP1870 Text modes: 40 columns x 24 lines. Alternative 20 x 24, 40 x 12 and 20 x 12 Character set: 128 Facts: The COMX-35 was a home computer that was one of the very few systems to use the RCA 1802 microprocessor, the same microprocessor that is also used in some space probes. Answer: Atari